December 2015 – TDK's Furry Finale of this Year

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  • #841105
    Jeankit
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    #841106
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Is it your birthday or your furry’s special day?
    Please let us know we will help celebrate with you!
    december cup cake

    #841107
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Before we start let us reflect on what has brought us together – here.
    The fun, joy, sad time shared on this awesome site!
    We have a common factor that keeps us connected:
    Our Furry – Purries! 🙂

    With a toast to KM/Tom for keeping it alive!

    So it’s time to turn the calendar over & begin this festive month:
    december kitty calendar 2015

    #841109
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Well said, JK!

    #841110
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Thank you Joan!
    Let’s Celebrate – today is Pie Day!
    Pie chart
    Take your pic – what’s your fave?

    #841111
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Time to celebrate with daily Nomz/treats:

    It’s the end of a wonderful year of national food holidays. In addition to holiday celebrations with family, friends and neighbors; workplace parties; New Year’s Eve; holiday baking; and all of those food gifts you receive; there are these important national food holidays that are…almost obligatory.

    •National Fruit Cake Month
    •National Egg Nog Month
    •Cookie Cutter Week First Week
    •Lager Beer Week Second Week

    If ever there were a month with “a round-up of the usual suspects,” December is it: candy canes, date nut bread, egg nog, fruit cake, maple syrup, pumpkin pie, pfeffernuesse, suckling pig, even hard candy, a traditional stocking-stuffer. And OK, kiwi fruit is at least seasonally green. But National Cotton Candy Day seem like it belongs in the summer, with fairs and amusement parks…and Eat A Red Apple Day seems like it missed the boat by a couple of months.

    •December 1: National Pie Day
    •December 1: Eat a Red Apple Day
    •December 2: National Fritters Day
    •December 3: National Apple Pie Day
    •December 4: National Cookie Day
    •December 5: Repeal (of Prohibition) Day
    •December 5: National Sacher Torte Day
    •December 6: National Gazpacho Day
    •December 6: Microwave Oven Day
    •December 7: National Cotton Candy Day
    •December 8: National Chocolate Brownie Day
    •December 9: National Pastry Day
    •December 10: National Lager Day
    •December 11: National Noodle Ring Day
    •December 12: National Cocoa Day
    •December 13: Ice Cream and
    Violins Day
    •December 14: National
    Bouillabaisse Day
    •December 15: National
    Cupcake Day
    •December 16: National Chocolate-
    Covered Anything Day (we’ll toast to
    that!)
    •December 17: National Maple
    Syrup Day
    •December 18: National Roast
    Suckling Pig Day
    •December 19: National Hard
    Candy Day
    •December 20: National Fried
    Shrimp Day
    •December 20: National Sangria Day
    •December 21: National Hamburger
    Day
    •December 21: Kiwi Fruit Day
    (California)
    •December 22: National Date Nut
    Bread Day
    •December 23: National
    Pfeffernuesse Day
    •December 24: National Egg Nog Day
    •December 24: The Feast Of The Seven
    Fishes
    •December 25: National Pumpkin
    Pie Day
    •December 26: National Candy
    Cane Day
    •December 27: National Fruit Cake
    Day
    •December 28: National Chocolate
    Candy Day
    •December 29: Pepper Pot Day
    •December 30: National Bicarbonate Of
    Soda Day (Baking Soda)
    •December 31: National Champagne
    Day

    #841112
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Time to start planning – 1/2 month of December’s Fun:

    December Holidays 2015:

    Did you know? There are occasional “Leap Seconds” added to the official year. We will spare you the detail on those, except to say it helps to correct minor variations. On December 31, 2015, the folks who maintain the official time for the planet, will add an extra second to the day!

