Good morning! It's a beautiful morning! It's gloriously bright and clear out; today will be a perfect crisp fall day, low 70s and mostly sunny. I'm not sure if all the rain has moved out of the rest of the state or not; I do know there are areas east and northeast of me that got serious flooding. I pray for those affected, and I praise God for this perfect day!
Last night we went out to eat. Jimmy has gotten "stuck" on a particular restaurant. Not because it's all that great (though it is good); but because they have an old farm instrument of some kind on a wall, and it's making him crazy trying to find out what it is! LOL! So far, no one knows. After that I returned an item, and then we came on home. My phone line is cleared up ... Yay! I did sew a little, did a bit of decluttering and some little organizing (ok, Very little!), and mostly watched TV.
Today I'm getting a treat, my son and his family are coming to take me with them for a day in Raleigh. We're going to a show, to "the mall" (didn't say which one, but I can guess), and maybe even to a symphony. Wow!! I got on up (ok, not as early as a work day!!) and have done a few of the things I needed to get done already (dishes, bagged trash, mopped kitchen). Soon I will go get myself presentable. I'm so excited! :)
Today is "Guardian Angels Day" ... "National Custodial Workers' Day" ... "Phileas Fogg's Wager Day" ... "UN International Day of Non-Violence" ... "World Card Making Day" ... "World Farm Animals Day" ... "Anniversary - Peanuts (comic strip)" ... "Independence Day (Guinea)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Outer space is no place for a person of breeding."
-- Lady Violet Bonham Carter
"Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will eat for a lifetime. Teach a man to create an artificial shortage of fish and he will eat steak."
-- Jay Leno
"They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness."
-- Louise Erdrich
Today in history:
In 1950, the "Peanuts" comic strip by Charles M. Schulz was published for the first time.
In 1967, Thurgood Marshall was sworn in as the first African-American justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Today's birthdays include
- England's King Richard III in 1452
- Nat Turner, a black slave and leader of the only effective and sustained U.S. slave revolt, in 1800
- German statesman Paul von Hindenburg in 1847
- French World War I military commander Ferdinand Foch in 1851
- Indian independence leader Mohandas Gandhi, known as Mahatma Gandhi, in 1869
- Comedian Julius Henry "Groucho" Marx in 1890
- Comedian Bud Abbott in 1895
- Child actor George "Spanky" McFarland of "Our Gang" and "Little Rascals" fame, in 1928
- Movie critic Rex Reed in 1938
- Pop singer Don McLean in 1945
- Fashion designer Donna Karan in 1948
- Rock singer Sting (Gordon Sumner) in 1951
- Actress Lorraine Bracco in 1955
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
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