Monday

Morning All. It is still dark here. The temperature is a crisp 63-degrees and without checking the weather, I do believe it is going to be a pleasant day.

I'm working on getting the day started, Sean is off to school; but my foot is really paining [yes, I've taken ibuprofen for it], so I'm trying to keep it elevated. I have managed to migrate all of the laundry to the laundry room, now to sort the mess and get a load started. At least I can sit on the floor to do that.

I talked with Danielle this afternoon it turns out that her father-in-law also broke his toe on Sunday [his right foot] by snagging it on the refrigerator. Ouch, but what makes it worse is that he was had broken the same toe a few weeks earlier and it was almost healed. So it really is a double Ouch situtation. I can feel his pain.

Walter stopped by this evening also to visit for a spell before heading off to class. He was telling me about his excelllent work review. Way to Go Walter!! I'm just so proud of the excellent job that he is doing. He is school studies are doing well also. So far, I believe that he has "B's" all around. Now all we need to do is help him find something that he really enjoys doing in the in-between times. Suggestions from the family are welcome. Remember we want him to have some fun!

We are off to the orthodontist this afternoon, for a check up on the progress of Sean's brace. Hopefully we will get some good news as to when they will be removed. Looks like that the braces will be coming off sometime before Christmas. He just needs to keep his rubberbands on.

Alice brought me a Oggz egg this afternoon, "late birthday present", it is really cool. It is a color morphing accent light. The colors slowly shift from red to purple, to blue to green, and variations of each in between. It is great way to take the focus of the busy of the day like a lava lamp. It is just going to be so cool to watch in the evenings.

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Thought for the Week: Consciousness is observing your thoughts and actions so that you can live from true choice in the present moment rather than being run by programming from the past. - T Harv Eker

Thought for the Day: "Sometimes the heart sees what is invisible to the eye." H. Jackson Browne, Jr.

THE YEAR 1906

This will boggle your mind, I know it did mine! The year is 1906. One hundred years ago. What a difference a century makes! Here are some of the U.S. statistics for the Year ! 1906:

1. The average life expectancy in the U.S. was 47 years.
2. Only 14 percent of the homes in the U.S. had a bathtub
3. Only 8 percent of the homes had a telephone.
4. A three-minute call from Denver to New York City cost eleven dollars.
5. There were only 8,000 cars in the U.S., and only 144 miles of paved roads.
6. The maximum speed limit in most cities was 10 mph.
7. Alabama, Mississippi, Iowa, and Tennessee were each more heavily populated than California. With a mere 1.4 million people, California was only the 21st most populous state in the Union.
8. The tallest structure in the world was the Eiffel Tower!
9. The average wage in the U.S. was 22 cents per hour.
10. The average U.S. worker made between $200 and $400 per year . A competent accountant could expect to earn $2000 per year, a dentist $2,500 per year,? a veterinarian between $1,500 and $4,000 per year, and a mechanical engineer about $5,000 per year.?
11. More than 95 percent of all births in the US. took place at HOME.
12. Ninety percent of all U.S. doctors had NO COLLEGE EDUCATION! Instead, they attended so-called medical schools, many of which were condemned in the press AND the government as "substandard."
13. Sugar cost four cents a pound.
14. Eggs were fourteen cents a dozen.
15. Coffee was fifteen cents a pound.
16. Most women only washed their hair once a Month and used borax or egg yolks for shampoo.
17. Canada passed a law that prohibited poor people from entering into their country for any reason.
18. Five leading causes of death in the U.S. were:
    
    • Influenza
    • Tuberculosis
    • Diarrhea
    • Heart disease
    • Stroke
      
19. The American flag had 45 stars. Arizona, Oklahoma, New Mexico, Hawaii, and Alaska hadn't been admitted to the Union yet.
20. The population of Las Vegas, Nevada, was only 30!!!!
21. Crossword puzzles, canned beer, and ice tea hadn't been invented yet.
22. There was no Mother's Day or Father's Day.
23. Two out of every 10 U.S. adults couldn't read or write.
24. Only 6 percent of all Americans had graduated from high school.
25. Marijuana, heroin, and morphine were all available over the counter at the local corner drugstores. Back then pharmacists said, "Heroin clears the complexion, gives buoyancy to the mind,regulates the stomach and bowels, and is, in fact, a perfect guardian of health." ( Shocking? DUH!)
26. Eighteen percent of households in the U.S. had at least one full-time servant or domestic help.
27. There were about 230 reported murders in the ENTIRE U.S.A. !
    

Try to imagine what it may be like in another 100 years. IT STAGGERS THE MIND, EH....!??