Vacation

Thanks to instructions by Leah (thank you!), if I did it right, whatever I wrote for yesterday posted while I was en route to San Antonio yesterday.

If I do it right again, this will post while I am en route from S.A. to New Mexico, and meeting up with the rest of our friends.

Also, if my Sweetie is on top of his game, he is home today with the kids to make sure #1 Son is awakened on time for his morning class, #2 Son is packed and ready to go when Grandpa gets there to pick him up to go to the out of town football game, Bigger Girl and neighbor boy get picked up from school, and Little Girl gets her work done. He will also order the pizza for dinner (I tried to make everything as easy for him as possible), and just generally try to keep the kids from burning the place down or letting anything get too out of hand.

I'm trying not to think about how the laundry is piling up...


Today is:

Ashura -- Muslim nations

Feast of Nammu -- Sumerian Calendar (goddess of primeval sea)

Feast of Nariwiinyapah (god of immortal water)

First Responders' Day

Gold Star Mother's Day

Hug A Vegetarian Day

Join a Cabal of International Bankers Today Day

Kamarampaka Day, Rwanda

Love Note Day

Mozambique Popular Liberation Forces day

National Comic Book Day

National Crabmeat Newberg Day

National Day of Remembrance for Murder Victims

National Food Service Worker's day

National One-Hit Wonder Day

Native American Day

Salute the Sun Day, China

St. Finnbar's Day

St. Joseph Calasanctius' Day (patron of Christian schools)

Toad Tempting Day -- Fairy Calendar

World Ataxia Awareness Day


Birthdays Today:

Catherine Zeta-Jones, 1969
Will Smith, 1968
Scottie Pippen, 1965
Aida Turturro, 1962
Heather Locklear, 1961
Christopher Reeve, 1952
Mark Hamill, 1951
Cheryl Tiegs, 1947
Michael Douglas, 1944
Juliet Prowse, 1936
Glenn Gould, 1932
Barbara Walters, 1931
Shel Silverstein, 1930
Phil Rizzuto, 1918
Dmitri Shostakovich, 1906
William Faulkner, 1897
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu, 1358 (Japanese Shogun)


Today in History:

St. Ferment is beheaded in Amiens, France, after voyaging there to preach the gospel, 303
The Battle of Stamford Bridge marks the end of the Anglo-Saxon era, 1066
Columbus begins his second voyage, with 17 ships, 1493
Vasco Nunez de Balboa becomes the first European to see the Pacific Ocean from the west coast of the Americas, 1513
The first printing press in the Americas begins operations, 1639
Ethan Allan, American Revolutionary War hero, is captured, 1775
Benedict Arnold joins the British, 1780
The first all-black university in the US, Howard University, is created by Congress, 1867
Yosemite National Park is established by Congress, 1890
Charles Follis becomes the first black to play professional American football, 1904
Birth of the remote control -- Leonardo Torres Quevedo successfully demonstrates the invention of the "Telekino" and guides a boat from the shore in the port of Bilbao, 1906