September 6th, 2011: Coffee Ice Cream Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #62 Emily celebrated coffee ice cream day with Breyers ice cream, which she was convinced was coffee flavored and not the real thing. Emmet (Emily’s son) read the label as they spooned down their coffee ice cream and informed her that … Continue reading Musing: Coffee Ice Cream, Mothers Are….?
Month: September 2011
September 6: Another Look Unlimited Day & Coffee Ice Cream Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 6, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: "The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands, and then work outward from there. Other people can talk about how to expand the destiny of mankind. I just want to talk about how to fix a … Continue reading September 6: Another Look Unlimited Day & Coffee Ice Cream Day
Musing: Cheese Pizza, R Rated Movies
September 5, 2011: Cheese Pizza Day Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #61 Emily and I just passed the 60 day mark, which means we have eaten the food of the day every day for over 60 days. Only 300 days to go. Cheese Pizza Day fell on labor day — you normally don’t … Continue reading Musing: Cheese Pizza, R Rated Movies
September 5: Labor Day & Cheese Pizza Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 5, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: Take rest; a field that has rested gives a bountiful crop. ~Ovid ★~Labor Day: A yearly, national acknowledgement of the contributions American workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well-being of our country. This holiday was first celebrated in 1882 in New York … Continue reading September 5: Labor Day & Cheese Pizza Day
Musing: Macadamia Nuts & Flea Market Treasures
September 4, 2011: Macadamia Nuts Day Food of the Day for a One-Year Goal Day: #60 Please have one of Emily's homemade macadamia nut muffins while we muse. Yummy! Who knew macadamia nuts originally came from Australia? I had no idea. I thought they were as Hawaiian as ferrets, pineapples, and leis. Sunday was a beautiful … Continue reading Musing: Macadamia Nuts & Flea Market Treasures
September 4: Newspaper Carrier Day and Macadamia Nut Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 4, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier. H. L. Mencken ★~National Newspaper Carrier Day: Newspaper Carrier Day commemorates the hiring of the very first newspaper carrier, ten-year old Barney Flaherty. Benjamin Day, who was the publisher … Continue reading September 4: Newspaper Carrier Day and Macadamia Nut Day
Musing: Welsh Rarebit–Rabbit Not Included!
September 3, 2011: Welsh Rarebit Day Food of the Day for a One-Year Goal Day: #59 There isn’t a whole lot not to like about Welsh Rarebit: cream, cheese, ale, butter, toast . . . It was missing just one thing — rabbit! Cole was quick to tell me the dinner was really good, but … Continue reading Musing: Welsh Rarebit–Rabbit Not Included!
September 3: Skyscrapers Day & Welsh Rarebit Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 3, 2011 The Sun ★~ Today’s Quote: A great architect is not made by way of a brain nearly so much as he is made by way of a cultivated, enriched heart. Heathcliff ★~ Skyscrapers Day: Today's the day when we remember that some buildings are tall. Like, really … Continue reading September 3: Skyscrapers Day & Welsh Rarebit Day
Mussing: Blueberry Popsicles and Rants
September 2, 2011: Blueberry Popsicle Day Food of the Day for a One-Year Goal Day: #58 Blueberry Popsicle Day? Really? Who eats blueberry popsicles? Cherry, orange, grape are the correct flavors for popsicles. Blueberry popsicles are pretending they are “healthy”, but they aren’t a bit healthier than a cherry popsicle — unless they are … Continue reading Mussing: Blueberry Popsicles and Rants
September 2: Beheading Day & Blueberry Popsicle Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 2, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: You should listen to your heart, and not the voices in your head ~ Marge Simpson ★~ Beheading Day: When I learned it was Beheading Day, the first two lines of Rudyard Kipling’s poem If immediately came to mind: If you can keep your … Continue reading September 2: Beheading Day & Blueberry Popsicle Day