Friday, April 29, 2011

Good Morning! Friday April 29, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. After all the stormy weather of the past few days, the sun is out and the clouds have moved on. Today will be in the upper 70s, mostly clear, and breezy. This should be a lovely day for gardening.
Yesterday: As always, a dialysis and work day precludes getting a lot done. A few quick errands after work were all. Since finishing the last project, I simply enjoyed TV last night (happy that Scotty made it through again).
Today: I have a lot to try to do, and will really have to push myself. I admit ... I've been up for hours. Of course I watched The Wedding! LOL! (those of you who've known me that long will remember I've been an "anglophile" for years!) But now, on with the day. There's a lot of gardening to get caught up on, as well as the "usual" chores and decluttering. I hope I can stay awake! LOL!

Today is "National Arbor Day" ... "National Dream Hotline" ... "National Hairball Awareness Day" ... "Anniversary - Zipper Patent" ... "Cheng Cheng Kung Landing Day (Taiwan)" ... "Showa Day (Japan)".

Quotes of the Day:
"A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where
the puck is going to be."
-- Wayne Gretzky
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"Write a wise saying and your name will live forever."
-- Anonymous

"Don't gamble; take all your savings and buy some good stock and hold it till it goes up, then sell it. If it don't go up, don't buy it."
-- Will Rogers

"If one morning I walked on top of the water across the Potomac River, the headline that afternoon would read "President Can't Swim"."
-- Lyndon B. Johnson

Today in history:
In 1770, James Cook arrived at and named Botany Bay, Australia.

In 1864, Ashmun Institute in Pennsylvania, the first college founded solely for African-American students, was officially chartered.

In 1885, women were admitted for the first time to examinations at England's Oxford University.

In 1913, Gideon Sundbach of Hoboken, N.J., was issued a patent for the zipper.

Today's birthdays include
- Publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1863
- Bandleader and composer Edward Kennedy Duke Ellington in 1899
- Japanese emperor Hirohito in 1901
- Actress Celeste Holm in 1917
- English skiffle group leader Lonnie Donegan in 1931
- Poet Rod McKuen in 1933
- Conductor Zubin Mehta in 1936
- Long-distance runner and former U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun, R-Kan.
- Golfer Johnny Miller, both in 1947
- Auto racer Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 1951
- Comedian Nora Dunn (Saturday Night Live) in 1952
- Comedian Jerry Seinfeld in 1954
- Actress Kate Mulgrew (Star Trek: Voyager) in 1955
- Actor Daniel Day-Lewis in 1957
- Actress Michelle Pfeiffer in 1958
- Actress Eve Plumb (The Brady Bunch) in 1958
- Tennis player Andre Agassi in 1970
- Actress Uma Thurman in 1970

Everyone have a Great Friday!

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