Who was this Saint Patrick Guy, Anyway?

Today is Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day!

Shit Happens. Life is full of spills, crashes, falls and failures. No use crying over it. Pick yourself up, dust yourself off. Get a rag and wipe up the mess. While you're at it, have a bit of a laugh at yourself. It's no big deal - just a little spilled milk. Today is a day to recognize that everyone spills a little milk now and then. It's a day to think positive and find a little good in everything that happens. Face today with a smile. And if you spill a little milk? Well, I think you'll be ok.

Hey, Lets Celebrate!

Looking for a reason to Celebrate? How about one of these holidays:

Today, October 6th, is Mad Hatter Day. It was created in 1986 by a group of "computer people" as a day to be silly and celebrate silliness. Think about what silly means to you, and do that.

Tomorrow, October 7th, is World Smile Day. Take some time out to do an act of kindness and make someone smile! While you're at it, throw a smile on your own face.

This Friday is the second Friday of October, meaning it's World Egg Day! Cook up your favorite egg dish (Eggs Benedict? Poached Eggs on Toast? Green Eggs and Ham?), or maybe fry up some bacon and eggs and have breakfast for supper.

Saturday is Fire Prevention Day. Actually, it's now Fire Prevention Week, but the 9th is a particularly important part of the week, as it's the anniversary of the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. Check the batteries in your smoke alarms, make sure you know your fire escape routes and know where your fire extinguishers are. If those things are not celebrate-y enough for you...I don't know, throw a party and don't light anything on fire. Or do. But do it safely.

Monday is Thanksgiving here in Canada. I'm going to camp and we're going to deep fry a turkey (which I am very excited about). Normally, people celebrate by eating lots of food and gathering with family. It's also National Angel food Cake Day, if that's more your style.

What are your celebrating this week?

 

Holiday Excitement!

I just found out that I'm not working on either Christmas Day or New Years Day! I'd expected to have to work at least one of them, if not both, so this was an awesome surprise. What a way to start my Friday! Not only that, I'm off at 4:30pm on both of the Eves, so I shouldn't miss out on any Holiday fun! I'm so excited, that I decided to celebrate by creating a round up of awesome Christmas-y Holiday-ish photos! Fun!

1. holiday helper, 2. Merry Christmas!, 3. Star of wonder, star of light !, 4. Xmas 2009, 5. Merry Christmas to all my Flickr Friends, 6. Sweet Heart, 7. Snowflakes and sprinkles bring sweet dreams of Christmas, 8. Untitled, 9. Christmas baubles, 10. Untitled, 11. Day 127/365 - Lonely Tree Bench Monday, 12. Teddy and Honey, 13. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ 'tiz the Season! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ What have we here? ~ Christmas Kitty, Good Cheer!  Happy Holidays, Everyone ! ! !

Here's a Christmas Photo that I took in 2007:

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Look how happy Santa is!

Last year I must not have been in a very Christmasy mood (probably because last year I was scheduled to work BOTH Christmas AND New Years...) because this was the only Christmas-type photo I from last year I could find on flickr:

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I can't wait to get the tree up and decorated so I can start taking photos for Christmas 2009!

Are you in a Christmas/Holiday Mood yet? Got any good photos to share?