Good morning! It's a wonderful morning, though still quite early. Today will be a strange mix of weather. Once the sun comes up, it will be mostly cloudy and possibly damp at times. The early part of the day will be unseasonably warm, maybe even low 70s; but by afternoon when a front comes through it might get very cool.
Yesterday: Being a holiday, I was lazy. I did get some cleaning, laundry, and a bit of decorating done. I also worked on gift wrapping and sewing. We went out to eat, but not the "fancy" place we'd originally planned. I watched the Macy's parade, and 2 Christmas movies! :)
Today: A "last-minute" decision was made to do the shopping scene today. We will be done with that very early, and try to finish the outside decorating (not much left) before the front passes and it gets too cold to work outside. Then we'll get a lot of the inside work done ... it's mostly down to the "fun stuff" now, getting out collections.
Today is "Black Friday" ... "Buy Nothing Day" ... "Maize Day" ... "National Flossing Day" ... "Sinkie Day" ... "You're Welcomegiving Day" ... "Family Day (Nevada)" ... "Republic Day (Mongolia)".
Qoutes of the Day:
"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself."
-- Sam Levenson
"The more original a discovery, the more obvious it seems afterwards.
-- Arthur Koestler
"Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory."
-- Albert Schweitzer
Today in history:
In 1778, Captain James Cook became the first European to visit Maui.
In 1789, U.S. President George Washington declared Nov. 26, 1789, to be Thanksgiving Day. It was the first U.S. holiday by presidential proclamation.
In 1832, the first streetcar railway in America started public service in New York City from City Hall to 14th Street. The car was pulled by a horse and the fare was 12 1/2 cents.
In 1922, In Egypt's Valley of the Kings, British archaeologists Howard Carter and George Carnarvon became the first humans to enter King Tutankhamen's treasure-laden tomb in more than 3,000 years.
In 1965, France launched a satellite into space, becoming the world's third space power after the United States and the Soviet Union.
In 2005, a 67-year-old textile tycoon in India, Vijaypat Singhania, set a world's altitude record of 69,852 feet in a hot air balloon over Mumbai.
Today's birthdays include
- English poet William Cowper in 1731
- Surgeon and women's rights leader Mary Walker Edwards in 1832
- Air conditioning engineer Willis Carrier in 1876
- French playwright Eugene Ionesco in 1909
- TV journalist Eric Sevareid in 1912
- Cartoonist Charles Schulz (Peanuts) in 1922
- Singer Robert Goulet in 1933
- Impressionist Rich Little in 1938
- Singer Tina Turner in 1939
Everyone have a Great Friday!
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