Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Good Morning! Wednesday January 12, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's quite clear right now, though the forecast is for partly cloudy. It should go to the upper 30s, which will melt away a lot of the remaining snow and ice - although, there's also a possibility of flurries this afternoon. The news says that the main roads are (mostly) clear ... my driveway isn't. I can't tell about the road out front; but I have to get to work, so hopefully it'll be ok. :)
Yesterday: I wasn't able to do what I had hoped upstairs ... assembling the shelf unit is a 2-person job. Instead, I cleaned out the coat closet! LOL! Also I cleared off the dining room table and got out some fabric to get projects ready for sewing. I didn't get as far as I wanted on that, but it's a start. There were dishes to do, laundry to put away, and supper to cook. Oh yeah, and I spent tooooo much time on the computer! :)
Today: I have to get to work; once I get to a main road I know I'll be OK. I doubt I'll get anything done after work ... and tonight the Dance competition continues. :)

Today is "Anniversary - First Woman Senator Elected" ... "Anniversary - Batman TV Show Premier" ... "Zanzibar Revolution Day (Tanzania".


Quotes of the Day:
"Give all to love; obey thy heart."
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Charm is the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with ourselves."
-- Henri-Frйdйric Amiel

"Bureaucrats write memoranda both because they appear to be busy when they are writing and because the memos, once written, immediately become proof that they were busy."
-- Charles Peters

"We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can."
-- Cullen Hightower

Today in history:
In 1932, Ophelia Wyatt Caraway, a Democrat from Arkansas, became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

In 1986, U.S. Rep. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., traveled into space aboard the shuttle Columbia.

In 2001, scientists in Oregon announced the birth of the first genetically engineered primate. The rhesus monkey had a jellyfish gene that caused jellyfish to glow; however, the monkey didn't glow.

In 2005, the Deep Impact space mission launched from Cape Canaveral.

Today's birthdays include
- French fairy tale writer Charles Perrault, author of the Mother Goose stories, in 1628
- British statesman Edmund Burke in 1729
- American patriot John Hancock in 1737
- Painter John Singer Sargent in 1856
- Novelist Jack London in 1876
- World War II Nazi leader Hermann Goering in 1893
- Western singer/actor Tex Ritter in 1905
- Champion heavyweight boxer Joe Frazier in 1944
- Mentalist The Amazing Kreskin (born George Joseph Kresge) in 1935
- Radio personality Rush Limbaugh in 1951
- Radio personality Howard Stern in 1954
- Actor Kirstie Alley in 1951
- Actor Oliver Platt in 1960
- Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in 1964
- Musician and film director Rob Zombie in 1965
- Activist, and former wife of Paul McCartney, Heather Mills in 1968

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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