What Are We Celebrating Today....

I saved my first post and then somehow I still lost it to the Gather gremlins. How annoying!!! I'm now tired and grumpy, so I'm done with the beginning of this post.

So...what are we celebrating today....

1). National Zucchini Bread Day: I love zucchini bread and Redbird makes some delicious bread. Why this day is zucchini bread day is beyond me, as the zucchini isn't usually ripe yet. I would think this holiday would be in July or August.

2). Lover's Day: This one isn't for affairs...sorry. It's just to give shy people that extra push towards True Love....

3). World Laboratory Day: I like this one, as I've spent a large amount of time in labs over the years. World Laboratory Day celebrates the place where great discoveries, inventions, and medical cures are born. It's also where mad scientists dwell...and yes, I know, I stepped in to that one. LOL.

4). Take a Chance Day: Life is full of risks, and today is the day to take a chance....gamble on something. As they say "Nothing ventured, nothing gained". Maybe this holiday is suppose to be celebrated in conjunction with Lover's Day? Take a risk and find your true love.

5). Talk Like Shakespeare Day: Oh, this could be fun! This holiday commemorates the 449th birthday of Shakespeare. There is even a website: http://www.talklikeshakespeare.org/ Here are some tips from the site.

Instead of you, say thou or thee(and instead of y’all, say ye).

1. Rhymed couplets are all the rage.
2. Men are Sirrah, ladies are Mistress, and your friends are all called Cousin.
3. Instead of cursing, try calling your tormenters jackanapes or canker-blossoms or poisonous bunch-back'd toads.
4. Don't waste time saying "it," just use the letter "t" (’tis, t’will, I’ll do’t).
5. Verse for lovers, prose for ruffians, songs for clowns.
6. When in doubt, add the letters "eth" to the end of verbs (he runneth, he trippeth, he falleth).
7. To add weight to your opinions, try starting them with methinks, mayhaps, in sooth or wherefore.
8. When wooing ladies: try comparing her to a summer's day. If that fails, say "Get thee to a nunnery!"
9. When wooing lads: try dressing up like a man. If that fails, throw him in the Tower, banish his friends and claim the throne.

6). World Book & Copyright Day: This holiday is a yearly event on 23 April, organized by UNESCO to promote reading, publishing and copyright. It was celebrated for the first time on 23 April 1995. The day was probably picked due to Shakespeare's birthday.

7). World Book Night: Now this one is for me! is an annual celebration dedicated to spreading the love of reading, person to person. Each year on April 23, tens of thousands of people go out into their communities and give half a million free World Book Night paperbacks to light and non-readers. In 2012, World Book Night was celebrated in the U.S., the UK, Ireland, and Germany. For more information go HERE.

Have a good day!