National Chocolate Ice Cream Day

(Not my picture)

I love ice cream. I really do. But I couldn't follow through with it today.
I had ice cream at a party earlier - and it wasn't chocolate. So to go to the store and buy chocolate ice cream for a blog... I just couldn't do it.

But I hope YOU had ice cream. Chocolate, preferably.
Ice cream day is always June 7th, and I guess it works out well for it being celebrated at a time when it's warm outside. Chocolate is a little messy... so it was always a no-no ice cream for my kids while we were out, but if we were home, they could eat it without me worried about them getting it on their clothing. Have you ever tried getting chocolate out of a light t-shirt? Ugh! So annoying!!

Tomorrow is Best Friends Day. That post may be the longest post of this challenge.

Donut Day!!!

Today is National Doughnut (or Donut for all my Dunkin' Donut family) Day!! 

Because I wasn't standing in line just for one free doughnut, Lawrence went to the market and purchased a dozen glazed doughnuts for the family. 

National Doughnut Day is the first Friday in June every year. 

From holidayinsights.com (I don't know how true it is):

"National Doughnut Day honors the Salvation Army "Lassies" of WWI. It is also used as a fund raiser for needy causes of the Salvation Army.

The original Salvation Army Doughnut was first served by Salvation Army in 1917. During WWI, Salvation Army "lassies" were sent to the front lines of Europe. These brave volunteers made home cooked foods, and provided a morale boost to the troops. Often, the doughnuts were cooked in oil inside the of the metal helmet of an American soldier. The American infantrymen were commonly called doughboys. Salvation Army lassies were the only women outside of military personnel allowed to visit the front lines. Lt. Colonel Helen Purviance is considered the Salvation Army's "first doughnut girl".

On National Doughnut Day, look to see if your local doughnut shop, or other organizations, are offering free donuts to solicit donations for the Salvation Army or for another needy cause. If you find them, please be generous.

Note: The word "Doughnut" is often shortened to "Donut. So, if you see the term National Donut Day, its the same day."

So, make sure you enjoy a donut for the Salvation Army!

As I said before, there are several different calendars that have different national days. Although I am only following one calendar, I did want to acknowledge this weekend's national day - it's National Lemonade Day, in honor of Alexandra Scott - the founder of Alex's Lemonade Stand. She was a young girl that had cancer and wanted to help other kids in her situation. She was very successful in raising more than one million dollars right before she lost her fight in 2004 at age 8.
June 6-8th are National Lemonade Days, and people are selling lemonade all weekend to continue the fight in Alex's honor. Check out the foundation's website here - www.alexslemonade.org. 

What a great young lady. 

Tomorrow - 

National Chocolate Ice Cream Day!! WOOHOO!!!

Do you care about the environment?

Well, today is the day to start! It's World Environment Day!
Each year has a theme. This year was:

(from UNEP website)

There is so much information on UNEP's website - lots of it I didn't know; like the fact that there is a host country every year - this year it's Barbados. They have challenges each year you can register to participate in that celebrities promote - Don Cheadle, Gisele Bundchen, Ian Somerhalder, and Yaya Toure are all hosting teams to help the environment. You can sign up for a team, pledge to do something earth-saving (even as small as reusing plastic bags) and you can even register your own activity. 

One of my favorite yarn and fiber companies - Darn Good Yarn , is HUGE on recycling, helping the planet, and helping women in other countries earn a fair wage. This is some of their banana fiber yarn: 

So if you are ever using this yarn and someone asks you what you're doing, you can tell them you're helping save the planet! Maybe that will be my activity for World Environment day... crochet something with banana fiber yarn or recycled silk yarn. Can't get any better than that! 

Tomorrow is a day you DON'T want to miss - it's National Donut Day!! Donut shops are giving away FREE donuts tomorrow - check with the shops in your area. Krispy Kreme is definitely participating. 

Tomorrow is also National Gardening Exercise Day (huh?) and National Yo-Yo Day. 

Make sure you get your donut!! 

Fun national holidays today!

 

First - it's Hug Your Cat day! Since we have 3, a few of us were able to hug on the cats. Even anti-social Leia (the calico in the last pic) allowed Dianna to hug her for a couple of seconds. Moxie (first two pictures) and Jasper (next two pictures) love the attention. 

Some people celebrate National Hug Your Cat day in May, but most celebrate it in June. And since June is Adopt a Cat MONTH, I would think June would be the best month to celebrate it in. 