    Month:
    • Bingo Month
    • Write a Friend Month

    December, 2015 Daily Holidays, Special and Wacky Days:

    1 Eat a Red Apple Day

    1 World Aids Awareness Day

    2 National Fritters Day

    3 National Roof over Your Head Day

    4 Santas’ List Day – we hope you are on the “Nice” list

    4 Wear Brown Shoes Day

    5 Bathtub Party Day

    5 Repeal Day – The 21st Amendment ends Prohibition. I’ll drink to that!

    6 St. Nicholas Day

    6 Mitten Tree Day

    6 Put on your own Shoes Day

    7 International Civil Aviation Day

    7 Letter Writing Day

    7 National Cotton Candy Day – would you like some fairy floss?

    7 Pearl Harbor Day

    8 National Brownie Day

    8 Take it in the Ear Day

    9 Christmas Card Day

    9 National Pastry Day

    10 Human Rights Day

    11 National Noodle Ring Day

    12 National Ding-a-Ling Day

    12 Poinsettia Day

    13 Ice Cream Day

    13 International Children’s Day – Second Sunday in December

    13 Violin Day

    14 National Bouillabaisse Day

    14 Roast Chestnuts Day

    15 Bill of Rights Day

    15 National Lemon Cupcake Day

    16 National Chocolate Covered Anything Day

    #841120
    CatWScotia
    Participant

    When is National Relax-and-Do-Nothing Day? I think I need a couple of those!

    Actually, I’m a bit worried about the 13th – Ice Cream and Violins Day.

    I’m not sure I could attend to both of those at the same time …

    #841147
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Hmm, that would be a great day CWS, we need a Relax-and-Do Nothing Day monthly!

    Noticed Jokes & Trivia link is stuck in October!
    Here is new one to try:

    http://www.jokesoftheday.net/

    One of today’s:
    A Good Bud is Hard to…

    What’s the difference between men and beer?

    When you’re done with the beer it’s still worth 5 cents.

    #841196
    Jeankit
    Participant

    TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE
    12-03-15
    “When you become a good cook, you become a good craftsman, first. You repeat and repeat and repeat until your hands know how to move without thinking about it.” Jacques Pepin

    Food Holidays – Today is:

    • National Ice Cream Box Day
    • Cookie Cutter Week: (Dec 1-7, 2015)
    kitty cutters
    🙂
    • UK: National Tree Week (Nov 28-Dec 6, 2015)
    [The Tree Council]

    TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

    On this day in:
    roqeufort cheesecake
    Roquefort Cheesecake…hmmm…
    1368 Charles VI of France was born. It was during Charles VI rule that Taillevent was made Master of the King’s kitchens. Charles VI also gave sole rights for the aging of Roquefort cheese to the village of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon, and all Roquefort must still be aged in the caves there today.

    #841206
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Looking back on pie day, chocolate cream is probably my fav, but I like almost all the rest too, with pecan and pumpkin being my least fav.
    What do you suppose National Ice Cream Box Day is? We don’t celebrate just the box, do we? I caved and bought chocolate marshmallow the other day. With all the walking I’ve been doing lately, I’m thisclose to fitting into an old pair of jeans, ice cream won’t do me any favors!

    #841224
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Wow Joan, good for you on old jeans/size!
    December 4: National Cookie Day
    Today is Cookie Day – yay, a virtual one or two won’t hurt your waist line!
    cookies
    Dig in 🙂

    ************
    Weekend’s Fun is coming up too:
    5 Bathtub Party Day

    5 Repeal Day – The 21st Amendment ends Prohibition. I’ll drink to that!

    6 St. Nicholas Day
    st nick stocking cat
    Remember to hang up your stockings kits!
    6 Mitten Tree Day

    6 Put on your own Shoes Day
    (take your pick & enjoy!)

    #841230
    CatWScotia
    Participant

    Maybe it used to be called Ice Cream in a Box Day – but by the time we’d all celebrated suitably, the box was empty?

    Cookie Day looks nice too. I’m making my virtual selection even as I type.

    #841235
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Aha, CWS – that must be it! *raises giant ice cream spoon in toast* Cheers!

