Grandma’s Socks

Grandma's Socks

I went to dinner tonight with my Grandma and roommates at Bob Evans. Grandma is generally one for a good laugh or story and tonight was no exception.  She had on her bathing suit socks.  Speaking of a good laugh, Grandma is hard of hearing and refuses to wear her hearing aids. Well, I just [...]

Holidays and Celebrations for Today

Great American Meat Out-  Today is the 25th anniversary of this event.Every March 20th Meatout supporters ask their friends, families, and communities to kick the meat habit, even if only for a day.  Sorry, I had a hamburger for lunch, so I will try to be more conscious next year.. Proposal Day- This holiday comes [...]

Happy Absolutely Incredible Kids Day

Absolutely Incredible Kids Day is just that all about the kids.  The kids in our lives are tomorrow’s leaders and are the ones who will care for my generation when I hit senior citizen status. Our kids are our future, so let’s show them how absolutely incredible they are.  I know my life would not [...]

Happy St. Patrick’s Day

St Patrick’s Day was named after St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.  What became as a purely Catholic holiday,  it became a feast day in the 1600′s and then gradually has turned into a secular celebration of Ireland’s culture.  Interestingly enough the original official color of St. Patrick’s Day was blue but eventually the association [...]

Happy Napping Day

Napping Day was founded in 1999 and is always the first Monday after the change to Daylight Savings time. It was established by Camille and William (Bill) Anthony. The purpose of this day is to help employees catch up on their sleep. It is celebrated by allowing the employees an one hour nap usually at [...]

Happy National Potato Chip Day

Today is the day to celebrate America’s favorite snack.  The potato chip.  The potato chip was invented in the summer of 1853 in New York when a man by the name of George Crum. George had been employed at a elegant resort and one guest in particular kept finding his french fries too thick for [...]

Happy Birthday Donald Duck

Donald Fauntleroy Duck’s official birthday is recognized as June 9, 1934 which is the day his debut film was released, but many references since then have put his birthday to March 13, so I’m celebrating his birthday today. In the Donald Duck cartoon, “Donald’s Happy Birthday” Donald’s nephews sit in their clubhouse trying to decide [...]

Celebrate Your Name Week~Day 7

Today is the last day in the celebrating your name week. Today we celebrate by studying our genealogy. I admit I have never studied my genealogy, other than the simple family trees we had to do in school. Other members of my family have though and I do find their findings interesting. How many of [...]

First trip to zoo with new camera

First trip to zoo with new camera

I bought myself a late Christmas present in January, a Nikon Coolpix P90. My Dad bought me my first Nikon digital camera back in 2000 and ever since then I have really enjoyed photography almost as much as I enjoy my digital art. My first Nikon was only a 3x optical zoom. After outgrowing the [...]

Celebrate Your Name Week~Day 6

I’ve always been known to put things off to the last minute or be a day late and a dollar short for everything. Well, as usual, this is another example of that phenomenon. This week is Celebrate Your Name Week with today being specifically being Middle Name Pride Day. Of course this is the second [...]