Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's not clear, but not "dark and gloomy" either. It will be cloudy all day, but no rain expected until tomorrow. It'll also be low 40s, about a 30 degree drop from yesterday!
Yesterday: It was a work day, but I did manage to get to the grocery store on the way home. Dinner was "easy", finishing up the potato soup, "sliders" to finish up a bit of roast, and salad. Jimmy managed to go through a good size stack of tapes and DVDs ... although, he didn't cull out much! LOL! But, that little bit is neatly on the new shelves now. :)
Today: It's finally my half day! I hope to get the oil change done (not quite overdue, but will be soon if I can't get in there), and then work on the upstairs a bit. I have to finish organizing and stashing the boxes up there so I can start taking Christmas up. Even *I* can't get by with calling all of the trees Valentine trees! LOL!
Today is "Chinese New Year" ... "Four Chaplains Memorial Day" ... "Anniversary - "The Day the Music Died" ... "Bean Throwing Festival (Setsubun - Japan)" ... "Heroes' Day (Mozambique)".
Quotes of the Day:
"A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation."
-- Donald Trump
"The great thing in this world is not so much where you stand, as in what direction you are moving."
-- Oliver Wendell Holmes
"If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours."
-- Henry David Thoreau
Today in history:
In 1690, Massachusetts Colony issued the first paper money in America.
In 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified, decreeing that the right to vote shall not be denied on account of race, color or previous condition of servitude.
In 1966, the Soviet Union accomplished the first controlled landing on the moon when the unmanned spacecraft Lunik 9 touched down on the Ocean of Storms.
In 1994, the shuttle Discovery blasted off into space with the first Russian astronaut aboard a U.S. spacecraft.
Today's birthdays include
- German composer Felix Mendelssohn in 1809
- U.S. journalist Horace Greeley in 1811
- Elizabeth Blackwell, the first woman doctor of medicine, in 1821
- Poet and novelist Gertrude Stein in 1874
- Artist Norman Rockwell in 1894
- Gangster Charles Arthur Pretty Boy Floyd in 1904
- Author James Michener in 1907
- Comedian Joey Bishop in 1918
- Comedian Shelley Berman in 1925
- Football Hall of Fame quarterback Fran Tarkenton in 1940
- Football Hall of Fame quarterback Bob Griese in 1945
- Nobel Peace Prize laureate Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo in 1948
- Professional golfer Retief Goosen in 1969
- Actress Blythe Danner in 1943
- Actress Morgan Fairchild in 1950
- Actress Pamela Franklin in 1950
- Actor Nathan Lane in 1956
- Actor Thomas Calabro in 1959
- Actress Maura Tierney in 1965
- Actor Warwick Davis in 1970
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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