Daily Whine & Shine - Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Daily Whine & Shine - Tuesday, April 14, 2009

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 suffere 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 struggles.  Or if they don't get tired of our "negative energy" we think they do or will.

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

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

What's happening in your world today?  Are you grumpy about somiething?  Or so angry you could spit?  Tell it here.  Here at the Daily Whine & Shine, 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.  Pulll up a rocking chair, and let's talk about it.

Now, let's celebrate!!!  

April is...

Alcohol Awareness Month

Autism Awareness Month

Holocaust Month

Holy Humor Month

Informed Women Month

International Daffynitions Month

International Guitar Month

IBS (Irritable Bowel Syndrome) Month (Oh come on!)

Jazz Appreciation Month

Keep America Beautiful Month

National Anxiety Month

National Child Abuse Prevention Month

National Garden Month

National Humor Month

National Parkinson's Awareness Month

National Pecan Month

National Poetry Month

National Sexual Assault Awareness Month

National Prevention of Animal Cruelty Month

National Welding Month

Soy Foods Month

Stress Awareness Month

Uh-Huh Month 

Some Weekly Observances:

The third week of April is:

Bike Safety Week

National Volunteer Week

National Library Week

National Inspirational News Week

The Lenten Season is 3/2-4/18

Daily observances:

April 14 is National Pecan Day,

International Moment of Laughter Day (Note:  One site said the 14^th one the 16^th, l

let's laugh on both, okay?),  Reach as High as You

Can Reach Day

April 15 - U.S. Pay Your Income Tax Day, Rubber Eraser

Day (Probably because of last minute tax preparers), 

Take a Wild Guess Day (Hopefully, not on your taxes),

and T.E.A. Party Day with rallies all over the U.S. (T.E.A. =

Taxed Enough Already!!!) 

April 16 - National Karaoke Day, International Moment of

Laughter (I wonder...at what time???), International

Stress Awareness Day (Some say this is a national - U.S. -

only day.  Let's share it!  Stress is everywhere!), National

Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day

April 17 - Ford Mustang's Birthday (1964), Blah, Blah, Blah

Day

April 18 - National Animal Crackers Day

April 19 - Garlic Day, National Hanging Out Day (Hmmm. 

Not so sure about this one.  Today when kids say they're

hanging out it doesn't mean the same thing as when I

was young.)

April 20 - National Pineapple Upside Down Cake Day

Food for thought:

Those who would give up essential liberty

to purchase a little temporary safety

deserve neither liberty nor safety.  

Benjamin Franklin