Good morning! Welcome to 2011! It's a wonderful morning. God has given us a great gift - this beautiful new day! :) Today will be in lower 60s; maybe even higher ... starting out the year with another "abnormal" high. It'll be cloudy, maybe even some "drizzle" and rain by tonight ... and this will probably melt away most of the snow still on the ground. I have some shady areas that have quite a lot, but I think most of that will be soon gone too.
Yesterday: It turned out to be a really good day. I got several chores done around the house in the morning, and then went out in the afternoon and ran some errands. I got everything on my list done, and even found time to stop in my favorite "flea market/antique" shop ... where of course I found some bargains! :) Then last night DH, my friend, and I drove to a nearby town to watch the "Pickle Drop" ... silly, of course, but fun! We met DS & his family there, and had a brief visit. We headed home, stopped for a barbeque sandwich on the way, and were home in plenty of time to watch the New Year's Eve festivities in Raleigh (and New York) on TV.
Today: I have a lot of things I planned for today, but I'm not going to get all frantic rushing around. I've got laundry going and peas soaking (must have black-eyed peas and rice --"hoppin' john"-- family tradition!). The house is neat and (reasonably) clean for now, and today I will do some sewing, some baking, and get my new calendar set up ... and watch the Rose Parade! And I will probably check out the new HGTV shows too. :)
Today: "New Years Day" ... "Circumcision of Christ (Christian)" ... "New Year's Dishonor List" ... "St. Basil's Day (E. Orthodox)" ... "Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God (Roman Catholic)" ... "Z Day" ... "Anniversary - Birth of First Baby Boomer" ... "Mummers Parade (Pa, US)" ... :Tournament of Roses Parade (Ca, US)" ... "Rose Bowl Game (Pasadena, Ca)" ... "Liberation Day (Cuba)" ... "Independence Day (Haiti)" ... "New Year (1st-3rd -Japan)" ... "Independence Day (Sudan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it may be necessary from time to time to give a stupid or misinformed beholder a black eye."
-- Miss Piggy
"Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair."
-- Thomas Hobbes
"I am more and more convinced that our happiness or unhappiness depends more on the way we meet the events of life than on the nature of those events themselves."
-- Alexander Humboldt
Today in history:
In 45 B.C., New Year's Day was celebrated on Jan. 1 for the first time as the Julian calendar took effect.
In 1803, Jean-Jacques Dessalines proclaimed the independence of Saint-Domingue, renaming it Haiti after its original Arawak name.
In 1892, Ellis Island opened in New York Harbor.
In 1902, the University of Michigan beat Stanford, 49-0, in the inaugural Rose Bowl game in Pasadena, Calif.
In 1951, the Zenith Radio Corporation of Chicago demonstrated the first pay-per-view television system, offering three movies, "April Showers," "Welcome Stranger" and "Homecoming."
In 1986, Soviet television aired a five-minute greeting from U.S. President Ronald Reagan and Americans got the same from Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in the first such exchange between the superpowers.
In 2002, 12 European countries began the new year by turning in their own currency and adopting a common one, the euro, in the biggest currency change in history.
Today's birthdays include
- American patriot Paul Revere in 1735
- Betsy Ross, who, legend has it, made the first American flag, in 1752
- English novelist E.M. Forster in 1879
- FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover in 1895
- Bandleader Xavier Cugat in 1900
- Former U.S. Sen. Barry Goldwater, R-Ariz., the 1964 Republican candidate for president, in 1909
- Actor Dana Andrews in 1909
- British-born Soviet master spy Harold "Kim" Philby in 1912
- Novelist J.D. Salinger in 1919
- Actor Frank Langella in 1946
Everyone have a Great Saturday!
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