Easter Sunday

Happy Easter!

After house church the other family we church with stayed to have our Easter dinner with us. We all had a great time celebrating Jesus rising from the dead.

My Mom and I made some beautiful cakes yesterday for dessert. I wish I had gotten pictures of them to put on here, they were pretty.

And we put the sash on the cross!

Guys in the kitchen - there's a first time for everything!

All the younger kids had a blast setting the tables

The Unleavened Bread

International Pillow Fight day

On every first Saturday in April there are HUGE pillow fights in major cities all over the world. We had really wanted to go to the Boston Pillow Fight but with preparing for Easter we weren't able to. So I Planned with a couple friends to have a pillow fight in my yard. Everyone had shown up except for one of my friends. We waited a short while then decided we would go to her!
So we all marched a block or two to my friend's house with pillows to surprise her. She was just coming home from her Grandparent's house so as she rounded the corner I had her sister hand her a pillow while we were hiding and then we mauled her! She was VERY surprised!

Some one saw us fighting and I said "Happy Pillow Fight Day" She looked rather confused and Said back "Happy Pillow Fight day" !

Betcha can't guess who it was we surprised!

Look! Spider Man! ^

International Snail Papers day

For snail papers day i had my brother pick up a news paper for me while he was out.....I briefly looked it over!

World Health Organization day

This year's theme for World Health Organization day is 'Aging and health'.

Here's a bunch of ways to stay healthy as you age:

• Eat a healthy diet

A good diet can help keep you healthy and fit.

• Drink a lot of herbal tea

Scientists have proved that a lot of tea (green, or black) can reduce your chance of getting Cardiovascular disease.

• Drink Coffee

They have also been able to prove that drinking a good amount of coffee can help prevent Gallstones, Cirrhosis, Parkinson's disease, Diabetes, and Kidney stones.

• Keep Fit

Getting exercise and staying fit will keep you healthier. too much weight can cause Heart Disease, Diabetes, and high blood pressure.

• Stay Busy

Sitting around with nothing to do lessens your chance of living longer. Ba aware of what's going on in your neighbor hood. Being aware and active will add to keeping you healthy

No Housework Day

So We are trying to get ready for Easter and I haven't done any housework. I am instead helping mom with the cooking for Easter dinner. I will say, I much prefer cooking to housework!

Have a great relaxed day, and don't do any housework!

Window Safety Week

April first through seventh is window safety week. Here's a list of Window Safety tips:

• Be sure the windows are never painted or nailed shut. A window must be able to open to provide escape in an emergency.
• If small children are around only open the top part of windows - or only high windows - if air is needed. Otherwise keep all windows shut and locked.
• have children play away from any windows. Falling through a window could be fetal for a child.
• In attempt to make any possible fall less harmful try to have shrubs, mulch, or grass underneath windows outside.
• Try to keep any thing that children can climb on away from the windows.

Happy Window Safety week!

Drowsy Driver Awareness day

When we went to the Police Department yesterday Norrene had given me a little booklet on driving distractions. I read the pages on Fatigued driving.

Help avoid accidents and don't drive if your tired! happy Drowsy Driver Awareness day!

Good Friday

For Good Friday dad and I went and cut down a birch tree to make a cross. Dad put it in the ground in the front yard, and Mom bought Easter Lilies. It looks beautiful! And for Easter we have a purple sash to put on it.

Teflon day

We cooked dinner in a Teflon non-stick pan. Super Fun!

Pecan Month

I had a Banana Pecan muffin at an awesome drive up -Bev's Bear Creek Cafe - to celebrate Pecan Month! It was delicious!

Happy Pecan month!

Hospital Admitting Clerks day

I brought a gift over to the Admitting Clerks at the hospital. There is only one at Frisbie Memorial Hospital, but I had three gift, so a the others at the desk were given them too!

I'm finding that no one really know about any of the holidays. They did not know today was Hospital Admitting Clerks day - they do now!

National Tartan day

Who new that New Hampshire had it's own Tartan? Not me!

I copied this off of here:http://www.netstate.com/states/symb/tartans/nh_tartan.htm.

It was adopted the year I was born!

Happy National Tartan day- hey, and I wore my plaid shirt to celebrate!

Adopted: May 9, 1995

The following information was excerpted from the New Hampshire Statutes, Title 1, Chapter 3, Section 3:21.

