Daily Whine & Shine - Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Daily Whine & Shine - Wednesday, October 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 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!!!

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 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 14 is Be Bald & Free Day (didn't we already have that this month?), Emergency Nurses Day, National Dessert Day (take an extra helping!)

October 15 - White Cane Safety Day

October 16  - Bosses Day and Dictionary Day

October 17 -  Sweetest Day and Wear Something Gaudy Day

October 18 -  No Beard Day

October 19 -  Evaluate Your Life 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