Thursday, September 23, 2010

Good Morning! Thursday September 23, 2010

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's still grayish with just a hint of pink .. but that's just because morning keeps coming later. When the time changes, it will be lighter (but I'll be coming home in the dark!). Today - the first day of fall - will be a record-setting upper 90s, mostly sunny, and humid. I believe we set a record high yesterday; and at least 2 more days of upper 90s coming. We might get rain by Sunday, but I'll still be watering before then.
Last night I was not as busy as I would have liked ... especially since it was not a "good" TV night for me. I did a very little sewing, and even less decluttering (which mostly consisted of chasing the kitten off places she wasn't supposed to be! LOL!). I shut down everything early and got to sleep earlier (although it didn't really count, since I woke up again and watched the news!)
Tonight I plan to at least get laundry caught up ... as usual, on Thursday night and my favorite jeans (for "casual" Friday) are in the laundry basket! :)

Today is "Celebrate Bisexuality Day" ... "Checkers Day" ... "Harvest Moon" ... "Innergize Day" ... "Kingdom Unification (Saudi Arabia)".

Quotes of the Day:
"How little a thing can make us happy when we feel that we have earned it."
-- Mark Twain

"When a dog runs at you, whistle for him."
-- Henry David Thoreau

Today in history:
In 1806, U.S. explorers Meriwether Lewis and William Clark returned to St. Louis from the first recorded overland journey from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Coast and back.

In 1846, German astronomer Johann Gottfried Galle discovered the planet Neptune at the Berlin Observatory. Neptune generally is the eighth planet from the sun.

In 1966, a Rolling Stones concert at England's Royal Albert concert hall was halted temporarily when screaming girls attacked Mick Jagger onstage. The riotous enthusiasm of the fans resulted in a ban of pop concerts at the hall.

Today's birthdays include
- Roman Emperor Augustus in 63 B.C.
- Educator William McGuffey, author of the McGuffey "eclectic readers" for school children, in 1800
- Feminist and presidential candidate Victoria Woodhull in 1838
- Surgeon William Halsted, who introduced operations for hernia and breast cancer, in 1852
- Journalist Walter Lippmann in 1889
- Actor Walter Pidgeon in 1897
- Actor Mickey Rooney in 1920
- Jazz saxophonist John Coltrane in 1926
- Soul singer/pianist Ray Charles in 1930
- Singer Julio Iglesias in 1943
- Actor Paul Peterson in 1945
- Actress Mary Kay Place in 1947
- Rock star Bruce Springsteen in 1949
- Actor Jason Alexander in 1959
- Actress Elizabeth Pena in 1959
- Singer/songwriter Ani DiFranco in 1970

Everyone have a Great Thursday!

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