Singles Awareness Day is today. This February 15 holiday will warm your heart on a cold winter’s day. It is for those who are unattached, and without a significant other. It is celebrated the day after Valentine’s Day. This holiday exists for two reasons. First, it encourages singles to mingle and actively search for a romantic relationship. Secondly, it exists to stress that it is okay to be single. Therefore, we celebrate our single status with happiness. 

Valentine’s Day is for the purpose of love and romance for those currently in a relationship. However, if you are in between relationships, and without a significant other, you may feel left out. Valentine’s Day can be depressing. So, the day after Valentine’s Day is your day.

So, open yourself up to the possibilities. It isn’t always easy to find love. But, it could be right around the corner. It could be today. However, you’re more likely to find true love is more when you smile, look your best, and maintain a positive attitude toward the possibility.

Singles Awareness Day traditions include:

• Singles get together. It’s a chance to meet.
• Singles give each other gifts.
• Spend a little time on online dating sites.
• You can celebrate and enjoy the fact that you are unattached.
• Do things to enjoy your freedom.

Is your Admin awesome? Today is Administrative Professionals Day 2026, also called Secretary’s Day. Professional Secretaries Week and Secretaries Day were created in 1952 through the work of Harry F. Klemfuss of Young and Rubicam. Klemfuss recognized the importance and value of the secretarial position, to a company or business and management. His goal in creating this day was to encourage more women to become secretaries. (Nowadays, that would be both women and men). Using his skill and experience in public relations, Klemfuss, promoted the values and importance of the job that secretaries do. In doing so, he also created the holiday in recognition of the importance of secretaries.

The name of this special day has changed and evolved over the past few decades. Yet, the importance of recognizing these vital individuals has continued to grow. The two new terms in use today are: “Administrative Professionals” and “Executive Administrators (or Admins)”. The two names sometimes mean different roles and responsibilities in different companies and organizations. Both are broader terms, that encompass more positions than the original “Secretary” role.

The name change recognizes and acknowledges that the role has changed significantly since 1952, and for the better at that.  We think Klemfuss would agree with the evolution of Secretary’s Day. In Harry Klemfuss’ day, these positions were the realm of women. Today, you find males in these positions, too.

Lilies are the official flower of this holiday. This big, bright flower represents commitment, patience, and purity. Kinda sounds like an administrative professional or secretary, doesn’t it!? 

Did You Know? This professional position is also sometimes called “Executive Admin”.

 Today is Sadie Hawkin’s Day, a November 13 holiday. This is a holiday that originated from a cartoon. It all began in Al Capp’s ‘Lil Abner cartoon in the 1930s. In the cartoon series, the mayor of Dogpatch was desperate to marry off his ugly daughter. So he created Sadie Hawkin’s Day. On this day, a race is held and all the single men were given a short head start. Then, all the single women, including the mayor’s daughter, chased the boys. If a girl catches her man, he had to marry her.

Sadie Hawkins Day races and events grew in popularity during All Capp’s long-running cartoon. This cartoon made holiday largely died out after 40 years when the cartoon was discontinued. It can occasionally be seen celebrated on college campuses.

Stop! Put that eraser away. Don’t erase today from your monthly calendar. Make no mistake. Rubber Eraser Day, an April 15 holiday, celebrates the invention of erasers. We all make mistakes. This day is designated to recognize and appreciate the value of that little plug (as manufacturers call them), that sits atop our pencils. When we make a mistake, they are the big “cover-up”, make that eraser, of our booboo or faux pax. Just imagine how messy our documents would be without them!

We’ve been making writing mistakes since we first put pencil to paper. Why not just call it “Eraser Day”? There are two reasons. The first erasers were made of rubber. Today, they are made of rubber or vinyl.  Secondly, in Great Britain, they are formally called “rubbers”.

In the world of erasers, two men are prominent. Joseph Priestley discovered the eraser in 1770, using pieces of rubber imported from Brazil. Then in 1858, Hyman Lipman of Philadelphia, Pa., patented the pencil with an eraser at the end.  

There are a number of types of erasers, including:

• One that comes already attached to your pencil by a metal band.
• An eraser you can add on top of your pencil.
• A block, commonly called Pink Pearl or Pink Pet.
• In pencil form. Instead of lead, there is an eraser inside. As your use it, you peel away the outside.

Repeat Day is today. This June 3 holiday is an opportunity to say and do things over and over again. Repetition is good for learning and developing skills. It is also good when we repeat doing things we enjoy, like that second piece of pie, watching your favorite movie over again, or riding the roller coaster for a second time.  Repeat Day is an opportunity to do things over and over again. (hee, hee) We encourage you to repeat the fun things. But, it’s okay to skip repeating unpleasant things.

You can hear this day echo in a canyon and down a hallway. It’s a day where you repeatedly perform a task or play a game over and over again. While playing a game a second or third time sounds like a lot of fun, I sure hope I don’t have to do the dishes or any other job over again today or any day.

Hopefully, you will choose to repeat things you enjoy doing. Pick a wide array of foods, snacks, and activities, and repeat them today. As a matter of fact, it’s perfectly okay to repeat them over and over again today. It’s also perfectly okay to avoid doing things you don’t like. It’s a certainty that you will not enjoy distasteful things the second time around. 

Today’s Feature Movie: Groundhog Day. In the movie, February 2 was repeated over and over several times.

Today is Red Planet Day, a November 28 holiday. The planet Mars is referred to as the “Red Planet” because it appears red. Red Planet Day honors our celestial neighbor, the fourth planet in the solar system.

It is sometimes called the “rusty planet”. The red color comes from the iron oxide (rust) that covers it. But, is Mars truly red in color? Scientists debated this question, even after the Mars Rovers landed and began to explore the planet. Why? Because the lenses used to take photos are tinted.

On Red Planet Day, take a few minutes to look upwards into the sky, and gaze at our neighbor. Hopefully, you will have a cloudless night sky for viewing. You can also recognize this day by reading up about Mars and viewing pictures of it. Of course, there are plenty of pictures online. NASA’s website is an excellent place to see high-quality pictures.

Red Planet Day commemorates the launch of the Spacecraft Mariner 4 on November 28, 1964. Mariner 4 was the first spacecraft to visit Mars. The 228-day mission of Mariner 4 brought the spacecraft within 6,118 miles of Mars on July 14, 1965.

Ramadan is a time of fasting, worship, and renewal of family ties. Fasting lasts the entire month, and Muslims cannot eat during daylight hours. Fasting is done to show devotion to God. Also, it is a tie of prayer and reading the Koran. On the last day of Ramadan, it ends with the sighting of the moon. A Muslim friend of mine says people in high-rise apartments have the advantage, as they see the moon first.

We sure hope it rains today. Without a little rain, how can you celebrate Step in a Puddle and Splash Your Friends Day? This January 11 holiday is a carefree day and surely a lot of fun. Undoubtedly, it is a day for mischievous fun. After all, any kid knows that splashing and jumping into puddles is fun. And, when that results in splashing a friend, your joy is complete.

We sure would like to find the creators of this day, to better understand why it is observed in January. In mid-January, many puddles are frozen!

Americans have been blessed. Many great men have served as president of our nation. President’s Day is a day set aside to honor all of them. We often think of two great presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln when we celebrate this holiday, as it falls by design between their birthdays. However, today is a tribute to each and every person who has ever served in the office of the President of the United States of America.

President’s Day is a national holiday, While Federal employees, the post office, and banks have the day off, most businesses and industries do not recognize it as a paid holiday.