Delicious Recipes for Apple Month

By sarajean on 8/31/10 1:29am
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September is Apple Month, naturally. Who doesn’t think of apples—plain, caramel-topped, or otherwise—when they think about fall? (And for my fellow fall-lovers, doesn’t that word just make you giddy? It’s closer in the mirror than it appears!) Apples are one of the most delicious gifts from Mother Nature, and it’s high time we made use of them. Here are some fun ways to celebrate Apple Month!

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Your Own Pee-Wee's Playhouse

By sarajean on 8/27/10 10:32am
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Today is the birthday of actor/comedian/scapegoat Paul Reuben, better known as Pee-wee Herman. Pee-wee was one of my all-time favorite celebrities growing up, and I didn’t understand it when his show no longer aired. When I found out that he was canned due to public indecency, I thought it was one of the stupidest crimes I’d ever heard of. If people are going to police adult movie theaters, are they going to arrest the annoying couples who make out and grope one another to the point of procreation while I’m trying to watch Inception, too? Seriously, poor Pee-wee—I mean Paul—got totally blown out of proportion, just like I always thought George Michael did, and our culture suffered from a lack of his general silliness.

To celebrate Mr. Reuben and his general awesomeness, we can make our own Pee-wee’s Playhouses today at home by…

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Grandparents’ Day Activities

By sarajean on 8/26/10 12:13am
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Every year, Grandparents’ Day sneaks up on my family and we always get our crafts out late. It’s on September 12 this year, so if we all start now we can surely get our acts together! Here are a few ideas to use this Grandparents’ Day.

Do a Play on Mother’s Day

If you’ve always brought Mom breakfast in bed for her holiday, why not do the same for Gram and Gramps? Make something homemade and delicious, like warm banana nut bread. If you simply can’t cook anything edible or if your grandparents enjoy eating out, take them to their favorite breakfast place—such as IHOP, Cracker Barrel, or Country Kitchen.

Chip In

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Best Friends’ Day

By sarajean on 8/15/10 10:06am
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Today, August 15, is Best Friends’ Day. If you’re lucky enough to have a best friend whom you love—who loves and supports you back—today is indeed a day to celebrate. Whether it’s someone you’ve shared lunches with since kindergarten, your spouse, or a sister or brother, be sure to celebrate your special friendship today. You could always…

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August 1 is Sisters Day

By sarajean on 7/31/10 8:00pm
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Tomorrow is a day to celebrate with the second-most important woman—or women—in your life—your sister(s). (Okay, if you are married, maybe she’s third…) Sisters Day is a perfect time to either go out or make plans to spend the day with your siblings, or to reconcile with them if you’ve had a spat. Here are a few things you might want to do with your sisters on this special holiday.

Hang out. This isn’t so complicated, is it? Just block out an hour or two and spend some time together. Visit a park you went to as kids or have a treat at your favorite ice cream shop. Watch a marathon of your favorite films (my sister and I are planning a Jim Henson marathon soon) and make some frozen margaritas while you quote or sing your favorite lines. Have an old-fashioned sleepover if you want and paint each other’s toenails, pop popcorn, and listen to music. Speaking of music…

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August 5 is National Underwear Day

By sarajean on 7/31/10 7:16pm
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August 5 marks a very silly, frivolous, and fabulous holiday—National Underwear Day! Whether or not you think our undergarments are in need of their own holiday, the fact remains that there are endless possibilities for celebrating such a day, such as…

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Tell an Old Joke Day

By sarajean on 7/23/10 9:38am
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Tomorrow, July 24, is the day everyone gets to sigh with collective relief because they don’t have to come up with new jokes to entertain people with. Okay, maybe those of us who aren’t comedians don’t really lose sleep over such things, but there is a joy in recycling old jokes, isn’t there?

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National Grilling Month

By sarajean on 7/15/10 7:27pm
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Move over, Bobby Flay—it’s National Grilling Month! My sister loves to joke that if it’s a food, Bobby Flay can grill it. Whether it’s a cake or a salad or dainty cucumber sandwiches, she’ll throw up her hands into the air and exclaim, “Let’s grill it!”

Really, you can grill almost anything though, can’t you? After watching an all-grilled episode of Chopped recently, I realized that grilling can be utilized for so many things beyond burgers and brats.

To celebrate the month’s theme, try some of these grilling ideas at home—or come up with your own and post them here. Remember to substitute any meat with vegan meat if you wish! The same goes for cheese, of course.

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June 19: Garfield Day

By sarajean on 6/15/10 3:06pm
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Everyone’s favorite fat cat—well, favorite until Bill Murray took over his voice and he became an annoying CGI creation that seems a thin shadow of his former fat self—has his own day on June 19. It’s the day his comic strip, written and drawn by Jim Davis, was first put into publication. Here are a bunch of ways to celebrate Garfield Day.

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June 14 is World Blood Donor Day

By sarajean on 6/12/10 8:53am
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Giving blood is one of the best things we can do for our fellow people. If you want to be a hero in your lifetime before you die, just give blood and you will instantaneously be one. Plus, you will be hugged by all, and get free cookies.

I’ve already written ten good reasons why people should give blood if they can (I understand that some people simply cannot—and that some people who should be able to—and wish to!—are being prevented from doing so unfairly by the government), so here are some interesting facts about giving blood that you might be interested in.

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