dislocated and out of sorts

What is that quote? The best laid plans.....and something about going astray....

yeah, well Thursday morning that's what happened to me...I fell and dislocated my right hip. Boy oh boy does that hurt, I had horrible spasms, landing myself in an ER on Valentines Day is not my idea of fun.

This has thrown my whole life upside down and it's hard getting back into my regular routine. Maybe this will inspire some new and different blogs but only time will tell..

Tuesday on a Wednesday

Since I had my Monday on a Tuesday I didn't blog what I normally do on Tuesdays, the quotes I post on Facebook the previous week, so here they are!

2/5

“Faith is a passionate intuition.”

― William Wordsworth

2/6

“Hope is like a word made with cloud, without faith, it quickly blows away.”

― Anthony Liccione

2/7

“~ Faith lightens the path your shadowed mind has to walk ~”

― Michelle Horst, Vaalbara: Visions and Shadows

2/8

“Keep the faith”

― Jon Bon Jovi

2/9

"A faithful friend is a strong defense;

And he that hath found him hath found a treasure."

— Louisa May Alcott 

2/10/13“Dreams dress us carefully in the colors of power and faith.”

― Aberjhani, I Made My Boy Out of Poetry

2/11

“Faith reminds us that change is always possible.”

― Jim Wallis

To blog or not to blog...

Decisions, decisions....as hard as I try I can not do two things at once....so my blogging may have to suffer that is unless I can get ahead...yeah right...

I'm trying to re-write a story when I suddenly remember I need to post a quote, be grateful-which is actually very easy, and then come here and blog.

Of course what doesn't help are all the books; fiction and non fiction, that I am currently reading...I want to do so much and there are not enough hours in the day...

Stay tuned to see if I can pull this off...

On this day in history...

1752 - The Pennsylvania Hospital opened as the very first hospital in America.

1808 - Judge Jesse Fell experimented by burning anthracite coal to keep his house warm. He successfully showed how clean the coal burned and how cheaply it could be used as a heating fuel.

1812 - The term "gerrymandering" had its beginning when the governor of Massachusetts, Elbridge Gerry, signed a redistricting law that favored his party.

1858 - A French girl, Bernadette Soubirous, claimed to have seen a vision of the Virgin Mary near Lourdes.

1878 - The first U.S. bicycle club, Boston Bicycle Club, was formed.

1929 - The Lateran Treaty was signed. Italy now recognized the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.

1936 - Pumping began the process to build San Francisco's Treasure Island.

1937 - General Motors agreed to recognize the United Automobile Workers Union, which ended the current sit-down strike against them.

1940 - NBC radio presented "The Chamber Music Society of Lower Basin Street" for the first time.

1943 - General Dwight David Eisenhower was selected to command the allied armies in Europe. (Today in World War II History)

1945 - During World War II, the Yalta Agreement was signed by U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and Soviet leader Josef Stalin. (Today in World War II History)

1957 - The NHL Players Association was formed in New York City.

1958 - Ruth Carol Taylor was the first black woman to become a stewardess by making her initial flight.

1960 - Jack Paar walked off while live on the air on the "Tonight Show" with four minutes left. He did this in response to censors cutting out a joke from the show the night before.

1963 - The Beatles recorded "Twist & Shout" and "I Saw Her Standing There."

1964 - The Beatles played their first U.S. concert at the Collisseum in Washington, DC

1968 - The new 20,000 seat Madison Square Garden officially opened in New York. This was the fourth Garden.

1972 - McGraw-Hill Publishing Co. and Life magazine canceled plans to publish an autobiography of Howard Hughes. The work turned out to be fake.

1975 - Margaret Thatcher became the first woman to head a major party in Britain when she was elected leader of the Conservative Party.

1979 - Nine days after the Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Iran (after 15 years in exile) power was seized by his followers.

1982 - ABC-TV’s presentation of "The Winds of War" concluded. The 18-hour miniseries cost $40 million to produce and was the most-watched television program in history at the time.

1982 - France nationalized five groups of major industries and 39 banks.

1984 - The tenth Space Shuttle mission returned to Earth safely.

1989 - Rev. Barbara C. Harris became the first woman to be consecrated as a bishop in the Episcopal Church.

1990 - Nelson Mandela was freed after 27 years in captivity.

1990 - In Tokyo, Japan, James "Buster" Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson in the tenth round to win the heavyweight championship.

1993 - Janet Reno was appointed to the position of attorney general by U.S. President Clinton. She was the first female to hold the position.

2000 - The space shuttle Endeavor took off. The mission was to gather information for the most detailed map of the earth ever made.

2000 - Great Britain suspended self-rule in Northern Ireland after the Irish Republican Army (IRA) failed to begin decommissioning (disarming) by a February deadline.

2002 - The six stars on NBC's "Friends" signed a deal for $24 million each for the ninth and final season of the series.

2006 - In Texas, U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a quail hunt.

