Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Good Morning! Wednesday October 20, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. At the moment, I can't see anything beyond the porch except fog! Wow, been a long time since we've had morning fog. Today will be mostly cloudy, upper 60s, and *maybe* a chance for a sprinkle.
Yesterday: I got the grocery shopping done. Better, the pants fit! So I got progress made on hemming them. I didn't finish as I was hoping; but I got the hard part done ... measuring and pinning! The actual stitching won't take too long.
Today: My main focus tonight will be finishing hemming and pressing the suit pants; and (hopefully) get started on the jacket sleeves.
The kitten is still in the kitchen; but she's been calmer lately, so I may let her out a bit ... only a few more weeks and she won't be able to roam until January!

Today is "Miss American Rose Day" ... "National Support Your Local Chamber of Commerce Day" ... "Missouri Day (Mo)" ... "Revolution Day (Guatemala)".

Qoute of the Day:
"Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose."
-- Thomas Szasz

"There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full."
-- Henry Kissinger

"There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action."
-- Bertrand Russell

oday in history:
In 1818, the United States and Britain agreed to establish the 49th parallel as the official boundary between the United States and Canada.

In 1910, the RMS Olympic -- sister ship to the Titanic -- was launched.

Today's birthdays include
- English astronomer and architect Christopher Wren in 1632
- French poet Arthur Rimbaud in 1854
- James Robert Mann, Illinois congressman and author of the White Slave Traffic Act, also known as the Mann Act, in 1856
- Educator John Dewey in 1859
- Composer Charles Ives in 1874
- Actor Bela Lugosi (Dracula) in 1882
- Singer/pianist/composer Ferdinand Jelly Roll Morton in 1890
- Mystery writer Ellery Queen (Frederic Dannay) in 1905
- TV personality Arlene Francis in 1907
- Country singer Grandpa (Louis Marshall) Jones in 1913
- Actor Herschel Bernardi in 1923
- Humorist Art Buchwald in 1925
- Former New York Yankees slugger Mickey Mantle in 1931
- Actor William Christopher (M*A*S*H) in 1932
- Actor Jerry Orbach in 1935
- Actor Viggo Mortensen in 1958
- Rock singer Tom Petty in 1950

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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