Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's not yet light, but the forecast for today is for upper 40s and mostly sunny. It looks like maybe more rain (maybe even "S"???) might be coming later in the weekend; that's a "wait and see" for sure!
Yesterday: With all the running around I had to do ... pay bills, pick up prescriptions, etc. ... I didn't get nearly as much done at home as I had hoped. Still, it's looking much better. I still have a "hot spot" in the living room I have to figure out what to do with; but I have one room "complete" and Christmasy. LOL!
Today: It's very early because I hope to get an early start traveling. I'm mostly packed, just have some "last minute" stuff to throw in. In just a few hours I plan (you know me and my "plans"! LOL!) to be on the road. :)
Today is "Human Rights Day" ... "National Salesperson's Day" ... "Nobel Peace Prize Day" ... "UN Human Rights Day" ... "Admission Day (Mississippi)" ... "Constitution Day (Thailand)".
Quotes of the Day:
"The secret of eternal youth is arrested development."
-- Alice Roosevelt Longworth
"It is only possible to live happily ever after on a day-to-day basis."
-- Margaret Bonnano
"Complain to one who can help you."
-- Yugoslav Proverb
"Excess on occasion is exhilarating. It prevents moderation from acquiring the deadening effect of a habit."
-- W. Somerset Maugham
Today in history:
In 1869, the Territory of Wyoming granted women the right to vote.
In 1901, the Nobel prizes were first awarded in Oslo, Norway, and Stockholm, Sweden.
In 1936, Britain's King Edward VIII abdicated to marry American divorcee Wallis Warfield Simpson. His brother succeeded to the throne as King George VI.
In 1950, U.S. diplomat Ralph Joseph Bunche received the Nobel Peace Prize for his peace mediation during the first Arab-Israeli war. He was the first African-American to win the award.
In 1984, the National Science Foundation reported the discovery of the first planet outside our solar system, orbiting a star 21 million light-years from Earth.
In 2003, Mick Jagger became Sir Mick after the Rolling Stones' front man was knighted by Prince Charles.
Today's birthdays include
- Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet, founder of the first free school for the deaf, in 1787
- Poet Emily Dickinson in 1830
- Librarian Melvil Dewey, inventor of the Dewey decimal book classification system, in 1851
- TV newscaster Chet Huntley in 1911
- Actress Dorothy Lamour in 1914
- Actor Harold Gould in 1923
- Actress Susan Dey in 1952
- Actor/director Kenneth Branagh in 1960
Everyone have a Great Friday!
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