Wednesday, December 1, 2010

Good Morning! Wednesday December 1, 2010

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It started off gray and rainy, but it's already working on clearing off. It also started warm, but it's supposed to drop during the day, and be quite chilly by this afternoon.
This is not totally bad, as we need rain; but wow, was there ever a lot of fierce wind last night!
Yesterday: I was really busy, even though it was also mostly cloudy. The rain held off until dark, but it was very bery windy. Still, we got most of the outside decorating done. There are just a few things left that can't be completed in the wind! Last night I got laundry caught up, and packing done.
Today: I got up nice and early, and we (DS & I) left the house by 7:15. I'm now at his house, he's gone to work, the dogs have settled down, and it's peaceful and quiet. Today I will do a few little things around here to help out; work on a scheduling project; and just be generally lazy. :)

Today is "World Aids Day" ... "Day With(out) Art" ... "Bifocals at the Monitor Liberation Day" ... "Chanukah (Jewish - begins at sundown)" ... "Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree Annual Lighting" ... "Rosa Parks Day" ... "Special Kids Day" ... "UN World Aids Day" ... "Anniversary - Playboy" ... "Independence Day (Portugal)" ... "National Day (Romania)".

Qoutes of the Day:
"Only the mediocre are always at their best."
-- Jean Giraudoux

"If you believe everything you read, better not read."
-- Japanese Proverb

"No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency."
-- Theodore Roosevelt

"That's what I consider true generosity. You give your all, and yet you always feel as if it costs you nothing."
-- Simone de Beauvoir

Today in history:
In 1891, the game of basketball was invented when James Naismith, a physical education teacher at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Mass., put peach baskets at the opposite ends of the gym and gave students soccer balls to toss into them.

In 1903, the world's first drive-in gasoline station opened for business in Pittsburgh.

In 1917, the Rev. Edward Flanagan founded Boys Town near Omaha.

In 1990, the Channel Tunnel sections started from the United Kingdom and France met forty meters beneath the seabed.

Today's birthdays include
- Wax figure sculptor Marie Tussaud in 1761
- Detective novelist Rex Stout in 1886
- Former United Mine Workers president W.A. Tony Boyle in 1904
- Baseball Hall of Fame member Walter Alston in 1911
- Singer/actor Mary Martin in 1913
- Soul singer Lou Rawls in 1933
- Comedian/filmmaker Woody Allen in 1935
- Golf Hall of fame member Lee Trevino in 1939
- Comedian Richard Pryor in 1940
- Rock n' roll Hall of fame member John Densmore (The Doors) in 1944
- Singer/actor Bette Midler in 1945
- Actor Treat Williams in 1951
- Model Carol Alt in 1960
- Comedian Sarah Silverman in 1970
- Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle in 1977

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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