Although you are like 14 or something hours ahead and your birthday is drawing to a close there, it's just starting over here, SO Happy Birthday bro!
For the fun of it I googled February 28, 1982 to see what would come up.... here's what I found:
Sunday, February 28, 1982
This was 59th day of the year and 306 days remained in the year.
* Hebrew calendar — 5 Adar 5742
* Chinese calendar — the 5th day of the 2nd month of 4680 (Ren Xu)
* Islamic calendar — Yaumul Ahad 4 Jumaada al-Awal 1402 A.H. (note)
February 28 in History
1784
John Wesley issues “Deed of Declaration” formally establishing the Methodist Church.
1849
The steamship California landed in San Francisco, bringing the first East Coasters to the Gold Rush.
1916
Henry James, American novelist and critic, died.
1948
The last British troops left India.
1983
The final episode of M*A*S*H aired. It was the most watched television program in history.
1993
Four federal agents were killed in Waco, Texas, after they tried to serve an arrest warrant for weapons charges on Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.
"Chessmetrics" - Top 10 active players as of 2/28/82
Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Arizona Copper Golf Classic
WEEKEND BOX OFFICE February 26–28, 1982
Top movie was "On Golden Pond" (weekend gross $5,602,328) and "Raiders of the Lost Ark" (weekend gross $1,410,000) was number 5
BBC "on this day"
NY Times "On this day"
And for good measure - on this day in Canadian history
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Friday, February 17, 2006
Today's goodness makes up for the rest of the week
Whew! It is Friday and I cannot be more happy that it is the end of the week. It's been longer and more painful than I thought. The pain part comes from working on a 1000+ mailing project I am doing for the marketing of a program. OUCH! I've had to fold, label, stuff and seal until I can no longer see straight! Thankfully I did figure out, and fix, the instant letter folder after folding about 300 pieces by hand. That was a great relief!
Ok, so on to the "good things" of the week:
1. Sunrises every morning this week. I may leave the house at 6:30am, but I get to see some amazing sunrises and moonsets. I love seeing the light peek above the horizon as I get closer to downtown, with the fog around the buildings and the color of the sky goes from dark purple to pink to a firey orange. I know spring is coming b/c the sun greets me a little earlier every morning.
2. [this is a total girl thing] I put on a fresh washed AND DRIED pair of jeans and low-and-behold, they are BIG. Girls, this NEVER happens! You know how you watch the time on the dryer to make sure your favorite jeans don't get overdried and shrunk? Ok, well, I do. So, it was a delightful moment to pull up my jeans and BAM! They are almost too big! It was a wonderful moment. Paul kinda understood my elation as I jumped up and down and pulled at the waist to show how much room there was!
3. This time next week we'll be on the road to Asheville! We are going to Homecoming and cannot wait! Meeting up with the gals (and of course some of Paul's fraternity brothers) and talking about old times! Next Friday is the "Open House" for the 'New Hall' building where the history department will be located. I am *SO* there!
4. We needed new stamps and thus I made my way to the nice little Post Office in Cameron Village (which by the way, do not even consider going there after 9am until close, it is INSANE! BUT if you get there right at 8am when they open, it is all good - and walking is the best way b/c there are like 3 parking spaces, 2 of which are handicapped.) The stamps are a "good thing" b/c they had the MOST AWESOME, CUTE, ADOREABLE stamps I have EVER seen! (or that could be the 20 oz coffee talking, I dunno). "Children's Picture Book Animals" How cool is that? here's what they look like:
They are:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar ("The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle, 1969 and 1987)
Maisy ("Maisy's ABC" by Lucy Cousins, 1994 in the U.K. and 1995 in the U.S.)
Wild Thing ("Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak,1963)
Curious George ("Curious George Flies A Kite" by Margret and H.A. Rey, 1958)
Wilbur ("Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White, 1952)
Frederick ("Frederick" by Leo Lionni, 1967)
Olivia ("Olivia" by Ian Falconer, 2000)
Fox in Socks ("Fox in Socks" by Dr. Seuss, 1965)
5. Mom & Dad are working on coming up in March! This makes me SO SO SO SO happy! I can't wait to show them all the new things we have done: lights, paint, outside stuff, etc! Watching for good deals on Airtran and Delta! YEEE-HAWW!
6. Gas prices, they are DOWN! YES! I hate to speak too soon, but there is a good chance we'll be getting down below $2 a gallon. THat would be awesome since my car drinks premium fuel. It was $2.11 at our local stations last night and about $2.17 in Raleigh. Yes, I am excited about gas prices!
