Monday Evening...

A busy day at work. Crazy busy. Will be for the next couple of weeks, so bear with me.

Wanted you to know that I made dinner for us tonight. Just hamburgers and a couple of sides, but I did cook! LOL  Made the burgers fresh, from ground chuck. A better effort than just using frozen burgers!  Day one of my promise to cook this week is done!

I saw the new surgeon today, and I like him very much. The surgery appointment has been changed to Wednesday, August 14th (from Tuesday, August 13).  The first surgeon has been informed of the change, so we are good to go.  I just need to get blood work done again. The labs I did last week for Dr.#1 are not as extensive as my new Dr. #2 wants. 

My BFF Elaine, sent the following to me by email.  I just have to share them. I love old photos and this is a collection I've not seen before!  Enjoy!

 Miss America 1924



Helen Keller Meeting Charlie Chaplin



Leather gloves worn by Lincoln to Ford's Theater on the night of his assassination. Blood stains are visible at the cuffs.



Phoebe Mozee (aka: Annie Oakley). Famed for her marksmanship by 12 years old, she once shot the ashes off of Kaiser Wihelm II's cigarette at his invitation. When she out-shot famed exhibition marksman Frank Butler, he fell in love with her and they married. They remained married the rest of their lives.



Very Young Lucy Lucille Ball circa 1930



This is one of five known X-rays of Hitler's head, part of his medical records compiled by American military intelligence after the German's surrendered and declassified in 1958. The records also include doctor's reports, diagrams of his teeth and nose and electrocardiograms. He had bad teeth, lots of fillings and crowns.



Two Victorian sideshow performers boxing - the fat man and the thin man.



Prison Garb 1924. Belva Annan murderess whose trial records became the musical " Chicago ."



Maud Allen: Seductive US dancing girl who was sued for being too lewd, outed as a lesbian, and fled London after being branded a German spy who was sleeping with the prime minister's wife.



John Fitzgerald Kennedy



Caroline Otero, courtesan, the most sought after woman in all of Europe . She associated herself with the likes of Prince Albert I of Monaco, King Edward VII of the United Kingdom, Kings of Serbia, and Kings of Spain as well as Russian Grand Dukes Peter and Nicholas, the Duke of Westminster and writer Gabriele DAnnunzio. Six men reportedly committed suicide after their love affairs with Otero ended. Two men fought a duel over her. She was famed for her voluptuous breasts.



Filming the MGM Logo



Mae Questel ca. 1930s, the voice of Betty Boop and Olive Oyl, Minnie Mouse, Felix the Cat (for three shorts by the Van Beuren Studios), Little Lulu, Little Audrey and Casper, the Friendly Ghost



Bea Arthur (ne Bernice Frankel) (1922-2009) SSgt. USMC 1943-45 WW II. Enlisted and assigned as typist at Marine HQ in Wash DC, then air stations in VA and NC. Best remembered for her title role in the TV series Maude and as Dorothy in "Golden Girls".



In 1911, Bobby Leach survived a plunge over Niagara Falls in a steel barrel. Fourteen years later, in New Zealand , he slipped on an orange peel and died.



Three days before his 19th birthday, George H.W. Bush became the youngest aviator in the US Navy.



Market Street, San Francisco after the earthquake, 1906.



Zelda Boden, circus performer, ca. 1910.



Geraldine Doyle, who was the inspiration behind the famous Rosie the Riveter poster.



Vintage Baked Potato Cart. A legitimate fast food lunch option back in the day.



Cyclists ride in the first running of the Tour de France, in 1903.





Sergeant Stubby (1916 or 1917 April 4, 1926), was the most decorated war dog of World War I and the only dog to be promoted to sergeant through combat. America 's first war dog, Stubby, served 18 months 'over there' and participated in seventeen battles on the Western Front. He saved his regiment from surprise mustard gas attacks, found and comforted the wounded, and even once caught a German spy by the seat of his pants (holding him there til American Soldiers found him).



Nightwitches - Female Russian bombers who bombed Germany during WW2. They had old, noisy planes & the engines used to conk out halfway through their missions, so they had to climb out on the wings mid-flight to restart the props. To stop Germans from hearing them & starting up the anti aircraft guns, theyd climb to a certain height, coast down to German positions, drop their bombs, restart their engines in midair & get the hell out of dodge. Their leader flew 200+ missions & was never captured.



Marilyn Monroe meets Queen Elizabeth II, London , 1956 Both women are 30 years old.



Chief Petty Officer Graham Jackson plays Going Home as FDRs body is borne past in Warm Springs , GA , where the President was scheduled to attend a barbecue on the day he died. April, 1945.

Not much else to report. Hope your day has been a good one, and that tomorrow will be even better!  Peace, love & hugs.