Courageous Follower Day – This is not
a day about playing Follow the Leader where the leader is the
neighborhood rock climbing daredevil. This is a day about being
brave enough to follow your heart or follow your conscience or maybe
even follow your toddler through a maze of tunnels.
International Scrapbooking Industry Day
– May I just say that scrapbookers tend to be just a little bit
obsessed with their scrapbooking activities. I have a scrapbooker in
the family so I know what I'm talking about. Well, today is a day
for all of you scrapbookers to indulge in your favorite activity.
Get a group together today and scrapbook to your hearts content. Not
that you need my permission, you know you'll be doing it today
anyway.
March Forth-Do Something Day – I know
what you're thinking. Really? It's not like you're sitting at home
staring into space. We all do SOMETHING every day. Well, today is a
little different. Today you need to stretch your comfort zone and do
something big and bold and different.
National Pound Cake Day – This
dessert is called pound cake because the traditional recipe used 1
pound each of flour, sugar, eggs and butter. It makes a big cake so
you can adjust the measurements down for a smaller cake as long as
you keep the 1:1:1:1 ratio. Recipes for this delicacy date back to
the 1700's and call for beating the ingredients for an hour. And,
I'm not sure if you know this but they didn't have electric mixers
back then. Those cooks must have had some muscles.
Holy Experiment Day – Today is a day
to try something new with your religion and see what happens in your
life. Whatever you do, make sure it is in keeping with your faith.
For example, you could increase the amount you usually give to your
church or temple for a period of time and see how your life changes.
You could also try fasting if you've never done that before.
Hug A GI Day – We need to show our
appreciation for the GI's and all that they do to keep us safe. So
find one to hug today as a way to thank them. Just make sure you
don't try to surprise hug any of them. It's REALLY not good to try
to surprise a GI. You could get hurt.
Benjamin Harrison Day – Our 23rd
President was sworn into office on this day in 1989. He was sworn
into service as a Senator on this day in 1881 as well. Clearly this
was an important day of the year for him.
National Grammar Day – Established in
2008 by Martha Brockenbrough, the founder of The Society for the
Promotion of Good Grammar. Make sure that today you are extra
careful with your “its”, “it's” and “its'”, and of
course, “their”, “there” and “they're”. If you need some
help with this day, check with your friendly neighborhood Grammar
Nazi. We all know at least one. Am I right, Shannon?
Old Inauguration Day – This day was
the original day to swear in a new President. It was chosen because
it was the day in 1789 when the Constitution first took effect. It
was changed to January 20th in the 20th
Amendment to the Constitution. The last inauguration on this day
took place in 1933 with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's first term.
So he was the last President sworn in on the old date and the first
President sworn in on the new date when he was re-elected four years
later.
Toy Soldier Day – Today is a day to
have fun. Dress up as a toy soldier, arm yourself with your nerf
guns and invade someplace. Be careful with your choice of location
as some places, like banks, tend to not have a sense of humor about
things like this.
http://www.toysoldiersunite.com/propaganda/events/toysoldierday
Casimir Pulaski Day – Celebrated on
the first Monday in March, this is a day to remember Revolutionary
War Cavalry Officer Casimir Pulaski. He was born in Poland but came
to America and trained Revolutionary War soldiers and cavalry. In
some states, there are laws making it mandatory for schools to
celebrate this day with their students.
Fun Facts About Names Day – We
continue Celebrate Your Name week with this one. What is interesting
about your name? Do you know any cool trivia about anyone else's
name? Do you know the names of Johnny Depp's siblings?
You have a very busy celebration day
today so I'll help you out. First, invite your friendly neighborhood
grammar nazi to follow you around all day correcting your grammar.
Then look up interesting trivia about names of all kinds and yours in
particular so you can fascinate everyone you meet with your
knowledge. Next, you can recruit some troops and dress up as toy
soldiers and stage a reenactment of the old time inaugurations after
your reenactment of the Revolutionary War battles that the cavalry
was involved in. Make sure you take lots of pictures so you can make
a scrapbook page out of them later. Then you can make a pound cake
the way they used to way back in the day and give it to a GI so their
hands are busy while you hug them. That way they are less likely to
hurt you if you have surprised them. On your way home, stop at your
church and give them more money than you have ever given them before
so you can see what kind of blessings are bestowed upon you later.
And if you do all this, (I know, I know, I started my sentence with
'and' which wasn't grammatically proper.) you will have done
something today and I'm sure during the course you will also have
followed someone or something.
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