2009 - John Dingell of Michigan became the longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives. He had more than 53 years of service.

and these people of interest were born:

Thomas Alva Edison 1847 - Inventor and businessman. His inventions included the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and a long-lasting, practical electric light bulb

John Mills (The Mills Brothers) 1889

Sidney Sheldon 1917

Eva Gabor 1921 - Actress

Leslie Nielson 1926 - Actor

Conrad Janis 1928 - Actor ("Mork and Mindy")

Mary Quant 1934

Tina Louise 1934 - Actress ("Gilligan's Island")

Gerry Goffin 1935 - Songwriter

Burt Reynolds 1936 - Actor ("Smokey and the Bandit")

Bobby "Boris" Pickett 1938

Jeb Bush 1953 - Governor of Florida, brother of U.S. President George W. Bush

Carey Lowell 1961 - Actress ("Law and Order")

Sheryl Crow 1962 - Singer, musician

Sarah Palin 1964 - Governor of Alaska

Jennifer Aniston 1969 - Actress ("Friends")

Damian Lewis 1971 - Actor ("Band of Brothers")

Michael Kenji "Mike" Shinoda 1977 - Musician (Linkin Park)

Brandy (Norwood) 1979 - Singer

Matthew Lawrence 1980 - Actor

Kelendria "Kelly" Rowland 1981 - Singer (Destiny's Child)

Taylor Lautner 1992 - Actor ("Twilight", "New Moon")

 

oh yeah, I was also born on this day at 9:03pm, 6 weeks early, I was bound and determined to be an Aquarian!

The drought is just about over

Yeah! Racing Season is about to begin! Next weekend I will be very very happy!

Beginning on Valentines Day SPEED TV will start broadcasting 11 days of NASCAR! Starting with  a special two-hour edition of NASCAR Race Hub from Media Day. 

Practice beings on Friday, Feb. 15th. The Sprint Unlimited will air Feb 16th- this is the Race formerly called the Bud Shoot Out, but Sprint took over sponsorship of this race and who knows what the actual format will be, we should hear about that on the 14th. Feb 17 is qualifying for the 500 which is February 24th.

I know many of my friends don't "get" NASCAR or my "obsession" with this sport, yes it is a sport; even Hemingway, yes that Hemingway, Ernest is quoted as having said,“There are only three sports: bullfighting, motor racing, and mountaineering; all the rest are merely games.” There is so much more to NASCAR then just cars going around in a circle, don't get me started because there are no circular race tracks in the sport. It's a team effort, it's emotional, it's rivalries, it's history, it's a new car, it's old drivers in new places...

Yes, I'll have more to say on throughout the season...

 

Technology

Last Christmas 2 of my brothers gave me gift cards, one for Amazon and one good anywhere. I finally decided to use them to get myself a Kindle. My mother wasn't interested, she loves the feel of the pages of a book and to be honest never discussed it with Pops who always seems to be reading a book or newspaper that is when he's not looking at videos on Youtube!

Circumstances lead to me getting a new Kindle for Christmas (my original Kindle was taken from my office at work before Thanksgiving and found a few weeks after Christmas in another office) and by that time my mother had gotten intrigued by the Kindle and got one and then Pops decided he'd like to try the Kindle and I gave him my old one.

It is so much fun watching the parentals and their Kindles, Pops is downloading books, Mom is debating on getting a Vera Bradley Tech Bag for hers! Now when they go to their doctors appointments they are just like the rest in the waiting room reading their Kindles!

Tomorrow

February 9, 1913 may not mean anything to anyone but the members of my mom's side of the family, this is the day my grandfather, Ludwig Albert Wolf was born. He was first generation Hungarian American born to Maria and Lagos (Ludwig) Wolf in New York. He spoke Hungarian until he went to school at the age of 6.
He was fire chief of the Levittown fire department when I was born, just what this father of 3 girls wanted when he found out his oldest was expecting, hopes for a boy dashed when I arrived, another girl. But he loved me just the same. He read Peter Pan to me, took me sledding and made me laugh. He was there when I graduated high school and college. As far as I'm concerned he was the best grandfather a kid could ask for, he was mischievous and fun. I know he was far from perfect; tales from my mother are proof but by the time the grandchildren started to arrive he'd mellowed and for that I am eternally grateful.

Happy 100th birthday Grandpa!!!

oops

I love acapella singing groups; my current favorite is Straight No Chaser. I wasn’t in the best of moods when I got home, just another frustrating day. First I watched the season premiere of Smash, yes music, but that wasn’t enough because the next episode is 2 weeks away which makes no sense since they just had the season premiere, sounds like another ranting blog coming, but I digress, I needed another pick me up and went to YouTube with the intent of finding a video for SNC and the first thing that popped up was a SNC thank you message from them to their fans in the UK…digressing again, this video combines some of my favorite things, TV theme songs and SNC!

Pinterest

Yes, it's an addiction and the actual act of pinning will not make me gain weight. I can  have all the horses, dogs, cats, bunnies, cupcakes, hearts, stars, recipes, self help tips, craft ideas, dresses, jewelry I want! I can like quotes, colors, cars, houses, decorating ideas, places to visit. I can just look at what others find interesting. I can dream...

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More quotes...

1/29

“Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.”

― Marcel Proust

1/30/13

“If you concentrate on finding whatever is good in every situation, you will discover that your life will suddenly be filled with gratitude, a feeling that nurtures the soul.” — Rabbi Harold Kushner

1/31/2013

“Acknowledging the good that you already have in your life is the foundation for all abundance.”

― Eckhart Tolle

2/1

“All the world is made of faith, and trust, and pixie dust.”

― J.M. Barrie, Peter Pan

2/2

“Words are easy, like the wind; Faithful friends are hard to find.”

― William Shakespeare

2/3

“I dont think that we're meant to understand it all the time. I think that sometimes we just have to have faith.”

― Nicholas Sparks, A Walk to Remember

2/4

“Skepticism is the beginning of faith.”

― Oscar Wilde (The Picture of Dorian Gray)