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Happy National Bobblehead Day! "Bobbleheads have been around for over 100 years and are found in different shapes and sizes. However, none are more popular than those that depict athletes, professional sports teams, mascots, cartoon characters, and celebrities." Philip and I once had an ancient, lumbering motor home with a…
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Happy National Cuddle Up Day! "... there are multiple benefits to cuddling with human or canine or other pet. Cuddling releases oxytocin. Besides giving us warm and fuzzy feelings, oxytocin reduces pain. So when the cold has made those muscles and joints ache, cuddling can help reduce those aches and pains. Oxytocin also…
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Today is World Braille Day! "The 4th of January is World Braille Day, as it is the birthday of Louis Braille, the Frenchman who invented the code in 1821. Braille helps to provide equal opportunity for many blind people worldwide." Cathy - Glad your lesson about the dishwashing liquid wasn't too expensive! Katla - Thanks…
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Happy National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day! I'm not a big fan unless they're homemade, but I still have a soft spot in my heart for chocolate covered cherries because my father bought a box for my mother every Christmas. Nicole - Welcome! You'll find lots of support here! enough64 - You have to watch out for those curve…
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Today is National Science Fiction Day! I had to do this one because I've been an SF fan since my college days. "The date of January 2 was chosen for National Science Fiction Day as it corresponds with the birth date of famed science fiction writer Isaac Asimov. Considered a master of hard science fiction, Asimov, along…
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Happy New Year! Bonnie - Sounds like you had a wonderful year! That is a lot of blessings. Tracey - Ouch! Once you have a bad posture habit, it's hard to correct. I used to sit at my desk with my left foot drawn up under my right knee. I knew it was bad for me but I only stopped when I had a motorcycle accident and smashed…
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Today is Make Up Your Mind Day! "This day is set aside to encourage us to quit wavering, to take a side, to follow through with a decision and stick to it. As New Year’s resolutions go, this may be the day to decide which ones to declare. Been hesitating on making some decisions? Make Up Your Mind Day is the incentive to…
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Happy Bacon Day! If you're not into that, then happy National Bicarbonate of Soda day! Michelle - Yum, posole sounds great! We're having the right weather for it today. I have green chile stew on my list to make soon, right after I use up the leftover turkey in a pot of gumbo. Good green chile is harder to find here than…
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Happy National Cookie Exchange Day! "Christmas cookies date back to Europe in the Middle Ages, when biscuits with ingredients like cinnamon, ginger, and dried fruit were made. By the seventeenth century, different types of Christmas biscuits were popular in different European countries. The Dutch brought Christmas cookies…
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Bright Yule to you all! "Yule is observed on the day of the Winter Solstice. Also known as Jul, Yule predates the Christmas holiday by thousands of years. There is some debate as to the origin of the word Yule. Some linguists suggest the word is derived from “Iul”, the Anglo-Saxon word for wheel. This makes a connection to…
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Happy National Oatmeal Muffin Day! "Known for its health benefits, millions of people start each day with an Oatmeal Muffin. ... The American muffin is similar in size and shape to a cupcake. Recipes for Oatmeal Muffins began to appear in American cookbooks in the mid-1800s." Today is a good day to try out a new oatmeal…
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Happy Wright Brothers Day! "By Presidential Proclamation, December 17 is Wright Brothers Day in the United States. [This day] commemorates the first successful flights in a heavier than air, mechanically propelled airplane, made by Orville and Wilbur Wright on December 17, 1903, near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina." There is…
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Today is National Day of the Horse! I always wanted to have horses but it never happened so I'll celebrate them vicariously: "National Day of the Horse encourages people of the United States to be mindful of the contribution of horses to the economy, history and character of the United States. The domesticated horse we…
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Today is National Ding-A-Ling Day! "Ding-a-Lings on this day call the people they haven’t heard from in a while. It may be an old classmate, co-worker or neighbor from years ago. Or perhaps a call will go out to the child who used to mow the grass during the summer. How about that couple who carpooled for soccer. What was…
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Today is International Mountain Day! Sharing in honor of my mountain home, which I miss especially this time of year: "In 1998, the United Nations General Assembly declared 2002 as the International Year of Mountains, and in a resolution in December 2002, they designated December 11 as International Mountain Day. It was…
