Friday, October 23, 2009

Good Morning! Friday October 23, 2009

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. The sky is pale gold now, though the forecast is for cloudy. There's a little bit of mist floating just above the ground .. sort of spooky. Today will be upper 70s and breezy; rain is a maybe/maybe not thing. I guess that makes it a bit hard on people going to the State Fair. In my little cubby - I don't care! LOL!
I got nothing done at home last night, not even email (if I owe anyone replies, I'll try to get to them tonight!). As soon as I got home, we went to Jimmy's sister's house for a quick visit. My BIL gave us a lot of frozen fish he had caught (and cleaned!). He catches them, he doesn't eat them. Go figure! LOL! Then we went out to a favorite local restaurant to "celebrate" Jimmy's birthday. Then we went to my sister's house to get the BIG tree she gave me. Wow. It really IS big! :) But, with a LOT of help from (another) BIL, it got put in the car. We traded some of the fish for some venison. Oh boy are we set now! :)
We got home safely with the tree, and got it out of the car ... in time to go to bed!!! So, tonight I play catch up with everything.

Today is "National Mole Day" ... "Swallows Leave San Juan Capistrano" ... "TV Talk Show Host Day" ... "Peace Treaty Day (Cambodia)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either."
-- Gore Vidal

"Think of life as a terminal illness, because, if you do, you will live it with joy and passion, as it ought to be lived."
-- Anna Quindlen

Today in history:
In 1707, the British Parliament met for the first time.

In 1945, Jackie Robinson, the first black baseball player hired by a major league team, was signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers and sent to their Montreal farm team. He moved up to the Dodgers in 1947 and became one of the sport's greatest stars.

In 2001, the iPod was released on the market in the United States.

Today's birthdays include
- French chef Nicholas Appert, inventor of the canning process, in 1752- Adlai E. Stevenson, U.S. vice president under Grover Cleveland from 1893-97, in 1835- Pioneering college football coach John Heisman in 1869- William Coolidge, inventor of the X-ray tube, in 1873- Gertrude Ederle, the first woman to swim the English Channel, in 1906- Former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson in 1925- Pro golfer Juan Chi Chi Rodriguez in 1935 - Brazilian soccer star Pele (Edson Arantes do Nascimento) in 1940 - Author Michael Crichton in 1942- Filmmaker Ang Lee in 1954- Singer Dwight Yoakam in 1956- Entertainer Weird Al Yankovic in 1959- Football player Doug Flutie in 1962 - Football player Mike Tomczak in 1962

Everyone have a Great Friday!

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