No Housework Day!

Housework is something you do that nobody notices until you don't do it. ~Author Unknown

No Housework Day is your chance to do anything, except housework. Better still, have someone else do the chores for a day. Housework is a daily, seemingly endless and repetitive groups of tasks. It often goes unrecognized and worst of all..... taken for granted. But, watch out! If the dishes aren't done, or there's no clean towels, somebody takes note.

There's two ways to celebrate this day:
If you normally do the housework around the house, cease and desist for this day. Instead, kick back and enjoy the day. Relax and do anything, except housework.
If you are a spouse or significant other, do the housework for your mate. It gives her (or him) a break from the housework. And, you just might get an appreciation of how much work it takes to keep up the house.
This is one daily celebration that I will be participating in today. We have a busy day with the Astros home opener and son has baseball practice and I will not have much time to do anything around the house. Thank goodness that my cleaning lady comes tomorrow!

Do you have a favorite area to clean in your house or product that you use? Please let me know.

Today is School Librarian Day

School Librarian Day honors those who serve our young students so well in the local school libraries. The education of young minds needs to be nurtured and fed. Feeding those minds with good quality, yet challenging reading material and reference materials is what school librarians excel at.
Take a minute today, to appreciate all the hard work that a school librarian does daily, and the patience the librarian displays, as he or she aids our youth. You may choose to show your appreciation to School Librarians in a variety of ways, including:
Give the librarian a big smile and a big "Thank You!"
Tell you librarian that she is doing a wonderful job.
Send an Ecard
Buy an age appropriate book or reference material, and donate it to the library

Since I work at a school, my classroom honored our Librarian by making her cards that stated how much we appreciate her hard work. If I could go back to school, I would definitely become a school librarian. I so wish I had stayed longer and gotten my masters to be able to share the love of books with lots of children. Oh well, maybe when my son goes to college we can go together.

Have a fabulous weekend!

International Children's Book Day

International Children's Book Day encourages reading, and promotes the love of books for children. The best and fastest way to develop our young children into intelligent human beings is by teaching them to read. Instilling a love of reading promotes a lifetime of learning and enjoyment.
Libraries celebrate today with story telling hours and other events for young children. You can celebrate today by giving a new book to each of your kids. If they are too young to read, spend time reading stories to them. Its a great and memorable bonding time for you and your child.


Since 1967, on or around Hans Christian Andersen's birthday, 2 April, International Children's Book Day (ICBD) is celebrated to inspire a love of reading and to call attention to children's books.

Each year a different National Section of IBBY has the opportunity to be the international sponsor of ICBD. It decides upon a theme and invites a prominent author from the host country to write a message to the children of the world and a well-known illustrator to design a poster. These materials are used in different ways to promote books and reading. Many IBBY Sections promote ICBD through the media and organize activities in schools and public libraries. Often ICBD is linked to celebrations around children's books and other special events that may include encounters with authors and illustrators, writing competitions or announcements of book awards.

Check out these sites for more information:
http://www.ibby.org/index.php?id=269

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Children

This is one book on my wish list.

Have a great day!