For the last 17 years, Thanksgivings have been spent in MD with my in-laws. Even tho’ we traveled two hours to be with them, I generally got off easy. Granted I would cook Thanksgiving Dinner sometime before the weekend, but usually I was only responsible for something mundane…like mac&cheese or the beverages. This year we [...]
Today is the 33rd annual Great American Smoke-Out (GASO) Day. Annually, on the third Thursday of November, the American Cancer Society for the last 33 years has asked smokers to give up smoking just for today. The belief is if smokers can quit for a day, make that first quit attempt, then maybe they can continue [...]
Thirteen Things about World Kindness Day. Thursday, November 13 is World Kindness Day. This was the opening day of the first World Kindness Movement® conference held at Tokyo in 1998, and the 35th anniversary of the Small Kindness Movement of Japan, which brought the signatories of the ‘declaration of kindness’ of the [...]
We couldn’t have done it without them…Thanks to the states that went blue…the first eight switched to blue in 2008…in total Obama carried 26 states plus the District of Columbia…and ALL of them were important to him winning… Pennsylvania (Yea!!!!), Ohio Florida, Virginia Nevada, New Mexico Colorado, Iowa Indiana, Illinois Michigan, California New York, Vermont New [...]
Thirteen Favorite Children’s Halloween Costumes–Here in Central Pensatucky we celebrate Halloween on the last Thursday of the month. Yeah…last Thursday and not the actual date…go figure. There is a reason but no one remembers why…it probably has something to do with High School sports…football is big in this neck of the woods…lol. So, that said, [...]
IN HONOR OF OCTOBER…and things that go bump in the night…Today APOOO presents… Thirteen Things that Scare Folks Airplanes Black Cats Heights Rats Roller Coasters Snakes Spiders Scary Movies Thunderstorms Water Public Speaking Commitment/Marriage Change DISCUSSION QUESTIONS What things on the list scare you? List other things that scare people. Get the Thursday Thirteen code [...]
Thirteen Things about the Scariest Time of My Life October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month….Have you squeezed your boobs lately. (If you are a man reading this…you can squeeze your spouse or significant others boobs…she’ll love you for it…lol) Eigh years ago was 2000 and history in the making for most of us who were [...]
Thirteen SCARY MOVIES–In honor of October and scary screamy experiences, I’m sharing 13 of my favorite horror, frighting movies. The Birds by Alfred Hitchcock Psycho by Alfred Hitchcock The Shining The Exorcist Aliens Halloween Poltergeist Nightmare on Elm Street The Omen Night of the Living Death Carrie Texas Chainsaw Massacre Seven Get the Thursday Thirteen [...]
Thirteen of the World’s Best Paid Authors J. K. Rowling James Patterson Stephen King Tom Clancy Danielle Steele John Grisham Dean Koontz Ken Follett Janet Evanovich Nicholas Sparks Nora Roberts (guess) Dan Brown (guess) Patricia Cornwell (guess) SOURCE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS Okay the last three were guesses. Can you think of any other others who would [...]
Thirteen Books Written by Authors of Color, from 1990-2000, which appear on the Banned Books List. As a reader, who read any and everything as a child, it boggles my mind to see banned book lists. This generation of parents has come to be known as ‘hovers.’ I agree. And, have to really work hard [...]
