Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's gray and cold here ... BUT ... it's the start of a brand new year and a brand new decade! That's exciting - there are so many possibilities out there. I long since gave up making "New Year's Resolutions" ... they were usually unattainable, and never kept. So this year I am setting goals. If I don't reach them, I won't feel like I've failed. Instead, some may take longer than others to accomplish. I have goals to finish some of my started quilting projects; but that depends on getting my sewing machine running properly again. I have goals of getting better at remembering family birthdays and anniversaries (which is a gola I have never fully reached, but will keep trying), and also spending more time with family. That one starts today, leaving this afternoon for a weekend with my DB & DSIL, and my parents. (and, again, I won't have computer access - someday I'm going to get one of those card thingys! LOL! - so there may not be a newsletter for Saturday and Sunday). I also have goals for some closet and cabinet cleaning. If I can stick to a schedule, I can do those. If not - I'll finish next year. Or the next. LOL!
For today, I have to go finish laundry and pack; and bake a cake (Joyce - don't tell Pat - it's a surprise! LOL!). We plan to be on the road by mid afternoon, and be there to visit a bit with Mama by after dinner tonight.
I hope every one of my readers has a good New Year's Day, and I wish you all the best of everything life has to offer in the coming year!
Today is "New Years Day" ... "Circumcision of Christ (Christian)" ... "New Year's Dishonor List" ... "St. Basil's Day (E. Orthodox)" ... "Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Roman Catholic)" ... "Z Day" ... "Anniversary - Birth of First Baby Boomer" ... "Mummers Parade (Pa, US)" ... "Tournament of Roses Parade (Ca, US)" ... "Rose Bowl Game (Pasadena, Ca)" ... "Liberation Day (Cuba)" ... "Independence Day (Haiti)" ... "New Year (1st-3rd -Japan)" ... "Independence Day (Sudan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.
-- Cynthia Ozick
"Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
-- Michel de Montaigne
Today in history:
In 45 B.C., New Year's Day was celebrated on Jan. 1 for the first time as the Julian calendar took effect.
In 1803, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti after its original Arawak name.
In 1892, Ellis Island opened in New York Harbor.
In 1902, the University of Michigan beat Stanford, 49-0, in the inaugural Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif.
In 1951, the Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago demonstrated the first pay-per-view television system, offering three movies, "April Showers," "Welcome Stranger" and "Homecoming."
In 1962, the Beatles auditioned for Decca records in London on the same day as Brian Poole and the Tremeloes. Decca chose the Tremeloes.
In 2002, 12 European countries began the new year by turning in their own currency and adopting a common one, the euro, in the biggest currency change in history.
Today's birthdays include:
- American patriot Paul Revere in 1735
- Betsy Ross, who, legend has it, made the first American flag, in 1752
- English novelist E.M. Forster in 1879
- FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1895
- Bandleader Xavier Cugat in 1900
- Actor Dana Andrews in 1909
- Former U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., the 1964 Republican candidate for president, in 1909
- British-born Soviet master spy Harold "Kim" Philby in 1912
- Novelist J.D. Salinger in 1919
- Actor Frank Langella in 1946
Everyone have a Great Friday!
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