That's about it. I am glad that it is Friday and we've got NO plans this weekend. We are free to do whatever project strikes us. YAY FOR FRIDAY!
Ok, so on to the "good things" of the week:
1. Sunrises every morning this week. I may leave the house at 6:30am, but I get to see some amazing sunrises and moonsets. I love seeing the light peek above the horizon as I get closer to downtown, with the fog around the buildings and the color of the sky goes from dark purple to pink to a firey orange. I know spring is coming b/c the sun greets me a little earlier every morning.
2. [this is a total girl thing] I put on a fresh washed AND DRIED pair of jeans and low-and-behold, they are BIG. Girls, this NEVER happens! You know how you watch the time on the dryer to make sure your favorite jeans don't get overdried and shrunk? Ok, well, I do. So, it was a delightful moment to pull up my jeans and BAM! They are almost too big! It was a wonderful moment. Paul kinda understood my elation as I jumped up and down and pulled at the waist to show how much room there was!
3. This time next week we'll be on the road to Asheville! We are going to Homecoming and cannot wait! Meeting up with the gals (and of course some of Paul's fraternity brothers) and talking about old times! Next Friday is the "Open House" for the 'New Hall' building where the history department will be located. I am *SO* there!
4. We needed new stamps and thus I made my way to the nice little Post Office in Cameron Village (which by the way, do not even consider going there after 9am until close, it is INSANE! BUT if you get there right at 8am when they open, it is all good - and walking is the best way b/c there are like 3 parking spaces, 2 of which are handicapped.) The stamps are a "good thing" b/c they had the MOST AWESOME, CUTE, ADOREABLE stamps I have EVER seen! (or that could be the 20 oz coffee talking, I dunno). "Children's Picture Book Animals" How cool is that? here's what they look like:
They are:
The Very Hungry Caterpillar ("The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle, 1969 and 1987)
Maisy ("Maisy's ABC" by Lucy Cousins, 1994 in the U.K. and 1995 in the U.S.)
Wild Thing ("Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak,1963)
Curious George ("Curious George Flies A Kite" by Margret and H.A. Rey, 1958)
Wilbur ("Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White, 1952)
Frederick ("Frederick" by Leo Lionni, 1967)
Olivia ("Olivia" by Ian Falconer, 2000)
Fox in Socks ("Fox in Socks" by Dr. Seuss, 1965)
5. Mom & Dad are working on coming up in March! This makes me SO SO SO SO happy! I can't wait to show them all the new things we have done: lights, paint, outside stuff, etc! Watching for good deals on Airtran and Delta! YEEE-HAWW!
6. Gas prices, they are DOWN! YES! I hate to speak too soon, but there is a good chance we'll be getting down below $2 a gallon. THat would be awesome since my car drinks premium fuel. It was $2.11 at our local stations last night and about $2.17 in Raleigh. Yes, I am excited about gas prices!
That's about it. I am glad that it is Friday and we've got NO plans this weekend. We are free to do whatever project strikes us. YAY FOR FRIDAY!
Tuesday, February 14, 2006
Welcome home Baby Ryan
Ryan Wesley Connor was born on 2/1 at 9:44 a.m. to Alan & Ramona Connor, he weighed 6 lbs. 15 oz. Ryan was released from the Rex Special Care Nursery on February 8, 2006, after a week's stay in the hospital following a very scary birth, he is now home!
Thursday, February 09, 2006
Update on the "day I should have stayed in bed"
Well, thankfully the day has not gotten worse. It is going on 3pm and my workday is drawing to a close. Paul is still in California for another day, so I've got one more night without him (although his flight won't be in until like 11pm on Friday night...)
Things I have done since getting back to my office (that have been good):
1. Wrote mean letters to 3 agencies trying to get them to pay up (it felt good to be firm and kinda mean & threatening)!
2. Took a nice walk
3. While on my walk, I went to the recently remolded and opened library branch to get a new card (I got my original Wake County library card in December 1989.... I used it up through high school, but somehow misplaced it after going off to college... and it is sad that I haven't checked out a library book SINCE college... going on 4 years now!)
4. Picked up a sandwich from Quizno’s… although the line took like 15 minutes, the sandwich was good (which I had a diet Pepsi with… I shouldn’t be drinking soda at all, but I needed a boost!)
5. It’s almost time to go home! I just started reading the "Chronicles of Narnia" series and it's pretty good. I'm about 50 pages into "the magician's nephew" - I read a few of C.S. Lewis' books back in my younger days, but it has been a while! So that is something I am really looking forward to doing when I get home... if only it was warm enough to read outside, I would be in heaven!
