Friday, December 3, 2010

Good Morning! Friday December 3, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's bright and sunny, and very cold! The forecasters here (2 hours from home) are saying the "s" word for Sunday ..
just "a few stray flakes" .. but I really don't believe that will happen.
Yesterday: I had another quiet day, just me and the dogs and the bird. The dogs slept all day, and then got crazy when everyone else got home! LOL!
Last night we went to the middle school Christmas band concert (my DGD is 1st flute in 7th grade Intermediate Band - I might have mentioned that before? LOL).
I totally enjoyed the whole performance (unlike some rude people, we did not leave early). Afterwards, we went out to a Chinese buffet - yum!!
We got back here and found out one of the dogs had raided my suitcase for something to chew up. Hmmmm.
Today: So far this is another quiet day. I find a few things to do .. fold some laundry, wash a few dishes. Mostly, I just watch TV, read, play with the computer.
If I were at home I'd be finding a lot of things, and sewing - it's kind of hard to do nothing! :) Tonight we're supposed to go on a trolley ride through historic New Bern.
I'm looking forward to that, even though it will be cold!

Today is "Chanukah (Jewish - 2nd day/3rd night)" ... "UN International Day of the Disabled Person" ... "Admission Day (Illinois)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Nobody will believe in you unless you believe in yourself."
-- Liberace

"There is always a well-known solution to every human problem--neat, plausible,and wrong."
-- H. L. Mencken

"If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me."
-- Jimmy Buffett

"The bird of paradise alights only upon the hand that does not grasp."
-- John Berry

Today in history:
In 1818, Illinois was admitted as the 21st state in the United States.

In 1833, Oberlin College in Ohio opened with an enrollment of 29 men and 15 women, the nation's first truly co-educational college.

In 1904, the Jovian moon Himalia was discovered.

In 1967, Dr. Christiaan Barnard performed the first successful heart transplant at Cape Town, South Africa.

Today's birthdays include
- Presidential portrait painter Gilbert Stuart in 1755
- Civil War-era Gen. George B. McClellan in 1926
- U.S. Weather Bureau meteorologist Cleveland Abbe, who initiated daily weather bulletins, in 1838
- English novelist Joseph Conrad in 1857
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Kim Dae-jung in 1925
- Country singer Ferlin Husky in 1925
- Singer Andy Williams in 1927
- Former race car driver Bobby Allison in 1937
- Rocker Ozzy Osbourne in 1948
- Former race car driver Rick Mears in 1951
- Olympic gold medal skier Franz Klammer in 1953
- Actor Mel Smith in 1952
- Actor Daryl Hannah in 1960
- Actor Julianne Moore in 1960
- Olympic figure skater Katarina Witt in 1965
- Actor Brendan Fraser in 1968
- Actor Brian Bonsall in 1981

Everyone have a Great Friday!

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