Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. Right now it's a bit overcast; but not "dark and gloomy". The forecast for today is for showers ... and upper 50s! This will make my yard very happy.
Yesterday we got the Christmas outside stuff all tucked away where it belongs. A few things that will be re-purposed are in back waiting for thier transformation. While walking around the yard, we found lots of lovely spring things poking through the dirt! Now that I've seen them, I am SO ready ... but knowing NC, we do have to get through March first.
Tonight I have my business class, and hope to get home in time to see the ice dancing finals. I have no special favorites in this round; though of course, I'd prefer to see USA win. :)
Today is "Single-Tasking Day" ... "Be Humble Day" ... "Walking The Dog Day" ... "Thinking Day" ... "Independence Day (St. Lucia)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves."
-- Rudyard Kipling
"The highest result of education is tolerance".
-- Helen Keller
Today in history:
In 1819, a treaty with Spain ceded Florida to the United States.
In 1855, the Pennsylvania State University was founded.
In 1862, Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as president of the Confederate States of America.
In 1879, Woolworth, the first chain store, opened in Utica, N.Y.
In 1972, U.S. President Richard Nixon arrived in Beijing on a historic visit to China. It was the first U.S. presidential visit to the world's most populous country.
In 1980, in one of the most dramatic upsets in Olympic history, the underdog U.S. hockey team, made up of collegians and second-tier professional players, defeated the defending champion Soviet team, regarded as the world's finest, 4-3 at the XIII Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, N.Y.
Today's birthdays include:
- MY GRANDSON DUSTIN, IN 1993
- MY BELOVED FRIEND DIANE
- My First Cousin (8 times removed), George Washington, first president of the United States, in 1732
- German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer in 1788
- Poet, diplomat and editor James Lowell in 1819
- Englishman Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Boy Scout movement in 1857
- German physicist Heinrich Hertz, discoverer of radio waves in 1857
- Poet Edna St. Vincent Millay in 1892
- Actor and TV producer Sheldon Leonard in 1907
- Actor Robert Young in 1907
- Actor John Mills in 1908
- Robert Pershing Wadlow, at 8 ft. 11.1 inches tall, the tallest person in recorded history, in 1918
- Actor Paul Dooley in 1928
- U.S. Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., in 1932
- Filmmaker Jonathan Demme in 1944
- Former basketball star Dr. J Julius Erving in 1950
- Actor Kyle MacLachlan in 1959
- Actress Jeri Ryan (Star Trek: Voyager) in 1968
- Actress Drew Barrymore in 1975
Everyone have a Great Monday!
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