I'm a grandma, wife, mother, crazy writer, spaz artist and face painter who is a disciple of Christ, loves to cook and read and wishes there were more hours in the day...oh and dark chocolate lover!
But it's also gorgeous. I can't believe it's the end of the month already. :)
But we leave behind thankfullness and head onto precursor to all the commercial
insanity. I thought we could take a moment to be grateful for all that
has gone on...especially to add the thought for today --
Stay Home Because You're Well Day!! Did you know that was a thing? I wonder if we could convince our supervisors, lol.
It's also National Mousse Day - which is my hubby's favorite thing. What's your favorite flavor? Have you ever tried the lemon? MMmmmmm
Anyway
- hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving, and enjoyed time with
family. Now we get to look forward to the craziness that used to be
Christmas, lol. I think the focus has gotten too much on the whole
buying thing. But that's probably the scrooge in me.
To help get you in the holiday mood, here's a clip from one of our favorite holiday movies. Got to love Michael Caine!
Personally, I love this time of year. It's cold enough to wear warmer clothes and not melt...the air is crisp and the leaves are gorgeous and especially when it snows!! I love snow. Now if we could just have another storm... Anyway - It's also FRIDAY! For some reason that always brings joy to my heart, even when it's not that big of a deal - like nothing going on. But that is the best reason this weekend...we finally don't have anything big we have to go to! We can work on our projects at home. :) I'm sure my sons will not be excited, lol.
It's kind of
scary to realize that next week is Thanksgiving and Christmas is just
around the corner. I'm a grandma and I'm totally NOT prepared!! ARGH. It's okay...we just stay calm and keep shopping, right? Well..there's just a couple of fun things I want to point out for today... Mickey Mouse Day -
For those of my friends who love everything Disney and Mickey, it's Mickey Mouse Day! I figured the one with him holding pumpkin pie was the best, since Thanksgiving is next week. :)
National Apple Cider Day - That's always good - I love warm apple cider on a cold day. So, when work is over, go home and warm up some apple cider, grab a doughnut and wrap up in a blanket in front of the fireplace. Life is good.
just to be on the totally not related side...I just heard of a group yesterday that is totally awesome. I'm probably behind the rest of you, but have you heard of Home Free? They are an a capella group and wow... here's one of my favorite songs:
Celebrate life because how can you not? It's a glorious day! I love warm fall weather where it's still cool and yet, not bone chilling. Ya know...winter. But I love winter better than summer, so I'm not complaining! We're supposed to get some snow this week, we'll see if it happens.
It's Tuesday, and we can always use a
bit of cheer, right? Since I can't hand you a hot cocoa through the
internet, I'll try and send a smile. :)
( And for those who like them...sorry I missed National Pickle day yesterday...have a pickle today.)
Today isI Love to Write Day. I
find it interesting that this is in the month of Nano. For those who I
haven't bored to tears with the information, Nano is National Novel
Writing Month...or Nanowrimo to those of us in the know. It's where you have 30 days to write 50,000 words and try and come up with the great American novel. It's great for people who love to write! Helps you make it a habit (hopefully) to write every day. Most people try to get these novels published. Me, I'd rather just store them in my computer and say that I finished, lol. sigh. National Bundt (Pan) Day - I think the best way to celebrate this is to use the pan...make an awesome bundt cake that your family will enjoy! I usually make one with pudding and drizzle it with chocolate, and hmmmmm
This looks very similar to that one...
And for those of you who need an excuse...it's National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day - we don't usually need an excuse...it'sgrocery shopping time, so our fridge is pretty bare. Well.. that's it. Hope you have a great day, and remember to have some chocolate!!
Today is Veteran's day, which is being marked
all around our country. My cub scout troop honored the Vets in our
neighborhood by giving them a little plaque thanking them for their
service last week. This week the youth in our neighborhood honored them
at a dinner, and I know that there are several areas that are honoring
them today.
After
a day that we all practiced our rights and voted for our next
president, we honor the people who sacrificed so much to give us that
right and made it possible for us to be where we are today.
Along
with that...how best to celebrate and honor them than to have a
Sundae!! Today is National Sundae day, and I grew up thinking these
were one of the best desserts ever. What is your favorite? I just saw a
meal version...they did it with mashed potatoes and roasted
meat...interesting. I would never have thought of it.
Well...it's also Friday, and I think we're all VERY glad it is! Hope you have an awesome day and great weekend!
Well, I figured most of us could use a little
bit of brightness in the day...last night was a disappointment on many
levels, lol, but it is what it is.
So - I thought I'd
see what food holiday it was. Ever heard of scrapple? I hadn't...it's
national Scrapple day. It's a sort of meat product that's apparently
popular back east...I think they can have it, doesn't look very
appetizing to me.
Since that didn't give me
anything to cheer over, I figure we can fall back on chocolate and call
it good. But if you really need a chuckle, then Studio C is always
there...
