MAY 2012 “Holidays and Celebrations”

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  • #50990
    mollycat71
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    Just peeking ahead to May, it sure has a lot of stuff going on! Phew!

    May, 2012 Bizarre and Unique Holidays

    Month:

    Date Your Mate Month

    Better Hearing and Speech Month

    Foster Care Month

    National Barbecue Month

    National Bike Month

    National Blood Pressure Month

    National Hamburger Month

    National Photograph Month

    National Recommitment Month

    National Salad Month

    Older Americans Month

    Weekly Celebrations:

    Nurse’s Week – first week of month

    Wildflower Week – week two

    National Bike Week – third week

    National Police Week – third week of month

    Emergency Medical Services Week – fourth week of month

    Each Day:

    1 May Day

    1 Loyalty Day

    1 Mother Goose Day

    1 Save the Rhino Day

    2 Baby Day

    2 Brothers and Sisters Day

    3 Lumpy Rug Day

    3 World Press Freedom Day

    4 Bird Day

    4 International Tuba Day – first Friday in May

    4 National Candied Orange Peel Day

    4 Renewal Day

    4 Space Day – first Friday in May

    5 Cinco de Mayo

    5 National Hoagie Day

    5 Oyster Day

    6 Beverage Day

    6 National Tourist Appreciation Day

    6 National Nurses Day

    6 No Diet Day

    7 Astronomy Day – date varies

    7 National Tourism Day

    8 Iris Day

    8 National Teachers Day (Tuesday of the first full week of May)

    8 No Socks Day

    8 V-E Day

    8 World Red Cross Day / World Red Crescent Day

    9 Lost Sock Memorial Day

    9 National Receptionist Day the second Wednesday in May

    9 National Train Day- date varies

    9 School Nurses Day the Wednesday during Nurse’s Week

    10 Clean up Your Room Day

    11 Eat What You Want Day

    11 Military Spouses Day the Friday before Mother’s Day

    11 Twilight Zone Day

    12 Birth Mother’s Day – Saturday before Mother’s Day

    12 Fatigue Syndrome Day

    12 International Migratory Bird Day the second Saturday in May

    12 International Nurses Day

    12 Limerick Day

    13 Frog Jumping Day

    13 Leprechaun Day

    13 Mother’s Day

    14 Dance Like a Chicken Day

    15 National Chocolate Chip Day

    15 Police Officer’s Memorial Day

    16 Love a Tree Day

    16 National Sea Monkey Day

    16 Wear Purple for Peace Day

    17 Pack Rat Day

    18 International Museum Day

    18 National Bike to Work Day – third Friday of month

    18 No Dirty Dishes Day

    18 Visit Your Relatives Day

    19 Armed Forces Day – third Saturday of month

    19 Boy’s Club Day

    20 Be a Millionaire Day – now we all can go for that

    20 Pick Strawberries Day

    21 National Memo Day

    21 National Waiters and Waitresses Day

    22 Buy a Musical Instrument Day

    23 Lucky Penny Day

    24 National Escargot Day

    25 National Missing Children’s Day

    25 Tap Dance Day

    26 International Jazz Day – Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

    26 Sally Ride Day

    27 Sun Screen Day

    28 Amnesty International Day

    28 Memorial Day

    29 Learn About Composting Day

    30 Water a Flower Day

    31 National Macaroon Day

    31 Save Your Hearing Day

    31 World No Tobacco Day

    #728628
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Getting organized for May 2012 is coming up quick as Toosday!

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May

    http://www.brownielocks.com/may.html

    http://wwww.todayinhistory.com/may.html

    More fun days ahead…enjoy!

    #728629
    Jeankit
    Participant

    We are celebrating May 1st with Bread Pudding as Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Day! http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipe-collections/bread-pudding/index.html

    Mmm…chocolate bread pudding!!!

    It is also Batman Day with Global Love Day!

    Hope this fun link comes up too:

    http://www.jokesandtrivia.com/2012/05

    Hmm…don’t think it’s ready for the new month yet!

    Anyway, enjoy your day!

    #728630
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Here we are day 2 of month 5 as:

    Baby Day…don’t tell Octo mom/tee hee, um sorry!

    Brothers & Sisters day…on Great American Grump Out Day…(enjoy your siblings!)

    Hey it’s also National Truffle Day…chocolate or mushroom kind?

    Well that goes w/special quote by Nancy Willard: Sometimes questions are more important than answers!

    (I’ll take chocolate as truffle pleeze!)

    Oooo…yum!

    http://www.thechocolatetruffle.com

    Okey…most expensive food in the world:

    http://www.gourmetfoodstore.com/truffles

    #728631
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Whew, day is more than 1/2 over…what’s going on?

    It’s National Raspberry Popover day!

    Who/what’s under the rug on Lumpy Rug Day…maybe a kit or two?

    Columbus discovered Jamaica in 1494…Jamaica jammin’ since 05-03-1494!

