Thanksgiving

From Wikipedia

Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. Because of the longstanding traditions of the holiday, the celebration often extends to the weekend that falls closest to the day it is celebrated. Several other places around the world observe similar celebrations. Historically, Thanksgiving had roots in religious and cultural tradition. Today, Thanksgiving is primarily celebrated as a secular holiday.

Happy Thanksgiving to everyone.

Lady Jan asks, "Only two weeks of school left?"

Ony two weeks of school left? How did that happen?

I know I have been working realy hard on my book, but really how did I miss all these past few months?

Next week my daughter will only have three days, and Monday is a holiday--Memorial day.

My mom called this morning and told me she already put the flowers on the graves. I meant to go with her, and I missed that too?

Where did the time go?

And today something weird happened I thought I saw my old dog Mitzi.

I know it's impossible, but I saw her move out of her bed (that's not there anymore), and hurry across the floor like she use to do when it was time for me to take her out side.

I looked quickly over but there wasn't anything there. My heart beat hard and I kept looking around, and thought what was that?

I sure hope that sort of thing stops--it's making me jumpy.

Easter at our house

My daughter Sarah scolding her daddy.

This is Arma my daughters friend from Indonesia, and a foreign exchanged student.

She spent the Holiday with us while her house mom was out of town.

She's a great girl and a pleasure to have over the weekend with us.

We also took her up to Mariposa yesterday and I'll post more on that later.

Hi there! That's me in the green!

I hope everyone had a happy Easter and ate lost of chocolate bunny's and eggs.

Happy President's day!

My daughter and my husband had today off today, so my daughter got to have a sleep over last night. And today my husband took us out to see a movie: the bridge to Terrabithia (which we thought was a sad movie).

History of the Holiday(president's day)

The original version of the holiday was in commemoration of George Washington's birthday in 1796 (the last full year of his presidency). Washington, according to the calendar that has been used since at least the mid-18th century, was born on February 22, 1732. According to the old style calendar in use back then, however, he was born on February 11. At least in 1796, many Americans celebrated his birthday on the 22nd while others marked the occasion on the 11th instead.

By the early 19th century, Washington's Birthday had taken firm root in the American experience as a bona fide national holiday. Its traditions included Birthnight Balls in various regions, speeches and receptions given by prominent public figures, and a lot of revelry in taverns throughout the land. Then along came Abraham Lincoln, another revered president and fellow February baby (born on the 12th of the month). The first formal observance of his birthday took place in 1865, the year after his assassination, when both houses of Congress gathered for a memorial address. While Lincoln's Birthday did not become a federal holiday like George Washington's, it did become a legal holiday in several states.

In 1968, legislation (HR 15951) was enacted that affected several federal holidays. One of these was Washington's Birthday, the observation of which was shifted to the third Monday in February each year whether or not it fell on the 22nd. This act, which took effect in 1971, was designed to simplify the yearly calendar of holidays and give federal employees some standard three-day weekends in the process.

Apparently, while the holiday in February is still officially known as Washington's Birthday (at least according to the Office of Personnel Management), it has become popularly (and, perhaps in some cases at the state level, legally) known as "President's Day." This has made the third Monday in February a day for honoring both Washington and Lincoln, as well as all the other men who have served as president.