    #841349
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Thought for the Day:

    Monday December 7th 2015

    by The Thought Collectors Wife

    “People won’t have time for you
    if you are always angry or complaining.”
    ~ Stephen Hawking

    Stephen HawkingStephen William Hawking CH CBE FRS FRSA is an English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author and Director of Research at the Centre for Theoretical Cosmology within the University of Cambridge…Source
    – See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/monday-december-7th-2015/#more-20503

    _______________________________
    Yesterday:
    Sunday December 6th 2015

    by The Thought Collectors Wife

    “One word which sums up the basis for all good conduct
    …loving kindness.
    Do not do to others
    what you would not want done to yourself.”
    ~ Confucius
    – See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/sunday-december-6th-2015/#more-20501

    #841400
    Jeankit
    Participant

    12-08-15:
    Food Holidays – Today is:

    • National Brownie Day
    http://www.chowhound.com/recipes/vegan-brownies-29435
    • National Handwashing Awareness Week
    (Dec 6-12, 2015)

    TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

    On this day in:

    1765 Eli Whitney was born. Inventor of the cotton gin, but more important he developed the concept of mass producing interchangeable parts.

    1841 James Harvey Logan was born (died July 16, 1928). American lawyer and horticulturist. He developed the Loganberry, a cross between a red raspberry and a wild blackberry.
    logan berries
    Easier to pick than blackberries – no prickers on stems

    #841440
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Treats of the Day:

    National Pastry Day
    pastery shop
    Take your pick 😀

    12-09-15
    Thought for today
    “Life can only be understood backwards;
    but it must be lived forwards.”
    ~ Soren Kirkegaard more

    Tuesday December 8th 2015
    by The Thought Collectors Wife

    “Problems are in your life
    so that you can discover potentials
    that you didn’t even know you had.”
    ~ Barry Michels

    #841468
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Continuing with December’s fun – preparing for what’s to come!

    17 National Maple Syrup Day

    18 Bake Cookies Day

    18 National Roast Suckling Pig Day

    19 Look for an Evergreen Day

    19 Oatmeal Muffin Day

    20 Go Caroling Day

    21 Forefather’s Day

    21 Humbug Day

    21 National Flashlight Day

    21 Look on the Bright Side Day

    22 National Date Nut Bread Day – or September 8!?

    23 Festivus – for the rest of us

    23 Roots Day

    24 National Chocolate Day

    24 National Egg Nog Day

    25 Christmas Day

    25 National Pumpkin Pie Day for recipes see Pumpkin Nook ‘s Cookbook

    27 Make Cut Out Snowflakes Day

    27 National Fruitcake Day

    28 Boxing Day Usually, but not always, the day after Christmas

    28 Card Playing Day

    29 Pepper Pot Day

    30 National Bicarbonate of Soda Day

    31 Make Up Your Mind Day

    31 New Year’s Eve

    31 Unlucky Day

    #841469
    Jeankit
    Participant

    12-10-15:
    TODAY’S FOOD QUOTE

    “There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages with raw egg yolks and cottage cheese in them.” P.J. O’Rourke

    Food Holidays – Today is:

    • Terra Madre Day (always Dec 10) A worldwide celebration organized by Slow Food to reconnect communities with local food.
    • National Lager Day
    lager fyi
    Cheers!
    • St. Eulalia, patron of sailors, mariners and rain
    • UK: Grouse season ends. (Starts on August 12)
    • National Handwashing Awareness Week
    (Dec 6-12, 2015)

    TODAY IN FOOD HISTORY

    On this day in:

    1851 Melvil Dewey was born. He created the Dewey Decimal Classification system for cataloging library books.

    1869 John Campbell, governor of the Wyoming Territory, approved the first law in U.S. history explicitly granting women the right to vote. (see also: Nov 5, 1889)
    19th amendment stamp

    #841510
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Today & Yesterday’s Thought for the Day:

    Friday December 11th 2015
    by The Thought Collectors Wife

    “You attract what you are,
    not what you want.
    So if you want it then reflect it!”
    ~ Tony Gaskins
    Tony Gaskins is a motivational speaker, author and life coach…

    Thursday December 10th 2015

    “Where you grew up has no bearing
    on where you decide
    you are going to be today.”
    ~ Dan Kennedy
    – See more at: http://homeinsteaders.org/#sthash.thX9nDi5.dpuf

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