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            Of course as soon as wrote the title the song popped in my head and I immediately flash to the opening scene of I'm Robot.  Who doesn't love a wet Will Smith.  Any way I digress!  Do you and your family have superstitous especially for the New Year?  I remember growing up with so many and I still carry them with me to this day.                        Don't sweep anyone feet or they will go to jail, Don't buy your spouse a watch because time will run out.  Don't buy shoes or they will run away.  Don't walk under ladders.  Don't break the mirror or you will have seven years bad luck.  There were just so many.  Are there any superstitions that you grow up with? I found this article that I thought you might be interested in to help bring in the New Year.  http://www.businessinsider.com/new-years-eve-superstitions-that-might-bring-you-good-luck-2016-12 Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Elic

Small Business Saturday  is an American shopping holiday held on the Saturday after  US Thanksgiving  during one of the busiest shopping periods of the year. First observed in the United States on November 27, 2010, it is a counterpart to  Black Friday and  Cyber Monday , which feature  big box retail  and  e-commerce  stores respectively. By contrast, Small Business Saturday encourages holiday shoppers to patronize  brick and mortar  businesses that are  small  and  local .  Small Business Saturday  is a registered trademark of American Express corporation. The first event was sponsored by American Express, in partnership with the non-profit  National Trust for Historic Preservation , Boston Mayor Thomas M. Menino, and Roslindale Village Main Street. In 2010, the holiday was promoted by  American Express  via a nationwide radio and television  advertising campaign .  Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Plea

National Adoption Day Date When Celebrated :  Saturday before Thanksgiving National Adoption Day  is today. This special day is promoted and sponsored by a variety of child care and adoption groups. According to the websites of these sponsors, this day was created to finalize thousands of annual adoptions, and to celebrate and give recognition to families that adopt children. It is also intended to raise awareness of the tens of thousands of children awaiting adoption. Does the idea of being adoptive parents interest you? Thousands upon thousands of children are waiting impatiently for you to take the step, that will bring them the love and happiness of a permanent family surrounding. We hope you use   National Adoption Day  to take the first step in the adoption process.   Origin of National Adoption Day: National Adoption Day  is sponsored and promoted by a variety of child care and child adoption agencies and organizations. We have not yet uncover

Chaos Never Dies Day Date When Celebrated: Always November 9 Chaos Never Dies Day  recognizes the turmoil in modern, everyday life. Are things a little crazy at home? Is school a little on the wild side? Is your workplace hectic and disorderly? We thought so.  Just when things seem to calm down at work and home, along comes something to disrupt your life. Yes, disorder is everywhere. Hectic schedules, changes to plans, unexpected tasks and chores, the list goes on and on and on....... Today is designed for you. It's a day to recognize the chaos in your life. You can best celebrate this day, by recognizing that chaos never dies. Rather, its a way of life. You can partake in this special day, by putting just a little order back into your life. You can start, by picking one thing that is really disrupting your life, and change it...for the good. On the bright side: If you think your life is chaotic today, just wait until the holiday season arrives. http://www.holidayin

Diabetes is one of the leading causes of disability and death in the United States. It can cause blindness, nerve damage, kidney disease, and other health problems if it’s not controlled. One in 11 Americans have diabetes — that’s more than 29 million people. And another 86 million adults in the United States are at high risk of developing type 2 diabetes. The good news? People who are at high risk for type 2 diabetes can lower their risk by more than half if they make healthy changes. These changes include: eating healthy, increasing physical activity, and losing weight. How can American Diabetes Month make a difference? We can use this month to raise awareness about diabetes risk factors and encourage people to make healthy changes. Here are just a few ideas: Encourage people to make small changes, like taking the stairs instead of the elevator. Talk to people in your community about getting regular checkups. They can get their blood pressure and cholesterol checked, an

Make a Difference Day Date When Celebrated :  The fourth Saturday in October Initiated in 1990, this is a national day is for devoted to helping others by doing volunteer work in the community. The activity can be almost anything. On this day, millions of Americans participate in community improvement projects. It takes the form of cleanup, fixup, painting, and repair in poorer neighborhoods, parks and municipal facilities. It doesn't matter what project you take on. It doesn't matter whether you help a non-profit organization, the community, your town, nursing home, a church, a food kitchen, or any other group in need. What matters is that you participate. Make a commitment to help others for just one day. Make a difference on  Make a Difference Day! Did You Know?  Each year on Make a Difference Day, ex-President Jimmie Carter gets out his hammer and saw, and helps to build or rebuild housing in underprivileged areas. There is not better example of people help

