Do you ever get tired of being Serious? (National Days we can all laugh about)
Do you ever get tired of being
Serious?
(National Days we can all laugh
about)
I was
looking for something different, something new to talk about, write about, maybe something about how to laugh more. As I browsed the news, I saw Covid, Politics,
Sports, Courts and Controversy. But something
else kept popping up along with all the truly serious crap. Yes, I said it like that, but don’t you get
tired of reading, hearing, watching all the serious things in life? I figure people must, otherwise sitcoms would
not be so popular.
So as I
researched something new and different than the same old thing, while I had
some good classic rock in my headphones, I kept seeing “National Day”. The reason that I put it that particular way,
is every day is not just one “National Day”.
It is, as I seem to like saying lately a “butt-ton” of different “days
all on the same day. Because Everything,
every cause, everyone, needs a day. And
with only 365 days in a year, well you get it, right?
The day that
I choose to at least begin with is April 7th. Because that is the day I really began to dig
into my research for some new subject. And wow was I surprised at what I
found. Quite the day, April 7th,
so here goes.
April 7th is National BEER
DAY
(and International BEER DAY too!)
Think about
that for a minute or two and let it sink in because when you combine NATIONAL
BEER DAY with the Other National Days, WHEW!
It could be quite the day; I will have to set an alarm for next year!
National
Beer Day has its own Wikipedia page, it marks the day the Cullen-Harrison Act was enacted
after having been signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on 3/22/1933. This led to the 18th amendment
being repealed on 12/5/1933, with the ratification of the 21st amendment. April 6th will forever be known as
“New Beer’s Eve”. Prohibition did not
end until Repeal day on 12/5/1933.
National
Beer day was first celebrated in 2009 by Justin Smith of Richmond, VA. After his social media campaign was first
noticed by the Colorado Beer Examiner and then by the beer drinking app Untappd that even created a badge for checking in on #NationaBeerDay
(Not to be
confused with #NationalDrinkBeerDay on 9/28) But grab a bottle, or grab a pint,
and Enjoy!
(credit
Facebook &Wikipedia)
April 7th is National NO HOUSEWORK DAY
With over
1500 “National Days” to choose from, you would think this would be the one I
would celebrate. Why you ask? Because I do housework every single day of
the week, all year, every year. Or so it
seems; I have done laundry on Christmas after all.
In my
defense of mopping floors on my hands and knees yesterday, “National No
Housework Day”, the floors really needed a good scrubbing. And when they look like that, a mop just
doesn’t do the job. Also, I almost
always do my housework before I sit down to the computer. Yesterday was one of those days.
So how did
it all begin you might be asking? It
began in the 1980’s with some health gurus of the sort who had a website for
healthy things. They were Thomas and
Ruth Roy, the article I read about them seemed to suggest “healthy options”
like a long walk. All I could think was,
maybe off a short pier at this point.
Sometimes I am so tired of housework that give me the pier and watch me
jump, lol I am joking. I will jump onto
the couch and sleep. Or maybe combine
this day with National Beer Day? Or
maybe start the day with…
(credit what
nation day is it)
April 7th is National COFFECAKE DAY
The day
celebrates one of my favorite childhood memories that carried me into
adulthood. Anytime I want to go back in
time and remember briefly, in what takes such a short time to make, that
feeling and smell of my Mom & Grandma’s kitchen. Cinnamon-Brown Sugar Streusel Coffee Cake is
the easiest way. More than a lot of
other breakfast foods because this one seemed particular to my family or area
that I lived in at least.
Here are some
things you may not know about Coffee Cake:
Coffee cake
was not invented, rather it evolved from a variety of different types of cakes. Cakes in their various forms have been around
since biblical times, the simplest varieties made from honey or dates and other
fruits. (I Love dates). The Danish came up with the earliest versions
of coffee cake. Around the 17th century
in Europe, it became the custom to enjoy a delicious sweet and yeasty type of
bread when drinking coffee beverages. There
are many available combinations, everything from blueberry coffee cakes to
cinnamon walnut coffee cake and more.
The hole in
the center of most coffee cakes is a relatively recent innovation—it became
popular in the 1950’s. This “Bundt pan”
was invented to allowed heavier batters to get cooked all the way through
without any dough left unbaked in the center.
So I found this info on a website.
But here is a funny fact, I rarely have had a Bundt pan coffee
cake. Normally they were just made in a
square or sometimes round pan.
Regardless,
I tried a lot of different styles and flavors of coffee cakes in all the places
I have lived and rarely found one I didn’t like. Maybe I will spend National No Housework Day
next year by starting off with a slice of National Coffee Cake (Day).
