Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's light out, but cloudy. Today should be low 40s and mostly cloudy. There might be rain by this afternoon or evening, but a bit too warm for snow. I'm so jealous that my son ... at the NC coast!! .... got snow on the weekend and we didn't! LOL! As the weather guy says, there's lots of winter left.
Yesterday: It actually turned out to be a good day. I got a very late start ... had trouble getting myself in gear. But, once I got going, we took a huge amount of *stuff* OUT of the house! Trash and plastic went to the dump, cans and other metal went to a recycling place, and I even found a place to take old computers and electronics ("anything with a cord") without having to pay! :) Then we went shopping (found a cabinet to help organize kitchen junk); I still managed to finish putting away all laundry, and do some sewing!
Today: It's back to work today. It's another back-to-back Monday/Friday for me. Hopefully by tonight I won't be too drained to sew some more ... I'm so near finishing this quilt now! :)
Today is "National Speak Up and Succeed Day" ... "A Room of One's Own Day" ... "Anniversary - Macintosh Computer (Apple)".
Quotes of the Day:
"The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others."
-- Hasidic Saying
"Too many people think only of their own profit. But business opportunity seldom knocks on the door of self-centered people. No customer ever goes to a store merely to please the storekeeper."
-- Kazuo Inamori
"I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me."
-- Noel Coward
Today in history:
In 1533, Henry VIII of England secretly married Anne Boleyn, his second wife.
In 1554, the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil, was established.
In 1858, Mendelssohn's "The Wedding March" was played at the marriage of Friedrich of Prussia and England's Princess Victoria, the daughter of Queen Victoria. It became a standard theme for weddings.
In 1890, Nellie Bly, a young New York reporter, completed a trip around the world in 72 days, 6 hours and 11 minutes.
In 1915, transcontinental phone service was inaugurated in a hookup between New York and San Francisco.
In 1919, the League of Nations was founded. It lasted until 1946 when it was replaced by the United Nations.
In 1924, the first Winter Olympic Games opened in Chamonix, France.
In 1959, the first scheduled transcontinental flight took place, a non-stop American Airlines flight from California to New York.
In 1961, newly inaugurated U.S. President John Kennedy had the first televised presidential news conference.
In 1984, Apple's Macintosh computer went on sale. Price tag: $2,495.
In 2004, Opportunity, the second of two NASA robot explorers, landed safely on Mars, joining its twin to explore the planet.
Today's birthdays include
- Irish natural philosopher Robert Boyle, a founder of modern chemistry, in 1627
- Scottish poet Robert Burns in 1759
- Soap maker and philanthropist William Colgate in 1783
- Novelist W. Somerset Maugham in 1874
- Novelist Virginia Woolf in 1882
- Hall of fame broadcaster Ernie Harwell in 1918
- News commentator Edwin Newman in 1919
- Football Hall of Fame member Lou Groza in 1924
- Former Philippine President Corazon Aquino in 1933
- Singer Etta James in 1938
- Singer Alicia Keys in 1981
- Football Hall of Fame member Carl Eller in 1842
- Track star Steve Prefontaine in 1951
- Singer Dean Jones in 1931
- Singer Leigh Taylor-Young in 1945
- Singer Dinah Manoff in 1958
Everyone have a Great Tuesday!
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