Good morning! It's another gorgeous morning. It's almost dangerous .. two lovely days in a row, makes one feel like spring is on the way. But it's still only February, and I know better! Still, I will certainly try to take advantage of a clear sunny day with temps going to upper 50s!! Yesterday we got a lot done. A really lot! I got 3 loads of laundry and a lot of decluttering done in the morning. Then I picked up my friend, and we tackled the yard. It went super fast ... all of the Christmas is down (except for some things that only needed to be unplugged, which they are). It is all organized, and ready to be taken to the barn or attic, which will probably get done today. We also found time for a quick trip to take trash and plastics to the dump, recycle a load of plastic (grocery) bags, and stop in the ocal second hand store.
Today I will get the last boxes other than kitchen finished (which will get done next weekend) and upstairs, and the upstairs room straghtened again.
It's also time to start perusing seed catalogs and dreaming about spring planting! This is when it's fun having a big yard! :)
Today is "UN International Mother Language Day" ... "Anniversary - Washington Monument Dedication" ... "Burgsonndeg (Luxembourg)" ... "Martyrs Day (Bangladesh)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Thomas Jefferson once said, 'We should never judge a president by his age, only by his works.' And ever since he told me that, I stopped worrying."
-- Ronald Reagan
"If a dog jumps in your lap, it is because he is fond of you; but if a cat does the same thing, it is because your lap is warmer."
-- Alfred North Whitehead
Today in history:
In 1828, a printing press later used to print the first newspaper for American Indians arrived at the Cherokee Council in Echota, Ga.
In 1878, the New Haven, Conn., Telephone Company published the first phone directory. It listed 50 subscribers.
In 1885, the Washington Monument, a 555-foot-high marble obelisk built in honor of America's revolutionary hero and first president, was dedicated in Washington.
In 1925, the first issue of The New Yorker was published.
In 1953, Francis Crick and James D. Watson discovered the double helix structure of the DNA molecule.
Today's birthdays include:
- Mexican revolutionary Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in 1794
- Roman Catholic Cardinal John Henry Newman in 1801
- German bacteriologist August von Wassermann, who developed the blood test for syphilis, in 1866
- Classical guitarist Andres Segovia in 1893
- Writer Anais Nin in 1903
- Poet and author W.H. Auden in 1907
- Filmmaker Sam Peckinpah in 1925
- Humorist Erma Bombeck in 1927
- Actress Rue McClanahan in 1934
- Actor Gary Lockwood in 1937
- Film/record executive David Geffen in 1943
- Tricia Nixon Cox, daughter of former U.S. President Richard Nixon, in 1946
- Actress Tyne Daly in 1946
- Actor Alan Rickman in 1946
- U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, in 1947
- Actor Kelsey Grammer in 1955
- Singer Mary Chapin Carpenter in 1958
- Actor Christopher Atkins in 1961
- Actor William Baldwin in 1963
- Actress Jennifer Love Hewitt in 1979
- Singer Charlotte Church in 1986
- Actress Ellen Page in 1987
Everyone have a Great Sunday!
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