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1874 Harry Houdini (Magician)is born( I guess this is where he got the idea of being an escape artist)

1882 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow dies.

1923 Greece becomes a republic

1960 A U.S.appeals court ruled that the novel, Lady Chatterly’s Lover, was not obscene and could be sent through the mail. (Try it and see)

1968 The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company is formed

1987 Lean on Me - Club Nouveau-Tops the charts

1989 At four minutes past midnight, the Exxon Valdez, a 987-foot supertanker loaded with 1,264,155 barrels of North Slope crude oil, ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska. 11.2 million gallons of oil spilled into the sea (I remember this, what a disaster. I hope someone smacked that guy on the back of the head! What a dumbass!)

2002 Halle Berry *On this date in 2002, the first African-American woman won the Academy Award for best actress.Halle Berry became the first Black woman to win an Oscar for a starring performance.(You go Girl!)Oh Yeah,Denzel Washington won the Oscar for Best Male performance.

2004 astronomers reported finding an object with a diameter of 800/1,100 miles circling the sun far beyond the orbit of any known planet.It's dubbed a planetoid.( Uh Huh...)

2005 The PlayStation portable is released. (yeah, like we needed another video game player)

2006 Our Dossier is logged in at CCAA. (all was right with the world)

2007 a Democratic sponsored resolution calling for U.S.combat troops to begin withdrawing from Iraq within 120 days and be fully out of the country by March 31,2008, failed in the Senate by 10 votes on a 50 to 48 count.(thanks for that one guys, I am sure families of the men over there appreciated it)

2009 We celebrate(that might be stretching it a bit)3 years of still being logged in with CCAA.(what the heck??!!)

Well, this was a fun little excercise, one I plan on NOT repeating next year, lol. I was interested on what else had happened on this date in history. Some great things happened and some...ummm...not so great things... Interesting to read that even though we waited, time moved forward and history was being made...

On a lighter note, I ordered new curtains for Mia's room, YEAH! They are SOOO cute and I can't wait for them to come in. I am really itching to finish her room, but I am afraid of jinxing myself. My dh bought a crib the day we found out we were logged in with CCAA...and now it's three years later....I'm just sayin.... :o)

6 comments:

Christine said...

Yes, next year this date will just be a memory. You will be celebrating other milestones, girl. A little closer every day.

Christine

Casa Bicicleta said...

We wanna see the curtains!

Jenny, the three years thing totally breaks my heart, but the fact that you are realllllllly close now has me all covered in goosebumps!

May the next few months fly by.
Leigh

Jenny said...

I should get the curtains late this week or early next week. It took me so long to find something I liked, I mean this caused major stress, go figure, lol. Then yesterday I was on the Target website and there they were! I am taking it as a sign. Of what, I am not sure yet..

I promise pictures!!! Hold me to that, lol.

Anonymous said...

jenny wow i think it is great that you are getting close to that date you will be getting your child. I have been following your comments and I am glad things are working out. I hope the journey ends soon so that you can bring Mia home soon.

sheri said...

I saw you post on RQ today. Thank you for the uplifting and kind words. You guys are so close - it is incredible to read through families blogs such as yours to see that you can endure the wait. And as someone stated above - this time next year you will still be celebrating.

Jenny said...

Recipe for enduring the wait:

Supportive friends/family= Check
Wine = check
Chocolate = check
RQ = check

:o)