Significant May!

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9615826.post-78918906759632932622008-05-01T08:51:00.000-07:002008-05-01T14:24:23.691-07:00Significant May!<div align="center">SIGNIFICANT MAY: </div><div align="center">May <a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/flower_of_the_month.html">Flower of the month</a>: Lily of the Valley, Hawthorn. </div><div align="center"><a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/zodiac.html">Zodiac Signs:</a> Gemini / The Twins / May 21 - June 21 </div><div align="center">The <a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/moon_names.html">name for the Moon</a> in May is Planter's Moon, Milk Moon. </div><div align="center">The <a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/Full_Moon_Day.html">Full Moon</a> is: May 20, 2008 at 02:13 Tuesday </div><div align="center">May <a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/birthstones.html">Birthstone:</a> Emerald, agate. </div><div align="center">Meaning: Love, Success </div><div align="center"> Hello Everybody, welcome to my blog and welcome to the first day of May! I sure hated to see April go because I really love those cool nights and warm days. Get this, my favorite time to drink coffee is in the month of April. Yep! I think it's because I know that April is the last month that I enjoy hot drinks. For some reason in the hotter months I had much rather drink cold sweet tea instead because coffee is to hot and makes me sweat. Oh how much I love the taste of coffee though. Now on with the subject of May! Guys your not going to believe this but while doing my research for Holidays I found out that the month of May has around 400 listed Holidays in the United States Alone. Holy Cow right! To see the complete list go to <a href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/Maycalendar.html">gone-ta-pott.com/maycalendar</a>. Many of these Holidays are pretty weird and wacky too. Holidays like <a href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/Maycalendar.html"> </a><div align="center"> Lumpy Rug Day--May 3 </div>Respect for Chickens Day - May 4 <div align="center">No Sock Day - May 8 </div><div align="center"><a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/national_have_a_coke_day.html">Have A Coke Day</a> - May 8 </div><div align="center">Tear the Tags Off the Mattress Day - May 9 </div><div align="center"><a href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/lost_sock_memorial_day.html">Lost Sock Memorial Day</a> - May 9 </div><div align="center">Hurray for Buttons Day - May 9 </div>Root Canal Appreciation Day -May 10 <div align="center">Eat What You Want Day - May 11 </div>I Just Called to Say I Love You Day - May 13 <div align="center">Blame Someone Else Day - May 13 </div><div align="center">National Dance Like A Chicken Day - May 14 </div><div align="center">Crazy Day- May 14 </div><div align="center">Marshmallow Fluff Birthday- May 14 </div>Over The Rainbow Day - May 15 <div align="center">International Pickle Day - May 16 </div>Pack Rat Day - May 17 <div align="center">Turn Beauty Inside Out Day - May 17 </div><div align="center">Brown Bag It Thursday - May 17 </div>No Dirty Dishes day - May 19 <div align="center">Frog Jump Day - May 19 </div>I Need a Patch For That Day - May 21 <div align="center">National Pickle Day - May 23 </div><div align="center">Scavenger Hunt Day - May 24 </div><div align="center">National Something day - May 25 </div>My Bucket's Got a Hole in It Day - May 30 Great American grump out Day - May - 31 </div><div align="center">and these are just a few. For the life of me I can't see how these are listed as holidays and how they got started but they sure do make great conversation pieces that's for sure. I guess they give you some great excuses to have a party too, right! To see the complete list of Weird Holidays go to <a style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/weird_holidays.html">Weird Holidays</a> and have fun reading. Significant Dates: </div><div align="left"><ul class="lpx"><li><a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/spring.html">Spring:</a> Spring Time runs from March 20th to June 20th. </li></ul></div><div align="left"><ul class="lpx"><li><a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/MothersDay.html">Mothers Day:</a> Mother's Day is celebrated all over the world to honor our Mothers, although the dates and months of Mother's Day differ from country to country. Mother's day is the occasion to pay tributes to our Mothers. </li></ul></div><div align="left"><ul class="lpx"><li>Cinco de Mayo ("5th of May" in English) is primarily a regional and not an obligatory federal holiday in Mexico. The date is observed in the United States and other locations around the world as a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride. </li></ul></div><div align="left"><ul class="lpx"><li><a target="_self" href="http://www.gone-ta-pott.com/Memorial_Day.html">Memorial Day</a> Memorial Day is a <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_holiday" title="Federal holiday">federal holiday</a> that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed in 2008 on May 26) (observed in 2009 on May 25). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. </li></ul></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">About May </div>May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. The month may have been named for the Greek goddess Maia, who was identified with the Roman goddess of fertility, Bona Dea, whose festival was held in May. <h2>Events in May / by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May">Wikipedia</a> </h2><ul><li>In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Catholic" class="mw-redirect" title="Roman Catholic">Roman Catholic</a> calendar, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> is the feast of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Joseph" class="mw-redirect" title="St. Joseph">St. Joseph</a> the worker.</li><li>In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neopaganism" title="Neopaganism">neopagan</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheel_of_the_Year" title="Wheel of the Year">Wheel of the Year</a> May begins on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> in the northern hemisphere and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samhain" title="Samhain">Samhain</a> in the southern hemisphere.</li><li>In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_calendar" title="Irish calendar">Irish calendar</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beltane" title="Beltane">Beltane</a> (Bealtaine), the first day of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer" title="Summer">Summer</a>, and a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.</li><li>In many countries, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day" title="May Day">May Day</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a>. This is celebrated as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day" title="Labor Day">Labor Day</a> in many countries.</li><li>In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Day" title="May Day">May Day</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1" title="May 1">May 1</a>, but a public holiday is held on the first Monday in May.</li><li>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a> it is an old custom to plant a "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tree_of_May&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tree of May (page does not exist)">tree of May</a>" to honor someone. Often young men set up an adorned <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birch" title="Birch">birch</a> in front of their girlfriend's house in the night before May 1.