TITLE I THE STATE AND ITS GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 3 STATE EMBLEMS, FLAG, ETC.
Section 3:21

3:21 State Tartan. -

I. There shall be an official state tartan of New Hampshire. The sett for the New Hampshire tartan shall be as follows: green 56; black 2; green 2; black 12; white 2; black 12; purple 2; black 2; purple 8; red 6; and purple 28.

II. The colors listed in paragraph I represent the following: purple represents the purple finch and the purple lilac, the state bird and the state flower; green represents the green of the forests; black represents the granite mountains; white represents the snow; and red represents all state heroes.

Source. 1995, 72:3, eff. July 8, 1995.

Army day

Scary abandoned looking building, not so scary inside the door, nice people even further in.
For Army day we wanted to go to the Army Recruiting office. We had a lot of trouble finding the place so we went to the Army National Guard Recruiting office...With doughnuts. They say the way to a soldier's heart is through doughnuts, Okay, maybe nobody says that but we're hoping.

I asked them what the difference is between the Army National Guard from the Army. The Army national Guard is overseen by the governor of that state, instead of by the president. They also can help the police Department. They can also be deployed overseas but if they do they are then switched to the Army and are then under the president.
I wish I had gotten your names, If you look at my blog thanks for all you do!

Deep Dish Pizza Day

We made deep dish pizza today, then of course my brother comes home from work and says we did it wrong! So whether we did it or right or not we celebrated it by trying!

We don't actually have deep dish pizza pans so we just did it in a backing pan. YUM

National Fun at Work day and Laugh at Work Week

Mom, Dad, and I were dancing in the office today! And we were laughing too!

My parents own Abundant Blessings Homecare and the office is in our home...So it's not hard for us to have fun at work. I've noticed that there are a lot of work related holidays, helping mom with the marketing in the office and in our little shop (Barley Harvest) are really the closest things I have to work, So when those holidays come up that's what I'll use!

Happy National Fun at Work day; I hope you had fun at work!

Even the dog was....umm...wondering what on earth we were doing!

national D.A.R.E day

Drug Abuse Resistance Education is a program to help kids make good choices and say NO to drugs.

Today I went to the Police Department (bare foot!) to see if they had any thing on D.A.R.E. Norrene at the Police Department was very kind and helpful, she gave me a bunch of material on D.A.R.E to read and look over.

Norrene gave me a mini tour of the Police Department. She showed me the Booking room! She also introduced me to the Chief - Chief McGowan - and I met one of the officers.

Happy D.A.R.E day!

I saw this sign while we were out. I was in a moving car, and I got the picture while the sign was changing to show another message....so yes, it says "T INK BFF RE U RINK" But it did say "THINK BEFORE U DRINK"! I

One Day Without Shoes

I looked this up and found that it is done on different days in April around America...So I decided to just do it on all of them!

A Day Without Shoes is to help make people aware of all the Millions of children around the world who have to live life without shoes. People don't know what they have till it's gone.

If you want to participate further or learn more about this you can visit http://www.onedaywithoutshoes.com/. and here's a link for a great video you can watch that gives alot of information on it : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vlz3QKHJBac&feature=player_embedded#! I was trying to get the video to just be here but that didn't work!

Ok, I confess. I did where shoes once today. I had to make the exception for Ballet class. Can't dance without them, Though i do think they are technically slippers!

National Caramel day

There has been a couple holidays so far that I am more than happy to celebrate! Happy Caramel day!

Vitamin C day

You better have taken your Vitamin C today! I did! Happy Vitamin C day! haha

World Rat day

So for World Rat day I made this card for my Friend who has a couple rats! She also sent me pictures of them for this! Their names are below the pictures! Happy World Rat Day!

Hope (It's also National day of Hope!) ^

Serenity ^

Curiosity ^

National Chicken Cordon Bleu day

4 chicken breasts - pounded flat

4 slices swiss cheese

8 slices ham or proscuitto

1 cup flour (can reduce this a bit)

1 tsp paprika

2 eggs

1 tsp Dijon mustard

1 cup panko bread crumbs

1 Tbsp herbs (we used some bells seasoning, parsley, oregano)

salt and pepper

Lay out one of the flattened chicken breasts. On the chicken lay 2 slices of ham and one slice of cheese. Roll up the chicken and use toothpicks or skewers to secure.

