Today, Sunday, we celebrate:
National Blueberry Pie Day –
My brother-in-law's favorite dessert. He asks for this instead of
cake for his birthday.
Great Poetry Reading Day –
Today is a day to read great poetry and I have just the website for
you. I have many poems that I enjoy, most of them were written for
kids by Shel Silverstein. I'm not sure what that says about me, but
there you go. On this website you can find many poets and apparently
you can publish your own as well. This link takes you to one of my
favorites.
http://allpoetry.com/poem/8538923-The_Nap_Taker-by-Shel_Silverstein
Kiss Your Mate Day – Today is
the day to kiss your spouse (boyfriend or girlfriend) if you have
one, if you don't, next choice is your kids. If you don't have any
of them, find a willing stranger. Unless you live in Cedar Rapids,
Iowa where kissing a stranger is illegal. And since it's Sunday, if
you live in Hartford, CT you'll have to skip this day if you're
married as it's illegal for a man to kiss his wife on Sundays and I
don't promote illegal activities on this blog. More fun kissing
information can be found at this site (It's two years old but still
relevant):
http://realestateinwisconsinlisabear.blogspot.com/2011/04/pucker-up-its-kiss-your-mate-day-today.html
Biological Clock Day – Our
biological clocks do more than nag us about the right time to have
babies. Our clocks tell us when it's time to sleep and when it's
time to wake up as well. This is what gets messed up when we travel
to different time zones. Amazingly enough, they also control our
metabolism, and our temperature and blood pressure among other
things.
Lag B'omer – A Jewish holiday,
this day represents a break in the season between Passover and
Shavuot. This is the 33rd day of the 50 that are between
those two events. It is a lifting of the mourning practices that
occur during this time.
National Pet Parent's Day –
Celebrated on the last Sunday in April, this is a day to give
appreciation to the special people who open their hearts and their
homes to pets of all kinds.
Mother, Father Deaf Day – Also
on the last day of April, this is a day to honor the deaf parents of
hearing children.
Workers Memorial Day – Each
day world wide, a worker dies in a preventable workplace incident
every 15 seconds. This is a day to honor those people who didn't get
up to go to work expecting to never come home. All they were trying
to do is take care of their families. Our companies need to take
better care of their most valuable resource; their people.
http://www.workermemorialday.org/
To celebrate today, practice saying
your favorite poem using handsigns and then make a blueberry pie for
yourself or any other workers in the family to thank them for putting
their lives at risk every day they go to work. Then give your mate a
big, smoochy kiss. If you don't have a spouse, make it a tamer kiss
for the kids or they will surely complain. And for your older kids'
peace of mind, make sure you don't kiss them in front of their
friends. If you're going for a stranger, you're on your own, I'm
not helping you figure that out. Then, recite your favorite poem to
your hapless victim to calm him/her down, then you can see if he/she
is Jewish and wants to get married. If he/she is a deaf parent, even
better since you can use your brand new handsigning skills. If the
marriage idea is a good one, you can do it today as it is common for
Jewish couples to marry on this day of celebration. Finally, if you
have a pet, congratulate yourself on being a great pet parent. If
not, what are you waiting for?
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