We Don't Rhyme or Read at Breakfast

Holiday Hero and I have been waiting for today (Saturday, September 1) all week. We are so excited to be able to celebrate today's holidays and hope that these ones stick around for a while!
First up is one we had to plan for a bit just to make sure that it could be celebrated to the best of our ability. September is All American Breakfast Month, and we're observing it on the first day of the month to ensure we can do it right. Last night we gathered all of our supplies for this morning's festivities, and a Facebook invite went out to the ABQ area. We decided to make pancakes, eggs, turkey bacon and sausage, and hashbrowns. Emilee, Michael, and Alex brought over biscuits with sausage gravy. I actually did some cooking (hasbrowns and bacon) while Andy got relegated to pancake and egg duty. Adrian also chimed in with his culinary expertise by beating the eggs and cooking up the sausages. Once everything was ready, we made a bee-line for the front porch and had a lovely breakfast at the table. Check it out:

 Turkey bacon--can't beat it!

 Beat those eggs into submission!

 Yes, I actually cooked! And the house is still standing and no one died!

 Post-pancake pan

 There's something to say for friend breakfasts!

 Post-breakfast and there's still a ton of food!

Priceless! Alex in a post-breakfast food coma.

Up next is National No Rhyme (Nor Reason) Day. Ok, so the original explanation of this holiday is to go the entire day without purposely rhyming. There are even lists of words that have no normal rhyming words to accompany them! However, we thought this idea was pretty lame especially since it does not incorporate the 2nd part of the holiday's name. So, we decided to change it up a little and enjoy the day by doing whatever our hearts wanted. As such, we cleaned up after breakfast and officially started our lack of rhyme and reason day of random shopping adventures. We went from various store to store, bought a few things, did U-turns after reconsidering going/not going to a store, and finally culminating the day with a walk to the local minor league baseball team's field to enjoy the game. And we even ran into Nate and his family at the field!
Finally, we have Read a New Book Month. What better way to celebrate this holiday than to start it off also on the first day of the month. I didn't have much time to sit around and read yesterday, so I brought the book with me to the Isotopes game and looked like a total dork (and loving it) by reading during the game.

My professor would be so proud!

And that is it! Hope your day rocked.

CS, out.

Does Kyrgyzstan Have Litigating Lawyers?

Welcome to Friday, August 31. It is the last day of August, and I guess these are a couple of interesting holidays with which to end the month: 
Love Litigating Lawyers Day--yeah, we're actually supposed to celebrate lawyers as a profession. I used to work for a lawyer (not in a law capacity but still) and I can't say that I'm much in the mood to give that individual a place in my blog...not by name for sure (wouldn't want to get sued). I have known a couple of lawyery types that I can say are worth some of the money people pay them, but honestly it's not often that you find a lawyer similar to the ones on TV shows like Drop Dead Diva or People's Court. So, if you're a lawyer, today's your day! Enjoy. P.S. These don't count as billable hours!

Haha! I do.

And we also are able to celebrate Kyrgyzstan Independence Day. On this day in 1991, the Republic of Kyrgyzstan's Supreme Soviet voted to declare independence from the Soviet Union. Yay! Go Kyrgyzstan!

Here's a map in case you didn't know where Kyrgyzstan was.

Short, sweet, and to the point. 

CS, out.

Frank and the Flaming Mallow

It's alive! It's alive...our blog, that is. While we didn't need bolts of lightning to get it jump started, we can certainly enjoy the growing popularity (thanks to you, dear readers) just as Dr. Frankenstein enjoyed the rapture of creating life out of corpses (my kind of guy). In case you haven't figured it out August 30 is Frankenstein Day. Although I've always been more of a vampire and/or zombie fan, the Frankenstein tale is definitely an interesting one. In 1818, a woman named Mary Wollenstone Shelley wrote a fairly groundbreaking book called Frankenstein. However, this day is not commemorating the release or publication of the book but rather Shelley's birth on August 30, 1797. I pulled out my edition of her novel and we decided to watch the 1931 film version of Frankenstein starring Boris Karloff. Be sure to come back on the last Friday in October for Frankenstein Friday!