In a bowl mix together the flour, salt, pepper, and paprika. Beat the eggs with 2 Tbsp of water, mustard, salt, and pepper. Mix herbs with the bread crumbs in another bowl. Roll the chicken in the flour mixture. Then dip the chicken in the egg mixture, then roll in the bread crumbs.

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Place the chicken in a baking pan or on a cookie sheet. Bake for about 25 minutes or until golden brown and the juices run clear.

Bonza Bottler Day

Bonza Bottler is just when the Month and date are the same number! Today is 4/4!

Have a great Bonza Bottler!

Lyme

I feel I should probably let every one know That I am dealing with what we think is Lyme disease. It makes me really tired and makes me exhaust easily. So - like today - there may be days that I'm may not be able to celebrate all the holidays that are on that day. I hate to admit that there are quite a few holidays I did not celebrate today...I apologize.

Stress Awareness Month

April is Stress Awareness month...I am definitely aware of stress!

Today I went to the Massage therapist AND the Chiropractor. I think that's a great way to celebrate Stress Awareness. Happy Stress Awareness month - Go get a massage!

National day of Hope

National day of Hope is a day to hope for a stop to child abuse.

Hope has big meaning for our family because of my great-grand-mother who died just a few years ago. I had started Ellen's Hope in her memory (http://www.leukemiasupport.blogspot.com/) and the rock and ornament were bought, thinking of her.

Square Root day

Ok...so today isn't really square root day but I found this very interesting so decided to post about it any way! Square Root day is when the date is the square root of he last two digits in the year. So the last Square Root day was 3/3/09, the next Square Root day will be today in four years: 4/4/16 I think that's cool! Do you get it? 2 is the square root of 9...4 is the square root of 16!

Here's some thing else I found on the Square Root: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO9EU0w3CrY

Now apparently the scare crow gets it wrong...but it's still fun to watch! Happy not Square Root day!

National Walking day

Mom and I walked down the street to the store to buy eggs. I didn't bring my camera though so I have no pictures...Sorry. Happy Walking day.

World Party day

Yesterday was World Party day. I wasn't able to post about it then so I am now!My dad teaches Karate to a couple kids in a room above the library that they let us use. At the end of karate Mom and I went over there with lemon brownie cup cakes. So we had a tiny, short party! It was fun!

Every body REALLY liked the cup cakes so I thought I'd tell you how I did them.

I make flavored brownies a lot and it's really easy. Just use your regular brownie recipe and instead of using the called for amount of vanilla extract use the amount given but doubled of what ever flavoring extract you'd like. If your recipe doesn't call for vanilla than you can just add a couple teaspoons of extract t0 the batter - estimate.

I just dumped the badder into mini cup muffin tins instead of a nine by thirteen.

Happy World Party day!

Paraprofessionals appreciation day

Happy Paraprofessionals Appreciation day!

I put a little candy in a bag and labeled it for the gift. This is probably what I'll do for most of my gifts.


So for Paraprofessionals Appreciation day I made up two gifts to give to Paraprofessionals at the Wakefeild school. I've only been in any schools a couple times in my life and it was never during school hours...so this was fairly odd for me!

Mom and I dropped the gifts off at the window inside the door. We told them that they could decide who to give them to.
Out side the school.

Emotional Overeating Awareness Month

April is Emotional Overeating Awareness month.

Emotional overeating is when people let their emotions decide what, when, and how much to eat.

If people are stressed out, sad, anxious, or just don't want to think about their problems they'll often turn to food.

Some times without even realizing it people will eat something - usually sweet or salty - to deal with things that are troubling them. This can cause them to become overweight and unhealthy. Overeating can cause you to feel worse rather than better. If you overeat it can affect your health in different ways-Cancer, Heart disease, Heart attacks, and Strokes can all be caused by overeating.

Emotionally overeating can also cause more emotional issues, it can cause you to feel guilty - which often leads to more overeating. If you gain weight - which can cause you to think your unattractive or ugly- that can cause you to not want to leave the house, that alone can cause you to gain weight.

With certain people overeating to the point of being overweight can lead to a total stop of eating anything, which is bad for your body in even more ways.

