A Good Read to Celebrate...

October 14, Thursday, is National Chocolate Covered Insects Day.  I'm not kidding!

Here are some fun ways to celebrate...

You can check out this book.  Read it with your family.

Then you can make some chocolate covered ants with your kids.  Click here for a recipe.

If domesticity is not your strong suit, you can click here to buy some.

Enjoy!!!  And happy day!!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day!!

Happy New Year from George

Happy Halloween

99 Days

... until Christmas!

Labor Day 2009

National Best Friends Day & National Relaxation Day

Today, August 15, is

National Best Friends Day

&

National Relaxation Day!!

Celebrate at the spa... with your best friend!

National Lasagna Day

Today is National Lasagna Day. Celebrate at The Old Spaghetti Factory... locations all over the place!!

They have pretty great lasagna!

Happy 4th of July

God Bless America

Memorial Day 2009

Hagar the Horrible - Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day

Happy Mother's Day to all moms...

but most especially...

to MY MOM!!!

National Birth Mothers Day

Today is Birth Mother's Day... it is always the Saturday before Mother's Day.

I found some information on this holiday at this website.

The day was established by birth mothers to educate, to remember, and to cope.

I am beyond fortunate to have been touched by the choices of seven birth mothers in my life.

Mine

My sons' and daughters'

A high school friend who chose adoption

My brother's

I honor, appreciate and love these women.

Senorita Margarita

Lather up and enjoy a refreshing margarita scented shower with philosophy's famous multi-tasking formula that can be used as a shampoo, shower gel or bubble bath...

In a pinch I use the 3 in 1 philosophy products as a shampoo because I am pretty loyal to my regular shampoo... HOWEVER... I do love these products as a shower gel or bubble bath! They are always so richly scented.

So... in honor of Cinco de Mayo tomorrow... enjoy a philosophy margarita!!! You won't need a designated driver!

Hug an Australian Day

Tomorrow, April 26, is Hug an Australian Day...

I'm game!

Happy Easter

April... It is the month of...

Living in Arizona, April represents to me the beginning of summer. By the end of this month, it'll be hot. And the heat will be here to stay.

I did recently discover that April also means so many other things.

For example... did you know that

April is Autism Awareness Month.

April is also Car Care Month and Couple Appreciation Month.

It is also National Child Abuse Prevention Month
AND
National Card Letter Writing Month.

We can celebrate because it is

Straw Hat Month

and

Southern Belles Month.

It is Youth Sports Safety Month too.

I think there is something for everyone this month!

Click here for a list of April observances.

Supreme Sacrifice Day

Today is Supreme Sacrifice Day!

I'm not making this up! Click here.

The website explains...

Supreme Sacrifice Day recognizes the ultimate sacrifice made by some for the good of others.

History is filled with examples of people who offered the supreme sacrifice for other people.

Today is a day to reflect and offer thanks and appreciation to those who made the supreme sacrifice for us.

Note: I am making fun a little of this holiday... that is why I edited some of the information from the website. I don't want to be irreverent.

So... in honor of this holiday... I would like to pay tribute to a great sacrifice that recently took place in my home. After three-plus years of faithful service, we said goodbye to a big part of our daily lives today! Today... Supreme Sacrifice Day, we recognize the dependability, the reliability of our good friend. She was there for us, day in and day out... always willing to do the icky work, and always doing it so silently and efficiently.

Yes, our dishwasher died a very ugly, loud death today.

But, due to the remarkable advancement of appliance repairs and after a very short wait on the transplant list... our beloved friend received a motor transplant today. Oh glory be!

So, the Supreme Sacrifice that I hail today is not only that of our dishwasher, but also that of my husband's wallet!

Thank you! Thank you!

National Tortilla Chip Day

These are my two favorite brands of tortilla chips... and since today, February 24, is National Tortilla Chip Day, our family will be having chips and salsa with dinner tonight!!

I buy On the Border tortilla chips at Sam's Club. And I buy Nana's Chips at Safeway. Nana's Chips are so awesome when you take the extra thirty seconds, or so, and warm them in the microwave. Yummy!

Our favorite salsa is Carol's. Sorry... Carol is Kaleigh's club soccer coach... you won't be able to find her extremely delicious, perfectly blended, magnificently spicy salsa anywhere! And you'll rarely find it in our refrigerator either. When we get an order from her, we usually eat it the same day. One time, I hid a container of her salsa in a cottage cheese container so we could have some the second day! I am sooooooooo sneaky!