~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 17, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote:  The secret of getting ahead is getting started. The secret of getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one.” ~Mark Twain ★~  Pack Rat Day: Attics and basements were meant for storing old [...]

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~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 16, 2012 Click on parts of the picture to re-focus. Today, Purple for Peace Day is celebrated as a way to welcome aliens to earth. Apparently, aliens like the color purple. Purple seems to be surrounding me lately. Do you suppose it’s because I was born in Roswell, New [...]

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Can You Hear Us Now, Joe? Signs from Beyond

by Katybeth on May 15, 2012

Can You Hear Us Now, Joe? Four days after Joe and I brought Cole home from the hospital, we went to see a past life reader. The mystic was very old and somewhat famous in mystic circles, and it was not certain if he would be able to travel back to Chicago, so when we [...]

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May 15, 2012: Peace Officers Memorial Day, Straw Hat Day, Chocolate Chip Day

May 15, 2012

★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 15, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable.~ L. Frank Baum ★~ Peace Officers Memorial Day:   Today we honor federal, state and local officers killed or disabled in the line of duty. We take time, to think of those who lost [...]

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May 14, 2012: Chicken Dances, Chicago Nato Summit, Carlsbad Caverns

May 14, 2012

★~♥~♥~★~ El Nighto! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 14, 2012 Good news: there’s still time to dance like a chicken today. We missed leaping like frogs yesterday but we will NOT be denied dancing like a chicken! I listened to the oom-pah “dance like a chicken” song for the first time last year when we celebrated Dance [...]

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May 13, 2012: Mother’s Day, Velcro, Skinny Jeans, Leaping Frogs!

May 13, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 13, 2012 It might take me a couple of days to catch up from this lovely Mother’s Day weekend. I’m sorry to say I’m remiss in not reminding you to jump like a frog today. If you were truly looking forward to a little Mother’s Day leap frog, please [...]

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May 12, 2012: Crab Bisque Do-Overs and Mom’s

May 12, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Nighto! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 12, 2012 It is probably too late to play miniature golf today, but you do still have time to reach over and give your cat a hug — if you have a cat, of course. If you have been waiting eagerly for Nutty Fudge Day, there is always next [...]

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May 11, 2012: Twilight Zone Day, Eat Whatever Day, Military Spouse Day, Tick Pickers Day!

May 11, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 11th, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: There’s nothing more daring than showing up, putting ourselves out there and letting ourselves be seen. ~ Brené Brown ★~ National Tick Pickers Day: Here Ye! Here Ye! I am proclaiming today National Tick Pickers Day to honor Vickie, our friend and Camp Run A Pup helper [...]

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May 10, 2012: Monty Python Day, Tidy Up Day, Shrimp Day!

May 10, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 10, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: “It’s funny, isn’t it? How your best friend can just blow up like that?” Monty Python ★~ International Monty Python Status Day: Participating is easy; simply think of one of your favorite Monty Python quote, and post it as your status! It can be from the [...]

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May 9, 2012: Lost Sock Memorial, Butterscotch Brownie Day!

May 9, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 9, 2012   ★~ Today’s Quote: The essence of communication is intention. ~ unknown ★~ Lost Sock Memorial: Today we must face a hard fact — that our lost socks will not find their way home to their “sock mates.” There’s only one thing to do in this situation. First, [...]

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