Hug a Newsman Day is today, an April 4 holiday. Today is your opportunity to give a great, big hug to your local newsperson. C’mon, admit it. You’ve watched your cute newsman day in and day out. You’ve always told yourself if you ever see him in person, you will give him a great, big hug. Well, today is your opportunity.

Any questions on how to celebrate this day?

Important Note: Today is also a day to hug a newswoman. They wouldn’t want to be left out of this very special day. While we most often think of highly visible news anchors and reporters, make sure to hug news people behind the scenes and anyone involved in reporting the news.

National Honesty Day, an April 30 holiday, encourages us to be honest and truthful today, and every day. Be forthright, too. Holding something back, for whatever reason, is not being totally truthful. We honestly believe you try your best to be honest all of the time.

Honesty is a great virtue. As the saying goes, “Honesty is the best policy”. If we want people to believe us when it’s important, then we need to be open and honest all of the time. We all know about the boy who cried wolf. When a wolf actually appeared, no one believed him. So, build a reputation of never lying, ever.

Honesty was instilled in the character of our nation even before its birth. As a child, George Washington who would become our first president. could never tell a lie. ( Learn more) And, President Abraham Lincoln was well known as “Honest Abe”.

Today’s Slogan: Honesty is the best policy.

Celebrate National Honesty Day in a completely open and honest way.

To be totally honest, there are few rules for this special day……just be honest and truthful.

Today is National High Five Day. Gimme a high five. While you are at it, give one to everyone you today! And if you see them again later in the day, give them another. Guaranteed, you can’t do it often enough. It’s a fun and uplifting that makes you feel good and puts a smile on your face.

The “High Five” is a celebratory slapping of hands atop raised arms. It’s been a standard for celebrating sporting victories, special events, competitions, and many other activities for decades.

It’s fun and easy to celebrate this special day. Give a High Five to everyone you see. This includes friends, family, passersby, and total strangers. The more you give, the better for everyone involved.

BTW: It’s okay to give a “Low Five” today. But, only after you’ve given them a “High Five”.

Herbalism is an important study and profession. These professionals use medicinal herbs to create herbal remedies to help cure what ails you. Herbalist Day, sometimes referred to as “Thank a Herbalist Day”, is a celebration and awareness of the importance of herbs and herbalists in our lives. According to the Herbal Academy, this April 17 holiday is a “celebration of the many teachers, peers, and herbs that have guided us through our journey as herbalists thus far”.

Herbs unquestioningly play a very important part in our lives. There are many, many different herbs, providing medicinal, culinary, cosmetic, and aromatic uses. We use herbs to flavor countless foods. When you think about it, food would be pretty bland without herbs. Medicinally, herbs are used extensively, to treat a wide range of ailments. They are often infused in tea, or used in baths and topical solutions. Some herbs also offer an aromatic benefit. Lavender readily comes to mind. Herbs are an ingredient in many cosmetics and beauty products. Ornamental herbs are commonly used in fresh or dried arrangements. Many herbs serve more than one of these uses.

 Herbs are natural remedies for many ailments. Herbalists believe they are better for you than chemical medicines. Are herbs in actuality better or healthier for you? That is often the subject of much debate. Herbalists use their extensive knowledge of all the various herbs, to put them to good use for good health.

 We encourage you to do two things today: First, if you know a herbalist, thank them for all that they do. Secondly, spend some time learning more about herbs, and how they can be used to make your life a better one. You may find yourself becoming a herbalist.

Happy Herbalist Day!

Hairstyle Appreciation Day celebrates the uniqueness of all styles of hair. This April 30 holiday allows us to express our individuality. Each generation of youth creates their hairstyles, or comes back to a style that was popular years ago. We include among the hairstyles, hair coloring, and shaved heads. After all, no hair is a hairstyle.

Perhaps the most famous hairstyle for women was the “beehive” of the fifties. During the same period, crew cuts were the style of choice for the guys.

Celebrate today with a new hairstyle.

Guys: Make sure to take notice and compliment the ladies on how nice their new “do” looks. You should also head off to your local barber and change the style you’ve been wearing for decades.

Are you ready to chow down? We hope so because today is Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day. If you love food holidays half as much as we do, you’re going to enjoy this April 12 holiday. It is quick and easy to make. and it’s easy on your pocketbook.

People have been consuming the ever-popular grilled cheese sandwiches for seemingly ever. Its roots go back to ancient Roman times when people topped bread with cheese and melted. It wasn’t until the 1920s that sliced bread was created. Shortly after that, today’s grilled cheese sandwich emerged on the culinary scene. Tens, if not hundreds of millions of people young, and not so young, now enjoy it regularly. 

