Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. The cold air is (temporarily at least) moving on; today will be mostly sunny, and a bit warmer with low 40s. This has been such a strange year of record highs and lows! Some "normal" will be nice. :)
Yesterday: I played a lot of the "hurry up and wait" game, but in the end I did manage to get a few things accomplished. Some cleaning got done; some laundry, some gift wrapping. Sadly, the "big" tree could not be resurrected (like a horse, it has a broken leg and had to be shot! LOL!). I did some re-arranging, and will make some more changes next week. In the end, I will like the arrangement better anyway. :)
Today: This will be a very busy day. All the errands I didn't finish all week have to be completed; a few gifts have to get final touches; and I really need to get as much as possible cleaning and decorating finished. Tonight I pack .. yay! :)
Today is "Chanukah (Jewish - 8th & final day, ends at sundown)" ... "UN International Anti-Corruption Day" ... "Independence Day (Tanzania)" ... "Republic Day (Tanzania)".
Quotes of the Day:
"If your parents never had children, chances are you won't, either."
-- Dick Cavett
"At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived."
-- Dame Rose Macaulay
"No matter how much you disagree with your kin, if you are a thoroughbred you will not discuss their shortcomings with the neighbors. "
-- Tom Thompson
Today in history:
In 1851, the first YMCA in North America was established in Montreal.
In 1907, the first Christmas Seals to raise money to fight tuberculosis went on sale in the post office in Wilmington, Del.
In 1920, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson.
Today's birthdays include
- English poet John Milton in 1608
- Journalist Joel Chandler Harris, author of the Uncle Remus stories, in 1848
- Clarence Birdseye, industrialist/inventor, noted as the father of frozen foods, in 1886
- Actor Hermione Gingold in 1897
- Circus clown Emmett Kelly in 1898
- Actor Margaret Hamilton in 1902
- Bandleader Freddie Martin in 1906
- Actor Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in 1909
- Actor Broderick Crawford in 1911
- Former Speaker of the House Thomas Tip O'Neill, D-Mass., in 1912
- Actor Kirk Douglas in 1916
- Comedian Redd Foxx in 1922
- Actor Dina Merrill in 1925
- Actor Dick Van Patten in 1928
- Actor John Cassavetes in 1929
- Actor Buck Henry in 1930
- Actor Judi Dench in 1934
- Football Hall of Fame member Deacon Jones in 1938
- Actor Beau Bridges in 1941
- Football Hall of Fame member Dick Butkus in 1942
- Actor Michael Nouri in 1945
- Golf Hall of Fame member Tim Kite in 1949
- Singer Joan Armatrading in 1950
- Actor John Malkovich in 1953
- Singer Donny Osmond in 1957
- Actor Joe Lando in 1961
- Actor Felicity Huffman in 1962
- Singer Jakob Dylan in 1969
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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