Sunday, May 1, 2011

Good Morning! Sunday May 1, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's clear and bright, and will go to low to mid 80s today. Even though it's a tiny bit over "normal", it's a lovely warm spring day. Cooler weather is coming (maybe even below "normal"), so enjoy this day!
Yesterday: That was another very busy day. After taking DH to dialysis, a few errands were done, and then home to the yard. I hired a teen (my friend's son) to help, and he did a very good job. The garden is about 80% weeded, prepped, and planted. Some new shrubs were planted in the front yard; and several more future garden sites got weeded. Also, my new yard lamp got "installed", and the huge pile of yard waste and dead tree logs was burned off (rare to have a day with very little wind so we could burn!). By last night, I was too tired to care if anything else got done! LOL!
Today: This will be a much quieter day. I will catch up laundry and dishes, work a bit on my "closed door" room. Later I'll probably head for the grocery store. Well, maybe I will. Maybe it'll wait until tomorrow (because I need to go mail some packages anyway). LOL! I will work a bit on filing paperwork, and hopefully get the next (overdue) sewing project lined up.

Today is "Executive Coaching Day" ... "Keep Kids Alive - Drive 25 Day" ... "Labor Day (Most of the World)" ... "Law Day USA" ... "Lei Day" ... "Loyalty Day" ... "May Day" ... "Mother Goose Day" ... "National Dance Day" ... "National Infertility Survival Day" ... "New Homeowner's Day" ... "School Principal's Day" ... "Stepmothers Day" ... "Festival of Saint Efisio (Italy)" ... "International Labor Day (Russia 05/01-02)" ... "Yom Hashoah (Israel - Holocaust Day)".

Quotes of the Day:
"Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."
-- Charles Caleb Colton

"An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens."
-- Thomas Jefferson

"It is not a bad idea to get in the habit of writing down one's thoughts. It saves one having to bother anyone else with them. "
-- Isabel Colegate

Today in history:
In 1851, the Great Exhibition opened in London.

In 1884, construction began on the world's first skyscraper -- the 10-story Home Insurance Company building in Chicago.

In 1893, U.S. President Grover Cleveland opened the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.

In 1931, the Empire State Building was dedicated in New York City. It remained the world's tallest building for 40 years.

In 1971, Amtrak, the national passenger rail service that combined the operations of 18 passenger railroads, went into service.

In 1999, Charismatic, a 31-1 long shot, won the 125th Kentucky Derby in Louisville.

Today's birthdays include
- Arthur Wellesley, the first duke of Wellington, in 1769
- American labor leader Mary Harris Mother Jones in 1830
- U.S. Army Gen. Mark Clark in 1896
- Singer Kate Smith in 1907
- Actor Glenn Ford in 1916
- Television personality Jack Paar in 1918
- Author Joseph Heller in 1923
- Mercury astronaut Scott Carpenter in 1925
- Singer Sonny James in 1929
- Singer Judy Collins in 1939
- Singer Rita Coolidge in 1945
- Singer Tim McGraw in 1967

Everyone have a Great Sunday!

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