Woohoo! *Happy Dance* time

I have over 200 follower’s now here on this blog! I appreciate each and every one of you. Thank you very much!

I have made a little thank you Here

xoxo

okay! social media etiquette

Apparently there needs to be a guide for people that are online, re; social media!

Okay, what brought this on? Well only the fact that within two weeks, I’ve gotten some friend requests on Facebook and saw we had mutual friends, so okay. ‘Accepted’

AND THEN! “I want to get to know you better.” “Oh send my your phone number so we can talk/text.” “You are sooo beautiful, want to get together?”

Seriously!?!

UM Dudes! Did you read that profile thingie: I’m married! I’m not looking for a date, a companion, to hook up or whatever. I’m on facebook, twitter to converse with friends, and if you think I’m giving out my phone number to some random person I don’t know, then you really need to think again. (which is my very polite way of not saying what I’m really thinking!) *Face Palm!*

There’s this thing called commonsense, USE IT!
As for asking a woman for her number online, and you don’t know this person, seriously that’s stupid. And the woman that would give it to you, also stupid! Hey I’m equal opportunity, I call both genders stupid when they act it! 😦

okay short brief rant, hopefully the two people that need to see this- ON Facebook! might actually take the time to read it, and if you unfriend, me, AWESOME! 😀

And to the other people that are nice and say hello, and are genuinely nice and polite, it’s great to have you as a friend! Thank you!! xoxo

 

IOTD

if anyone finds any of the Hello Kitty as Maneki Neko, please! leave me a comment with the link! thank you 😉 xoxo

Chicken Bones: a uniquely Canadian holiday treat

Thank you, Skeen!

Chicken Bones: an uniquely Canadian holiday treat

In this small town of 5,000 people, hours away from any major urban centre, this is a story of success tied to Chicken Bones, a bright pink candy with a gory name.

Invented by Ganong candy maker Frank Sparhawk in 1885, Chicken Bones have a spicy cinnamon crust and dark chocolate core and are polarizing in the Maritimes: some love them, some hate them, but few are indifferent. Since their invention, the company has produced nearly 700 million pieces – more than five million in 2012, a banner year – all of which are still made by hand at Ganong’s headquarters at 1 Chocolate Dr.

In one room, glossy hot-pink cinnamon candy is stretched, kneaded and cooled, both by the gyrating metal arms of a taffy puller and the strong arms of two workers.

They wield long, pockmarked steel bars and wear thick, heatproof gloves to protect themselves from the scalding candy, which is wrapped around a giant slab of bittersweet chocolate. The resulting 100-pound log is heated, rolled, pulled and cut into its distinctive tapered shape.

A lot has changed since brothers James and Gilbert W. Ganong founded Ganong Bros. Ltd. in 1873. But one thing that hasn’t changed is the company’s original steam whistle. It blows every day, twice in the morning and once at lunch hour. Candy maker Joey White, 55, who has been making Chicken Bones for a decade, says the sound, like the company itself, is part of what defines St. Stephen. “You can hear it five miles away. I don’t know what people would do if it stopped.”

Calendar day; December 28, 2014

Sunday, the 28th of December, 2014 is the 362th day in 2014 and in the 52nd calendar week.

General Events:

Card Playing Day
December 28, 2014 in the World

Card Playing Day takes place on December 28, 2014. A playing card is a piece of specially prepared heavy paper, thin cardboard, plastic-coated paper, cotton-paper blend, or thin plastic, marked with distinguishing motifs and used as one of a set for playing card games. Playing cards are typically palm-sized for convenient handling.

Countless card games exist, including families of related games (such as poker). A small number of card games played with traditional decks have formally standardized rules, but most are folk games whose rules vary by region, culture, and person.

Where is Card Playing Day?
Worldwide

Endangered Species Act Day
December 28, 2014 in the USA

On this day, Congress passed the Endangered Species Act of 1973.

The Endangered Species Act (ESA) provides a program for the conservation of threatened and endangered plants and animals and the habitats in which they are found. The law requires federal agencies to ensure that their actions are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of any listed species or result in the destruction or adverse modification of designated critical habitat of such species and prohibits the harming of any animal designated as endangered or threatened.

Where is Endangered Species Act Day?
Nationwide USA

Innocents’ Day
December 28, 2014 in the World

Innocents’ Day is observed on December 28, 2014. The Massacre of the Innocents is the biblical narrative of infanticide by Herod the Great, the Roman appointed King of the Jews. The number of infants killed is not stated, however the Holy Innocents have been claimed as the first Christian martyrs. The commemoration of the massacre of these “Holy Innocents” – considered by some Christians as the first martyrs for Christ – first appears as a feast of the western church in the Leonine Sacramentary, dating from about 485.

