FOR STARTERS………..it’s the month of my birth. As a January child, you get to find what you might not have received for Christmas and find it on sale in January. Maybe. Anyone know of a good cruise to Alaska?
MONTH LONG OBSERVANCES:
- International Creativity Month
- National Blood Donor Month
- National Oatmeal and Soup Month
- National Self Love Month
- National Thank You Month – get those hand-stamped cards ready for the year
WEEK LONG OBSERVANCES:
- First Week: National Diet Resolution Week, Women’s Self-Empowerment Week
- Second Week: Elvis Presley Week, National Thank Your Customers Week, School Crossing Guard Week, National Letter Writing (or cards) Week
- Third Week: National Book Week, National Vocation Awareness Week
- Fourth Week: Clean Out Your Inbox Week, National Take Back Your Time Week, No Name Calling Week
- Fifth Week: National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Week
RANDOM DAILY EVENTS:
- 1st: Betsy Ross’s birthday (1752)
- 2nd: Boo Boo Bear’s birthday (Yogi’s little buddy)
- 3rd: Victor Borge’s birthday (1909) (pianist/comedian)
- 6th: Armenian Christmas, Epiphany or 12th Night
- 8th: Argyle Day, Elvis’s birthday (1935)
- 8th-12th: Gone to Houston TX for Stampin’ Up!’s Leadership Conference
- 9th: National Clean Off Your Desk Day (for me!)
- 11th: Learn Your Name in Morse Code Day
- 13th: Stephen Foster Day (patriotic music!)
- 16th: Appreciate a Dragon Day, Nora’s 7th birthday
- 17th: Cable Car Day
- 18th: Do Dah Parade Day, Winnie the Pooh Day (A.A. Milne’s birthday 1882)
- 20th: Martin Luther King Day
- 21st: Squirrel Appreciation Day
- 23rd: Chinese New Year
- 24th: Belly Laugh Day, National Peanut Butter Day
- 25th: Macintosh Computer Day (go Mac!), Irish Coffee Day
- 26th: Australia Day, my birthday
- 28th: National Kazoo Day
- 31st: Fun at Work Day – this IS my job and yes, I have fun at work!
Be watching throughout the month for commemoration of some of these special days.
(hoping for some snow and rain in January)
