Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. When I went out to rotate sprinklers, it was only low 70s, very nice. Today will go to around low 90s (though that's what yesterday was supposed to be, but felt hotter); they're saying less humidity - we'll see. The "hot stuff" is still coming, so we better try to enjoy these **cool** days! LOL!
Yesterday: I did get some of what was planned accomplished, so it wasn't a bad day. But I couldn't deal with the heat (and bugs!) very long at a time, so not a lot of outside work got done. A lot of the grass got cut (NOT by me) just before dark. And then it was so late, and everyone was tired - so we went to McDonalds (being the only thing open past 9:00 around here). Some new cabinets came, and are now in the living room waiting to be assembled. So much for my "uncluttered" rooms! LOL!
Today: It's dialysis and work today, so not a house or yard day. After work we'll have to go see about getting a replacement battery for the lawn mower, and pick up some refills. That will put us late getting home; I don't expect I'll get much more than dinner and laundry done, but I can always hope for a burst of energy for a bit more. :)
Today is "Leap Second Adjustment Time" ... "National Bomp Pop Day" ... "National Handshake Day" ... "Anniversary - N.O.W." ... "Armed Forces Day (Guatemala)" ... "Independence Day (Congo)" ... "Revolution Day (Sudan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"War is not nice."
-- Barbara Bush
"I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home."
-- Robert Orben
"Most people would succeed in small things if they were not troubled with great ambitions."
-- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Today in history:
In 1859, Frenchman Jean Francois Gravelet, known professionally as the Great Blondin, became the first daredevil to walk across Niagara Falls on a tight rope.
In 1870, Ada Kepley became the first woman to graduate from an accredited law school in the United States, Union College of Law in Chicago.
In 1888, Robert Louis Stevenson published his adventure novel "The Black Arrow."
In 1905, theory of relativity introduced by Albert Einstein in "On the Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies."
In 1923, jazz pioneer Sidney Bechet made his first recording. It included "Wild Cat Blues" and "Kansas City Blues."
In 1936, Margaret Mitchell's Civil War novel "Gone With the Wind" was published.
In 2004, the Cassini spacecraft, in space on a U.S.-European mission, became the first device to orbit the planet Saturn.
Today's birthdays include
- English socialist leader Harold Laski in 1893
- Actor Susan Hayward and singer Lena Horne in 1917
- Actor Nancy Dussault in 1936
- Singer Florence Ballard of The Supremes in 1943
- Actor David Alan Grier in 1955
- Former heavyweight champion boxer Mike Tyson in 1966
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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