Wednesday Medley

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NATIONAL JOE DAY – March 27

NATIONAL JOE DAY

Enjoy a cup of “joe” with all of your friends named Joe, Jo, Joette, Joey, Joseph, Josephine, Johanna, Joann, Jodie or any variant of the name Joe every year on March 27th, National Joe Day.

According to the Social Security Administration, the name Joseph was ranked No. 6 from 1893 to 1899 behind John, William, James, George, and Charles.  In 1910, it moved to No. 5.  From 1911 to 2005 it was ranked No. 12 or lower.

There are many famous people named Joe.  Just a few are:

• Joe Montana Coach, American football player.
• Joe Pesci Comedian, Musician Actor.
• Joe Biden Politician, Lawyer.
• Joseph Gordon-Levitt Theatrical producer, Entrepreneur Film Producer.
• Joe Namath Actor, American football player.
• Joseph Stalin Politician, Soldier.
• Joey Ramone Songwriter, Musician Singer-songwriter.
• Shoeless Joe Jackson, Baseball player.
• Joe Green, American football player
• Joe Jonas, Musician
• Joe DiMaggio, Baseball player, actor
• Joe Cocker, Musician
• Joe Frazier, Boxer
• Joe Mauer, Baseball player
• Joe Walsh, Musician

HOW TO OBSERVE

During our research, we found this day has a few different versions as to how it is celebrated.

1.  Honor all people with the name “Joe.”
2.  For the day, change your name to a name of your choice.
3.  Everyone change their name to “Joe” for the day.  Women and girls may use  “Josephine” or “Jodie.”

Use #NationalJoeDay to post on social media.

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1.  Who is your favorite "Joe/Jo" and what can you tell us about him or her? My favorite Jo is my daughter.  Her middle name is Jo.

2.  Who were you named for and do you or did you know that person?  I have no idea who I was named for.  I really don't think I was named after anyone.

3.  Do you have a middle name and do you like it/use it? I have a middle name, but I rarely use it.  However, my mom did when she was hollering at me for something.  

4.  Have you ever named your car?  Tell us about it, please!  No my car is not named.

5.  Tell us the name of a fictional character you have never forgotten and why you remember it so well. Jerusha from Hawaii by James Michener.  Loved the book and movie and I loved her name.  Julie Andrews portrayed her in the movie.  For a long time, I wanted to name one of my kids that.  But by the time the girl's came I liked different names.

6.  Share something random with us about your week. I've really been enjoying my break from blogging and I'm not sure I'm back fully yet, but decided to post today.  I've really missed every one, but not so much the discipline of actually blogging regularly.   

Hope you are having a great week and thanks for visiting.

Cathy

Break Time

Good morning!

I have debated whether to write this post or not, but my sister and my husband both think that I should. So here goes. lol

I’ve decided to take a break from blogging for awhile. There’s nothing wrong, but I just don’t feel like I have much to say and it’s feeling forced and just not a lot of fun. I have no idea how long this break will be. Who knows?  I may even be back next week. lol. I’ll probably be around reading some of your posts and as God directs and brings to mind, I will be praying for you.

I’ll still be out there on FB and mostly Instagram.  Come follow me there.

Love you all.

Cathy

Friday Foto Friends

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These are some pictures from last week. My daughter sent me the pictures of my grandson. 

Hope you all have a great weekend. 

Cathy

Thankful Thursday

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I am so thankful for bath time with this fella last night. Thank you God for this wonderful blessing. 

Wednesday Medley

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 NATIONAL CROISSANT DAY

In the United States, National Croissant Day is observed each year on January 30th. Croissants are a buttery, crescent-shaped rolls that are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.  

The key to a perfect croissant is laminating the dough. Laminating the dough is a process by which butter is folded into the mixture creating multiple thin layers of butter and dough. The result is a mouth-watering flaky crust and airy body.

Legend surrounds this pastry, as is often the case with a popular, worldly treat. What is known, is that crescent-shaped breads have been found around the world for ages. One of these was the Kipferl which originated in Austria as far back as the 13th century. This nonlaminated bread is more like a roll.

Credit for the croissant we know today is given to an Austrian military officer, August Zang. In 1939 he opened a Viennese bakery in Paris introducing France to Viennese baking techniques.

HOW TO OBSERVE

Stop by the bakery for a fresh, warm croissant or try making your own using this recipe: Croissants recipe.

1.  Well, I do love croissants when they are fresh, but day-old croissants need to be turned into a donut.  I happen to really like the croissants that have a donut-like glaze on them!  Sugar overload but so good.  So... do you like croissants?  What is your favorite way to eat them? 

Croissants are good, but definitely not my favorite bread or sweet treat.  But if I’m going to have them, I like them sweet the best.

2.  Speaking of food... How do you handle stress?

Prayer and more prayer.  But I must admit snacking on anything available is my fallback.

3.  Out of the negative emotions of greed, anger, jealousy, and hate, which one would you say affects you the most?

Anger (actually it’s probably irritation more than anger).  The Lord and I are working on this.

4.  Out of the positive emotions of compassion, positivity, enthusiasm, and initiative, which one is your biggest strength?

Positivity.  I feel being an encourager to others is very important and I feel it’s one of my spiritual gifts.

5.  What do you get every time you go grocery shopping, other than the staples such as bread, milk, butter, flour, sugar...

Nothing all the time, but quite often sugar free ice cream, bananas and nuts.

6.  Please tell us something random about your week so far.

We’ve been so busy the last couple of weeks, so I am really enjoying this week.  Tonight will be the 3^rd night in a row that we’ll be home.  It’s been so nice to spend time at home with hubby watching TV, reading and crocheting.  We are loving it so much and I think our dog loves it too.  It has also given us lots of time to video chat with our daughter and grandson.

Hope you are having a great week and thanks for visiting.

Cathy