Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. Today will be in the low 80s and sunny, just like yesterday. Still dry, but absolutely gorgeous none the less. I will try to remember to water today!
Yesterday: a totally lovely day; the weather was perfect, warm without being miserably hot. I went to "Mum Fest" with my son and his family. We had a delightful time, roaming around seeing all the vendors (I bought a Christmas present), and eating expensive junk food. We went to a Christian rock concert ("Above the Golden State", "Sidewalk Prophets", and "Kutlass"). I thoroughly enjoyed both the music (very loud!) and sitting in the sun relaxing. We ate rotissierie chicken at son's house; got home just before midnight.
Today: I have cleaning chores to catch up. Jimmy is planning to go to the coast with his son ... so I get a day to myself to open doors and make dust fly! LOL!
Kitten: She's calming down some. I think. But she has "freak-outs", and anything in her path is in danger! LOL!
Sewing: I'm still working on DGS's quilt. It's taken way too long, and I have many more projects qued up. I really have to get myself better organized. I guess it would help if I didn't have so many "play days"! LOL!
Reading: I'm trying to read a new (to me) Nora Roberts book; but have had a hard time finding time when I don't fall asleep!
Note: I'm experimenting with a new "format" ... feedback please! :)
Today is "Double Tenth Day" ... "International Newspaper Carrier Day" ... "National Cake Decorating Day" ... "Tuxedo Day" ... "UN World Mental Health Day" ... "Grandmother's Day (Fl)" ... "Oklahoma Historical Day (Ok)" ... "Double Tenth Day (Taiwan)" ... "Independence Day (Fiji)".
Quotes of the Day:
"When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable."
-- Madeleine L'Engle
"Truth is the only safe ground to stand on."
-- Elizabeth Cady Stanton
"If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich."
-- John F. Kennedy
Today in history:
In 1845, the U.S. Naval Academy was formally opened at Fort Severn, Annapolis, Md., with 50 midshipmen in the first class.
In 1886, Griswold Lorillard of Tuxedo Park, N.Y., fashioned the first tuxedo for men.
In 1938, the Blue Water Bridge opened.
In 1997, it was announced that the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize would be awarded to the International Campaign to Ban Landmines and its coordinator, Jody Williams of Putney, Vt.
In 2002, former U.S. President Jimmy Carter won the Nobel Peace Prize for efforts toward peace in the Middle East and his commitment to worldwide human rights and democratic values.
In 2003, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Iranian lawyer Shurin Ebadi for her work in promoting democracy and human rights in Iran and beyond. She was the first Muslim woman to win the award.
In 2005, Angela Merkel became the first woman chancellor of Germany after her Christian Democrats won the parliamentary election.
In 2009, NASA deliberately crashed a hunk of space junk on the surface of the moon in an effort to check whether certain lunar craters held significant deposits of water.
Today's birthdays include
- English chemist-physicist Henry Cavendish, discoverer of hydrogen, in 1731
- Composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1813
- Actor Helen Hayes in 1900
- Jazz musician Thelonious Monk in 1917
- Writer James Clavell in 1924
- Filmmaker Ed Wood in 1924
- Playwright and Nobel laureate Harold Pinter in 1930
- Actor Peter Coyote in 1941
- Singer John Prine in 1946
- Entertainer Ben Vereen in 1946
- Actor Jessica Harper in 1949
- Writer Nora Robertsin 1950
- Rocker David Lee Roth in 1954
- Country singer Tanya Tucker in 1958
- Actor Bradley Whitford in 1959
- Slain journalist Daniel Pearl in 1963
- Pro football star Brett Favre in 1969
- Actor Mario Lopez in 1973
- Race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. in 1974
Everyone have a Great Sunday!
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