    Couple of fun one liners:

    If you can’t be kind at least have the decency be vague…

    Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be!

    #728632
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Here’s another one-liner that comes to mind:

    Yaaaaaa never know where you’ll go until you get there.

    #728633
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Hee hee Joan!

    TGIF on May 4th!

    It’s Family Wellness Month with Grapefruit & Kiwi fruit plus Carrot & Cauliflower month!

    Today is FF Appreciation Day with Tubas, Birds, Respect for Chickens & No Pants Day…all with Candied Orange Peels

    What’s the meaning of life? To be happy & useful: Tenzin Gyasto-14th Dalai Lama.

    #728634
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Woo hoo It’s National Pet Week…

    Which falls during Be Kind to Animals Week

    Plus Raisin Week is the nom treat!

    Food of the day is Roast Leg of Lamb but I

    prefer puppet Lamb Chop from the Sherrie Lewis Show!

    It’s also Astronomy & Tourism Day as 05-07-12…

    Quote by Henry D. Thoreau: Price of anything is the amount of life

    you exchange for it.

    One liner: If Fed-X were to merge with UPS would they call it Fed-Up?!

    #728635
    Cats4cats
    Participant

    It’s also National Scrapbooking Month!

    #728636
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Bumping…scrapbooking peeps have fun this month!

    A boquet of Irises today for it’s Teacher’s day which falls on No Sock Day!

    Time to celebrate with Coconut Cream Pie today as V-E Day/Europe!

    Plus World Red Cross Day

    It’s Empanada Day along with a chilled shorty as Have a Coke Day too!

    As noms it’s potatoes & limes month along with vidalia onions!

    One of many cute one-liners by youngsters:

    If you want a kitten, start off by asking for a horse! age 15

    Never hold a cat and a dustbuster at the same time! age 9

    Never trust a dog to watch your food! age 10

    #728637
    HuddysMama
    Participant

    May 12th is Rockymon’s birthday!!!

    #728638
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Woo-hoo, I’m not wearing socks! And I suppose I will be looking for 1 tomorrow…

    #728639
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Sock it to me…sock it to me (repeat)…tee hee!

    Today is Lost Sock Memorial Day! Which also falls on Receptionist’s Day and School Nurse Day! We are celebrating with Butterscotch Brownies as treat!

    Wow it has already been 20 years since last episode of Golden Girls as back in 1992!

    Quote of day: Life is a big canvas and you should throw all of the paint on it you can! Danny Kaye

    #728640
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Today as May 10th we are celebrating with Shrimp as noms!

    It’s Clean your room day which could be in a Windmill/day!

    During Lyme Disease Awareness Month {{Kat}}

    Enjoying a Salad/Month

    Fun one-liners:

    Home is where you hang you @

    There is no place like Homepage

    What boots up must come down

    Virtual reality is it’s own reward

    Enjoy your day!

    #728641
    Jeankit
    Participant

    It’s Eat What You Want Day with Mocha Torte Day, yum!

    http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/mocha-torte-10000001817789

    We are honoring workers on 3rd Shift Worker’s Appreciation Day!

    It’s also Irving Berlins birth anniversary back in 1888! (White Christmas & God Bless America…)

    Fun day as Twilight Zone day with funny pick-up lines…dating was sometimes like being in the twilight zone!

    M: Haven’t I seen you someplace before?

    W: Yes, that’s why I don’t go there anymore!

    M: Your place or mine?

    W: Both, you go to your place & I’ll go to mine!

    More fun where this came from too…just in case you’d like to reminice or rehearse for your next potential date!

    #728642
    Jeankit
    Participant

    It’s still Salsa Month with today as Dance like a Chicken Day:

    http://www.funpages.com/chickendance

    We are celebrating with Buttermilk Biscuits today as nom.

    Back in 1973 Skylab the first US Space Station was launched!

    Quote of day: If you wait to do everything until you’re sure it’s right, you’ll probably never do much of anything. Win Borden

    Have a wunerful day!

    #728643
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Oooh, must remember to wear purple on Wednesday.

    #728644
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Oy missed Chocolat Chip Day on HM birfday yest!

    Happy Birtday anniversay to bling bling pianist Liberace on Coquilles St. Jacques Day as noms! http://allrecipes.com/Recipe/Coquilles-St-Jacque

    Yup today is the 16th as Wear Purple Day, Love a Tree & Sea Monkey Day during Bike Week!

    Funny one: It the devil lost his tail where would he find a new one? At a store where they retail spirits! Enjoy your not too wacky Wednesday!

    #728645
    JerseyJoan
    Moderator

    Wearin’ purple, prayin’ for peace.

    #728646
    Jeankit
    Participant

    Coming in on 05-17-12 as Pack Rat Day during Recommitment month…hmm, gotta clean out that stuff this month! Happy heavenly birfday to Louie as my pop…celebrating w/coconut cake in cafe today! It’s older American month and Blood Pressure month!

    Enjoy your day wherever you hang your hat & keep your cat/s!

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