January Observances

January 2009 is:

Monthly Observances

Book Blitz Month
Birth Defects Month
Celebration of Life Month
Cervical Cancer Screening Month
Family Fit Lifestyle Month
Financial Wellness Month
Get Organized Month
International Creativity Month
National Clean Up Your Computer Month
National Get Organized Month
National Glaucoma Awareness Month
National Hot Tea Month
National Lose Weight, Feel Great Month
National Mentoring Month
National Personal Self-Defense Awareness Month
National Poverty in America Awareness Month
National Skating Month
National Volunteer Blood Donor Month
Oatmeal Month
Thyroid Awareness Month

Weekly Observances

Diet Resolution Week: 1-7
New Year's Resolutions Week: 4-10
Home Office Safety and Security Week: 5-9
Women's Self Empowerment Week: 5-11
Elvis Presley Week: 8-11
International Consumer Electronics Show: 8-11
Universal Letter Writing Week: 8-14
International Printing Week: 11-17
Kid Film Week: 12-25
National Soccer Coaches Week: 14-18
Sundance Film Festival: 15-25
Healthy Weight Week: 18-24
Hunt For Happiness Week: 18-24
National Medical Group Practice Week: 19-23
National Activity Professional Week: 20-25
National Nurse Anesthetists Week: 25-31
Take Back Your Time Week:26-30
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week: 24-31
World Leprosy Week: 24-30

Daily Observances

New Years Day: 1
Rose Bowl Game: 1
Saint Basil's Day: 1
Tournament of Roses Parade Day: 1
National Chocolate Covered Cherry Day: 3
Trivia Day: 4
Bird Day: 5
Thank God It's Monday Day: 5
Asarah B'Tevet: 6
Epiphany or Twelfth Night: 6
Three Kings Day: 6
Harlem Globetrotter' s Day: 7
Midwife's Day or Women's Day: 8
Show and Tell Day at Work: 8
National Cut Your Energy Costs Day: 10
United Nations Day: 10
Stephen Foster Day: 11
National Clean Off Your Desk Day: 12
Organize Your Home Day: 12
Get to Know Your Customers Day: 15
Humanitarian Day: 15
Bald Eagle Appreciation Days: 16-18
Customer Service Day: 17
Kid Inventors' Day: 17
Judgment Day: 17
Pooh (Winnie The) Day: 18
World Religion Day: 18
Martin Luther King Day: 19
Camcorder Day: 20
Inauguration Day: 20
National Disc Jockey Day: 20
National Hugging Day: 21
Celebration of Life Day: 22
Women's Healthy Weight Day: 22
National Handwriting Day: 23
National Pie Day: 23
National Compliment Day: 24
Macintosh Computer Day: 25
Chinese New Year: 26
Better Business Communication Day: 26
National Speak Up and Succeed Day: 27
World Leprosy Day: 29
Fun at Work Day: 30

I had no idea there was a Winnie the Pooh Day! And NATIONAL PIE DAY! Wow...we're gonna party on the 23rd...

Birthday

I'm sure it says something about me that I can post my own birthday post on time, but I'm always late with everyone else's. However, I think that it might just say that my Speech class got out early and I had a few extra minutes to blog.

Since today's Monday and I have a full day of classes, we went out for my birthday last night. Matt and the kids took me to Golden Corral for dinner and then we went to Border's where I bought a lot of Christmas presents and Matt got mad at me and made me buy something for myself. It was sleeting and slick on the way home; we saw several cars in ditches, and at least one that was upside down and pretty badly wrecked. But my sweetie is a good driver and got us home safely.

I got the best presents ever; Matt gave me the Frank Capra collection, which includes Mr. Deeds, It Happened One Night, Mr. Smith, You Can't Take It With You, and one more (a lesser known one, I can't remember the name right now). David gave me the movie Meet the Robinsons, one of my favorite Disney movies, and we watched it together when we got home. Sabra got me some delicious Jamaican coffee and a pretty watch, and Abby bought (with her own money!) a beautiful hand-made wooden cross that is going on the living room wall as soon as we get it painted. So, it's barely noon, and it's already been a great birthday.

A year ago, on my last birthday, I set some goals for the next year, as I usually do on my birthday. They were:

+ lose 30 pounds
+ finish the first draft of my book
+ make $50,000 myself, without including Matt's income

Obviously, I didn't do any of those things. It's a bit depressing. But still, I don't have anything to complain about. I have the best life a person could have, and I often go through my days waiting for the other shoe to drop, because it sometimes seems that if someone is this happy, there must be a price to pay. I don't know if things actually work that way--I hope not, because there's nothing I'm willing to give up.

Life is good, and I am grateful to be given another year to live it.