Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Good Morning! Wednesday July 20, 2011

Good morning! It's a beautiful morning. It's quite warm already, and going to be very hot today. They're calling for high 90s, which will more than likely be over 100 here. The humidity is also higher, but that does give a greater chance of afternoon storms (prefer just the rain, but we'll take what we can get! LOL!)
Yesterday: Since it was dialysis and work, very little got done at home beyond "routine" stuff. I had to make 2 stops after work, but neither one took very long. I did not get the burst of energy I was hoping for! LOL! (for dinner, I cooked DH some chicken breasts ... but I had tomato sandwiches! Yum!)
Today: I have a lot of stuff I need to try to do today. I'd prefer not to have to go out in the heat; but the refills weren't ready last night so I'll have to go back (thinking of changing pharmacies!!). And, since my friend is "stuck" at home while her dad is in the hospital, I'll be taking some things to her. I hope to make at least a small chunk of progress on the current "room project". And ... like I needed something else ... today I start an on-line class (creative writing - maybe the newsletters will get better! LOL!)

Today is "Moon Day (Man's First Lunar Landing)" ... "Independence Day (Colombia)".

Quotes of the Day:
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
-- Abraham Lincoln

"Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions."
-- Evan Esar

Today in history:
ToIn 1940, Billboard magazine published its first "Music Popularity Chart," topped by "I'll Never Smile Again" by the Tommy Dorsey orchestra with Frank Sinatra.

In 1968, the first Special Olympics Games were contested at Soldier Field in Chicago.

In 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to set foot on the moon.

In 1976, the Viking 1 lander, an unmanned U.S. planetary probe, became the first spacecraft to successfully land on the surface of Mars.

In 1985, treasure hunter Mel Fisher located a Spanish galleon sunk by a 1622 hurricane off Key West, Fla. It contained $400 million worth of treasure.

Today's birthdays include
- Austrian monk and pioneering botanist Gregor Johann Mendel in 1822
- New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary, who in 1953 conquered Mount Everest, in 1919
- Elliot Richardson, U.S. attorney general under U.S. President Richard Nixon, in 1920
- Actor Sally Ann Howes in 1930
- Actor Diana Rigg (age 72) in 1938
- Actor Natalie Wood in 1938
- Singer Kim Carnes in 1945
- Guitarist Carlos Santana in 1947
- Actor Donna Dixon in 1957
- Actor Sandra Oh in 1971
- Actor Omar Epps in 1973

Everyone have a Great Wednesday!

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