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We celebrated Girl Scout Day in week 11. Coming up this week: 14: Pi Day and National Potato Chip Day and International Fanny Pack Day Pi Day Pencils 15: Ides of March and National Pears Helene Day 16: National Artichoke Hearts Day 17: Saint Patrick’s Day 18: Lacy Oatmeal Cookie Day 19: Swallow’s Return Day…
May is the “Volunteer” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, I primarily reviewed my current commitments. During the month of May, I assess how I want to move forward with my “disaster” volunteering and what online or in person classes I might want to take over the coming year. I also work…
We celebrated a couple of holidays in week 10. Coming up this week: 7: National Cereal Day 8: International Working Women’s Day and National Peanut Cluster Day 9: Mailbox Patented 10: Harriet Tubman Day and International Day of Awesomeness and National Blueberry Popover Day and Middle Name Pride Day and National Pack Your Lunch Day…
Create, Project 45, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. February’s main theme was Appearance. I didn’t do anything…
We celebrated National Banana Bread day and other holidays in week 9. Coming up this week: 29: Leap Day March: 1: National Peanut Butter Lover’s Day 2: National Banana Cream Pie Day and Namesake Day and Dr. Seuss born 3: National Cold Cuts Day and National Anthem Day and National Mulled Wine Day and Unique…
April is the “Cooking and Creations” month in my Happiness Project. In 2014 and 2015, the topic was focused on cooking. This year, I added creations to the list, since 2016 is “Create”. I have spent the past couple of years working to organize my online recipes – ones I like I print out and…
We celebrated “National Cherry Pie Day” in week 8. Coming up this week: 22: World Thinking Day and National Margarita Day 23: National Banana Bread Day and National Dog Biscuit Day National Banana Bread Day Banana Bread recipe 24: National Tortilla Chip Day 25: National Chocolate Covered Nuts Day and Paper Currency Introduced in US…
March is the “House” month in my Happiness Project: 2014 and 2015. As there are no “overreaching” projects that I want to tackle for the house, March is when I update my “house project” planning list. I had more projects in the past years as I was still working on the original “decorating” of our…
We celebrated a number of week 7 holidays, including Mardi Gras and National Peppermint Patties Day. Coming up this week: 15: National Gumdrop Day 16: National Almond Day 17: Random Acts of Kindness Day and National Cafe Au Lait Day and My Way Day 18: Drink Wine Day and National Battery Day 19: National Chocolate…
When I first started the monthly breakdown, Social Networking was assigned to the month of February. After a year of Simplifying, I was able to combine Social Networks and “Friends and Family” into one month, January. So I had February free. I decided to assign a new topic, Appearance, to February. As I’ve mentioned before,…
We celebrated a number of week 6 holidays, including Carrot Cake Day. Coming up this week: 8: Jules Verne Day and National Molasses Bar Day and Chinese New Year and Clean Out Your Computer Day (second Monday in Feb) 9: Mardi Gras and International Pancake Day and Hershey’s Chocolate Day and National Bagels & Lox…
Create, Project 45, and the monthly projects in my Happiness Project … so many projects! In reality, they are all facets of the same project, guiding me to finish or give up old projects and move forward on the ones that are most important to me. January’s main theme was Friends, Family, and Social Networks…
We celebrated a number of week 5 holidays, including National Blueberry Pancake Day. Coming up this week: 1: Robison Crusoe Day and National Baked Alaska Day It is never too late to be wise. – Daniel Defoe, Robinson Crusoe Robinson Crusoe Day activities 2: Groundhog Day and Bottle Cap Day The groundhog is like most…
When I first started the monthly breakdown, Friends and Family was assigned to the month of January and Social Networks to February. After a year of Simplifying, I was able to combine the two into one month, January. As I’ve mentioned before, while there is a month assigned to a topic, I really spread each…
We celebrated a number of week 4 holidays, including National Peanut Butter Day. Coming up this week: 25: National Irish Coffee Day and Burns Night and Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day Burns Night Fun Ways to Celebrate National Peanut Brittle Day Bubble Wrap 26: National Peanut Brittle Day Old-Fashioned Peanut Brittle 27: Chocolate Cake Day and…
Earlier this week, I turned 45. Another year has gone by. And I still feel as though I didn’t move ahead enough on my goals. However, I have moved ahead… What I have managed to accomplish in the past two years makes me proud. I still have a ways to go, for sure, but I…
We didn’t celebrate any week 3 holidays… too crazy with getting ready for our trip to NYC! Coming up this week: 18: Thesaurus Day and Peking Duck Day and Martin Luther King Day What’s another word for Thesaurus? – Steven Wright 19: Popcorn Day The laziest man I ever met put popcorn in his pancakes…
In the week leading up to our trip, the weather forecast was all over the place. Sunny, rainy, snowy, windy. We had no idea what we would end up with, so we brought umbrellas, long underwear, and t-shirts. And we used it all. When we woke this morning, snow was in the forecast, so we…
Back in April of 2011, I read The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean My Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun by Gretchen Rubin and was inspired to start my own Happiness Project. Since then, life has gotten in the way, and…
We celebrated a number of week 2 holidays, including National Spaghetti Day and Three Kings Day. Coming up this week: 11: National Milk Day and National Hot Toddy Day There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled? – Sophocles Milk painting How to make plant…