Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's a little overcast now, but by afternoon it should be mostly sunny and upper 40s. Wow, that will feel like a heat wave after the winter we've had so far! LOL!
Yesterday: The day got off to a slow start; but by the end of the day, 2 shelf units were assembled upstairs; 2 very old computers were dismantled (sorting out recyclable metal), and I'm beginning to see actuall floor space.
Today: I have one more shelf unit to assemble, and then I hope to get most of the room organized. There's still a lot up there, but I'll at least make a very significant dent in it! Oh, yeah, and the "normal" stuff still needs to be done ... laundry, cleaning, dinner, dishes (although I think we'll probably eat out tonight!) :)
Today is "Bald Eagle Appreciation Day" ... "Humanitarian Day" ... "Miss America Pageant Day".
Quotes of the Day:
"Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
-- Will Rogers
"One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words."
-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Live neither in the past nor in the future, but let each day's work absorb your entire energies, and satisfy your widest ambition. "
-- Sir William Osler
Today in history:
In 1759, the British Museum opened.
In 1870, a cartoon by Thomas Nast appeared in Harper's weekly with a donkey symbolizing the Democratic Party for the first time.
In 1892, Dr. James Naismith published the rules of basketball. He invented the game at a YMCA in Springfield, Mass.
In 1943, the Pentagon, the world's largest building of its kind, was completed on the Virginia side of the Potomac River just outside Washington.
In 1967, the first Super Bowl, pitting the NFL and AFL champions, was played at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum with the Green Bay Packers defeating the Kansas City Chiefs, 35-10.
In a 2006 runoff, Chile elected Michelle Bachelet as its first female president.
In 2009, all 155 people aboard US Airways Flight 1549 escaped serious injury when pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger gently landed his disabled aircraft in the Hudson River between New York and New Jersey.
Today's birthdays include
- French playwright Moliere (born Jean-Baptiste Poquelin) in 1622
- Signer of the Declaration of Independence Philip Livingston in 1716
- Outlaw Cole Younger in 1844
- Swedish clergyman and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nathan Soderblom in 1866
- Greek businessman Aristotle Onassis in 1906
- Nuclear physicist Edward Teller in 1908
- Drummer Gene Krupa in 1909
- Actor Lloyd Bridges in 1913
- Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in 1918
- Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Martin Luther King Jr. in 1929
- Actor Margaret O'Brien in 1937
- Actor Andrea Martin in 1947
- Rock musician Ronnie Van Zant in 1948
- Actor Mario Van Peebles in 1957
- Actor Chad Lowe in 1968
- Pro football star Drew Brees in 1979
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment