Happy Presidents Day!!

Today was Presidents Day. I had the day off from work but did some much needed cleaning that needed to be done around the house. It all seems to pile up so fast for some reason. My dad and I went out to lunch which was nice. We don't get to do that too often. It was nice to sit and catch up

I was just reading an article on MSNBC about who was our best president. Number 1 out of 42 was Abraham Lincoln. No surprise here. He's been a favorite of mine ever since I found out in elementary school that his birthday was in the same month as mine, February. His 200th birthday was just celebrated last week. After Lincoln, George Washington was #2. Also no surprise, since his birthday is also in the same month as mine. Also, he was our first president, so he should be up towards the top of the list.

The remaining presidents are ranked as follows:

Franklin D. Roosevelt: 3
Theodore Roosevelt: 4
Harry S. Truman: 5
John F. Kennedy: 6
Thomas Jefferson: 7
Dwight D. Eisenhower: 8
Woodrow Wilson: 9
Ronald Reagan: 10
Lyndon B. Johnson: 11
James K. Polk: 12
Andrew Jackson: 13
James Monroe: 14
Bill Clinton: 15
William McKinley: 16
John Adams: 17
George H.W. Bush: 18
John Quincy Adams: 19
James Madison: 20
Grover Cleveland: 21
Gerald R. Ford: 22
Ulysses S. Grant: 23
William Howard Taft: 24
Jimmy Carter: 25
Calvin Coolidge: 26
Richard M. Nixon: 27
James A. Garfield: 28
Zachary Taylor: 29
Benjamin Harrison: 30
Martin Van Buren: 31
Chester A. Arthur: 32
Rutherford B. Hayes: 33
Herbert Hoover: 34
John Tyler: 35
George W. Bush: 36
Millard Fillmore: 37
Warren G. Harding: 38
William Henry Harrison: 39
Franklin D. Pierce: 40
Andrew Johnson: 41
James Buchanan: 42

I find it very interesting that the presidents that we have had more recently were found lower on the list. It will be interesting to find out how our newest president, Barack Obama, ranks in 4 years.

Anyway, Happy Presidents Day. Got to go have my cherry pie!! ( in honor of George Washington)