Nancy, Roberta, Victoria . . . and blonde brownies ~j

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 22, 2014

Today's Writing Prompt: Retirement

What do you want your retirement to be like?

Hal and I dream of owning a motor home and just traveling the continent. That simple. That's all we want. Does anyone have a motor home in good condition they would like to donate . . . LOL???

The only blog post for this date is http://inmyworld-pam.blogspot.ca/2014/01/organization-challenge-4-tools-and.html

January 22 is

Nancy Singer’s birthday . . . LOL

National Answer Your Cat's Question Day

National Blonde Brownie Day

1968: Rowan and Martin's Laugh-In premieres on NBC.

1666: Shah Jahan, Mughal emperor of India (1628-1658) who built the Taj Mahal, dies in Agra, India, at age 74.

Lord Byron, English poet (1788)

August Strindberg, Sedish novelist and dramatist (1849)

Sam Cooke, American soul singer and songwriter (1931)

Linda Blair, actor (1959)

St. Vincent’s Day. Saint Vincent of Saragossa is the patron saint of winegrowers.

1992: Astronaut Dr. Roberta Bondar was Canada’s first woman in space on board NASA space shuttle Discovery.

January 22, 1901 - Queen Victoria dies at age 82, ending her 64-year reign - the longest in British history. Windsor, England http://canadachannel.ca/todayincanadianhistory/index.php/January_22

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