Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's clear and sunny again, and will be a tiny bit warmer: mid to upper 30s. Maybe it will even get up to 40! Wow, if the wind would just stop blowing out here, we might even get the last few outside decorations done. :)
Yesterday: It was a busy day for sure. I worked all morning on trying to straighten what I could in the house (lost cause, as my "big" tree committed suicide! LOL!), and worked on some wrapping. In the early afternoon I had an important errand to run, and didn't get back until mid evening. Then a friend and I went to see a Festival of Trees (there must have been at least 3 dozen trees, each one different and unique, all gorgeously decorated. If any of my readers live at all near Smithfield, NC, you really should try to see those trees ... Health Center ... today is the last day!), and then we went shopping for a few "odds and ends" and some groceries. By then I was so tired, I know I forgot things! LOL!
Today: I have one more day of running around doing errands and paying bills. Hopefully on the way home (or just after I get home) I can pick up the things I forgot last night. I guess this afternoon will be spent trying to reconstruct that silly tree! LOL!
Today is "Chanukah (Jewish - 7th day/8th night)" ... "Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Catholic)" ... "Take a New Year's Resolution to Stop Smoking (TANYRSS)" ... "Anniversary - John Lennon " Shot" ... "Constitution Day (Uzbekistan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work."
-- Thomas A. Edison
"Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good."
-- Thomas Sowell
"When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face. "
-- Hugh Elliott
Today in history:
In 1609, Biblioteca Ambrosiana, the second public library in Europe, opened.
In 1886, delegates from 25 unions founded the American Federation of Labor, forerunner of the modern AFL-CIO, in Columbus, Ohio.
In 1997, Jenny Shipley was sworn in as the first woman prime minister of New Zealand.
Today's birthdays include
- Mary Queen of Scots in 1542
- Eli Whitney, inventor of the cotton gin, in 1765
- General Motors founder William Durant in 1861
- Finnish composer Jean Sibelius in 1865
- Mexican muralist Diego Rivera in 1886
- Humorist and artist James Thurber in 1894
- Actor Lee J. Cobb in 1911
- Entertainer Sammy Davis Jr. in 1925
- Actor Maximilian Schell in 1930
- Comedian Flip Wilson in 1933
- Actor David Carradine in 1936
- Actor James MacArthur in 1937
- Irish flutist James Galway in 1939
- Rock vocalist Jim Morrison in 1943
- Rock musician Gregg Allman in 1947
- Actor Kim Basinger in 1953
- Actor Teri Hatcher in 1964
- Political commentator Ann Coulter in 1961
- Irish singer/songwriter Sinead O'Connor in 1966
Everyone have a Great Wednesday!
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