What do you need to celebrate Grilled Cheese Sandwich Day? The ingredients are cheese, sliced bread, a little butter, and your appetite. Any cheese will do. If you are looking to be a little daring, add ham, a couple of slices of tomato or tuna fish to it, then grill it in a frying pan.

Are you a gambler or a risk-taker? Then, today is your day. It’s Go for Broke Day, an April 5 holiday. Today is a day to put it all on the line and take a chance. It might be money. Or, it can be a love relationship. Perhaps, it’s time to initiate a risky project or to take a new job.

Many of us go about our daily lives playing it safe, not taking big chances. If you are of a conservative ilk, you may have never gone out on a limb, or taken big risks. If this sounds like you, maybe today is a day to really let loose and “Go for Broke”.

Muster up the courage to take a big risk and you will enjoy today. “Going for Broke” is exciting. However, if you are risk-averse, this is not a day for you to celebrate. We will leave it up to you to decide whether the risk is worth taking.   

Today’s Motto: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.

We celebrate Girl Scout Leader Day annually. It is an April 22 holiday. This holiday recognizes and honors the many adult volunteers to the girl scouting program. The Girl Scouts of the United States began on March 12, 1915, when Juliette “Daisy” Gordon Low organized the first girl troop and held the first meeting. Girl Scout Leader Day began on April 22, 1982, when a flag honoring Girl Scout leaders was flown over the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. This day honors the thousands of volunteers who help to make the Girl Scout program a success.

Being a leader of our nation’s youth is both a challenging and rewarding task. Leaders play an important role in education and teaching. They are shaping and molding young ladies to be successful citizens and leaders in today’s modern world. As leaders, they are also role models for the girls to look up to.

Celebrate today, by thanking the girl scout leaders in your troop and area. Send a note, or card of thanks. Girl Scout groups can hold parties or have a cake at meetings. Gifts are not a requirement or an expectation. One of the ways girl scouts can thank their leaders is to do their best in everything they do. Your leaders get their reward by seeing you grow into outstanding citizens and human beings!

The month of April brings spring showers. After those showers, the sun comes out and a rainbow often appears. This makes today, the perfect time to celebrate Find a Rainbow Day, an April 3 holiday. We don’t always hope for rain in an already rainy month. But, to truly enjoy this day, you need rain to see a rainbow. And, if you are really lucky, you may see an uncommon double one. Can you see the double rainbow in the picture above?  Make sure you have your camera ready, so you can capture the moment.

Alright, let’s all dial back to our high school science class days for a moment, to remember exactly how a rainbow is formed. A rainbow is a meteorological phenomenon. A rainbow is bent, refracted white light, forming all the colors of the light spectrum. In high school, your science teacher used a prism, to demonstrate this dispersion of light into its primary colors. When you see a rainbow, it’s the same principle as the prism. Water particles in the air act as a prism to bend light, forming a rainbow.

Do You Remember?  If you know Roy G. Biv, advance to the head of the class! Roy G. Biv was the name science teachers used, to help us to memorize the major colors of the white light spectrum, in the order in which they appear in a rainbow. They are red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet.

 Here’s another fact you may not know: A rainbow is actually a circle. But, rainbows are low in the sky, with the bottom half lost in the earth.

Song of the Day: Somewhere Over the Rainbow, sung by Judy Garland

Have a happy Find a Rainbow Day!!!

There was a time when the two of you were madly in love. Then, something happened. For whatever reason, the relationship ended.  Along comes Ex-Spouse Day in recognition of your Ex. Someone must have been kidding when they created this day, right? Could anyone actually want to recognize their Ex? Most of us want to forget them. Hard as it may be to believe, Ex-Spouse Day, an April 14 holiday, has indeed arrived. How are you going to celebrate this day? Once again, we will remind you that we do not create the days, we merely report them. So, please don’t shoot the messenger.

All too often, relationships don’t work out. About 50% of marriages in the U.S. end in divorce. Life provides us with many ex-girlfriends and ex-boyfriends. There are many ex-wives and ex-husbands. Some relationships end amicably, while others are painful and nasty endings. Most likely, we would prefer to forget them.

With a little stretch of the imagination and an open eye, you may find a few “Exes” out there who actually have good traits. After all, there was a time when you did love and care for them. There are even examples where some people get along better with their Ex after the relationship is over. Did you have children together? Then, it is important to get along for their sake.

If you value your Ex in any way, give him or her whatever appreciation and recognition you feel is appropriate today. If you can not find any redeeming trait, no one will fault you for skipping today’s celebrations altogether.