Weekend Chew & Stew - Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16, 2008

Weekend Chew & Stew - Saturday, November 15 and Sunday, November 16, 2008

by Marilyn Mackenzie

Whether you agree with the concept or not, everyone needs to be able to vent from time to time. That's especially true if you're one of the many who suffer from an invisible illness. We have whines and rants about pains, medical professionals and prescriptions, just to name a few. Perhaps our families listen; perhaps they don't. Even if they do, they get tired of our complaining, even if they claim to understand our constant struggles. Or if they don't get tired of our "negative energy" we think they do or will.

Are you chewing on something today?

Or stewing about something?

This is the place to be.  Pull up a rocking chair and let's talk about it.

Do you need to rant about something?  Tell us all about it. 

Do you have some celebration or victory you need to share?  This is the place.

What's happening in your world today?  Are you grumpy about something?  Or so angry that you could spit?  Tell it here.  Here at the Weekend Chew & Stew,  it's acceptable to rant, vent, complain, stomp your feet, throw a tantrum and shout, "Oh shuckie darn!"

Wait! Don't go away. Do you have some good news to share? Great. This is the place for that as well. If you're celebrating, dancing, and yelling, "Yippee skippy!" please share. Sometimes knowing about someone else's happiness gives us a bit of hope for ourselves.

Whether you're shouting, "Oh shuckie darn!" or yelling, "Yippee skippy!" - this is the place to be.

Now...let's celebrate!!!!!!!!

Can you believe it will be November?  Already?

Here are some of the things we're supposed to celebrate in November:

American Diabetes Month
Celebrate Empty Nester Month
Diabetic Eye Disease Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Family Stories Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
I Am So Thankful Month
International Drum (Percussion) Month Military Family Appreciation Month
National Adoption Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Disease Month
National American Indian Heritage Month
National COPD Awareness Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Home Care & Hospice Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Novel Writing Month Link
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pet Cancer Awareness Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
Prematurity Awareness Month
Vegan Month

Here are some celebrations for the second week of November:

Pursuit of Happiness Week: 8-14 
National Hunger & Homeless Awareness Week: 9-15
Fraud Awareness Week: 9-16
World Kindness Week: 10-17 

November 15 - I Love to Write Day, America Recycles Day, Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day

November 16 is Button Day, Have a Party With Your Bear Day

November 17 is Take A Hike Day, Homemade Bread Day, World Peace Day

November 18 is Married To A Scorpio Support Day, Mickey Mouse Day, Push-button Phone Day

November 19 is Have A Bad Day Day

November 20 is Absurdity Day

Food for thought:

All human situations have their inconveniences. We feel those of the present but neither see nor feel those of the future; and hence we often make troublesome changes without amendment, and frequently for the worse.  ~  Benjamin Franklin

He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.        ~  Benjamin Franklin

Appetite, with an opinion of attaining, is called hope; the same, without such opinion, despair.   ~  Thomas Hobbes

It is difficult to say what is impossible, for the dream of yesterday is the hope of today and the reality of tomorrow.  ~  Robert H. Goddard

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. ~  Benjamin Franklin