Celebration of the Senses Day

Did you know it's "Celebration of the Senses Day" ??

ya, it is.

What can you smell right now?

I smell eggs cooking.

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What can you hear right now?

Elmo and Grover singing on TV.

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What can you feel right now?

My hair kinda itching my sunburned neck.

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What can you taste right now?

Graham cracker.  And that I need to go brush my teeth.

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And what can you see right now?

Raini's big poofy hair crawling around behind a couch cushion.

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did you know

Today is...

NATIONAL MEN MAKE DINNER DAY !!

come on, boyz... hint hint, wink wink

It's No-Brainer Day

It is "No-Brainer Day!"

This made me think of all the dumb, funny, "Duh" kinds of things

I've heard people say and seen people do...

People are really, truly funny.

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I'm not really sure how you're supposed to celebrate No-Brainer Day...

Maybe if you do something extraordinarily lame today- it's excused!

Or maybe it's just a day for us to reflect on how many things we do and say

all the time that we don't even think about or plan.

Or- my favorite- maybe it's a day for us to mock those around us who

do "Duh" things... (even though we've probably done them ourselves in some other life!)

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Just a thought.

Happy No Brainer Day!

Today is Umbrella Day

Today is Umbrella Day- which is fitting, since it's raining here where I am.

Here- some umbrella ideas...

{Umbrella Helmet}

{Shoe Umbrellas}
{ummmm.... rriigghhtt...}

{umbrella with "full coverage" (sounds like a bra)}

{umbrella for you AND the person you're walking next to}

{...and, of course, the only umbrella I can't live without=

Rihanna's Umbrella. Ella. Ella. Eh.}

Happy Umbrella Day!

Know Any Cool Dragons?

Today is "Appreciate a Dragon Day".

I'm not kidding.

Therefore, I am honoring my one and only fave dragon:

ELLIOTT!

I loved this movie back in the day,

and last year I got for Peli

(not knowing whether he'd end up liking it or not)

and he LOVES it now, too!

He sings the songs and always wants to eat an apple at the same time as Pete and Elliott do in the beginning- but never wants to watch the first part where the Gogans are trying to catch him (scary!)

You gotta love Elliott, who guides and protects Pete and is the perfect best friend, clumsy trouble-making and all). And don't tell anyone, but the songs are addicting too...

Yay Elliott! Happy Appreciate a Dragon Day!

Wear Brown Shoes; Eat a Cookie

Today is "Wear Brown Shoes Day"

I don't know why... or who died and made someone the shoe-holiday god who decided it is... but it's true.
It is also "Cookie Day". So what's your fave cookie?? I love good ole' chocolate chip. I also like peanut butter. And you can't beat the occasional Oreo, right?

Have a Bad Day Day

Today is "HAVE A BAD DAY DAY" ... betcha didn't know that.
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I don't want anyone to actually have a bad day... just celebrate the fact that it's Have a Bad Day Day!
Here's a sign you're about to have a really bad day:

If you have brothers. Or a husband. Or a dad... you're gonna have a bad YEAR after this:

Even Barbie has a bad day once in a while:

Sometimes you can feel a bad day coming...

...sometimes it comes by surprise...

I would HATE to have a day when I got a $200 fine AND got dead!

So, take some of these:

and have a Super, Wonderful, Happy, Full-of-Cheer 'Have a Bad Day Day!"

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PS: IT'S ALSO "CARBONATED BEVERAGE WITH CAFFEINE DAY, SO BREAK OUT THE DIET COKE!!"

Holy Holidays !

Today is a holiday... a FEW, actually.

First, it's Clean Out Your Fridge Day.

So, unless your fridge looks like mine:

...you'd better get on it!

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Today is also American Teddy Bear Day.

So, unless your car looks like mine:

...you'd better get yourself a teddy bear. Or ten.

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Today is also Young Reader's Day.

So, unless your kids are like mine:

...you'd better get out the books.
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Today is also Educational Support Personnel Day.

