Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Good Morning! Wednesday October 14, 2009

Good morning! It's a wonderful fall morning. As is fairly normal here, we're in another down side of temps - only around 50 today, cloudy and rainy. But we need the rain, so it's all good. Well, I sort of hope it stops by tonight when we have to travel! LOL!
I didn't get any sewing done last night. There were just too many other things I needed to get done - laundry, baking, packing. But I think I'm ready! And excited, I get to visit nearly all my family (parents, siblings, in-laws, a few assorted nieces) plus a trip to the NC mountains!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am leaving tonight for a trip with family, and will be back Monday afternoon. I will have only limited computer access. If I get a chance I will post - otherwise, there will be no newsletter until Tuesday, October 20th. I WILL be back! :)

Today is "Be Bald and Be Free Day" ... "Emergency Nurses Day" ... "International Top Spinning Day" ... "National Bring Teddy Bear to Work Day" ... "UN International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction".

Quotes of the Day:
"If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion."
-- George Bernard Shaw

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"
-- Rose Kennedy

Today in history:
In 1947, Air Force Capt. Chuck Yeager, 24, flying a Bell X-1, became the first person to fly faster than the speed of sound.

In 1964, civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize.

In 1992, the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Oakland A's, 4 games to 2, to win the American League pennant and become the first Canadian team to go to the World Series.

In 1994, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

Today's birthdays include
- William Penn, the English Quaker who founded Pennsylvania, in 1644- Irish political leader Eamon de Valera in 1882- Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II military leader and 34th president of the United States, in 1890
- Actress Lillian Gish in 1893- Poet e.e. cummings in 1894- Singer Allan Jones in 1907- Former basketball Coach John Wooden in 1910 - Former U.S. Surgeon General Dr. C. Everett Koop in 1916 - Actor Roger Moore in 1927- Watergate figure John Dean in 1938 - Designer Ralph Lauren in 1939 - British pop singer Cliff Richard in 1940 - Actor Harry Anderson in 1952 - Actor Greg Evigan in 1953

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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