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Good morning everyone. Happy National Freedom Day! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia National Freedom Day is a United States observance on February 1 honoring the signing by Abraham Lincoln of a joint House and Senate resolution that later became the 13th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. President Lincoln signed the…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Thomas Paine Day! Freethinkers Day, also known as Thomas Paine Day, is an opportunity to promote appreciation of freethought thought the life and works of Thomas Paine. Freethought supports reason over faith, and rejects arbitrary authority. Thomas Paine was a courageous freethinker, whose life…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Women's Healthy Weight Day! One for the ladies, and a day for husbands to squirm, perhaps. Whilst waking your spouse on Women’s Healthy Weight Day to proclaim your whole-hearted approval of her size may garner some testing looks, it is unequivocally an occasion for female empowerment. Though…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Paris Peace Accords Day! From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Paris Peace Accords of January 27, 1973 intended to establish peace in Vietnam and an end to the Vietnam War. It ended direct U.S. military combat, and temporarily stopped the fighting between North and South Vietnam. The…
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Good morning everyone! Happy Spouse's Day 2016 Spouse's Day is celebrated on January 26, 2016. It is a day to enjoy and appreciate your better half. Spouse's Day is a good reminder to show that special person in your life just how much you care and appreciate him or her. You can show your love in simple ways - just be a…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Irish Coffee Day ! It’s National Irish Coffee Day! Irish coffee is a delicious cocktail made with black coffee, sugar, Irish whiskey, and whipped cream. Joe Sheridan, a bartender at Foynes Airbase in Ireland, invented the drink in 1942. A group of passengers stopped at the bar after a…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Celebration of Life Day! According to Answers.com, it is “A time to honor our children and grandchildren in America. Each child and each life is to be held as a precious gift and should be treated with the highest respect and dignity.” Not only is there a “Celebration of Life Day” in January,…
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Good morning everyone. Happy New England Clam Chowder Day! It’s New England Clam Chowder Day! Chowders originated in fishing villages on the coast of France in the 16th century. Back then any kind of fish chowder was considered a poor man’s dish. Most recipes called for salt pork and biscuits, which were both part of a…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Take a Walk Outdoors Day and Family Fit Lifestyle Month Link Is your family plagued with stress or health problems? Does your family proudly claim to be couch potatoes? It is a new year and time to refocus. Two of the most common resolutions made at this time of the year are around fitness and…
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Good morning everyone. Toots- I will have to look into the SCiO, sounds great but I need more info. I may have to save up $249.00 for May when it is supposed to be ready. :) SCiO Happy Rid the World of Fad Diets and Gimmicks Day! by Ellen Dolgen If you haven’t made a resolution yet to keep your weight in check, there’s…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.)[1] is an American federal holiday marking the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, which is around King's birthday, January 15. The holiday is similar to…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Earth's Rotation Day! January 8 is Earth’s Rotation Day, the day commemorates when French Physicist, Leon Foucault, demonstrated the Earth rotates on its axis in 1851 . The Earth's axis is tilted about 23.5° with respect to its orbital plane around the Sun.The Earth's axis is tilted about 23.5°…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Old Rock Day! WHY IS THIS A HOLIDAY? I'm really not sure who started this holiday or why they picked this day but we've been in awe of the beauty of old rocks for years. Some people even go as far as making jewelry or art out of these rocks. Can you remember the first time you saw a fossil in…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Take Down the Christmas Tree Day! After all the fabulous food, the non-stop shopping and the get-togethers, the hustle-and-bustle of the holiday season is o-v-e-r. But before we can get back to a "normal" routine, there is one more thing we need to do. While the halls have been decked,…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Bird Day! Tuesday, January 5, 2016 Why National Bird Day? • The beauty, songs, and flight of birds have long been sources of human inspiration. • Today, nearly 12 percent of the world's 9,800 bird species may face extinction within the next century, including nearly one-third of the…
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Good morning everyone. I am up 6.8 lbs. from before the Holidays. I am going to start back and try to lose some of the extra 60 lbs. I would to. Hope you are well and getting back to getting healthy! Happy National Weigh-In Day! The Special K® Brand Marks January 2 National Weigh-in Day Brand Releases Survey Results to…
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Good morning everyone. Happy HumanLight HumanLight is a Humanist holiday celebrated on December 23. Like Kwanzaa, HumanLight is a modern invention, created to provide a specifically Humanist celebration near Christmas and the northern Hemisphere's winter solstice. It was established by the New Jersey Humanist Network in…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Cookie Exchange Day! With one of the most beloved holidays of the year just a few days away, many folks are busy with last-minute holiday shopping, decorating, wrapping and putting the final touches on that elaborate or intimate feast. While Christmas is a joyful event, it can also be…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Look on the Bright Side Day! Date When Celebrated : Always December 21 Look on the Bright Side Day is today. We hope you see the light. Literally looking on the bright side may be a bit difficult today. It is winter solstice, the shortest day of the year. And, December days tend to be cloudy.…
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Good morning everyone. Happy UNICEF BIRTHDAY! The United Nations Children’s Fund is a United Nations Program headquartered in New York City that provides long-term humanitarian and developmental assistance to children and mothers in developing countries. It is one of the members of the United Nations Development Group and…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Human Rights Day! Human Rights Day is celebrated annually across the world on 10 December every year The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Christmas Card Day! Date When Celebrated : Always December 9 Christmas Card Day, honors Sir Henry Cole (1818 - 1874) of England. Cole created the first commercial Christmas Card in 1843. Just a few decades ago, sending Christmas cards through the mail was a holiday "must". Sending cards through…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Christmas Tree Day With Christmas right around the corner, it’s time to celebrate one of the most iconic symbols of the holiday season. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas, folks! Dec. 8 is National Christmas Tree Day in the U.S.A! “Blessed is the season which engages the whole…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day! National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ” If you have nothing to be grateful for check your pulse.” ~Author Unknown Tom
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Good morning everyone. Happy Santa's List Day Date When Celebrated : Always December 4 Today is Santa's List Day. Have you been good all year? Have you been Naughty? Or, have you been nice? Santa knows. Santa's Elves have been everywhere, checking up on children all over the world, to see who has been naughty, and who has…
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Roof Over Your Head Day! Date When Celebrated : Always December 3 Today is National Roof Over Your Head Day. It is a day of appreciation for the things we have, starting with the roof over our heads. For most of us, a roof over our head signifies living in a house that protects us from…
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Good morning everyone. Happy Beautiful Day! Date When Celebrated : Always November 20th Today is truely a Beautiful Day in every way, shape and form. The world is filled with ugliness. So, as day like today is refreshing, and eye appealing. It's filled with beautiful sights, sounds and smells. But, wait a minute. Just what…
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Good morning everyone. Happy World Philosophy Day! Being in a good frame of mind helps keep one in the picture of health. ~Author Unknown Tom
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Good morning everyone. Happy National Vichyssoise Day View recipe The greatest wealth is health. ~Virgil Tom
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Good morning everyone. Happy WORLD PEACE DAY ! ” Success is due less to ability than to zeal.” ~Charles Buxton Tom