National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day is today, a November 7 holiday. Lucky you….lucky me.

Chocolate is a vegetable, made from cocoa beans. Almonds are good for you, as they help to improve your Cholesterol levels. So, simply put the two of them together and you’ve got a delicious treat. is good for you, right!? On this special day, we will not question this logic…will you? We will just enjoy this chocolatey treat.

Happy National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day!!!

Note: Obviously, if you are allergic to tree nuts, you can’t have it with almonds. However, it is perfectly okay to enjoy Bittersweet chocolate without the nuts.

Today is truly a Beautiful Day, a November 20 holiday that you’re just going to love. It’s going to be a stunning day from sunrise to sunset and beyond. Beauty is on display in every way, shape, and form. All you have to do is look and listen. The world is filled with ugliness. So, a day like today is refreshing, and eye appealing. It’s filled with dazzling and fascinating sights, sounds, and smells.

But, wait a minute. Just what was this eye-appealing day created for? We have yet to find the creator. In addition to what we found in our research, we can only speculate as to the intent of this day.

Here is our part fact, part speculative reasons this day was created:

• A song by the band U2 is titled Beautiful Day.
• The Beautiful Day monster appeared on Ed Sullivan and later Sesame Street. The monster created mayhem and chaos, in his attempt to ruin a beautiful day.
• Its creator wanted to create and enjoy the perfect, beautiful day.
• The Beach Boys’ song It’s a Beautiful Day

As for this author’s choice? Well, I’m just gonna kick back and enjoy this gorgeous, God-given day!

Have a lovely Happy Beautiful Day!

When it comes to food and symbols of the season, apples are a huge part of the Fall scene. The apple harvest is in. We’re making apple sauce, and apple pies, and enjoying a cup or two of hot, spiced apple cider mull. That makes today the perfect day to celebrate Apple Cider Day! If you like apples, and millions of us do, you can’t go through the Fall season without enjoying an occasional glass or two. When you look at this clear golden nectar of the apple, you know you’re in for a sweet and pleasant treat. So, enjoy this November 18 holiday with a fresh from the press glass of apple cider. 

Did You Know? There are more than 7,000 varieties of apples worldwide. About 2500 varieties exist in the U.S. Of these, 100 apple varieties are grown commercially in the U.S. Just 15 of those varieties make up 90% of total production. They are Red Delicious, Gala, Golden Delicious, Granny Smith, and Fuji.

America Recycles Day, a November 15 holiday, encourages us to recycle, and use products made from recycled material. Certainly, 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 you can practice recycling. Take an active role in encouraging others to recycle, too.

The Boy Scouts of America have the right slogan for this topic: “Reduce, Re-use, and Recycle”.

 Did You Know? According to a presidential proclamation by President George W. Bush, each person in America produces about four pounds of waste every day!

Today’s Slogan: Someone’s trash is another person’s treasure.

National Adoption Day is today. A variety of childcare and adoption groups promote and sponsor this special day. 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. They need a warm and loving home and family.

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. Without a doubt, this is a challenging endeavor. But, it is also a rewarding one. 

We hope you use National Adoption Day to take the first step in the adoption process.  

This holiday is so absurd that it is laughable. The things that can happen today will either put a smile or a scowl on your face. Crazy or not, Absurdity Day, a November 20 holiday, is staring you right in the face.

Some days are truly illogical and senseless, exactly the definition of Absurdity Day. So, by intent error, or just through surfing the net, you’ve stumbled upon this special, senseless day…..how absurd!

Celebrate this day in an absurd manner. Don’t sit back waiting for something absurd to happen. Rather, seek out things to do that are somewhat, if not wholly, illogical. Have fun with it. But, whatever you do, don’t try to make sense of it.

Thought for the Day: Those who bring sunshine into the lives of others, cannot keep it from themselves.

Have a wonderful, mind-boggling, and absurd Absurdity Day!!