Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. We got rain last night, and this morning everything is bright and fresh, and cooler. Today will only go to the upper 80s (wow!); but clouds may move in again by the afternoon with more chances of storms. It's been an odd year; and on the news they were mentioning how strange the weather has been this year everywhere!
Yesterday: We had a busy afternoon, and got everything done. Yay! All the bills are paid, the car is "legal" (actually have to wait for mail, but I have a receipt), and I'm now allowed to dump my trash for another year. :) I got to the grocery store, finally. Just as I was checking out, a strong storm came through. I had to wait for it to slack a bit, then loaded the car in the rain! LOL! Oh how nice it was to get home and find it rained here too!!
Today: I don't even have any sprinklers running this morning; though if we don't get storms this afternoon, they'll be back on tomorrow morning. It's a dialysis and work day, so nothing planned. Well, except, since it's a bit cooler I might try tonight to do a bit of searching upstairs. :)
Today is "Father & Daughter Take a Walk Day" ... "Tell the Truth Day" ... "Independence Day (Solomon Islands)" ... "Running of the Bulls (Spain)" ... "Saba Saba Day (Tanzania)" ... "Tanabata/Star Festival (Japan)".
Quotes of the Day:
"I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight."
-- Rita Rudner
"Nothing is easy to the unwilling."
-- Nikki Giovanni
Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing."
-- Randy K. Milholland
Today in history:
In 1846, U.S. Navy Commodore J.D. Sloat proclaimed the annexation of California by the United States.
In 1898, U.S. President William McKinley signed a joint resolution of Congress authorizing the annexation of Hawaii by the United States.
In 1930, construction of the Hoover Dam was begun.
In 1946, Mother Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850-1917) became the first American to be canonized a saint in the Roman Catholic Church.
In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor was chosen by U.S. President Ronald Reagan to become the first woman on the U.S. Supreme Court. She was unanimously approved by the Senate.
Today's birthdays include
- Composer Gustav Mahler in 1860
- Painter Marc Chagall in 1887
- Film director George Cukor in 1899
- Film director Vittorio De Sica in 1901
- Baseball pitcher Leroy Satchel Paige in 1906
- Zither player Anton Karas (The Third Man) in 1906
- Science fiction author Robert Heinlein in 1907
- Composer Gian Carlo Menotti in 1911
- Chicago 7 defense lawyer William Kunstler in 1919
- Ezzard Charles, heavyweight boxing champion, in 1921
- French fashion designer Pierre Cardin in 1922
- Bandleader Doc Severinsen in 1927
- Singer Mary Ford in 1924
- Historian David McCullough in 1933
- Former Beatle Ringo Starr in 1940
- Film critic Joel Siegel in 1943
- Actor Joe Spano in 1946
- Actor Shelley Duvall in 1949
- Actor Bill Campbell in 1959
- Figure skater Michelle Kwan in 1980
Everyone have a Great Thursday!
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