Happy Obscure Holidays!

I have been very bad about writing here lately.  I was noticing that the last blog post I did was back at Christmas.  I'm sorry.  I have hopefully found an inspiration to post every day.  At the end of that post at Christmas I was saying that I have a "Word of the Year" project to actively seek out and express joy this year.

The search engine Google does something for some little-known anniversaries and birthdays of historic proportions.  They will redesign their site logo for the day in honor of it.  So, a week ago I decided one way I could actively seek and express joy was to find something fun to celebrate every day myself.  I came across a website that lists some of the lesser known holidays some people celebrate.  I knew of some already.  My son (who is left-handed) was born on International Left-Handers Day.  Star Wars fans have Star Wars Day on May 4th -- a spoof on one of the movie's most famous lines.  August has National Black Cat Day.  It turns out this site has something to celebrate every day.  In fact, most days have several to choose from!   I rolled out this onto my Facebook timeline the next day, on January 8th.  The timing was perfect in fact.  January 8th is, among a few other things, Joy Germ Day.  To celebrate, I used my Office skills and created my first meme. Also on the 8th is Bubble Bath Day.   


I posted my meme and changed my profile picture to some bubble bath bubbles.  I have only missed one day this week.  I figure if I'm doing ok about doing these holidays on Facebook, I can write a post for my blog every day, too.

The two obscure holidays I chose for today  are Strawberry Ice Cream Day and Hat Day.  I posted a ten year old picture of me in one of my baseball hats and changed my profile picture to a bowl of strawberry ice cream.  To celebrate in the real world, I am wearing another of my (many) ball caps.  I have a small group study gathering tonight and I was thinking of getting some individual-serving strawberry ice cream bowls to take with us if they make them.  I'll share the joy by explaining to them what I'm doing and why I thought to bring ice cream to a group meeting in the middle of January in Western New York!  Granted the weather for my little spot in it isn't bad (yet), but ice cream really isn't on most of our minds right now.

I will end this for today.  I look forward to sharing insights from tonight's group and another holiday to celebrate tomorrow.  See you then!