World Pasta Day Date When Celebrated :  Always October 25 th World Pasta Day  is today. It should come as no surprise to discover that this special day promotes the consumption of pasta around the world. It seeks to increase awareness of the benefits of pasta. Each year on  World Pasta Day , events are held to help spread the world about pasta and it's nutritional value. The National Pasta Association and pasta manufacturers sponsor these events and activities. On  World Pasta Day , pile up your plate, with a big dish of pasta and your favorite sauce!   Origin of World Pasta Day: World Pasta Day  was established as an annual event  at the first World Pasta Congress held on October 25, 1995 in Rome, Italy. It is promoted by pasta manufacturers around the world. Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter @eliceivy Facebook at www.facebook.com/eliceivy and

Tv Talk Show Host Day Date When Celebrated :  Always October 23 rd Tv Talk Show Host Day  celebrates and honors all Tv Talk Show hosts. This very special day is celebrated on the birth date of legendary night time talk show host Johnny Carson. Carson is considered the "King of late night Television". He hosted  The Tonight Show  from 1962 to 1992. His reign lasted a record 29 years, 7 months, 21 days. There were 1,859 episodes. While this day is celebrated on Johnny Carson's birth date, it is intended to show appreciation to all Television talk show hosts, daytime and nighttime. Celebrate today, by having a television talk show marathon....watch them all day and night. Have a happy  Tv Talk Show Host Day  !! http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/October/talkshowhostday.htm Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter @eliceivy Facebook

America Recycles Day Date When Celebrated :  Always November 15 America Recycles Day  encourages us to recycle, and use products made from recycled material. Recycling is not difficult. It sends less material to the waste stream ,and it results in consuming less of our precious and limited natural resources. According to the National Recycling Coalition,  America Recycles Day  "is dedicated to encouraging Americans to recycle and to buy recycled products". Use this special day to create awareness of the importance of recycling, and to increase recycling. The world will thank you for it. Even if you practice recycling today, there is probably more you can do. We encourage you to look around at home, at work, or in school, to identify ways your can practice recycling. Take an active role in encouraging others to recycle, too. The Boy Scouts of America has the right slogan for this topic: "Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle" Did You Know?  A

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Autumnal Equinox Day When  September 23, 2018; September 23, 2019; September, 22, 2020 The Autumn equinox signals the beginning of Fall. It is the point where there is exactly 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness at the equator. If you live anywhere else, however, you will see a little bit more or a little bit less than 12 hours of daylight. The daylight hours are dwindling and will continue to do so until we reach the Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year and the start of winter. In ancient times, the Autumn Equinox was cause for a variety of pagan festivals, among them the celebration of the birth of Mabon, the son of Mordon, the Goddess of the earth. It is also a time to celebrate with a variety of Fall and Harvest Festivals. People enjoy fall festivals as they sense the closure of a great summer season and the coming of a long winter. The fall festivals are the last of the outdoor events until spring. Just getting there is half the fun as you drive t

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Freak: A Dark College Bully Romance (Hillcrest University Book 2)  Kindle Edition by  Candace Wondrak Amazon Description :  Things are a lot messier at Hillcrest than I believed. I can’t trust anyone, not even myself, and especially not the handsome students around me. HU was supposed to help me move on, be a fresh start, but then I walked into a feud between Sawyer and Declan. The hatred between them is palpable, and yet I find myself in the middle, somehow. And Travis? Don’t get me started on that one. He might be sexy, but he gives a new definition to the word  psycho  . None of them are innocent, I now know, but what their crimes are is anyone’s guess. Am I the only innocent one around here? No, no I’m not. My heart is torn between these broken, beautiful bullies, and I don’t know what to think. My heart, it turns out, isn’t the only thing on the line. What happened that night in the dorm was only the beginning, and my life is about to change forever with

