Waffle Day

This morning I heard today was Waffle Day. I'd never heard of Waffle Day, and I love waffles. Today was a day I needed to celebrate!

After some investigating, I discovered today is not really Waffle Day. Here's some information from my research...

As it turns out, waffles are such a popular world-wide phenomenon, that they merit two days in the calendar to celebrate them.

Waffle Day began in Sweden as Våffeldagen, actually due to confusion between the Swedish “vårfrudagen” meaning “Our Lady’s Day” which falls on the same date. The day historically marks the beginning of spring and is celebrated by the eating of many waffles.

The alternative Waffle Day began in the USA and honours the anniversary of the patenting of the first US waffle iron invented by Cornelius Swarthout of Troy, New York and is celebrated on 24th August.

I'm going to confess.... I learned so much from those paragraphs. I had no idea Cornelius Swarthout invented the waffle iron. No clue!  

Blogger World since I live in America, I'm going to celebrate Waffle Day on August 24th. It's only fair...since I'm an American and all. However if you are in Sweden, I hope you have a fab Waffle Day. 

Birthday Recap

This weekend was my birthday. I turned the big 3-3; and you know I never waste a birthday weekend.

I'm a big fan of celebrating birthdays! Here's a recap of my birthday weekend...

My parents cooked a great family birthday dinner, which included 3 different types of salads! My mom really out did herself with the food! The surprise of the evening was my aunt/uncle/cousins stopping by for short visit. It was great to see these crazy folks! 

Lots of sugar was used to help celebrate!

Milkshake for lunch on Saturday. 

Cupcake for dinner on Saturday night. 

Birthday Pedicure...

No birthday is complete without some shopping. Sister #1 and I hit up my favorite bread store. This place sells bread for cheap prices. I walked away with hamburger buns and a loaf of bread for $0.89 a piece. You can't beat those prices!!!

My birthday weekend ended with a new episode of Walking Dead.

Overall it was a nice birthday weekend! 

Here's to year #33!

It's that time of year...

Good luck to you all. 

May the odds be in your favor!  

Weekend Highs and Lows

Highs

Riding/operating a man lift. 

Strawberry Shortcake! 

Running with these fine people.

Lows

The cold temps for our run. No fun! It was 30 mph wind and 40 degrees. 

My thoughts exactly...

Your Daily People.com

A month ago I posted an unflattering picture of Kim Kardashian. In case you don't remember I'll give you a quick refresh: 

Remember?

It appears Kim did not follow my advice on wearing appropriate size clothing. 

Bless her heart. 

Yesterday, Kim tweeted a picture of herself in her younger sister's swimsuit. 

I'm pretty jealous of Kim's abs. Good work sister! However, I'm afraid poor Kylie will never wear this swimsuit again. 

Happy Birthday

Today we are celebrating a special birthday! 

Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web! 

On behalf of the entire world, I'd like to thank you for changing our lives....