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Category Archives: Recognition Day
Opening Day
Easter. Purim. Eid. Opening Day. Whatever, y’all, this a religious holiday for my husband and me. Our first real date was to a baseball game. We got married at a baseball game. Our kid was dragged to many ballgames until … Continue reading
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Make Up Your Own Holiday Day
I am not sure this day is necessary. I’ve only been doing this for a couple of months, but I’ve already encountered more ridiculous holidays than I would have imagined, and some that are more ridiculous than I could ever … Continue reading
Diabetes Alert Day
I don’t know much about diabetes in humans. I know lately my doctor has told me to go on a diet because I am “pre-diabetic” (which … means … “not diabetic”? I know it means insurance won’t pay for WeGovy…), … Continue reading
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Tagged Cats, Diabetes, Dogs, Health, Pets, Recognition Day
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Chocolate-Covered Raisin Day
I know I just wrote about food yesterday, and I really do prefer to mix my topics up a bit more than that, but I have an absolutely great story about these that I am dying to share. Guy I … Continue reading
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Tamale Day
I am of a very pale descent and a very homogenized culture. Growing up, our food traditions were pretty bland, to be honest: Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas sugar cookies, birthday cake, the end. My ethnic background is English, Irish, German and … Continue reading
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Walk in the Sand Day
My husband is a mountains guy. I am most avowedly a beach girl. The first one that I can recall visiting was Zuma Beach as a kid. My parents would load me into the car, sometimes with my uncle, and … Continue reading
Tattoo Day
I have three tattoos: An eye of Horus on each ankle, and a KBO under my wedding rings. I got my ankles done in my 20s. My mother had spent the better part of a decade forbidding me to get … Continue reading
Bibliomania Day
I am delighted to report that this day is an observance of what the word actually means, which is a mental disorder obsession with books, not just a love of them. (That’s bibliophilia.) This day commemorates the weird story of … Continue reading
Let’s Laugh Day
Three evergreen jokes—short, medium, and long—that work in almost any situation: 1: A dog limps into a bar, orders a whiskey and announces, “I’m looking for the man who shot my paw.” *************** 2: A duck walks into a pharmacy … Continue reading
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