As I said, this second week of May (heavens, doesn't it seem too soon to be the second week?!) is Wildflower Week, which is a wonderful opportunity to look at Wildflowers. The most flowery of wildflowers I see around here are dandelions, but I'll make sure to appreciate them anyway. Besides, they're not ugly yet. Yellow is hard to make ugly!
Guess what. I'm a dirty rotten LIAR. I told you that May 2nd was World Freedom of the Press Day and Lumpy Rug Day and it's NOTTTTT. That was May 3rd! I was a day off. I completely skipped Baby Day. I apologize to babies everywhere.
Which means that Bird Day and Renewal Day were not, in fact, yesterday. They're TODAY. :D So bear with this lovely copy-paste of TODAY'S holidays. :)
"Sunday Today is Renewal Day, which reminds me of Easter. But it has nothing to do with Easter. However, since it is Sunday even though it's not Suday or Easter, I do suggest remembering the Renewal of life that He brought to us. You can also renew your nails, your hairdo, your pantries...whatever suits you for a mentally cleansing and renewing Sunday Monday. And Papaya would eat me alive if I didn't mention it's also Bird Day, which was started by Animal Rights Activists who don't like caged birds. They should talk to my dad- he says the only place for Papi is her cage."
Guess what. I'm a dirty rotten LIAR. I told you that May 2nd was World Freedom of the Press Day and Lumpy Rug Day and it's NOTTTTT. That was May 3rd! I was a day off. I completely skipped Baby Day. I apologize to babies everywhere.
Which means that Bird Day and Renewal Day were not, in fact, yesterday. They're TODAY. :D So bear with this lovely copy-paste of TODAY'S holidays. :)
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Tomorrow for rizzles is the 5th of May, guys, and you SHOULD know what holiday it is. ~CINCO DE MAYO!!~ Not a very unknown holiday, but heck, I celebrate the normal ones, too! Cinco De Mayo is not Mexican Independance day, for those of you who think it is, but just a day of a very important battle in 1862. Also, a day very important for eating delicious Mexican foods. Even the Americanized versions! Mmmm, Taco Bell. Double-Mmmmmmmm, Chipotle.
Wednesday is yet another International Holiday, and it's a sadly unknown one. Frankly, I don't know why it's so unknown....Internationally recognized holidays are the best excuses I know for things like dieting. Yup, Today is seriously International No Diet Day. So kick back! Turn off your iPhone calorie-counting apps, order that burger instead of the salad, and eat whatever desert you want. Now, being healthy is obviously ridiculously important, so be safe. Wednesday is really more of a chance to stop worrying. And if anyone looks at you funny for your plate full of arteroi-clogging deliciuosness, just tell them to get with the rest of Earth, and that they're so unaware. Duh, it's International.
Thursday is Tourism Day, which is convenient if you live in a touristy place. Invite these 
friendly strangers over, hand out luau shirts, and make a special effort not to laugh at their antics. And don't be sorry if you live in some unscenic place. Like, I dunno, Aurora, Il. Today is still a great day to act like a tourist. Appreciate the little things about your home! Tell people that it was one of the first cities in the USA to use electric street lights, or that it's the setting of Wayne's World, both of which facts any proper Aurorian should know anyway. Maybe you could don a visor and carry a camera around your neck to celebrate!
friendly strangers over, hand out luau shirts, and make a special effort not to laugh at their antics. And don't be sorry if you live in some unscenic place. Like, I dunno, Aurora, Il. Today is still a great day to act like a tourist. Appreciate the little things about your home! Tell people that it was one of the first cities in the USA to use electric street lights, or that it's the setting of Wayne's World, both of which facts any proper Aurorian should know anyway. Maybe you could don a visor and carry a camera around your neck to celebrate! Or, y'know, maybe not.
(Also, I would like to express my desire to be part of those 75 million visitors to France.)
Friday's holiday is awesome. But only because of the holiday on Saturday. This Friday, make sure to wear your lovliest sandals, because it's No Socks Day! And please, do wear sandals. Wearing gym shoes without socks is possibly one of the grossest and unhealthiest things people do quite often regarding feet. Plus, the itching and heat and other gross stuff gets annoying. And it bugs me. I suppose you could also wear flats, but isn't it much more in No Socks Day spirit to show off your adorable little toes?
Now, perhaps Friday morning you were pulling on some lovely socks, remembered "oh, heavens! Today is No Socks Day!" and threw them off in a haste. GASP! 
You may have lost one of those socks! Orrrrr maybe you totally forgot about Friday's holiday, didn't wear socks, and when someone asked if you were celebrating No Socks Day (because obviously it's a very well-known holiday and random people are likely to ask you that), the truth was that you'd really just lost your socks. Orrrrr maybe wearing No Socks on Friday prompted you to do the laundry and you put eight socks into the washer and pulled seven out of the drier. Whatever the case, this Saturday is a good time to celebrate Lost Sock Memorial Day. Why yes, this really is Saturday's holiday. It's real.
You may have lost one of those socks! Orrrrr maybe you totally forgot about Friday's holiday, didn't wear socks, and when someone asked if you were celebrating No Socks Day (because obviously it's a very well-known holiday and random people are likely to ask you that), the truth was that you'd really just lost your socks. Orrrrr maybe wearing No Socks on Friday prompted you to do the laundry and you put eight socks into the washer and pulled seven out of the drier. Whatever the case, this Saturday is a good time to celebrate Lost Sock Memorial Day. Why yes, this really is Saturday's holiday. It's real.I know I've lost many well-loved socks in my lifetime. Sometimes, I lose so many fantastic socks I have to get creative with my pairings. The worst/best pair I have would definately be my cow socks....one is grey with kitschy little cows and is quite soft. The other is yellow with a "cow jumping over the moon" motif and doesn't stretch an inch. But they're both cow socks, so they match...right? On Saturday, I think I will wear this pair in Memorial of those socks who went MIA.
And I don't think Caillou really realizes the heart-wrench of having a missing sock. I've never seen anyone with a missing sock seem so darn happy about it!
Sunday only has one option on Holiday Insights for holidays, which is quite ironic. It happens to be Clean your Room Day, and as it's the only choice of holidays, it seems quite like a nagging parent itself. But small children and groaning adults (as this holiday is for the both of you), do not fear! Today is not a day to be dreaded. It's a holiday!! And who has ever heard of a small child groaning to open Christmas Presents? This is just the same!...Kind of! Everything is better when it's a holiday, especially when it comes to cleaning your room.
Now, I don't think you should only clean it every May 10th. That would be really disgusting. But, if you can only have a positive attitude about cleaning your room once a year, why not spread that smile today on the appropriate holiday of joy?! And besides...maybe you'll find that missing memorialized sock from yesterday!
(But if part of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy includes no housework (which I totally agree with, by the way), perhaps today is a better day for planning your actions. Clean your room tomorrow. But make sure you put a good foot forward in Holiday Spirit!)
(But if part of Keeping the Sabbath Day Holy includes no housework (which I totally agree with, by the way), perhaps today is a better day for planning your actions. Clean your room tomorrow. But make sure you put a good foot forward in Holiday Spirit!)
Lost can be found by Michael Buble, and is apt if you happen to find those memorialized socks this Saturday.
Papi has never had a day in her life without the security of her home ... which happens to be a cage. I think we are both happy about this arrangement.
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