National Chocolate Milkshake Day Date When Celebrated :  Always September 12 th National Chocolate Milkshake Day  is an opportunity for chocoholoics to savor and enjoy. The weather may have cooled off. But, our appetite for chocolate, specifically chocolate milk shakes, hasn't cooled off one iota. Today is  National Chocolate Milkshake . It's time to enjoy a cold, thick, frothy chocolate milk shake. Chocolate is the most popular milkshake flavor. For those of you who prefer other flavors, only a chocolate milkshake will do today. Did You Know?  Among the ingredients of the original milkshake was whiskey! It also included heavy cream. It took more than a century to evolve into the milkshake as we know it today. To participate in this day is easy. You already know what to do. Make this day even more fun, by making the milkshake yourself. http://www.holidayinsights.com/moreholidays/September/chocolatemilksh Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! F

No News Is Good News Day Date When Celebrated :  September 11 th Turn off all news broadcasts. Today is  No News Is Good News Day . We all could use a little good news. No Radio broadcasts. No Television newscasts. And, heaven forbid...avoid the newspaper at all costs. Your local fish wrapper is always filled with bad news.  The news media thrives on bad news. Take a day off from all the bad news.   Happy  No News Is Good News Day ! Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Eliceivy Facebook and don't forget to follow here on blogspot.com for all my latest posts! Converstions With My Family Now on Amazon!

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It's illegal to eat fried chicken with a fork in Gainesville, La The town made it officially verboten in 1961 in an effort to establish their cred as the poultry capital of the world. In 2009, a 91-year-old woman, who was visiting for her birthday, was  "arrested" as a practical joke  for breaking the law. Local law enforcement sentenced her "to come back to Gainesville often and ... eat lots of Gainesville chicken."  ...With her fingers, of course. originally posted on  https://www.distractify.com/p/ridiculous-laws Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Eliceivy Facebook and don't forget to follow here on blogspot.com for all my latest posts!

Idaho is the only state to have an  active ban on cannibalism . Technically not a crime in the rest of the nation, cannibalism is defined as the “ nonconsensual consumption ” of another human—meaning, we guess, if you can get your buddy’s permission to eat his tenderloin, the feds can’t stop you. Originally posted on  https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/dumbest-laws-america/

Visitors beware: it is strictly prohibited to pronounce “Arkansas” incorrectly. Per the state Code,  the only acceptable pronunciation  is “in three (3) syllables, with the final ‘s’ silent, the ‘a’ in each syllable with the Italian sound, and the accent on the first and last syllables.” So keep your Arkan-sass to yourself—and while you’re at it, make sure you’re  pronouncing these common food words correctly . Originally appeared on  https://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/dumbest-laws-america/ Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Eliceivy Facebook and don't forget to follow here on blogspot.com for all my latest posts!

National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day Date When Celebrated :  August 4 th National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day  is today. It may be blisteringly hot outdoors. But, put on your apron and fire up the oven, for this is a day to bake dozens and dozens of chocolate chip cookies. And, then eat them, of course! It's real easy to celebrate this sweet day. Eat lots and lots of Chocolate chip cookies.  Store bought or homemade chocolate chip cookies are all okay. If you are a baker, celebrate this day, by pulling out your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipes (yes, I said "recipes"), and bake as many cookies as you can. If this day falls on a workday, it is perfectly fine to bake the cookies the night before, as long as you bring some in to work for your fellow workers. To celebrate this day, bakeries and grocery stores often offer a free chocolate chip cookie to patrons. Some offer discounts on purchase of the cookies. Did You Know?  Americans eat on average 18,928 cook

Did you know in Texas, you don't have to be present at your own wedding. Texas has something called a  proxy marriage , which allows one or both parties to be absent from the ceremony. This is only legal in four states — Texas, Montana, Kansas, and Colorado, and is most often used in the case of military deployment or when one party is imprisoned. Basically, someone stands in for the party or parties who cannot attend, provided there is a notarized and signed affidavit that the absent party cannot be there and that the person in their stead is authorized to act on their behalf. Originally appeared on https://www.distractify.com/p/ridiculous-laws   Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Eliceivy Facebook and don't forget to follow here on blogspot.com for all my latest posts!

