The Ides of March

According to my Farmer's Almanac Calendar today is the Ides of March:

Ides of March

The Ides of March has long been considered an ill-fated day. Julius Caesar was assassinated on March 15, 44 B.C. Historians note that it is likely that a soothsayer named Spurinna had warned Caesar that danger would occur by the ides of March. William Shakespeare included the phrase "Beware the ides of March" in his play Julius Caesar.

The ides were the 15th days of some months (including Martius, or March) in the ancient Roman lunar calendar; they were the 13th in other months. The word ides comes from the Latin word idus, which is possibly derived from an Etruscan word meaning "to divide." The ides were originally meant to mark the full Moon (the "halfway point" of a lunar month), but because the Roman calendar months and actual lunar months were of different lengths, they quickly got out of step. The ancient Romans considered the day after the calends (first of the month), nones (ninth day before the ides, inclusive), or ides of any month as unfavorable. These were called dies atri

I've discovered a new fitness DVD. Leslie Sansone Walk Away The Pounds. I've been doing her videos for a week now and they are quite a workout. I've done the 1, 2 & 3 mile walks but I'm sticking to the 2 mile walk for now. They re GREAT!
I'm still exercising with my friends at SparkPeople, that is how I found about Walk Away The Pounds.

They did get the tree cut down and we can now watch tv all evening without the signal cutting out. Sadly they are cutting down ALL the huge trees on the compound so there is almost no shade when I do my walks. Why they are doing this, I have NO idea.

Don't remember if I posted my April oakheaven thing. I used "buttons" I had left over from other projects. I have absoultely no clue what I will do with it.