Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. Today we'll have upper 50s, bright and clear, for the first time in nearly 2 and a half weeks. They're also saying, hopefully, it will be warm"er" through the rest of January. If I can't have snow - I want spring! LOL!
I actually managed to get 2 trees upstairs last night, packed up several smaller boxes ... and watched AI (well, mostly watched! LOL!). Every year I say I'm not going to watch the auditions, because so much of it is painful to listen to. But, the silly old man at the very end of the show made it all worth while.
Tonight I'm aiming for packing up the nutcrackers. That's always hard to do, but it's time. The room will look so empty when they're gone; but it's time to put snowmen (talk about optimism! LOL!) on the mantle.
Today is "Ratification Day" ... "Dress up your pet Day" ... "Organize your home Day".
Quotes of the Day:
"I dwell in possibility... "
-- Emily Dickinson
"There is nothing like a newborn baby to renew your spirit - and to buttress your resolve to make the world a better place."
-- Virginia Kelley
Today in history:
In 1639, the first constitution in the American colonies, the "Fundamental Orders," was adopted in Hartford, Conn., by representatives of Wethersfield, Windsor and Hartford.
In 1690, the clarinet was invented in Nuremberg, Germany.
In 1794, Dr. Jesse Bennett of Edom, Va., performed the first successful Caesarean section.
In 1914, Henry Ford introduced the assembly line method of manufacturing cars, allowing completion of one Model-T Ford every 90 minutes.
In 1952, NBC's "Today," the program that started the morning news show format as we know it, premiered.
Today's birthdays include:
- American turncoat Gen. Benedict Arnold in 1741
- Thornton Waldo Burgess, author of Peter Rabbit, in 1874
- Philosopher and medical missionary Albert Schweitzer in 1875
- Film director Hal Roach in 1892
- Novelist John Dos Passos in 1896
- English photographer Cecil Beaton in 1904
- Actor William Bendix in 1906
- 60 Minutes commentator Andy Rooney in 1919
- Actor Guy Williams (Zorro, Lost In Space) in 1924
- Drag racing driver Don Big Daddy Garlits in 1932
- Singer Jack Jones in 1938
- Actress Faye Dunaway in 1941
- Astronaut Shannon Lucid in 1943
- Evangelist-turned-actor, singer Marjoe Gortner in 1944
- Journalist Nina Totenberg in 1944
- Actor Carl Weathers in 1948
- Filmmaker Lawrence Kasdan in 1949
- New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd in 1952
- Actress Emily Watson in 1967
- Rapper LL Cool J in 1968
- Actor Jason Bateman in 1969
- Rock musician David Grohl, in 1969
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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