~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 12, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: “Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone.” ― Jack Canfield ★~ Chicken Soup for the Soul Day: We're all aware of the magical healing powers of chicken soup. Co-authors and motivational speakers Mark Victor Hansen and Jack Canfield wanted to … Continue reading Chicken Soup For The Soul Day, Pizza With Everything Except Anchovies Day!
Month: November 2012
Forget Me Not Day| Vanilla Cupcake Day! Fun Phone Tricks
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 10, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: There's just one you Nobody like you Take a look, it's true Just one you The smile on your face is like no smile that I've seen You're one special person if you know what I mean -Big Bird ★~ Forget Me Not Day: … Continue reading Forget Me Not Day| Vanilla Cupcake Day! Fun Phone Tricks
Our Fish Is On The Roof
Bad news—Joy our Koi died. This has not been a good week for pets in our house. I don't know what happened. Just yesterday, Joy was swimming happily, wagging her little fish fins in her beautifully decorated fish tank. This morning she was floating at the top of the tank. Cole doesn't know yet, and … Continue reading Our Fish Is On The Roof
National Chaos Never Dies Day| Scrapple Day!
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 9, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.” ― Friedrich Nietzsche ★~ National Chaos Never Dies Day: Chaos Never Dies Day takes the stance that the perfect, quiet moment we’re all striving for and anticipating doesn’t – and likely … Continue reading National Chaos Never Dies Day| Scrapple Day!
Abet and Aid Punster Day| National Cappuccino Day| Harvey Wallbanger Day| Cook Something Bold and Pungent
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 8th, 2012 ★~ Today’s Pun: “I went to the store to buy some soup but they were out of stock.” ★~ Abet and Aid Punster Day: Laugh instead of groan at incredibly dreadful puns. All-time greatest triple pun: “Though he’s not very humble, there’s no police like Holmes,” from the … Continue reading Abet and Aid Punster Day| National Cappuccino Day| Harvey Wallbanger Day| Cook Something Bold and Pungent
Musing: Election Returns, Peppermint Hot Chocolate!
★~♥~♥~★~ El Bona Nit ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 7, 2012 Last night I enjoyed watching the election returns while dining on cheese fondue. I took a sip of our hosts’ "giddy up" martini, drank a glass of Champagne, came home and fell into bed. I woke up this morning with a twisted tongue (today is International … Continue reading Musing: Election Returns, Peppermint Hot Chocolate!
Election Black Eye
Bright and early this morning, I drove into the polling precinct parking lot ready to do my duty as an American citizen and exercise my right to vote. Four years ago when I voted, it took me three tries to get my ballot right. The first two times the machine rejected my ballot and … Continue reading Election Black Eye
Election Day USA| Saxophone Day| Marooned Without a Compass Day| Doughnut Appreciation Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ November 6, 2012 Free Speech stops here. ★~ Today’s Quote: If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. … We need not wait to see what others do.” … Continue reading Election Day USA| Saxophone Day| Marooned Without a Compass Day| Doughnut Appreciation Day
Frosty Paws Give Away! Be A Winner!
October was dog shelter month, and the nice people at Purina invited me to host a Frosty Paws coupon giveaway. However, the post office or someone in the mailroom forgot to send me the coupon package until the end of October. Oh Woof! What can we pawsably do? I asked Rascal, and in true terrier … Continue reading Frosty Paws Give Away! Be A Winner!
R.I.P. Skippy
Skippy our Schipperke died today. We first met Skippy as a camper, and when it was clear he wasn't doing well in in his adopted family’s home, we became his forever home. Skip was a handsome, black Tasmanian devil that did not mellow much over the years — he was always a biter and … Continue reading R.I.P. Skippy