Saturday, October 31, 2009

Good Morning! Saturday October 31, 2009

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. I'm up too early ... have plans for the day, although right now I don't even know for sure how the day will unfold. It doesn't matter, we'll get done what we need to. Eventually! LOL! I'm really not sure what the forecast is for today ... it seems to change hourly. It's a bit damp and gray now; I think it might be heading for partly cloudy and warm. They're saying rain tonight, but it should hold off until after all the little "goblins" are safely home.
Last night I did a little work on a report I brought home (even though I'm on vacation now, the report needs to be done by Monday!); and worked on clearing a few "hot spots". This morning I've got laundry started, working on the report some, and getting a list for today organized. Later we'll be running some errands - groceries, medicines, craft supplies. I hope to get all the "running around" done so tomorrow I can stay home (probably rainy) and get busy.

Today is "Halloween" ... "All Hallows Eve" ... "Beggar's Night" ... "Magic Day" ... "National Knock-Knock Day" ... "National UNICEF Day" ... "Reformation Day" ... "Trick or Treat Night" ... "Admission Day (Nevada)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Experience is a good teacher, but she send in terrific bills."
-- Minna Thomas Antrim

"I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top."
-- An English Professor, Ohio University

Today in history:
In 1517, Martin Luther began the Protestant Reformation by nailing a proclamation to the door of a church in Wittenberg, Germany.

In 1864, Nevada was admitted to the Union as the 36th state.

In 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" was first published

In 1941, the Mount Rushmore National Memorial in South Dakota -- consisting of the sculpted heads of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln and Teddy Roosevelt -- was completed.

In 1985, salvage divers located the remains of the booty-laden pirate ship Whydah, which sank Feb. 17, 1717, off Cape Cod, Mass.

Today's birthdays include
- Dutch painter Jan Vermeer in 1632
- English poet John Keats in 1795
- Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low in 1860
- Gen. Chiang Kai-Shek, the first leader of Nationalist China, in 1887
- Actress/singer Ethel Waters in 1900
- Actresses Dale Evans in 1912
- Actress Barbara Bel Geddes in 1922
- Astronaut Michael Collins in 1930
- TV news anchorman Dan Rather in 1931
- Actor/producer Michael Landon in 1936
- Folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton in 1937
- Actor David Ogden Stiers in 1942
- Actor Stephen Rea in 1946
- Actress Deidre Hall in 1947
- Comic actor John Candy in 1950
- Broadcaster Jane Pauley also in 1950
- Comic actor Rob Schneider in 1963
- Rapper Vanilla Ice in 1968

Everyone have a Great Saturday!

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