Today, the date of Holy Innocents’ Day, also called The Innocents’ Day or Childermas or Children’s Mass, varies. The 27th of December is the date for West Syrians and East Syrians. 28th December is the date in the Church of England, the Lutheran Church and the Roman Catholic Church (in which, except on Sunday, violet vestments were worn before 1961, instead of red, the normal liturgical colour for celebrating martyrs). The Eastern Orthodox Church celebrates the feast on 29 December.

Where is Innocents’ Day?
Worldwide

Els Enfarinats
December 28, 2014 in Alicante

Els Enfarinats is celebrated on December 28, 2014. The annual festival of Els Enfarinats takes place in the town of Ibi in Alicante, Spain, as part of celebrations related to the Day of the Innocents. In the day long festival, participants known as the Els Enfarinats dress in mock military dress and stage a mock coup d’état. Meanwhile, the Casats i Fadrins, accompanied by a band of street musicians called the Rondalla, known by the name of Sonet, Xirimita and Tabal, tour the city. At 8am, the Els Enfarinats take the city under the slogan “New Justice”, and at 9am the Race for Mayor will take place in which it will be decided who is to be Mayor of the Els Enfarinats. Then, the act of L’Aixavegó is carried out in the Plaça de l’Església (Church Square), where the Els Enfarinats reside. Here, it is decided that those who do not pay the fine will go to jail. At midday, a collection called the Arreplegada dels Enfarinats takes place through the streets of the old quarter and of the city centre of Ibi, terminating in the Sant Joaquim Sanctuary. They exercise their authority under a blaze of fireworks, flour bombs and eggs. Atfive o’clock in the afternoon the authority of Els Enfarinats comes to an end giving way to the celebration of the traditional Dansà.

Where is Els Enfarinats?
Nationwide Alicante

Day of the Holy Innocents
December 28, 2014 in Mexico

The Day of the Holy Innocents (Día de los Santos Inocentes), on December 28, remembers the biblical story of King Herod’s orders to execute male babies in Bethlehem in order to kill baby Jesus.

Mexicans play jokes and pranks to trick friends and family members on December 28, which is similar to April Fool’s Day. The media also get involved by reporting news that is too ridiculous or funny to be true, all in good fun. Some Mexicans visit cemeteries with offerings to souls of departed children, in line with a pre-Hispanic tradition.

The Day of the Holy Innocents is a religious observance and not a statutory federal holiday in Mexico.

Where is Day of the Holy Innocents?
Nationwide Mexico

Historical Events on 28th December:

1065 – Westminster Abbey consecrated

1612 – First observation of Neptune – Galileo observes and records a “fixed star” without realising it is a planet

1767 – King Taksin crowned King of Thailand and establishes Thonburi as his capital.

1828 – 6.8 earthquake strikes Echigo Japan, 30,000 killed

1836 – Spain recognizes independence of Mexico

1849 – M Jolly-Bellin discovers dry-cleaning, he accidentally upset lamp containing turpentine & oil on his clothing & sees cleaning effect

1850 – Rangoon, Burma, destroyed by fire

1860 – Harriet Tubman arrives in Auburn NY, on her last mission to free slaves, evading capture for 8 years on the Underground Railroad

1867 – United States claims Midway Island, the first territory annexed outside Continental limits.

1902 – Trans-Pacific cable links Hawaii to US

1906 – Ecuador adopts its constitution

1908 – Earthquake strikes Messina, Italy (nearly 80,000 died)

1921 – The beginning of the Rand Rebellion in Southern Africa; the rebellion started as a strike by white mineworkers on and became an open armed rebellion against the state

1943 – All Kalmyk inhabitants of of the Republic of Kalmukkie deported by the Soviet Union to Central Asia and Siberia. Many die en route

1945 – Congress officially recognizes “Pledge of Allegiance”

1950 – Chinese troops cross 38th Parallel, into South Korea

1970 – Yemen Arab Republic (North Yemen) adopts constitution

1973 – US President Nixon signs Endangered Species Act into law

1975 – “The Hail Mary”, with 32 seconds left in the NFC Divisional Playoff Game, Cowboys quarterback Roger Staubach throws a desperate 50-yard winning touchdown pass to Drew Pearson to defeat the Minnesota Vikings, and the “Hail Mary” play is born

1981 – The first American test-tube baby, Elizabeth Jordan Carr, is born in Norfolk, Virginia.

1984 – Creosote bush determined to be 11,700 years old

1985 – Warring Lebanese Moslem & Christian leaders sign peace agreement