Good morning! It's a beautiful morning! We woke up to SNOW! Not just a dusting or "trace" ... lots and lots of snow, and still coming down hard. The kids are ecstatic. DH and I will have to head home this afternoon (well, that's the plan anyway! LOL!). We'll see how the roads are ... this morning everything has been cancelled. But I expect the "major" roads really won't be all that bad. We'll find out later.
Yesterday: We had a perfectly lovely Christmas Day. After all the early morning excitement calmed down, it was a surprisingly quiet day. We mostly napped, snacked, and watched Christmas movies all day. Late in the day we had a re-run dinner (smart to have the big dinner on Christmas Eve ... then on the Day, no cooking, just warming!). Late in the evening (waiting to see if it would start snowing) we played several rounds of Banagrams.
Today: I woke up and looked outside around 3:30 am ... it was pouring rain. I went back to sleep ... and woke up around 10:00 (extraordinarily late for me ... but I had an extra quilt, and was so cozy and warm! LOL!) ... and there are several inches and still coming. I don't know what we'll do this morning. After a shower, I'll get all of our stuff packed back up, and we'll see how it goes. I sort of really want to get home ... all of *my* presents are there waiting! heehee.
I hope you are all having a wonderful, warm, and safe holiday weekend.
There are 364 days until Christmas! :)
Today is "Kwanzaa Begins (12/26/10-01/01/11)" ... "National Thank You Note Day" ... "National Whiner's Day" ... "Saint Stephan's Day" ... "Second Day of Christmas" ... "Boxing Day (UK,Can)" ... "Day of the Wren (Ireland)" ... "Day of Goodwill (South Africa)" ... "Independence Day (Slovenia)" ... "Junkanoo (Bahamas)".
Quotes of the Day:
"The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think."
-- Edwin Schlossberg
"Books to the ceiling,
Books to the sky,
My pile of books is a mile high.
How I love them! How I need them!
I'll have a long beard by the time I read them."
-- Arnold Lobel
"Smell is a potent wizard that transports you across thousand of miles and all the years you have lived."
-- Helen Keller
Today in history:
In 1898, Marie and Pierre Curie announced the isolation of radium.
In 1908, Jack Johnson became the first African-American to win the world heavyweight boxing title when he knocked out Tommy Burns in the 14th round near Sydney, Australia.
Today's birthdays include
- English poet Thomas Gray in 1716
- English inventor Charles Babbage, who developed the first speedometer, in 1791
- Adm. George Dewey, the U.S. naval hero of Manila, in 1837
- Writer Henry Miller in 1891
- Mao Zedong, leader of the Chinese communist revolution, in 1893
- Actor Richard Widmark in 1914
- Entertainer Steve Allen in 1921
- Comedian Alan King in 1927
- Music producer Phil Spector in 1940
- Dogsled racer Susan Butcher in 1954
Everyone have a Great Sunday!
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