Things I have done since getting back to my office (that have been good):
1. Wrote mean letters to 3 agencies trying to get them to pay up (it felt good to be firm and kinda mean & threatening)!
2. Took a nice walk
3. While on my walk, I went to the recently remolded and opened library branch to get a new card (I got my original Wake County library card in December 1989.... I used it up through high school, but somehow misplaced it after going off to college... and it is sad that I haven't checked out a library book SINCE college... going on 4 years now!)
4. Picked up a sandwich from Quizno’s… although the line took like 15 minutes, the sandwich was good (which I had a diet Pepsi with… I shouldn’t be drinking soda at all, but I needed a boost!)
5. It’s almost time to go home! I just started reading the "Chronicles of Narnia" series and it's pretty good. I'm about 50 pages into "the magician's nephew" - I read a few of C.S. Lewis' books back in my younger days, but it has been a while! So that is something I am really looking forward to doing when I get home... if only it was warm enough to read outside, I would be in heaven!
You know you should have rolled over and gone back to sleep when.....
Here's my morning - I'm really starting to think I should have just turned off the alarm, rolled over and called it a sick day!
1. you wake up too late to eat breakfast (and I am a SUPER breakfast person, never leave home without eating it!)
2. you can't dry your hair and find decent work clothes
3. you forget to put on a jacket and it is 34 degrees outside
4. you leave 5 minutes later than normal and get caught in the most outrageous traffic making you late to work (and fraying your very last nerve, it is THAT TIME of the month...)
5. you stop by a local grocery store to get breakfast and then realize that when you get to the office, you have no bowl to make the oatmeal you just bought
6. you then want to throw you hands up in the air and decide it is time for coffee, go to the bathroom get water for coffee and return to the office to find out that you've locked yourself out (and its only 7:34am, no one else will be in until at least 10am)
7. you make a call to a prof who lives 5 minutes away and SHE COMES! and lets you in, but while you are waiting in the parking lot, you see the "YORK PROPERTIES SECURITY PATROL" car tagging your car b/c the stupid little hangy tag has fallen off your rear-view mirror and thus, they are planning to tow it! WTH?!?!? (thankfully I ran over to the guy, explain that it fell down, point to it on the floorboard and when he asks me to fix it, I have to explain that I am locked out of my office, with no jacket, standing in the cold talking to you and waiting for someone to come and let me back in my office, he gave me 15 minutes, a stern warning and a frown.)
UGH! That's is way too much for one morning! Can I go back to bed now?!
1. you wake up too late to eat breakfast (and I am a SUPER breakfast person, never leave home without eating it!)
2. you can't dry your hair and find decent work clothes
3. you forget to put on a jacket and it is 34 degrees outside
4. you leave 5 minutes later than normal and get caught in the most outrageous traffic making you late to work (and fraying your very last nerve, it is THAT TIME of the month...)
5. you stop by a local grocery store to get breakfast and then realize that when you get to the office, you have no bowl to make the oatmeal you just bought
6. you then want to throw you hands up in the air and decide it is time for coffee, go to the bathroom get water for coffee and return to the office to find out that you've locked yourself out (and its only 7:34am, no one else will be in until at least 10am)
7. you make a call to a prof who lives 5 minutes away and SHE COMES! and lets you in, but while you are waiting in the parking lot, you see the "YORK PROPERTIES SECURITY PATROL" car tagging your car b/c the stupid little hangy tag has fallen off your rear-view mirror and thus, they are planning to tow it! WTH?!?!? (thankfully I ran over to the guy, explain that it fell down, point to it on the floorboard and when he asks me to fix it, I have to explain that I am locked out of my office, with no jacket, standing in the cold talking to you and waiting for someone to come and let me back in my office, he gave me 15 minutes, a stern warning and a frown.)
UGH! That's is way too much for one morning! Can I go back to bed now?!
Monday, February 06, 2006
Since my last post is lost, here's a fun link
I wrote up a great post on Friday night while waiting for Paul's flight to get in, and then when I went to publish, blogger went down! UGH! I had pictures and all kinds of good stuff. Of course after spending a long time working on it and having it just sucked into cyberspace, I wasn't much up for rewriting it.
So you get this.
All the Superbowl commericals, even ones that were cut.
The game was GREAT and the commericals were only so-so! YAY Steelers :)
I hope to get a real post, with pictures, up this week.
So you get this.
All the Superbowl commericals, even ones that were cut.
The game was GREAT and the commericals were only so-so! YAY Steelers :)
I hope to get a real post, with pictures, up this week.
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