Good morning! It's a beautiful morning.It's a bit later than "usual" (but a little early for a Saturday), and brilliant sunlight is flooding in my window, reflecting on the computer, blinding me! LOL!! This will hopefully be our last upper 90s day. The weather is changing, and today will be partly cloudy and humid. There's a chance of showers by late afternoon, though the big change seems to be coming tomorrow. Still, today will be a lovely day although we'll probably set yet another record high temp for the date.
Last night was pretty nearly as I expected .. meaning after I got home with groceries I didn't want to bother with anything else! :) But, I did do a small amount of cleaning, and even some prep work for lunch today.
A friend is coming to visit for lunch, and then I think we're going on a "field trip" to a quilt shop. I have a few things yet to do this morning, but not too much ... except putting things back together after I shut Maggie in the kitchen! LOL! She thinks any flat surface is an invitation for her to knock off what ever is on it. Christmas decorating is going to be interesting! And ... if anyone is interested (like me) ... Christmas is THREE MONTHS from today! Will you be ready? I will. :)
Today is (actually, these are for yesterday since I accidently posted today's yesterday ... that's what happens when you get in a hurry! LOL!) "Hug a Vegetarian Day" ... "Love Note Day" ... "National Punctuation Day" ... "Schwenkfelder Thanksgiving (Pa)" ... "Constitutional Declaration Day (Cambodia)" ... "Heritage Day (South Africa)" ... "Independence Day (Guinea-Bissau)".
Quotes of the Day:
"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
-- Robert X. Cringely
"To me, old age is always 15 years older than I am."
-- Bernard M. Baruch
Today in history:
In 1513, Spanish explorer Vasco Balboa crossed the Isthmus of Panama and became the first known European to see the Pacific Ocean.
In 1690, the first American newspaper, called "Publick Occurrences, Both Foreign and Domestic," appeared in Boston.
In 1789, the first U.S. Congress adopted 12 amendments to the Constitution. Ten were ratified and became known as "The Bill of Rights."
In 1882, the first major league baseball doubleheader was played between the Providence, R.I., and Worchester, Mass., teams.
In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was sworn in as the first woman U.S. Supreme Court justice.
In 1992, NASA launched a $511 million probe to Mars in the first U.S. mission to the planet in 17 years.
Today's birthdays include
- Novelist William Faulkner in 1897
- Sports columnist Walter "Red" Smith in 1905
- Russian composer Dimitri Shostakovich in 1906
- Actor Aldo Ray in 1926
- TV personality Barbara Walters in 1931
- Actor Robert Walden in 1943
- Actor/producer Michael Douglas in 1944
- Actor Mark Hamill ("Star Wars") in 1951
- Actor Christopher Reeve ("Superman") in 1952
- Actress Heather Locklear in 1961
- Actor Tate Donovan in 1963
- Actor Will Smith in 1968
- Actress Catherine Zeta-Jones in 1969
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
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