Do you have a cat to hug? No? Well we have enough cats for you to hug, or you can remedy it by celebrating Adopt a Cat Month. There are plenty of beauties at the shelter. That's where Leia came from, and Jasper and Moxie were 8 week old strays we rescued. We think we made great choices! 

Next - Applesauce Cake day!! This is my first time making applesauce cake, and it was delicious! 

Calling it a cake is a little off. It's more of a bread, like banana or zucchini bread. It's a VERY inexpensive treat, amazingly fast to bake, and it's great for vegans - no eggs at all! Although you aren't going to have it for the holiday, here's the simple recipe to whip up any time you want a treat:

Applesauce Cake I (by Joanna on allrecipes.com)

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter or margarine

1 cup white sugar

1 cup chilled applesauce

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1/4 teaspoon ground cloves

1/2 cup raisins (we omitted the raisins)

1/2 cup chopped walnuts

Directions: 

Cream butter or margarine with sugar. Add applesauce; beat well. Stir in flour, soda, and spices. Add nuts and raisins. 

Pour batter into greased and floured 8in square pan. Bake at 350 degrees for 40 minutes or until done (we baked ours for 50 minutes). Serve warm. 

Quick and easy!! 

So we didn't celebrate Old Maid's Day, as we have no "old maids" to celebrate with. We don't even have the cards. But celebrating two out of three of the holidays ain't bad... 

Tomorrow - World Environment Day. Take care of your environment - not just tomorrow, but every day! 

Today is today is...

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And yes, it's the most annoying day EVER!! 

And yes, it's the most annoying day EVER!! 

Okay, I'm done with that. Repeating was fun around the house. I drove Ahja crazy, but the rest of us thought it was funny. 

Sooo today wasn't much of a day to post about... the conversations that drove people crazy wasn't great enough to post here. I'll try to add videos and more pictures to some. 

Tomorrow is Applesauce Cake Day, Hug Your Cat Day, and Old Maid's Day. 

Since we have 3 cats and we all like baking, it should be fun! Maybe we'll play the Old Maid card game. 

I LOVE....

Rocky Road!!
Today is National Rocky Road Day, and I absolutely love rocky road ice cream! Well to be honest, I love most ice cream, but rocky road is one of my favorites.
We went to the market to get the ice cream so we can celebrate correctly, and there was hardly any rocky road there! How many people are celebrating this holiday? I guess if you're going to pick one to follow...

Anyway, I hope you also enjoyed a scoop of ice cream. Mine was delicious!

It's also National "Bubba" day. It's to celebrate anyone formally named or nicknamed "Bubba". Why? I have not found this out yet, and I've searched several of the weird holiday sights, and there's no info.

One other thing - I noticed that most of these "holidays" don't have an origin or don't have a proclamation. No official person has made these days "national". Someone just said "let's do this", and several followed. Including me.

Tomorrow it's repeat day repeat day. I'm going to do that all day...

Flip a coin! I dare you!

Before I talk about what the national day is, I thought I should tell you what calendar I'm using. It's called www.holidayinsights.com, and it has info for regular holidays as well as the "crazy" ones. I'm telling you this because I realized in my research that there are several calendars out there with different information. While one calendar may say it's "Love your pet day" another calendar might say "Kick your cat day" (not that I would ever celebrate that...). So, if you hear of another day that I didn't mention, just know it may be from a calendar I'm not following - because I'm not going to follow several calendars... 

Now - 

Today is National "Flip a Coin Day" and "Dare Day"

I made a couple of decisions today by flipping a coin. The way I did it was if I was at a dilemma, I had to flip. Heads was "yes" or the first choice, tails was "no" or the second choice.

Getting ready for service. I wore a top with brown and white in it. I have both brown and white bottoms. Coin flip was heads, and brown won out.

I have been DYING to start a new crochet afghan...

Twilight Shells Throw - Red Heart

....but I have several unfinished products right now. Do I finish the blanket that's not needed until December, or do I start the new project? Coin flip - unfortunately, heads again. 

I didn't do much, because I was rather busy today. But I was excited that I 1. remembered, and 2. blogged about it! 

Tomorrow - National Bubba Day (what??) and National Rocky Road Day. I'm going to flip a coin to see which one I get to celebrate. I can't get heads again, right? 

I dare you to make a choice by flipping a coin. I double dog dare ya'!