</li><li>The first Saturday in May is the date of the annual <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kentucky_Derby" title="Kentucky Derby">Kentucky Derby</a>, the most famous <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Horse race">horse race</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.</li><li>May 4th in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Netherlands">the Netherlands</a> is the day of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remembrance_of_the_Dead" title="Remembrance of the Dead">Remembrance of the Dead</a>, commemorating all the casualties in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_conflict" class="mw-redirect" title="Military conflict">military conflicts</a> involving the Netherlands.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinco_de_Mayo" title="Cinco de Mayo">Cinco de Mayo</a> or the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Puebla" title="Battle of Puebla">Batalla de Puebla</a> is celebrated in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico">Mexico</a> on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_5" title="May 5">May 5</a>.</li><li>May 5th is the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Day" title="Children's Day">Children's Day</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea" title="Korea">Korea</a>.</li><li>May 5th is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_Day" title="Liberation Day">Liberation Day</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Netherlands" class="mw-redirect" title="The Netherlands">the Netherlands</a>, celebrating the ending of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">German</a> occupation.</li><li>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_8" title="May 8">May 8</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" title="Victory in Europe Day">VE Day</a>. In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a> it is celebrated on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a>.</li><li>In the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Union" title="European Union">European Union</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_9" title="May 9">May 9</a> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Symbols#Europe_Day" class="mw-redirect" title="European Symbols">Europe Day</a></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Spike" class="mw-redirect" title="Golden Spike">Golden Spike</a> Day (1869 - Completion of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad" title="First Transcontinental Railroad">First Transcontinental Railroad</a> - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promontory_Summit" class="mw-redirect" title="Promontory Summit">Promontory Summit</a>, Utah)</li><li>On May 12, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Nurses_Day" title="International Nurses Day">International Nurses Day</a> is celebrated.</li><li>Finland's Day in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finland" title="Finland">Finland</a> on the 12th of May.</li><li>May 12 is also International Awareness Day for Chronic Immunological and Neurological Diseases (CIND). These diseases include Neurofibromatosis, Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome (<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CFIDS" class="mw-redirect" title="CFIDS">CFIDS</a>)/<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myalgic_Encephalomyelitis" class="mw-redirect" title="Myalgic Encephalomyelitis">Myalgic Encephalomyelitis</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibromyalgia" title="Fibromyalgia">Fibromyalgia</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_War_Syndrome" class="mw-redirect" title="Gulf War Syndrome">Gulf War Syndrome</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_Chemical_Sensitivity" class="mw-redirect" title="Multiple Chemical Sensitivity">Multiple Chemical Sensitivity</a>.</li><li>On May 17, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norwegian_Constitution_Day" title="Norwegian Constitution Day">Norwegian Constitution Day</a> is celebrated.</li><li>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chile" title="Chile">Chile</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Iquique" title="Battle of Iquique">Battle of Iquique</a> (Combate Naval de Iquique), is celebrated on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_21" title="May 21">May 21</a>, and it is a national holiday.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eritrea" title="Eritrea">Eritrea</a> celebrates its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Independence_Day" title="Independence Day">Independence Day</a> (Independence from Ethiopia) on May 24.</li><li>In <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Revolution" title="May Revolution">May Revolution</a> (or Revolución de Mayo), a national holiday, is on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_25" title="May 25">May 25</a>.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Towel_Day" title="Towel Day">Towel Day</a> is celebrated in May in tribute to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams" title="Douglas Adams">Douglas Adams</a>, author of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker%27s_Guide_to_the_Galaxy" title="The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy">The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy</a>.</li><li>Under the French <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancien_R%C3%A9gime" title="Ancien Régime">Ancien Régime</a>, it was of habit to "plant a May" or a "tree of May" in the honor of somebody. The County of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nice" title="Nice">Nice</a> saw girls and boys "turn the May" with the sound of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fife_%28musical_instrument%29" title="Fife (musical instrument)">fife</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drum" title="Drum">drum</a>, i.e. to dance <a href="http://mtcn.free.fr/mtcn-traditional-music-midi-round-may.php" class="external text" title="http://mtcn.free.fr/mtcn-traditional-music-midi-round-may.php" rel="nofollow">rounds of May</a> around the tree of May planted on the place of the village.</li><li>The second Sunday in May is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mother%27s_Day" title="Mother's Day">Mother's Day</a> in the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a>.</li><li>Each year in May, the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest" title="Eurovision Song Contest">Eurovision Song Contest</a> is held.</li><li>The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_500" title="Indianapolis 500">Indianapolis 500</a> is held on the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunday" title="Sunday">Sunday</a> before <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memorial_Day" title="Memorial Day">Memorial Day</a>.</li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_Day" title="Labor Day">Labor Day</a> in <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queensland" title="Queensland">Queensland</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> is celebrated on the 1st Monday in May.</li></ul> Love Quote of the Day "Love sought is good, but given unsought is better." William Shakespeare Quote of the Day Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one else is thinking. Do, every day, something no one else would be silly enough to do. It is bad for the mind to be always part of unanimity. - <a style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);" href="http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/32863.html">Christopher Morley</a> Short Joke of the Day A skeleton walks into a bar. The bartender says, "What'll you have?" The skeleton says, "A beer and a mop."Gone-ta-potthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10959503301658895541noreply@blogger.com