We actually had more than I thought.

Today is also Toasted Marshmallow Day. I can't think of very many people who don't enjoy a nice, warm, gooey toasted marshmallow on a bed of chocolate in between two graham crackers (aka S'More), and the Holiday Hero and I are certainly no different. We got some "Jumbo" marshmallows and made a delightful dessert for ourselves:

 The wonders of a gas stove.

 Fire up your nose!

Pyro-fun!

Another short one today. See ya!

CS, out.

More Herbs, Less Nuclear Tests

And we're back again! Today (Wednesday, August 29) we are taking a stance on a couple of specific topics for you since our holidays include International Day Against Nuclear Tests and More Herbs, Less Salt Day. So, let's get going before there's no time left to go!
On December 2, 2009, the 64th session of the United Nations General Assembly officially declared that 29 August would be International Day Against Nuclear Tests. Since the first test in 1945, there have been worldwide repercussions that will never cease. Albuquerque has its own history with nuclear testing, and we've been to the museum here in town to learn about the history and science of nuclear bombs. During an office discussion today at the university, I found out that there was a special seminar going on that today to educate and inform students about nuclear tests as well as demonstrate why nuclear testing should stop. My office mate Ben just happened to going to this class so it seemed serendipitous that we just happened to be talking about it!

*hugs*

Second, and lastly, is More Herbs, Less Salt Day. This one is all about getting and staying healthy since using herbs (fresh or bottled) is far healthier than adding gobs of salt to your meals. In our house, salt is rarely used in any of our food and we definitely rely pretty heavily on herbs for seasoning. So tasty!

It even says "No Salt" on the label!

Alrighty! That's what we've got for ya.

CS, out.

Racing Meeces, Reading Comics, and the Rest

Hey peeps! We're back once again with a variety of holidays that I'm sure you'll just adore. So, let's get started with our holidays for Tuesday, August 28: 
First on our list is one that I'm sure most people will recognize: Dream Day (MLK Speech). Today marks the anniversary of the day that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. made his famous "I Have a Dream" speech from the march on Washington. Here's a quick video of the speech:

Always quite inspirational!

Next up we have a rather strange holiday called Crackers over the Keyboard Day. According to the creators of this holiday at Wellcat (the ones who feel like copyrighting holidays is a million dollar idea, give me a fucking break already), you are supposed to take crackers or cookies to work with you and eat them at your desk. Apparently, no one has told these people that the vast majority of people already do that anyway! So, we changed it up a bit:

We tend to take things a little too literally around here!

Third on our list is National Bow Tie Day. Now, anyone who knows the Holiday Hero very well will tell you that he is certainly a fan of the bow tie look (I know, understatement of the century). So, once again, here's my handsome bow-tied guy with our good friend Justin:

They do love the bow tie!

I also feel like it is an important thing for everyone to know how to tie a bow tie, so here is the video that we used to develop our talents as bow tie connoisseurs: 

It works so well.

Thanks to Jason for calling it to my attention that today is also Women Reading Comics in Public Day! Where would we be without this momentous holiday? Women are already reading comics in public anyway, so there might as well be a holiday commemorating it. To celebrate, Julie and I went out to our local Barnes & Noble store and read our hearts out!

 Zombie comic? Of course!

 She couldn't look away!

The lady who took this picture was rather excited about finding out today's holiday!

The last item on our list is Race Your Mouse around the Icons Day. This one plays out exactly as you would assume (mostly because it's another from our "friends" at Wellcat). If you're on the computer and waiting to do something, today is the day to literally race (read: weave) your mouse around your desktop's icons. And that's exactly what I did:

Yep it's just that dumb!

And that's all we've got for today. See you tomorrow!

CS, out.