Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. The clouds have gone, the sun is bright, and it will be mid 40s today. We need to enjoy this, because it won't last! LOL! They're still saying it ... can it be?? We *might* get a **gasp** white Christmas!! If so, it'll be the first one since 1947! Wow!
Yesterday: While nothing ever goes completely as planned, yesterday was pretty close. I had a big chunk of time to get things done ... and I really did get a lot of them done! The house is clean and decorated; and if there are still a few things laying around where they don't belong, it doesn't really matter too much.
Today: All I need to do today is finish packing, wrap one more gift, and take trash to the dump. Then we'll be on our way! Yay! :)
Christmas is 2 days from today!!!
Today is "Festivus" ... "Humanlight Celebration" ... "Birthday of the Emperor (Japan)" ... "Feast of the Radishes (Mexico)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful."
-- Samuel Johnson
"Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it."
-- Cicero
"It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding."
-- Kahlil Gibran
Today in history:
In 1620, construction began of the first permanent European settlement in New England, one week after the Mayflower arrived at Plymouth harbor in present day Massachusetts.
In 1913, the U.S. Federal Reserve System was established.
In 1928, the National Broadcasting Company established a permanent U.S. coast-to-coast radio hookup.
In 1947, the transistor was invented, leading to a revolution in communications and electronics.
In 1987, Dick Rutan and Jeana Yaeger landed the experimental aircraft Voyager at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., completing a record nine-day, 25,012-mile global flight without refueling.
Today's birthdays include
- Egyptologist Jean Francois Champollion, who deciphered the Rosetta Stone, in 1790
- Mormon church founder Joseph Smith in 1805
- Poet Harriet Monroe, founder of Poetry magazine, in 1860
- Manhattan restaurateur Vincent Sardi Sr. in 1885
- British film executive J. Arthur Rank in 1888
- Actor James Gregory in 1911
- Former West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt in 1918
- Actor Harry Guardino in 1925
- Japanese Emperor Akihito in 1933
- Actor Susan Lucci in 1946
- Marathon runner Bill Rodgers in 1947
- Actor Corey Haim in 1972
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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