Good morning! It's a wonderful morning! Well, it's cold and gray - but it's Saturday, and I didn't have to get up early. :) The forecast is for upper 40s and cloudy, and rain by tonight or tomorrow. I do have one outside item I hope to finish today; otherwise, I'll stay in.
Last night we went to a friend's for supper, then rode around to look at lights. We saw lots of amazing homes; but also saw a lot that weren't decorated. Since I start so early, I seem to expect everyone else to also. Oops. LOL!!
Today I got to sleep late! YAY. I have a few errands to run, and "odd jobs" to get out of the way; but mostly, I'm baking this weekend.
There are 12 days left until Christmas!
today is "Chanukah (Jewish)" ... "Day of Our Lady of Guadalupe" ... "International Shareware Day" ... "National Day of the Horse" ... "Poinsettia Day" ... "Constitution Day (Russia)" .... "Guadalupe Day (Mexico)" ... "Neutrality Day (Turkmenistan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up."
-- W. Somerset Maugham
"There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is in having lots to do and not doing it."
-- Mary Wilson Little
Today in history:
In 1870, Joseph Hayne Rainey of South Carolina was sworn in as the first black to serve in the U.S. House of Representatives.
In 1901, Italian physicist and radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi sent the first radio transmission across the Atlantic Ocean.
In 1913, two years after it was stolen from the Louvre Museum in Paris, Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece "The Mona Lisa" was recovered in a Florence, Italy, hotel room.
In 1917, the Rev. Edward J. Flanagan, a 31-year-old Irish priest, opened the doors to Boys Town, a home for troubled and neglected children in Omaha. He lived by the adage, "There is no such thing as a bad boy."
Today's birthdays include
- John Jay, first chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, in 1745
- Abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison in 1805
- French novelist Gustave Flaubert in 1821
- Norwegian painter Edvard Munch in 1863
- Actor Edward G. Robinson in 1893
- Singer/actor Frank Sinatra in 1915
- TV game show host Bob Barker in 1923
- Former New York Mayor Edward Koch in 1924
- Singer Connie Francis in 1938
- Singer Dionne Warwick in 1940
- Former Olympic gymnast Cathy Rigby in 1952
- Musician Sheila E in 1957
- Former tennis star Tracy Austin in 1962
- Actress Mayim Bialik in 1975
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
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