Saturday, December 19, 2009

Good Morning! Saturday December 19, 2009

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. Even though I'm not where I had hoped to be, I know I'm where I'm supposed to be. We didn't get any snow here. It's still gray and windy this morning, and I'm sure it's pretty chilly out. But, my roads aren't icy.
Yesterday was a lovely combination and lazy and productive. I'm glad I took the vacation day, it was worthwhile. I got the last batch of cookies made, a sewing project completed and another more than half done (until the bobbin ran out! LOL!), several small gift items completed. I also got some "ordinary" stuff done ... cleaning, decluttering, laundry. Boring but necessary! LOL!
Today, since the roads are fine, I'll go do a few last minute errands and some (yuck) grocery shopping!
There are 5 days left until Christmas!!

Today is "UN Day For South-South Cooperation" ... "Anniversary - Christmas Greeting From Space".

Quotes of the Day:
"Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught."
-- Sir Winston Churchill

"The vitality of thought is in adventure. Ideas won't keep. Something must be done about them.
-- Alfred North Whitehead

Today in history:
In 1958, the U.S. satellite Atlas transmitted the first radio voice broadcast from space, a 58-word recorded Christmas greeting from U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower.

In 1972, the splashdown of Apollo 17 ended the United States' manned moon exploration program.

Today's birthdays include
- Women's suffrage leader Mary Livermore in 1820
- Novelist Eleanor Porter (Pollyanna) in 1868
- Actor Ralph Richardson in 1902
- Soviet President Leonid Brezhnev in 1906
- French dramatist Jean Genet, a pioneer in the theater of the absurd, in 1910
- Singer Edith Piaf in 1915
- Actress Cicely Tyson in 1933
- Actor Tim Reid in 1944
- Actor Robert Urich in 1946
- Actress Jennifer Beals in 1963
- Actress Alyssa Milano in 1972

Everyone have a Great Saturday!

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