January 20, 2007

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    Sunday is my birthday. I put a Post-It Note on John's cell phone this morning to remind him. If you remember from last year, birthdays are not important to him, they're just another day to him. They were important in my family and while he thinks I shouldn't be worried about celebrating being another year older, I say BRING IT ON, BABY, because it means I've been given another year on this earth to celebrate.

    Today is also my shut-in friend from church's birthday. I need to be sure to go by her house today and say happy birthday. She really doesn't want anything for her birthday, but I know she needs a telephone cradle (you know, the kind that makes it easier to tuck the phone between your ear and your shoulder). I think I know where I can pick one of those up to surprise her. If not, it's not big deal. She'll be happy with me spending a little time chatting with her, especially since she knows how busy we've been the past few weeks.

    Hopefully, the snow will hold off long enough for me to manage to get over there to visit. I need to go to the grocery store, too. My husband is out of sugar. The rule is that when you open the last bag to put it into the canister, you are supposed to write it on the grocery list. He claims that he didn't open the last bag, but given I don't eat sugar anymore and haven't cooked with sugar since Christmas Day (when I made pumpkin pies for the family), it's highly unlikely that I opened the last bag of sugar.

    When I checked whether channel this morning, I noticed that this next storm is going from Arizona all the way up to Nebraska is already getting snow or ice; most of Texas is, too. I feel sorry for the older folks, the snowbirds, who flee to the south every year to avoid the cold weather. They would have been better off to stay home this year, I think. We still have snow on the ground, though MOST of the roads are cleared up and the sidewalks that were fairly well cleaned the other day are down to the cement now. Those that were not cleaned well are sheer sheets of ice.

    Did you guys down south get a chance to thaw out before the next round hit?

    In 1966 (the year you were born)
    Lyndon B. Johnson is president of the US

    As part of nationwide protest against the Vietnam War, demonstrations are staged all over the US

    In Miranda vs. Arizona, the Supreme Court rules that criminal suspects must be apprised of their rights before interrogation

    US planes begin bombing of the Hanoi area of North Vietnam

    Controversial American comedian Lenny Bruce is found dead of a drug overdose in his home

    John Lennon says, "We are more popular than Jesus" sparking controversy in the US

    The first black Senator is elected to the United States Senate

    Cindy Crawford, Janet Jackson, Mike Tyson, Halle Berry, Adam Sandler, and Kiefer Sutherland are born

    Baltimore Orioles win the World Series

    Green Bay Packers win the NFL championship

    Montreal Canadiens win the Stanley Cup

    The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is the top grossing film

    Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann is published

    Pet Sounds by The Beach Boys and Sounds of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel are released

    Star Trek and The Newlywed Game premiere

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