Weekend Chew & Stew - Saturday, October 3 & Sunday, October 4, 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.
Are you chewing on something? Or stewing about something? This is the place to tell it all.
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 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. Pull up a rocking chair, and let's talk about it.
Now, let's celebrate!!!
In October we celebrate:
- Adopt a Shelter Dog Month
- American Pharmacist Month
- Antidepressant Death Awareness Month
- Apple Month
- Breast Cancer Awareness Month
- Celebrate the Bilingual Child Month
- Children’s Magazine Month
- Church Library Month
- Church Safety and Security Month
- Class Reunion Month
- Clergy Appreciation Month
- Computer Learning Month
- Cookie Month
- Domestic Violence Awareness Month
- Dyslexia Awareness Month
- Eat Better, Eat Together Month
- Emotional Intelligence Month
- Emotional Wellness Month
- Energy Management is a Family Affair (Improve Your Home Month)
- German-American Heritage Month
- Global Diversity Awareness Month
- Go Hog Wild – Eat Country Ham Month
- Halloween Safety Month
- Head Start Awareness Month
- Health Literacy Month
- International Drum Month
- International Strategic Planning Month
- Long Term Care Planning Month
- Lupus Awareness Month
- Month of Free Thought
- National Animal Safety and Protection Month
- National Apple Jack Month
- National Bake and Decorate Month
- National Book Month
- National Car Care Month
- National Caramel Month
- National Chili Month
- National Chiropractic Month
- National Crime Prevention Month
- National Clock Month
- National Cyber Security Awareness Month
- National Cosmetology Month
- National Dental Hygiene Month
- National Depression Education and Awareness Month
- National Disability Employment Awareness Month
- National Dessert Month
- National Diabetes Month
- National Down Syndrome Month
- National Ergonomics Month
- National Go On A Field Trip Month
- National Kitchen and Bath Month
- National Pickled Pepper Month
- National Pizza Month
- National Popcorn Month
- National Pretzel Month
- National Roller Skating Month
- National Sarcastic Awareness Month
- National Seafood Month
- National Spina Bifida Awareness Month
- National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Month
- National Window Covering Safety Month
- National Work and Family Month
- National Vegetarian Month
- Organize Your Medical Information Month
- Photographer Appreciation Month
- Polish-American Heritage Month
- Positive Attitude Month
- Right Brainers Rule! Month
- Sausage Month
- Self-Promotion Month
- Spinach Lovers Month
- Squirrel Awareness Month
- Stamp Collecting Month
- Tackling Hunger Month
- Talk About Prescriptions Month
- Women’s Small Business Month
- Workplace Politics Awareness Month
Weekly Observance in October:
Week 1 Get Organized Week, Universal Children’s Week, No Salt Weekend (2-4), Fallen Firefighters Memorial Weekend (2-4)
Week 2 Fire Prevention Week, National Newspaper Week, National Work From Home Week, World Space Week, Mental Illness Awareness Week, National Metric Week, Nuclear Medicine Week, Customer Service Week, Financial Planning Week, Kids’ Goal Setting Week, Spinning & Weaving Week (5-11), Physicians Assistant Week (6-12)
Week 3 Pet Peeve Week, Build Your Business with Business Cards Week, Emergency Nurses Week, Getting the World to Beat a Path to Your Door Week, Home-based Business Week, International Credit Union Week, National Chestnut Week, National Food Bank Week (11-17), American Association of Medical Assistants (12-18), National School Lunch Week, World Rainforest Week
Week 4 Food & Drug Interaction Education/Awareness Week, Freedom from Bullies Week, Teen Read Week, National Chemistry Week, National Hospital & Health-System Pharmacy Week, YWCA Week Without Violence, National Infertility Awareness Week, National Character Counts Week, National Forest Products Week, National Lead Poisoning Prevention Week, National School Bus Safety Week, Freedom of Speech Week, National Food Bank Week (19-25). National Massage Therapy Week, National Businesswomen’s Week
Week 5 Pastoral Care Week, Disarmament Week, International Magic Week, National Respiratory Care Week, Peace, Friendship & Good Will Week, Give Wildlife a Break Week (10/27-11/1), World Hearing Aid Awareness Week (10/27-11/3)
Daily Observances in September
October 3 is International Frugal Fun Day - first Saturday of the month, Techies Day, Virus Appreciation Day
October 4 is National Golf Day, National Frappe Day, Oktoberfest in Germany ends, date varies
October 5 - Something Nice Day, World Teacher's Day, National Story Telling Festival
October 6 - Come and Take it Day, Mad Hatter Day, Physician Assistant Day, German Appreciation Day
October 7 - Bald and Free Day, World Smile Day, National Frappe Day
Food for thought:
We hang petty theives and appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Aesop
Those who seek absolute power, even though they seek it to do what they regard as good, are simply demanding the right to enforce their own version of heaven on earth. And let me remind you, they are the very ones who always create the most hellish tyrannies. Absolute power does corrupt, and those who seek it must be suspect and must be opposed. ~ Barry Goldwater
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
The only sure bulwark of continuing liberty is a government strong enough to protect the interests of the people, and a people strong enough and well enough informed to maintain its sovereign control over the government. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Comments: 35
Oh well...
It's International Frugal Fun Day, Techies Day, and Virus Appreciation Day.
I understand having frugal fun and I understand celebrating techies. But appreciating viruses? That I don't understand - whether they're medical viruses or computer viruses, I'm not loving them.
So far I am lucky to not have either for the time being...
I know, I know...it will only get worse and will be that way until April.
Doxie Lover, my hubby has Diabetes 2. He needs to take better care of himself. When he was first diagnosed, I really tried to keep him in line, but I got tired of being the bad guy. Now it's up to him to do right.
So true I am giving up!!
Than my 10 yr old son decided to talk real nasty and mean to his ister for no apparent reason. That made my mood worse. As I can't stand seeing stuff like that. So I made him sit in a chair. I did allow him to get up on the condition he apologizedto his sister and give her a hug. On top of doing a chore. Next thing I know he is watching tv...chore undone. His dad reminded him he better listen to me. He walked in where he should of been and right back out....So now he is back in the chair sitting right beside me being bored.