For the few of us who have a hard time remembering the right word...
and for those who sympathise with teachers... but to start out the morning right, we all need snoopy and the Peanuts gang. Have a good one!
and there are only 7 left till Christmas - can you believe it?? I can't - I am not ready!
Are you ready for Thanksgiving?
I had a thought this morning - on a random note - I remember hearing
about thanksgiving dinner and the turkey and everything, and how turkey
meat has chemicals that make you sleepy, explaining why so many people
want to take a nap after dinner. My thought was well, if that's true,
why don't we feel sleepy EVERY time we eat turkey? I mean, we have
turkey burgers, turkey meatballs, turkey lunch meat... and that doesn't
make me feel sleepy. So I think the whole thing is how much we eat
for thanksgiving dinner...lol. That's my philosophical thought for the
morning, a little tooo much thinking on my random end...sigh.
Anyway - today we don't have a lot, but we do have National Candy Day - which
you would think should come on Halloween...or the day after when you're
trying to get rid of all the leftover candy... we always made our kids
save their candy (what wasn't eaten on Halloween) and then the next
Friday we'd have a scary movie night and put ALL the candy in a big bowl
and everyone could eat all they wanted. What was left we threw out!
It was a tradition they remember fondly - and my autistic son bemoans because we no longer do it - we never get trick-or-treaters so we don't buy bags of candy and don't need to add to waist lines. Man, I'm being a little verbose today... This is a great clip of what it means to have hyper kids on candy...
anyway - we also haveLove Your Lawyer Day. Since my lawyer is my sister, she's easy to love! I'm sure if she wasn't I wouldn't be so fond, but ya know. We need to have charity for the ambulance chasers, and she would agree with me, lol.
It looks like it's going to be a gorgeous weekend - and just a heads up, if you know anyone with red hair, tomorrow is National Love My Red Hair day, and you can help them appreciate themselves!!
For some reason I also had on my calendar that tomorrow is stress awareness day...as well as gunpowder day,
and I'm not sure how well those two go together, and I'm not seeing
them on Brownielocks site, so I'm not sure where I found them...but try
not to think of one when thinking of the other...lol.
Okay - I can't stand it - have to cheer for the Cubs! I mean, this
team hasn't made it to the world series since 1908!? how sad is that??
And they won!! It was an awesome game! I hope you had a chance to
watch one of the world series games. We didn't catch the first one, but
we watched the ones after that. It was amazing fun. I was basically
the only one rooting for the Cubs...my hubby decided to root for the
Indians. This is only because we weren't big fans of either team as
they started, lol.
sigh.What a night. Anyway - on to more fun stuff.
First - it's National Men Make Dinner Day - How could you loose on a day like that?? My hubby has already cooked dinner this week, so I won't make him, lol, but it's a fun thought. Public Television Day-
this is a sweet and sour type thing...on one hand the television is
awesome, and it's come a LONG way since it's beginning. I remember
watching cartoons in black and white people! But it has become too large a part in our world today - but that's just my opinion. We don't watch much TV - (Except the world series! lol) We watch movies. :) Do you have a show you watch together as a family?
And finally - what everyone needs to know... today isSandwich Day!If you haven't seen it advertised, Subway is doing a buy one
get one free bit. I guess last year was too big a draw with a free
sandwich, so they are doing a buy one get one, which still is pretty
good. I don't know if anyone else is, but you might want to look into
it. Good stuff!
Well...for all of you who are clueless, lol today marks the beginning of Nanowrimo, or in other words...
Yee haw!! Tine to get those fingers moving and those keyboards burning up. Word count is the item of the day, people. Word count!!! For the next 30 days you will eat, sleep, write! (well...some of us will work...lol)
And, interestingly enough...today is also National Authors' Day - which is a great day to have it on...and since I'm an Author, it counts!!
and... National Family Literacy Day - which I guess is an enouragement to read, right? And my family all reads (except youngest son is not a big reader...sigh.). And most of them write...so we're all pretty anti social this month. :)
And for those of you who focus on food (like me...and most of us)
November 1: National Bison Day
November 1: National Deep Fried Clams Day
Read more at: http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-november.asp
November 1: National Bison Day
November 1: National Deep Fried Clams Day
Read more at: http://www.thenibble.com/fun/more/facts/holidays-november.asp
It's National Bison Day - Hm...I have some bison my brother gave me after his hunting trip last year. Perhaps we'll pull it out of the freezer and cook it up. :) If you've never had bison, it really is good.
AndNational Deep Fried Clams Day - Personally, I love clams!! I love clam chowder, fried clams...sigh. Wonder how I can get some of those today...my son-in-law was telling me that my granddaughters like oysters. Really??? Ugh... Don't know where that came from...but it wasn't from Grandma! And have I mentioned yet that I have a new grandbaby?? (where are my priorities!!??) a baby boy!! Our first grandson, and he's a doll!! :)
He was quite the howler...but has calmed down a bit when he's fed. My daughter is discovering that boys are much more hungrier than girls!! I'll try and post a better photo later...he's getting cuter every day.
