Daily Whine & Shine - Thursday, November 5, 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 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 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 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 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. Pull up a rocking chair, and let's talk about it.
Now, let's celebrate!!!
Tomorrow is:
November 6 - Saxaphone Day, Marooned Without a Compass Day and International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict. It's also Pumpkin Chunkin Days - Nov. 6-8.
November 7 - Sadie Hawkins Day, National Bittersweet Chocolate with Almonds Day and Book Lovers Day
November 8 - Abet and Aid Punsters Day, Dunce Day, National Parents as Teachers Day and Cook Something Bold and Pungent Day
November 9 - Chaos Never Dies Day and World Orphans Day
November 10 - Area Code Day, Forget-Me-Not Day, National Young Reader's Day and Marine Corps Birthday
November 11 - Air Day and Veteran's Day
November 12 - National Pizza With The Works Except Anchovies Day, Chicken Soup for the Soul Day
November 13 - National Indian Pudding Day, World Kindness Day
The first week of November is:
Chemistry Week
National Animal Shelter Appreciation Week
World Communication Week
And monthly observances in November are:
American Diabetes Month
Aviation History Month
Child Safety Protection Month
Epilepsy Awareness Month
Family Stories Month
Gluten-Free Diet Awareness Month
International Drum (Percussion) Month
Lung Cancer Awareness Month
Military Families Appreciation Month
Mothers Against Drunk Drivers Tie One On For Safety Holiday Campaign (11/16 to 12/31)
National Adoption Awareness Month
National AIDS Awareness Month
National Alzheimer's Awareness Month
National Epilepsy Month
National Family Caregivers Month
National Georgia Pecan Month
National Home Care & Hospice Month
National Inspirational Role Models Month
National Life Writing Month
National Long-Term Care Awareness Month
National Model Railroad Month
National Novel Writing Month Link
National Peanut Butter Lovers Month
National Pomegranate Month
National Roasting Month
National Scholarship Month
National Sleep Comfort Month
Native American Heritage Month
Real Jewelry Month
Sweet Potato Awareness Month
NoSHAVEmber Month (grow a beard)
Vegan Month
Food for thought:
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ~ George Bernard Shaw
It is dangerous to be right when the government is wrong. ~ Aesop
If we get a government that reflects more of what this country is really about, we can turn the century -- and the economy -- around. ~ Bella Abzug
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. ~ Harry S. Truman
A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything you have. The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." ~ Gerald Ford (Note: The first part of this quotation has been attributed to Thomas Jefferson for decades, but now liberals complain that there is no evidence that he said it. We do know that Gerald Ford did use this quotation on August 12, 1974.)
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Comments: 10
I like that second one. I think when hubby calls at lunch time, I'll tell him it's his turn to make dinner.
that's explains my blah........
I need to fire off some gunpowder today.......
LOL.........
good morning Marilyn....
: )
Anyhow - my shine for today is that my eyes aren't infected after all. It was just a really bad reaction to the contacts that I was trying out. Got my old ones back and all is good. Also we just got the Magic Jack last week and so far we really like it - now we won't have a monthly phone bill and we have a home phone :)
My whine: While out at the supermarket I fed Michaela in the restroom - she spit up yellow mucus after eating. I called the pediatrician and I am now waiting for a call back. I am concerned that she might have a more severe case of GERD and she might be aspirating too much of the milk.
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country where everyone lives in fear. ~ Harry S. Truman
A government big enough to supply you with everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything you have. The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." ~ Gerald Ford
Where's the gunpowder??????