Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The sky is still pale, but pink on the horizon. The forecast is for mostly sunny but cool, perhaps mid 40s. That's actually a bit cooler than "normal", but not so bad for December I think!
We had a lovely holiday weekend with the kids. I didn't get a lot of chances at the computer ... shared with 4 other people, especially the children. Our Christmas was wonderful, spent with some of the grands ... and they had a marvelous Christmas! :) Our DS and DDIL are both great cooks, so we were much too well fed over the weekend.
We got home early evening last night, and I got unpacked and laundry done ... and nothing else! LOL! I watched "Sound of Music" (yes, again!). Hopefully tonight I will get busy and get the house straightened up again. There are still some friends who may want to come by and see the deocrations (which will stay up until at least Jan. 6th).
There are 363 left until Christmas!!
Today is "Childermas/Holy Innocents Day" ... "Pledge of Allegiance Day" ... "Admission Day (Iowa)" ... "Holiday Breather Day" ... "Card Playing Day" ... "National Eat Chocolate Day".
Quotes of the Day:
"Happiness is not achieved by the conscious pursuit of happiness; it is generally the by-product of other activities."
-- Aldous Huxley
"What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Today in history:
In 1065, Westminster Abbey was consecrated.
In 1732, the Pennsylvania Gazette carried the first known advertisement for the first issue of "Poor Richard's Almanack" by Richard Saunders (Benjamin Franklin).
In 1865, French film pioneers Auguste and Louis Lumiere showed the first commercial motion pictures at a Paris cafe.
In 1869, The Knights of Labor, a group of tailors in Philadelphia, staged the first Labor Day ceremonies in U.S. history.
In 1945, the U.S. Congress officially recognized the Pledge of Allegiance to the flag of the United States.
Today's birthdays include:
- Woodrow Wilson, 28th president of the United States, in 1856
- Jazz pianist Earl Fatha Hines in 1903
- Actor Lew Ayres in 1908
- Actor Martin Milner in 1931
- Actress Maggie Smith in 1934
- Rock musician Edgar Winter in 1946
- And actor Denzel Washington in 1954
Everyone have a Great Monday!
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