Sick days can be a bit of a bummer—missing out on work or school without enjoying the benefits because you're too tired/congested/achey to do anything other than hug a box of tissues and pray the lavender haired old lady beats the smug college professor on Jeopardy. Today we celebrate Stay at Home Because Your Are [...]
Monthly Archives — November 2011
Celebrate This: National Square Dance Day
If you haven’t heard the word today is National Square Dance Day, and if you’re like me and a good percentage of the population, you probably don’t know how to square dance. Fret not, because you don’t have to be skilled in square dancing to throw a hoedown and you don’t have to know how [...]
Custom Holiday Labels + A Giveaway! -CLOSED
-This giveaway has ended. Congratulations Kacie Frey!- At my family's Thanksgiving feast it's my job to supply the sweet treats, and over the course of a few years I've learned a thing or two when it comes to serving dessert to family members who've just gorged themselves on a feast of food. Various homemade cookies, [...]
Celebrate This: Make Your Own Head Day
Even the best of us grow tired of living in our own head. Holidays like Halloween allow us to be someone else for a change, no questions asked, but once the season has passed we’re stuck in our head again for another 364 days. Today we celebrate a little-known holiday called Make Your Own Head [...]
Celebrations Circle: Fruity Treats and Eats
Last week, bloggers all over the internet were whipping up some delicious recipes using some of their favorite veggies. This week, it looks likes they've geared their attention towards the nature's other tasty snack - fruits! After Thanksgiving, you may feel like you never want to look at another apple pie again. These Apple Pie [...]
Celebrate This: National Parfait Day
Happy Parfait Day! Which in Frenglish means “Happy Perfect Day” and I deduce that any day that celebrates or includes parfaits much truly be a perfect day. Perfect for breakfast, a quick snack or dessert, the parfait really knows no bounds when it comes when and how to eat its luscious layers. Often fruit, but [...]
Celebrate This: Thanksgiving
Stop! Before you pick up that take-out menu know that there is still time—still time to make a fabulous Thanksgiving dinner or ditch the frozen pie for an easy-peasy homemade dessert. Just take a look at these festive finds from around the web and get to hopping before the supermarkets close for the day! You [...]
Celebrate This: Eat a Cranberry Day
Not only are cranberries the glue that holds holiday dishes together, but these bite-sized berries are also rich in vitamin C and chock full of antioxidants. The list of benefits reaped from cranberry consumption goes on to include anti-aging, ulcer prevention and even cholesterol reduction. If the sound of toasting to good health with a [...]
Celebrate This: Antartica Day
I'm not too sure about the rest of the country, but it's been unnaturally inclimate for this time of year. As I swelter in the solitary confinement of my cubicle I can't help but think of what it must be like to live in Antartica, where penguins outnumber people and ice and snow are the [...]
Celebrate This: World Hello Day
Saying hello may seem like no biggie in this age of Facebook and unlimited texting, but few things can trump the feeling you get deep down when a friend or family member calls or writes just 'cuz. World Hello Day not only encourages us to reach out and make contact with the people already in [...]