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National Cheesecake Day Date When Celebrated :  July 30 th   National Cheesecake Day  is today. As food holidays go, this is one of the tastiest of treats. Despite being a rich, high calorie, and cholesterol filled, cheesecake is a very popular dessert. Why? Because it tastes so good. It is enjoyed plain, or with your favorite fruit topping. Enjoy the day with a piece of cheesecake, along with your favorite topping. If you have time, make the cheesecake yourself. Happy  National Cheesecake Day ! What's your favorite Cheesecake?  Check out these deals for #nationalcheesecakeday  https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.thrillist.com/amphtml/news/nation/national-cheesecake-day-deals-2019

Cousin's Day Date When Celebrated :  July 24   Cousin's Day  honors your Aunt and Uncle's kids. They are those great kids who are likely close to your age, and endure the countless family get togethers with you. If it wasn't for cousins, these family events would be much, much longer. This is a great day for your cousins. Now, hold on a minute. If you have cousins, that means your cousins have cousins. And, that's you! Therefore, today is your day,too. Celebrating should be nothing but fun. Get together with your cousins. Hang out, just chill, or do anything you want to do...... as long as its a fun time spent with your cousins.  Feel Free to comment and share with your friends! Feel Free to follow me @ Eliceivywrites.wordpress.com Please follow me on Twitter https://twitter.com/Eliceivy Facebook and don't forget to follow here on blogspot.com for all my latest posts! Converstions With My Family Now on Amazon!

National Ice Cream Day Date When Celebrated : National Ice Cream Day - 3 rd Sunday in July Ice Cream Day - December 13 When you get the urge for a snack on a hot, humid summer night, what's the first thing that comes to your mind? That's right....Ice Cream! Therefore, it's only fitting that ice cream be given it's own special day. On this day, we hope you enjoy an ice cream cone, a sundae, or a milk shake. Set the diet aside and splurge a little...have one of each! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July as National Ice Cream Month. He also established National Ice Cream Day as the third Sunday in the month. Ice cream is nutritious. A little heavy on the sugar and calories, ice cream is otherwise good for you. Its base ingredient is milk, which is loaded with healthy vitamins and minerals. Did you know?  Charles E. Minches of St. Louis, Missouri is credited with inventing the ice cream cone. On July 23, 1904 at the World's Fair in St.

National Daiquiri Day Date When Celebrated :  July 19 th It's the middle of the  Dog Days of Summer . The weather is hot and sultry.  It's time for a cold and refreshing drink. Enjoying a daiquiri on National Daiquiri Day is the perfect solution, to ease the effects of the heat and humidity.  The original Daiquiri consists of rum, lime juice and sugar, with plenty of ice added to the glass. The Daiquiri was first created in 1898 by Jennings Stockton Cox, an American mining engineer. The Daiquiri was named after the local mining village of Daiquiri, Cuba, at the Venus bar. Needless to say, the local miners loved the sweet summer cooler, and it's popularity quickly spread. As its popularity grew, so did the number of varieties. The original lime based recipe remains the most popular, along with strawberry. The number of different Daiquiri flavors is only limited by the number of berries and other fruit. In the 1940's Ernest Hemming way conceived the frozen Daiquir

Different Colored Eyes Day Date When Celebrated :  July 12 Different Colored Eyes Day  has two reasons to celebrate.  First of all, it celebrates diversity of eye color. Wouldn't the world be boring, if everyone had the same color of eyes? Secondly, it recognizes an eye condition called Heterochromia. People who have this trait,  have two different colors of eyes. One eye may be brown, while the other is blue.  Famous people who have Heterochromia include David Bowie, Jane Seymour, and Christopher Walken. Your eyes are an important part of your appearance. They are also important in communications. When you look into your lover's eyes, you need to like what you see. Making "eye contact" just wouldn't be the same without different colored eye. Isn't it great that we have a variety of eye colors to set us apart from one another? Eye colors include: Shades of brown Shades of blue Shades of green Black Grey Hazel http://www.holiday

Eat Beans Day Date When Celebrated :  July 3 Eat some beans today and toot about it, for today is  Eat Beans Day . Humans have been eating beans since they first began to walk upright on the planet. Beans are grown all over the world. Most people find beans to be very tasty. And that's a good thing, as beans are very good for you. Beans are healthy and nutritious. Sure, vegetables in general are healthy for you. Beans are among the healthiest. These legumes are a major source of protein and fiber. They contain many other minerals and vitamins, too. They have no fat, and are very low in cholesterol. Diabetics love the low carbs. About the only downside, is that beans can cause flatulence. It's easy to celebrate this very special day, simply eats beans, and lots of them. There are over 40,000 varieties of beans to choose from, and no shortage of recipes. Now, that's something to toot about! To celebrate this special day, include a bean recipe in your meal

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