CELEBRATE GOOD TIMES, COME ON

I just finished reading this really Cute, Lovable book

 

 

Seriously, darling

 

Anyway..............it gave me my inspiration for this post

hang with me here

 

To put it in a nutshell

it is about a very old lady, quite eccentric, but a LOVER OF LIFE

and PEOPLE

She'd say the craziest things and affected so many people

 

In part of the story she is talking about her LOVE OF THOMAS EDISON

 

 

a friend of hers (story character Elna) tells this story:

 

She loved electricity and appreciated it more than anyone he had ever met before.

She wanted to meet Thomas Edison. She wanted to shake his hand and had a picture of him in her house.

She was upset that there was not a national holiday for Thomas Edison.

Why He lit the entire world!!  (she said) Just think, without old Tom Edison we would all still be sitting in the dark, no lights, no radio, no electric garage door openers. I think, after the Lord, of course, I'd rank him number two, that's how highly I think of old Tom.

She said...that even though they did not have a national holiday, she personally celebrated his birthday every year by turning on all her electrical appliances at once and leaving them on all day.

 

SO THAT GOT ME THINKING

 

If you could pick someone you wanted a holiday, celebration

named after

who would YOU pick

 

There are lots of holidays out there

Presidents Day

Columbus Day

Valentines Day (yeah he was a person, not just cupid)

St. Patricks Day

 

For Canada I did some research but didn't find much

other then Victoria Day

a day actually named after a person

I figured, surely there must have been some trapper

or pioneer, Eskimo

who was worthy of a holiday

 

Other then these two

 

 

Bob and Doug McKenzie

I like these guys

 

So I had to start thinking who's out there 

that is worthy of a day

named after Them

surely worth celebrating

 

So

since I am now a country girl

And live around fields and fields of crops

how about JOHN DEERE

 

 

I don't think there's a farmer out there who wouldn't agree

He was the founder of Deere & Company

Wow, just think of all the equipment with his name on it

out there

 

John Deere (Feb 7, 1804 - May 17, 1886)

He invented this stuff a long time ago

He started out as a blacksmith in Rutland Vermont

and one day

had this HUGE BRAINSTORM

hey, There has to be an easier way to do things

in these parts

 

We even wear his hats and t-shirts

 

Surely he deserves a celebrated day on his behalf

Then in the spirit of Elna like in the book

We could all have a parade

and drive our John Deere Equipment down the roads

and high five everyone

 

Or , again, since living in Canada

where would we be without SKATES

 

The oldest pair of skates known date back to about 3000 B.C., found at the bottom of a lake in Switzerland. The skates were made from the leg bones of large animals, holes were bored at each end of the bone and leather straps were used to tie the skates on. An old Dutch word for skate is "schenkel" which means "leg bone".

Around the 14th Century, the Dutch started using wooden platform skates with flat iron bottom runners. The skates were attached to the skater's shoes with leather straps. Poles were used to propel the skater. Around 1500, the Dutch added a narrow metal double edged blade, making the poles a thing of the past, as the skater could now push and glide with his feet (called the "Dutch Roll").

 

Now where would any good Canadian be

without their skates

HOCKEY ?????

I tell ya, they take their hockey Seriously around here

like scary seriously

 

and just think

Without skates, there would be no guys

in tight pants and sequined shirts

during the Olympic figure skating events

 

So

all that being said

this is a serious situation folks

we need more reasons to Celebrate

and have days off work at the very least

 

WHO WOULD YOU NOMINATE

for a day a year

tell me

 

Celebrate the happiness that friends are always giving

make every day a holiday and celebrate

just living

(anonymous)

 

And.....since I just lost 10 lbs

I think that calls for a PIZZA

wow

maybe we need a holiday for the Pizza dude