~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 18, 2014 ★~ Today’s Quote: When you look at a cupcake, you just have to smile. ~ Anonymous. ★~ Chocolate Cupcake Day: Cupcakes! Chocolate Cupcakes! The perfect treat for Sweetest Day! Cupcakes first emerged during the 19th century in the United States. There are two theories about how they got … Continue reading Chocolate Cupcake Day, No Beard Day
Month: October 2014
Mammogram Day, Gaudy Day, Mulligan Day, Pasta Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥~ October 17, 2014 ★~ Today’s Quote: ★~ National Mammogram Day: There probably aren't many people who haven't had a close friend or loved one diagnosed with breast cancer. In fact, about 12 percent of American women will develop invasive breast cancer at some time during their lives. October is National Breast Cancer … Continue reading Mammogram Day, Gaudy Day, Mulligan Day, Pasta Day
Dictionary Day, Boss’s Day, Liqueur Day
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 16, 2014 ★~ Today’s Quote: I want my food dead. Not sick, Not dying, Dead. Oscar Wilde ★~ Dictionary Day (Favorite Word Day) "It is widely believed that every word has a correct indisputable meaning and that teachers and books are the supreme authority in matters of meaning and … Continue reading Dictionary Day, Boss’s Day, Liqueur Day
White Cane Day, Grouch Day, Mushroom Day, Chicken Cacciatore Day
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 15, 2014 ★~ Today’s Quote: You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche ★~ White Cane Day: The White Cane is a symbol of independence and self-reliance. President Lyndon B. Johnson,proclaim … Continue reading White Cane Day, Grouch Day, Mushroom Day, Chicken Cacciatore Day
Bald is Beautiful, Lower Case Day, Chocolate Covered Insects
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 14, 2014 ★~ Todays’ Quote: The most wasted of all days is one without laughter. e. e. cummings ★~ Bald is Beautiful Day: I thought we would celebrate a different type of bald is beautiful - The Peruvian Inca Orchid: The Spanish conquistadors, who are said to have … Continue reading Bald is Beautiful, Lower Case Day, Chocolate Covered Insects
Columbus Day, Canadian Thanksgiving, Yorkshire Pudding Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 13, 2014 ★~ Today’s Quote: It's actually very difficult to make something both simple and good. ~ Paul Simon ★~ Columbus Day: In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue. Celebrating Columbus Day has become so convoluted it's hard to know who is celebrating it and who is not. The … Continue reading Columbus Day, Canadian Thanksgiving, Yorkshire Pudding Day
Chicago Marathon, Gumbo Day
★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 12, 2014 ★~ Today’s Quote: “The marathon is a charismatic event. It has everything. It has drama. It has competition. It has camaraderie. It has heroism. Every jogger can't dream of being an Olympic champion, but he can dream of finishing a marathon." Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder: ★~ … Continue reading Chicago Marathon, Gumbo Day
Cake Decorating Day, Angel Food Cake Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 10, 2014 Prairie Wolf Dog Park ★~ Today’s Quote: A party without a cake is just a meeting ~ Julia Child ★~ Cake Decorating Day: Vickie (our friend and camp helper) is taking a cake decorating class. She made this cake for her class and then gave it to us, … Continue reading Cake Decorating Day, Angel Food Cake Day
Parking – My Teen Brat
Parking ... It’s a well-known fact in my family that I’m a ninja parallel parker. I can park any car, in the middle of rush hour traffic, into a parking spot designed for a much smaller car, with room to spare. I’m magical that way. Living in the city and owning a car means learning … Continue reading Parking – My Teen Brat
Blood Moon, Touch Tag, Fluffernutter Sandwich, Pierogi Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ October 8, 2014 ★~ Todays Quote: "If you want something you never had, you have to do something you never did." — Unknown ★~ Blood Moon - Lunar Eclipse Today's lunar eclipse takes place beginning at 5:25am Wednesday morning and will run through 6:24 am (NASA). Its proximity with sunrise … Continue reading Blood Moon, Touch Tag, Fluffernutter Sandwich, Pierogi Day