May 8, 2012: Teacher Appreciation Day, Have a Coke Day, Empañada Day

May 8, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥~ 
May 8, 2012 ★~Today’s Quote:  Always be a little kinder than necessary. James M. Barrie ★~ Teacher Appreciation Day:  ‘Thank you’ to the teachers that make a difference in the lives of children, and for the hard work they do each day. Today we acknowledge and appreciate the challenges and skill [...]

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May 7, 2012: Roast Leg of Lamb Day!

May 7, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 7, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: Love is energy of life. ~ Robert Browning ★~Roast Leg of Lamb Day: People have been eating lamb for more than 10,000 years. During the Middle Ages, farmers learned that sheep wool could be used for clothing , skins for parchment, milk for butter [...]

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May 6, 2012: Nurse’s Day, No Diet Day, Beverage Day, Crepes Suzette Day

May 6, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 6, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: “If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” Orson Welles. ★~ National Nurses Day: Celebrated annually on May 6 to raise awareness of the important role nurses play in society. It marks the beginning of National Nurses [...]

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May 5, 2012: Cinco De Mayo, Hoagie Day, Oyster Day, Homebrew Day

May 5, 2012

★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 5, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: He was a bold man that first eat an oyster. ~ Jonathan Swift ★~ Super Moon: Tonight’s full moon will be the biggest one of the year, maxing out at 10:35 p.m. — is known in Indian lore as the Full Flower Moon because by [...]

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May 4, 2012: Firefighter Day, No Pants Day, Tuba Day, and more…

May 4, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 4, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: ‘May The Force Be With You’! ★~ International Firefighters Day: According to legend, St. Florian was able to save an entire burning village in ancient Rome with just a single bucket of water. FIrefighters Day was proposed by firefighter JJ Edmondson following a tragic [...]

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May 3, 2012: Lumpy Rug Day, Different Colored Shoe Day, Paranormal Day, OJ Day

May 3, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 3, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote:  “Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one.” ~Albert Einstein ★~ Lumpy Rug Day: Rugs are intended to be smooth and inviting, encouraging you to stretch out and watch television, play a board game, or do a little yoga. So, today is [...]

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Random Odds and Ends

May 2, 2012

I made my kid this magnificent Dutch Pancake for breakfast. He was not impressed. I barely got a mumbled, “its good” as I stared in shock and despair as he stuffed a piece of pancake the size of Holland into his mouth. Our morning did not start off well. I watch him breath a big [...]

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May 2, 2012: El Morno! Scurvy Awareness Day,Grump Out Day, Ukulele Day, Chocolate Truffle Day

May 2, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 2, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote:  Grumpy: [watching the Dwarfs washing themselves] Next thing you know, she’ll be tyin’ your beards up in pink ribbons and smellin’ ya up with that stuff called, uh… “perfoom”. ★~ Scurvy Awareness Day: “Eat your greens and drink your juicy . . . you don’t [...]

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What’s Your Purse-anality – Part 7

May 1, 2012

Welcome Back to What’s Your Purse-anality, Episode 6! Click here to read Part 1, Part 2  Part 3. Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Tonight our reviewers are taking a look at our final three purses and their purse-analities. But first let me share one more interesting piece of research that I dug up regarding purses and their content: [...]

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May 1, 2012: May Day, Beltane, Mother Goose Day, Chocolate Parfait Day

May 1, 2012

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 1st, 2012 ★~Today’s Quote: “What potent blood hath modest May.”-  Ralph W. Emerson ★~ May Day  The lusty month of May! May Day has been a traditional holiday celebration since ancient times. On this day, spring festivals and Maypoles are common. The Maypole is a tall pole that is [...]

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