Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's bright and clear, and will be mostly sunny today. It'll go up to the upper 80s, maybe even teasing 90, and just a touch breezy. It's still April, but feeling more like summer!
Yesterday: We spent the afternoon visiting with son, daughter-in-law, and 2 of the grands. We didn't get away from home as early as we hoped, but we still had a nice long visit. They cooked a wonderful meal (lots of yummy things that we probably shouldn't be eating but did anyway! LOL!), and it was just calm and relaxing. The crazy puppy was either outside (and has finally been stifled in her attempts to escape) or in her kennel. so there were no "incidents". The traffic both directions wasn't too awful; so all in all in was a very good day.
Today: Since the house got cleaned last week, today will be an "easy" day ... other than having to drive to Durham of course. DH has a doctor appointment, but not until the afternoon; and there's at least the possibility of getting out early enough to miss evening traffic too. Tonight is Dancing, and also back to working on the sewing. I think I have figured out a minor problem that was a "stumbling block", so hope to finish soon!
Today is "Easter Monday" ... "Smigus Dyngus/Dyngus Day/Wet Monday" ... "Malaria Awareness Day" ... "State License Plate Day" ... "White House Easter Egg Roll" ... "World Malaria Day" ... "Confederate Memorial Day (Al)" ... "Confederate Memorial Day (Ms)" ... "ANZAC Day (Australia)" ... "Family Day (South Africa)" ... "National Flag Day (Swaziland)" ... "Liberation Day (Italy)" ... "Liberty Day (Portugal)" ... "Sinai Day (Egypt)".
Quotes of the Day:
"All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy and Jill a rich widow."
-- Evan Esar
"Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why."
-- Eddie Cantor
"The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect and beginning the work of becoming yourself. "
-- Anna Quindlen
Today in history:
In 1507, German geographer and mapmaker Martin Waldseemuller published a book in which he named the newly discovered continent of the New World "America" after the man he mistakenly thought had discovered it, Italian navigator Amerigo Vespucci.
In 1719, Daniel Defoe's novel "Robinson Crusoe" was published.
In 1792, "La Marseillaise" -- the French national anthem -- was composed by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle.
In 1859, ground was broken for the Suez Canal at Port Said, Egypt.
In 1901, New York became the first state to require license plates on automobiles.
In 1939, Batman was introduced in DC Comics' Detective Comics No. 27.
In 1945, delegates of 46 countries gathered in San Francisco to organize a permanent United Nations
In 1990, Hubble Space Telescope was released into space by astronauts on the space shuttle Discovery.
In 2007, astronomers in Chile discovered a planet they described as the "most Earth-like planet outside our solar system." Researchers said that Gliese 581 C, located 20.5 light-years from Earth, had temperatures similar to Earth's and could have water.
Today's birthdays include
- Oliver Cromwell, lord protector of England, in 1599
- Guglielmo Marconi, inventor of the radio telegraph, in 1874
- U.S. Supreme Court Justice William Brennan in 1906
- Pioneer broadcast journalist Edward R. Murrow in 1908
- Singer Ella Fitzgerald in 1917
- Former Harlem Globetrotters basketball player George Meadowlark Lemon III in 1932
- Composer Jerry Leiber in 1933
- Actor Al Pacino in 1940
- Actress Talia Shire in 1946
- Actor Hank Azaria in 1964
- Actress Renee Zellweger in 1969
- Sports broadcaster Joe Buck in 1969
- Actor Jason Lee in 1970
- Champion skier Anja Parson in 1981
Everyone have a Great Monday!
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