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Today is Dewey Decimal System Day! "December 10, 1851, is the birthday of Melvil Dewey (1851-1931), inventor of the Dewey Decimal system of library classification. As the most widely used library classification system, the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) or Dewey Decimal System has been in use since 1876 when American…
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Happy National Weary Willie Day! "This holiday was named for the character made famous by Emmett Kelly, who was born on this day in 1898. Weary Willie Day celebrates the art of clowning and the impact that it has had on our lives." Willie is before my time, but the history of Emmett Kelly and Willie says a lot about how we…
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Happy Letter Writing Day! "Celebrate the day by getting out some paper and writing a letter to a family member or friend. There are no rules as long as you put your soul into it. As the holidays are coming up, this may be an opportune time to add a letter along with a holiday card you were going to send out. Letters have…
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Today is Mitten Tree Day! "Mitten Tree Day most likely came to be as a result of Candace Christiansen's children's book, Mitten Tree. It is a book about an elderly lady who watches children gathering at a bus stop each morning. She notices a boy that doesn't have mittens and decides she will knit some and put them in a…
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Today is International Ninja Day! And I almost missed it because I started to post and then got busy. If ninja's aren't your thing, today is also Bathtub Party Day and National Sacher Torte Day. Allie - Congratulations on closing on the house. Just today I dealt with what I think will be the last tricky thing from my dad's…
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Today is National Sock Day! "National Sock Day on December 4 recognizes the rarest of all lasting unities, the marriage of matched socks. When they manage, wash after wash, dry after to dry to keep finding each other through all the chaos, a celebration is certainly in order!" drkatiebug - Oh, you are your neighbor's hero!…
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Greetings to all the lovely women - I've been away from you all for a long, long time. Sure, I had a lot on my plate with getting Dad's estate settled (yeah, still working on that) and other stuff. But mostly I think there's something wrong in my head lately. While I'm not happy at this weight, my brain is stuck in "don'…
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So I clicked on the link to your post before I had any coffee, and I seriously thought it said "Who wants to meet their goats with me." I'm a little disappointed that there are no goats involved here, but I commend you for your focus and dedication after your injury!
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Today is Drop Everything and Read Day! Oh, how I wish I could do that! "D.E.A.R. programs have been held nationwide on April 12th in honor of Beverly Cleary’s birthday, since she first wrote about D.E.A.R. in Ramona Quimby, Age 8 (pages 40-41). Inspired by letters from readers sharing their enthusiasm for the D.E.A.R.…
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Happy International Louie Louie Day! "International Louie Louie Day celebrates 'Louie Louie,' one of the most recorded songs in rock and roll history. It takes place on the birthday of Richard Berry, the writer of the song, who was born on the date in 1935." Barbie - I love bulbs. Someone here planted bulbs way back when,…
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Today is World Parkinson’s Disease Day! I had to pick this one in honor of my dear friend Matt, who is living – and rocking out – with Parkinson’s. “World Parkinson’s Disease Day marks the birthday of Dr. J Parkinson. On this day there are efforts made to increase the public awareness of this terrible disease, as well as…
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Happy Unicorn Day! "Unicorn Day was created to celebrate these majestic creatures and help adults remember how much more fun life can be when we let a little magic in sometimes. Unicorn Day is the perfect day to remember how tales of magic and enchantment influenced your imagination as a child." I had to drive to Houston…
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Happy World Theater Day! "The theater has been one of the most popular forms of entertainment since the Greeks, and the acting industry today is a hard but potentially prosperous career. If you have ever been in theater or seen a live show, you know how fun theater can be." Wendy - What an interesting challenge, to make…
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Happy Spinach Day! "It’s not just Popeye who will be strong to the finish on Spinach Day, but everyone who chooses to celebrate the day by consuming some of this leafy green plant will get to join in the health benefits as well!" I don't have a hope of catching up from the weekend, so I'm just jumping back into the pool…
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Today is World Water Day! "It’s a sad but true fact that 783 million people around the world still do not have access to clean water. Over 2.5 million people still do not have proper access to adequate sanitation facilities.... Water is such a precious commodity that many take for granted. World Water Day is a chance to…
