Friday, May 6, 2011

Good Morning! Friday May 6, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's bright and clear, just a little on the cool side. It will get up to mid 70s, and will get cloudier through the morning. There's a chance of showers or storms by afternoon.
Yesterday: I rushed around a bit in the morning, but in the end everything important got done and we left on time. :) It was a fairly "ordinary" day for both of us. As soon as we got home, I went back out for one quick errand I forgot. I got home full of "good intentions" to be productive; but of course I fizzled! LOL! I got a few little decluttering things done. Perhaps today will be better.
Today: DH has a doctor appointment - just a follow up - this morning. It's in town, so not an all day thing. Some lumber is being delivered this afternoon. Hopefully I will manage to get to all the things on my (always long) "to do" list ... before it gets rainy and I lose momentum! LOL!

Today is "Joseph Brackett Day" ... "Military Spouse Appreciation Day" ... "National Nurses Day" ... "No Diet Day" ... "No Homework Day" ... "No Pants Day".

Quotes of the Day:
"You don’t need to win every medal to be successful."
-- Jason Fried

"The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage."
-- Mark Russell

"I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it."
-- Thomas Jefferson, (attributed)

"The nice thing about egotists is that they don't talk about other people."
-- Lucille S. Harper

Today in history:
In 1889, the Eiffel Tower was officialy opened to the public.

In 1915, Babe Ruth of the Boston Red Sox hit his first major league home run in a game against the New York Yankees in New York.

In 1940, "The Grapes of Wrath" by John Steinbeck awarded the Pulitzer Prize for fiction.

In 1954, 25-year-old British medical student Roger Bannister cracked track and field's most famous barrier, the 4-minute mile, during a meet at Oxford, England. His time: 3 minutes, 59.4 seconds.

In 1994, the Channel Tunnel, a railway under the English Channel connecting Britain and France, was officially opened.

In 2006, unbeaten Barbaro won the 2006 Kentucky Derby by 6 1/2 lengths.

Today's birthdays include
- French revolutionary Maximilien Robespierre in 1758
- Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud in 1856
- Arctic explorer Robert Peary in 1856
- French writer Gaston Leroux in 1868
- Silent screen star Rudolph Valentino in 1895
- Restaurateur Toots Shor in 1903
- Actor Stewart Granger in 1913
- Actor-director-writer Orson Welles in 1915
- Author Theodore White in 1915
- Baseball legend Willie Mays in 1931
- Rock musician Bob Seger in 1945
- Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1953
- TV host Tom Bergeron (Dancing with the Stars) in 1955
- Musician John Flansburgh in 1960
- NHL record-holding goaltender Martin Brodeur in 1972
- Actress Roma Downey in 1960
- Actor George Clooney in 1961

Everyone have a Great Friday!

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