I have no idea what that is, and it's not funny, so I'm moving on.
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Today is also Loosen Up Lighten Up Day !!

So, tell a joke!

Choke the living daylights out of someone, rather than let it build up inside you...
Enjoy the beachsand in your bum...

And be okay with doing all you can do, even when you can't make everyone else happy.

So, today's lesson: Your fridge needs cleaning, teddy bears need celebrating, your kids need to read more... but don't let it all stress you out. Rriigghhtt...

It's Donut Day

Today is Official Donut Day.

I'm just saying.

Candy Corn Day

Did you know that today, October 30, is officially Candy Corn Day !!

• A cup of Candy Corn has fewer calories than a cup of raisins
• More than 35 million pounds of Candy Corn is produced each year
• Halloween accounts for 75% of Candy Corn production
• The recipe for Candy Corn has not changed since it's invention in the 1880s

There are other types of Candy Corn besides the "normal" kind:

• Reindeer corn for Christmas (red, green, and white)
• Indian corn (it's chocolate and vanilla flavored)
• Cupid corn for Valentine's Day (red, pink, and white)
• Bunny corn for Easter (pastel-colored)
  

There is a plant called the "Candy Corn Plant" because it's blooms look like Candy Corn:

This was made by sticking Candy Corns onto a pumpkin:

You could always dress up as a Candy Corn: (kinda Go-Go style!)

And sorry, this grossed me out, but it's interesting! Target carries Candy Corn Flavored Soda from Jones Soda. SERIOUSLY?!?! [I also heard sometimes at Thanksgiving time they release a "Turkey" flavored soda...]

If you're uber-domestic, you can also make your very own homemade Candy Corns:

Of course, I am in no way that domestic. [Nor do I love Candy Corns so much that I would devote this kind of time and effort to making my own]... But if you are, or you do, find the recipe HERE.

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So, if you were just sitting there feeling like you needed something to celebrate, there you go!

Happy Candy Corn Day!

You've Been Boo'd !!

I've been BOO'd by HER, and if you are reading this, you have been BOO'd!!
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Take this photo, post it on your blog, and then let your blogging buddies know that they've been boo'd!
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Halloween's only 2 days away so HURRY UP!!

Witch-a-Palooza

Monday Night, thanks to my sil Becky and her mom and aunt, we had a Witches' Night Out!! We went to the dinner-show at Gardner Village called "Witch-a-Palooza" and it was so fun. We got to shop for a few minutes, eat dinner, and see the show- which was full of music and costumes from different decades (and the male star of which was fantastic!)

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So, here's my Witch:

(My mom said I was lookin' a little like Cleopatra...)

My fave part of my costume, which I found for two dollars, were these stockings:

Me-Witch and Mom-Witch:
Me-Witch and Suz-Witch (Dallas' witch)
Beck-Witch and Karenne-Witch (Lance's witch and her mom-witch)
All us Witches...

We thought everyone there would be dressed up as witches, and when we got there, there were only about three tables out of 25 who dressed up... but it MADE the evening! We were dancing and laughing... and even my mother sang when a Cher-Witch handed her the mic!
If you have the chance to catch the show, you should!

Thanks to Beck, Sherry, Karenne, my mom, Suz and the girls for all the fun!

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PS: When I put all my makeup on, I thought Peli might freak out... he actually didn't even blink an eye- it didn't phase him in the least (does that say something about him or about my makeup habits??!!). But when I put on the wig... WATCH OUT! The first time, he started whining and said "No want it, hair bwack!" The second time, he laid down, hid his face and started crying (that's when I hurried and left the premisis...)

Some Halloween Funnies

i ADORE this doggy-cavalry costume !! now i just need a dog...

awwwwww....
this cat ROCKS!! (but i'm wondering how they got a cat to sit still enough to do this!)
Hot Dogs!
I've seen this before, but I still love it every time!

I've NEVER seen this before, but it's very... original !
Killer PumpkinMan Slasher...

Funny decoration scene on the side of a barn-
We're halfway thru Oct. to Halloween !!