Friday, April 22, 2011

Good Mornng! Friday April 22, 2011

Good morning! It's a wonderful morning. It's cool and overcast, but not raining. The forecast is for "light rain and drizzle". The high today will be mid to upper 60s, much cooler than yesterday. But it's still nice spring weather, and the gardens need rain - as long as it's not enough to spoil any planned activities! LOL!
Yesterday: It felt like I rushed around a lot without getting a lot done. I had an early appointment, then took DH to dialysis and went to work. After work we had to stop for groceries, and stop to drop off some donations. By the time we got home it was time to fix dinner. It was time for the results show before I even got a chance to sit down! LOL!
Today: If the weather doesn't get "too bad", I'm hoping for a family visit. I'm really looking forward to it. This morning I've just got a few "routine" things to take care of; and I've got cooking started I'm mostly leaving the day "open", and will try to "go with the flow" (which we all know I'm not very good at! LOL!)

Today is "Chemists Celebrate Earth Day" ... "Earth Day" ... "Good Friday" ... "National Jelly Bean Day" ... "UN International Mother Earth Day" ... "Oklahoma Day (Oklahoma)".

Quotes of the Day:
"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step. It is always the same step, but you have to take it."
-- Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel from coast to coast without seeing anything."
-- Charles Kuralt

A thought for the day
Confucius said: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand.

Today in history:
In 1500, Brazil was discovered by Pedro Alvarez Cabral.

In 1889, some 20,000 homesteaders massed along the border of the Oklahoma Territory, awaiting the signal to start the Oklahoma land rush.

In 1914, Babe Ruth made his professional baseball debut as a pitcher for the Baltimore Orioles.

In 1970, Earth Day was first marked.

In 1972, Apollo 16 astronauts John Young and Charles Duke walked and rode on the surface of the moon for 7 hours, 23 minutes.

In 1993, the Holocaust Memorial Museum was dedicated in Washington.

Today's birthdays include
- Spanish Queen Isabella I, who funded the first voyage of Christopher Columbus
to the New World, in 1451
- English novelist Henry Fielding in 1707
- German philosopher Immanuel Kant in 1724
- Vladimir Ilyich Lenin, leader of Russia's 1917 Communist revolution, in 1870
- Novelist Vladimir Nabokov in 1899
- Pioneer nuclear physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer in 1904
- Actor Eddie Albert in 1906
- Violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin in 1916
- Jazz bass player Charles Mingus in 1922
- TV producer Aaron Spelling in 1923
- Actor Charlotte Rae in 1926
- Singer Glen Campbell in 1936
- Actor Jack Nicholson in 1937
- Filmmaker John Waters in 1946
- Rock guitarist and singer Peter Frampton in 1950
- Actress Marilyn Chambers in 1952
- Actor Ryan Stiles in 1959
- Comedian/TV host Byron Allen in 1961
- Actor Chris Makepeace in 1964


Everyone have a Great Friday!

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