September 8th, 2011: Date Nut Bread Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #64 Emily made this delicious Date Nut Spice bread I headed to the bakery to buy date bread or a date nut muffin, which they did not have—but they did have date nut buns, so I bought one. Since I was pretty … Continue reading Musing: Date Nut Bread & Customer Service
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September 8: Literacy Day & Date Nut Bread Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 8,2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: “We shouldn't teach great books; we should teach a love of reading.” BF Skinner ★~ International Literacy Day: Each year, International Literacy Day highlights the status of literacy and adult learning globally. There are now almost 4 billion literate people in the world, but universal literacy … Continue reading September 8: Literacy Day & Date Nut Bread Day
Musing: Acorn Squash & Transitions
September 7, 2011: Acorn Squash Day Food of the Day: One-Year Goal Day: #63 Summer is all. School is only. We made it to school on time, which is always an accomplishment. At the beginning of the year, we are able to show a great deal of understanding for road repairs, children dawdling to the … Continue reading Musing: Acorn Squash & Transitions
September 7: Neither Rain nor Snow Day, Acorn Squash Day, Salami Day
~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ September 7, 2011 ★~ Today’s Quote: Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be. ~Grandma Moses ★~ Neither Rain Nor Snow Day: Neither Rain Nor Snow Day celebrates the opening of the New York Post Office building on this day in 1914. The following inscription was … Continue reading September 7: Neither Rain nor Snow Day, Acorn Squash Day, Salami Day
Musing: Coffee Ice Cream, Mothers Are….?
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….?
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