★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ June 3, 2012 Highlights of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Pageant If you were looking forward to Repeat Day or Egg Day, we missed them. On Repeat Day, you are encouraged to send people the same e-mail several times or keep repeating your Facebook status. Well, there’s always next year, but … Continue reading June 3, 2012: Queen’s Jubilee: I’m A Royal Watcher!

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ June 2, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: I have been through some terrible things in my life, some of which actually happened. ~ Mark Twain ★~ Yell Fudge Day: I have yelled “Fudge” every June 2nd at 12 noon ever since I heard that yelling “Fudge” would keep the cobras out … Continue reading June 2, 2012: Yell Fudge Day,Bubba Day,Rocky Road Ice Cream Day

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ June 1, 2012 Rabbit! Rabbit! Happy June 1st! EL Morno was all ready to go in its usual stars-and-hearts format, but my lack of focus today has been epic. I blame it on my boys’ pending arrival. In any case, El Morno is late and the format is a bit … Continue reading June 1, 2012: Say Something Nice, Dare Day, Flip a Coin, Go Barefoot, Random Links

~★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 31, 2012 ★~ Today's Quote: Be curious, not judgmental. Walt Whitman ★~ Rabbit Rabbit: Today is the last day of the May and you know what that means don’t you?  It’s time to prepare for the first of the month and all that can be yours by simple saying … Continue reading May 31, 2012: No Tobacco Day, Complete Sentence Day, Positive Thinking Day, Macaroon Day

★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 30, 2012 Cheers! Today is Mint Julep Day. The official drink of the south, most notably the official drink of the Kentucky Derby. Over the course of the two-day event, bartenders at Churchill downs serve almost 120,000 mint juleps. The Kentucky Derby is over, but the Belmont Stakes is … Continue reading May 30, 2012: Mint Julep Day, Hole In My Bucket Day

★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 26, 2012 Today is my sweet mother’s birthday. I love that she shares her birthday with John Wayne (1907), Jay Silverheels (1912), the Lone Ranger, James Arness (1923), who played Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke, which was one of my mom’s favorite shows back in the day, and Hank Williams (1949). … Continue reading Sweet Mother’s Birthday

★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 25, 2012 ★~ Today’s Quote: Don't waste yourself in rejection, nor bark against the bad, but chant the beauty of the good. Ralph Waldo Emerson ★~ International Geek Pride Day: May 25th is a magical confluence of three utterly relevant and utterly geeky observed holidays. Towel Day, the day … Continue reading May 25,2012: Geek Pride Day, Tap Dance Day, National Wine Day.

~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 23, 2012 ★~Today's Quote: "Behold the turtle. He only makes progress when he sticks his neck out." James Bryant Conant, Harvard President ★~ Lucky Penny Day: Find a penny, pick it up, and all the day you will have good luck!” El Morno Friend Nancy tells a cool penny … Continue reading May 23, 2012: Lucky Penny Day, Turtle Day, Taffy Day

★~♥~♥~★~ El Morno! ♥~★~★~♥ ~ May 22, 2012 Mason jars and Peonies!  Thank you Pinterest! We completely missed El Morno today because of my slow morno start, mani-pedi, perm and nap but I look good and I am well rested! That has to count for something, right? It was Buy a Musical Instrument Day. If … Continue reading May 22, 2012: Musical Instruments Day, Tuesday Rants, Curls