Saturday, March 26, 2011

Good Morning! Saturday March 26, 2011

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's overcast, and much cooler. It will probably only be low to mid 50s today, and rain by later this afternoon. I'll be glad for the rain .. though I hope it is MUCH later in the afternoon! LOL!
Yesterday: It was a fairly busy day, although a lot of things I expected did not happen. None of the home health care workers came. The friend who looked at my TV couldn't fix it, so it may have to go back. The tiller did show up, right before dark; but the garden is done! Yay! I also did a lot of work in the house, including re-organizing the pantry and 2 big cabinets.
Today: It's a dialysis day, and I'm already running late this morning. However, other than transporting back and forth, mostly I want to try to finish household cleaning I didn't finish yesterday. Oh, and I got everything out and ready to start working on a sewing project again, finally! :)

Today is "Earth Hour" ... "Legal Assistants Day" ... "Make Up Your Own Holiday Day" ... "National Cherry Blossom Festival" ... "Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianole Day" ... "Independence Day " ... "(Bangladesh)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away."
-- Anonymous

'love life...Yeah, I'm sad, but at the same time, I'm really happy that something could make me feel that sad. It's like...It makes me feel alive, you know. It makes me feel human. The only way I could feel this sad now is if I felt something really good before. So I have to take the bad with the good. So I guess what I'm feeling is like a beautiful sadness."
-- Trey Parker and Matt Stone

"Almost everything--all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure--these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."
-- Steve Jobs

"God doesn't require us to succeed; He only requires that you try."
-- Mother Teresa

Today in history:
In 1830, the Book of Mormon was published.

In 1839, first Henley Royal Regatta was contested.

In 1859, astronomers reported sighting a planet in an orbit near Mercury. They named it Vulcan, now believed to have been a "rogue asteroid" making a one-time pass close to the sun.

In 1953, U.S. medical researcher Dr. Jonas Salk announced on a national radio show that he had successfully tested a vaccine against poliomyelitis, the virus that causes the crippling disease of polio.

In 1958, the United States army launched Explorer III.

In 1971, East Pakistan achieved independence as Bangladesh.

In 1992, Soviet cosmonaut Serge Krikalev, after spending 313 days in orbit aboard the Mir space station, returned to Earth a citizen of a new country, Russia.

Today's birthdays include
- Poet Robert Frost in 1874
- Playwright Tennessee Williams in 1911
- U.S. Army Gen. William Westmoreland in 1914
- French composer/conductor Pierre Boulez in 1925
- Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in 1930
- Actor Leonard Nimoy in 1931
- Actor Alan Arkin in 1934
- Actor James Caan in 1940
- Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., in 1940
- Author Erica Jong in 1942
- Author/journalist Bob Woodward in 1943
- Singer Diana Ross in 1944
- Rock singer Steven Tyler in 1948
- Actress Vicki Lawrence in 1949
- Singer Teddy Pendergrass in 1950
- Actor Martin Short in 1950
- TV personality Leeza Gibbons in 1957
- Actress Jennifer Grey in 1960
- Country singer Kenny Chesney in 1968
- Actress Keira Knightley in 1985

Everyone have a Great Saturday!

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