July 7, 2017

Today we celebrate:

National Strawberry Sundae Day – It's summer so it’s hot which makes it a perfect day for a strawberry sundae. Who am I kidding? It's always a perfect day for a strawberry sundae, even in the dead of winter...at 2am….outside….not saying I’ve done that or anything.

National Macaroni Day – Macaroni's are a popular pasta in America, but not in my family. My kids don't care but my husband prefers more interestingly shaped pasta. But he'll have to suffer today because it's macaroni for dinner. Here's a recipe you might like to try.

National Chocolate Day – There is a great deal of good natured disagreement about when this day falls in the year. I think that is mostly because everyone loves chocolate and they want it many times a year, not just once. Who can blame them? I want to eat chocolate every day myself.

Father-Daughter Take A Walk Together Day – This is a special day for fathers and daughters to spend some time enjoying each other's company and the beautiful summer weather. It doesn't matter how old the fathers and daughters are, enjoy your day.

Global Forgiveness Day – Begun in 1994, this is a day to forgive and to be forgiven. It was originally named National Forgiveness Day but it has been renamed in order to spread the message around the world. Hanging on to anger and hurt only adds to the stress and health problems we already have in this world. Let it go and forgive and see how much better you feel. Do it for you, not for the person you are forgiving. You don’t even need to tell them if you don’t want to.

Tell The Truth Day – This is a day that is celebrated by challenging all Americans to go a full and complete day without either telling a lie or saying something that might be misleading or dishonest. This might be harder than you think and is NOT giving you permission to be hurtful to your family and friends. It’s a challenge, but I have faith in you. You might want to watch that movie Liar, Liar with Jim Carrey if you want to see how it’s done.

Comic Sans Day - Comic Sans is a typeface style that was created around 1994 by Vincent Connare. It was based on the lettering style of some comic books he had. It took off and became pretty popular among a lot of people, but not everyone. Many people felt it was being used inappropriately and when it was used for serious messages, those messages appeared to be not so serious and even inspired contempt. So it became very controversial. But in the Netherlands, in 2009, radio DJs Coen Swijnenberg and Sander Lantinga decided it needed a celebration day so they choose the first Friday in July. Some Dutch companies change their websites to Comic Sans on this day.