Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Good Morning! Wednesday November 17, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. We didn't get a lot of rain yesterday (some got more than others, as usual); but it's gone now.
Today will be mid 60s, sunny and breezy. We're back to lovely fall days!
Yesterday: After work I drove to DS's house ... Yay me, 2 hours in the dark and didn't get lost at all ... not even a "wrong" lane! LOL!
Today: The morning started off strangely ... I just don't see how 4 people can sleep through 3 obnoxiously loud alarms for an hour! LOL! But, everyone got off
to work and school on time; now the house is quiet except for the dog whining at the back door (she stays in the yard in the day time). Eventually DH will get up,
and we'll head back home. This afternoon I hope to start bringing the Christmas trees downstairs and deciding where they're going to be. Oh, the excitement!! :)

Today is "Homemade Bread Day" ... "National Educational Support Professionals Day" ... "Anniversary - Suez Canal".

Quotes of the Day:
"A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
-- Gian Vincenzo Gravina

"There are people who, instead of listening to what is being said to them, are already listening to what they are going to say themselves."
-- Albert Guinon

"There shall be eternal summer in the grateful heart."
-- Celia Thaxter

"Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work."
-- Thomas A. Edison

Today in history:
In 1800, the U.S. Congress convened in Washington for the first time.

In 1869, the Suez Canal in Egypt was opened, linking the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.

In 1881, Samuel Gompers organized the forerunner of the American Federation of Labor.

In 1962, John F. Kennedy dedicated the Dulles International Airport.

Today's birthdays include
- King Louis XVIII of France in 1755
- German astronomer and mathematician August Mobius in 1790
- Social reformer Grace Abbott in 1878
- British army Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery in 1887
- Drama teacher/actor Lee Strasberg in 1901
- Actor Rock Hudson in 1925
- Balladeer Gordon Lightfoot in 1938
- Film director Martin Scorsese in 1942
- Model/actress Lauren Hutton in 1943
- Actor/director Danny DeVito in 1944
- Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels in 1944
- Actress Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio in 1958
- Model/actor RuPaul in 1960

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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