Good Morning! Sunday October 24, 2010

Good morning! It is a beautiful morning. It's pleasantly cool, and will be warm later. It will be a lovely day for driving home.
Yesterday: We had a fun day. Family and friends met in the hotel lobby, and we all went to Cracker Barrell for breakfast (and yes, some shopping!)
Then I went with my sister and her girls, and all 5 of us had our hair "done". After that it was time to start getting ready for the evening, but time to do so leisurely.
We rode the shuttle from the hotel to th wedding venue ... what an absolutely beautiful place! It's an historic mansion, and just couldn't have been prettier.
The wedding was perfectly beautiful, traditional in a "fairy tale" setting. It was outdoors, the weather completely perfect.
The receiption was "in and out", with a huge tent for a sit-down dinner (complete with heaters after dark), a live band, and all the "traditional" elements:
first dance, daddy with his little girl dance, etc., plus tossing the bouquet, wonderful wedding cake, champagne toast.
I truly believe God has smiled on these two precious young people! Our "group" left in various stages; my sister and I left around 10:00. I think the younger ones
(including bride and groom) were planning to party all night! LOL!
Today: In just a little white I'm walking to the next door hotel to tell my brother and sister-in-law good bye. Then I'll meet the rest of the family in our lobby for good-byes.
I have to get DH up, and get us packed and checked out by 11:00. After that I meet my cousin for lunch, before we have a leisurely drive home.

Today is "Mother-in-Law Day" ... "United Nations Day" ... "UN World Development Information Day" ... "World Origami Days (10/24-11/11)" ... "Independence Day (Zambia)".

Qoutes of the Day:
"Nothing is impossible for the man who doesn't have to do it himself"
. -- A. H. Weiler

" The greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none."
-- Thomas Carlyle

"Trust one who has gone through it."
-- Virgil

"An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last."
-- Sir Winston Churchill


Today in history:
In 1861, the first telegram was transmitted across the United States from California Chief Justice Stephen Field to U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Washington.

In 1901, daredevil Annie Edson Taylor became the first person to go over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

In 1995, the United Nations marked its 50th anniversary with the largest gathering of world leaders in history.

Today's birthdays include
- Pioneering Dutch microscope maker Anton Van Leeuwenhoek in 1632
- Journalist Sarah Josepha Hale, author of Mary Had a Little Lamb, in 1788
- Attorney Belva Lockwood, the first woman candidate for U.S. president, nominated by the National Equal Rights Party, in 1830
- Film producer-director Merian Cooper (the original King Kong) in 1893
- Former Rolling Stone Bill Wyman in 1936
- Former NAACP president Kweisi Mfume in 1948
- Actor David Nelson in 1936
- Actor F. Murray Abraham in 1939
- Actor Kevin Kline in 1947
- Singer Monica (Arnold) in 1980

Everyone have a Great Sunday!