(credit
Foodimentary)
April 7th is National HANDMADE DAY
Let me start
off by saying that I believe this is one of those Holidays that changes date
but not day every year. I am not
positive tho. However it celebrates all
those crafty people we know. Not that
type of crafty, like in jail. Crafty,
make gifts for people instead of buying them from a store.
Whether it
is a Handmade scarf, or a delicate hand stitched runner for a dresser that your
Grandmother might make. Or homemade
cookies carefully packed into a tin and shipped to you at school or for your
Birthday. This is the day to celebrate
them.
Even to
celebrate the guy who takes all the parts lying around his garage and turns
them into a working lawnmower or snowblower as a gift for you. Of the grandfather who buys parts online to
fix up a battery driven car or truck for a grandchild. This is for them too.
(credit
Always the Holiday)
April 7th is National BURRITO DAY
You know if
you combine a few of these days, I could start to get into it, right? So far, think about this. We have Beer, check, No Housework, check,
Coffeecake (for breakfast) check, Handmade day, and Burritos. This is shaping up into a fine day I tell
you, simply fine. More on this later,
but now, Burritos.
Today we
celebrate and enjoy burritos, which are made by wrapping tortillas around
fillings such as beans or refried beans, meat, rice, salsa, guacamole, shredded
cheese, sour cream, lettuce, tomatoes, and other vegetables. They can be eaten
with hands or can be served "wet"—being covered with sauce—and be
eaten with a fork. Burrito bowls have all the ingredients of burritos except
the tortillas.
Centuries
ago, Mesoamericans rolled food such as chili peppers, avocados, squash,
tomatoes, and mushrooms into corn tortillas. My has time changed things, well and us, you
know us, the American people. We are the
one’s that effectively changed the burrito to what we know it to be here. With all the tomatoes, lettuce, sour cream,
rice, guacamole, cheese, eggs, etc.
Yeah, that’s us that did that to a basic Hispanic staple food. Once upon a time it was meat and beans in a
corn shell. Then the when the Spanish
arrived in Mesoamerica, they brought wheat and pigs, which allowed for flour
tortillas for wrapping and carnitas for filling. Then we did the rest from frozen burritos in
1964 to adding eggs and calling it breakfast in 1975.
Either way,
I do like a good Burrito and everyone who wraps anything in a tortilla calls it
a burrito now.
(credit
National today)
April 7th is National GOOD DEEDS DAY
(a bit confusing)
Now National
Good Deeds Day is a bit confusing because it seems to occur several times a
year. As well as all this week if social
media is to be believed. What is it
about you might ask? I would say that
this one is a no-brainer. It is about
doing something nice for someone when you don’t need to or don’t have to. Just for the sake of making them smile,
making their life a little bit easier.
Even if it is only for a day.
I am a firm
believer of Happiness breeding happiness.
If every day you strive to do a good deed and make someone besides
yourself happy, with no benefit to yourself, in the long run you will
benefit. There are some that will say it
makes no sense. To me it makes perfect
sense. What say you?
(credit
Always the Holiday)
Well this does it for Nation What Day
I found at
least eight, yes eight (8) more days that are celebrated on April 7th. And I found one day just by scrolling that
seems to have about thirty (30) “National Days” attached to it. I do not know how a day is made into one of
these “National Days”, but I am thinking about researching that next.
But for next
year, I am going to find a person who wants to do their good deed by (National
handmade day) baking me a cinnamon-brown sugar streusel coffee cake fresh that
morning and deliver it to me so I can have breakfast outside with a nice strong
cuppa black coffee. Then chill the day
away and do “No Housework (day) while I wonder which other person, I know wants
to do a good deed bring (National) handmade (day) burritos and beer to me for
dinner. Then we can all enjoy dinner
together waiting for tomorrow and see how we can combine Empanada’s, dog
farting, drawing birds and trading cards.
Much Love ~
Momma Janet
April 7
National Coffee
Cake Day; National No Housework Day; National Good Deeds Day;
National Beer Day; National Handmade Day; National Burrito Day;
National Making the First Move Day; National
Pet Health Insurance Day;; International Beaver Day; Metric System Day; World
Health Organization Day; Public Television Day; World Health Day; Girl Me Too
Day
Dog
Farting
Awareness Day; National All is Ours Day; National Empanada Day; National Zoo
Lovers Day; National Dog Fighting Awareness Day; Draw a Picture of a Bird Day; Step
into the Spotlight Day; Trading Cards for Grownups Day;
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