So for Emotional Overeating Awareness month try to be aware of what your eating and your stress level. If you do think you have a problem with this talk to some one about it. There may be a way yo help with your emotional problems that you are unaware of...and that don't involve eating.

Happy Emotional Overeating Awareness Month

National Blue Ribbon Week

April 1-7 is National Blue Ribbon week.

I made this Ribbon for Handy Man, My friend Tracy's horse, Just cause I think he's awesome. Though I told Tracy he can't have it till he's good cause he definitely wasn't good today (see post below).

I really wanted to get a picture of it on his halter, on him. Though because he wouldn't let me get the halter on him I couldn't get the picture...Oh well, It works well enough on his stall door.

Pony Express day

So I was all excited about this one. Pony Express day fascinates me. I told mom once that when I get older I wanted to work for the post office and deliver the mail on horse back!

Well any way, my idea was this: I knew I wanted to either walk or ride a horse for this one, and my friend, Tracy, up the street has a horse that I LOVE. She lets me bring him for walks any time. So I decided I would walk Handy Man to the post office to get our mail!....handy had other Ideas! He decided he wasn't going to let me get the halter on him. He does this fairly often (We're still working on it!) and usually I don't let him get away with it but I haven't been feeling too good and he quickly wore me out. So instead of walking Handy I just had mom take my picture with Levi - one of Tracy's other horses. Below is me and Levi and above is Handy being a jerk.
The horses at the barn (Minus Handy Man), from Left to right. Tonka, Levi and Me, and CJ hiding his head.

All the Pony Express riders were given red shirts, SO I wore the reddest one I own....Though you can see I still have my silly Tweed dress on!

Tweed day

We went to the Salvation Army a couple days ago to buy some thing tweed! The only thing we found that wasn't a suit was this dress. I think it's quite a hideous dress, and still I've been wearing it all day. Happy Tweed day

Tater day

It specifically said that Tater day was supposed to be Sweet Potatoes.

Actually Tater day is not just a day to eat Taters! It all started in 1842, People would get together to have a day of selling and trading potatoes! You can read about it here: http://www.explorekentuckylake.com/lakesarea/events/taterday.htm and there's also a page on Tater day on Wikipedia.

We for Tater day just ate sweet potatoes! I made sweet potato fries.

Here's how:

Just peel and cut up four sweet potatoes, Cut them what ever size you want your fries to be. Put one or two tablespoons of oil into a Nine by Thirteen baking pan. Place all the potato slices onto the pan. Sprinkle salt, pepper, onion powder, and chives on top of he taters. Put in oven on 350 Fahrenheit. Take the taters out of the oven half way through and with a spatula flip all the taters and put back in the oven for them to finish baking. When they are as soft and browned as you would like take them out, serve, and enjoy. (This served our family of six)

National Peanut Butter and Jelly day

There are very few sandwiches that I actually like, and PBJ is not one of them. So my sister made a Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwich, I put Peanut Butter and Jelly on a Rice cake...and just for the heck of it we made Peanut Butter and Jelly crackers too! A very varied lunch! Happy PB and J day!

International Children's Book day and National Love our Children day

I combined these two by reading a book to my children....Now I am only 16 years old but I do have kids... They're not humans, but they are mine. I feel you'll notice that in the future if there happens to be children related holiday you'll either see a kitten or a herd of goats. You'll just have to deal with it!

So I went out side to read aloud a Children's book to my Goats because I love my Children. I was reading the book Matilda by Roald Dahl. I thought this was very funny because in the picture above I'm reading to my goat Matilda (Or Tilly!) - Who is due to have her babies any day now!

Here's me and Pippi. (Another from a Children's Book!) ...Oh and if you look closely you can see Faye's tail - She's my 3 week old doeling. Annika's her mom, you can see her in the top picture. She's the one my hands on.

World Autism Day and Autism Awareness month

For world Autism day I did some research on Autism.

And later I'm going to watch a movie called Fly Away. I've never seen it before and the only thing I know about it is that it's about a girl with Autism.

Mom want's me to write on most of the medical related occurrences, but this one I was able to do with just some reading and a movie!

Reconciliation day

Reconciliation day is a day to make up with those you've hurt and to forgive those you've held grudges against.

Today I reconciled with my dad. I begged his forgiveness for my getting him wet with the sprayer yesterday! (He had overreacted about it a bit...) The sprayer thing was my April Fools joke!