Weekend Chew & Stew - Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3, 2009

Weekend Chew & Stew - Saturday, May 2 & Sunday, May 3, 2009

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.

Are you chewing on something?  Or stewing about something?  Share it here, please.

Do you need to rant about something?  Tell us 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 somiething?  Or so angry 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.  Pulll up a rocking chair, and let's talk about it.

Now, let's celebrate!!!  

In May we celebrate...

Better Sleep Month

Date Your Mate Month

Creative Beginnings Month

Get Caught Reading Month

International Victorious Woman Month

National Good Car Care Month

National Photo Month

National Salad Month

National Smile Month (May 18 to June 17),

National Egg Month

National Barbecue Month

National Family Month (May 10 to June 21),

Personal History Month

Revise Your Work Schedule Month

National Hamburger Month

Fungal Infection Awareness Month

It's also...ALS Awareness Month (or Lou Gehrig's Disease), Borderline Personality Awareness Month, Fibromyalgia Awareness Month, National Arthritis Awareness Month, World Lyme Disease Awareness Month, National Older Americans Month, National Osteoporosis Awareness Month, National Stroke Awareness Month, and Women's Hrealthcare Month. (Wow!)

Some Weekly Observances in May

The first week of May is:

Bread Pudding Recipe Exchange Week (May 1-7)

National Fairy Godmother Week (May 1-7)

Be Kind to Animals Week (May 3-9)

National Family Week (May 3-9)

National Hug Week (May 3-9)

National Pet Week (May 3-9)

Reading is Fun Week (May 3-9)

Children's Mental Health Week (May 3-9)

Flexible Work Arrangement Week (May 3-9)

National Anxiety & Depression Awareness Week (May 3-9)

Teacher Appreciation Week (May 3-9)

Update Your References Week (May 3-9)

Dating & Life Coach Recognition Week (May 4-9)

National Wildflower Week (May 4-9)

Daily Observances:

May 2 is Brothers and Sisters Day, Join

Hands Day, Roberts Rule of Order Day,

Free Comic Book Day, Kentucky Derby

Day, National Homebrew Day, National

Scrapbooking Day

May 3 - Lumpy Rug Day, World Press Freedom

Day, National Two Different Colored Shoes Day,

Motorcycle Mass & Blessing of the Bikes Day

May 4 -  Bird Day, National Candied Orange

Peel Day, Respect for Chickens Day

May 5 - Cinco de Mayo, National Hoagie Day,

Oyster Day, Cartoonists Day, Totally Chipolte

Day, Childhood Depression Awareness Day,

National Teacher Day

May 6 - Beverage Day, National Tourist

Appreciation Day, National Nurses Day, National

School Nurses Day, No Diet Day, Great American

Grump Out Day, National Day to Prevent Teen

Pregnancy Day, No Homework Day

Food for thought:

A wise and frugal government, which shall leave men free to regulate their own pursuits of industry and improvement, and shall not take from the mouth of labor and bread it has earned -- this is the sum of good government. - Thomas Jefferson