Monday, March 14, 2011

Good Morning! Monday March 14, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning! It's a little on the cool side, but at the moment clear and bright. The forecast is for it to cloud up as the day goes on, but a high around 60 will still be "comfortable".
** It's so nice to be home, open doors to fresh air, and enjoy the things starting to green up and bloom in my yard. We came home late Saturday afternoon. Amazing, spring "happened" while we were shut away! LOL! Thank you to all of you for your prayers and well wishes; and for hanging in there during this long time off. Hopefully, now, we can get back on a regular schedule. **
Yesterday: I spent the day trying to get caught up and (more or less) organized. It's a whole new experience to try to fix 3 regular meals, and keep within specified guidelines. Of course, there was a bit of laundry; and the usual - decluttering, dusting, vacuuming. In the late afternoon we had company for awhile (even though we had requested people wait until at least today or later - oh well).
Today: There is so much to do I don't even know where to start! LOL! I need to do more cleaning in the kitchen; and I have to figure out DH's meds for the rest of the week (it's done through today). Sometime today a home health nurse is supposed to come by and do an assesment; it would be nice to have some idea when, but we'll just have to stop whatever is going on when she gets here. Since I had to "company's coming clean" yesterday, a lot of the things that need to be packed are shoved behind a closed door. I need to tackle that stuff too. It will be interesting to see how long it takes for a new routine to become "habit"! :)

Today is "Moth-er Day" ... "Pi Day" ... "Commonwealth Day (UK)".

Quotes of the Day:
"I always wanted to be somebody, but I should have been more specific."
-- Jane Wagner, (and Lily Tomlin)

"You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?"
-- Robert Louis Stevenson

"Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever sunlight remains to them?"
-- Rose Kennedy

Today in history:
In 1794, Eli Whitney was granted a patent for the cotton gin.

In 2010, Katie Spotz, 22, of Mentor, Ohio, became the youngest person and first American to complete a solo journey across the Atlantic Ocean, a 2,817-mile, 2 1/2-month voyage in a 19-foot wooden rowboat.

Today's birthdays include
- Austrian composer Johann Strauss, Sr. in 1804
- Thomas Marshall, U.S. vice president under Woodrow Wilson, in 1854
- Railroad engineer and hero of the ballad Casey Jones, whose real name was John Luther Jones, in 1864
- Physicist Albert Einstein in 1879
- Bandleader Les Brown in 1912
- Cartoonist Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) in 1920
- Astronaut Frank Borman in 1928
- Actor Michael Caine in 1933
- Composer Quincy Jones in 1933
- Golf Hall of Fame member Bob Charles in 1936
- Basketball Hall of Fame member Wes Unseld in 1946
- Comedian Billy Crystal in 1948
- Prince Albert of Monaco in 1958
- Baseball Hall of Famer Kirby Puckett in 1960

Everyone have a Great Monday!

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