“We spend January 1 walking through

our lives, room by room, drawing up

a list of work to be done, cracks to be patched.

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Maybe this year, to balance the list,

we ought to walk through the rooms of

our lives…not looking for flaws,

but for potential.”

~ Ellen Goodman (quotesdaddy.com)

Instead of celebrating some of the usual and unusual holidays — I’ve decided to offer up some possible serving suggestions for myself.  You’re welcome to check them out, or not, for the months of 2010 — plus a few of the quirky holidays …

Some of January’s Food & Quirky Observances…

• Bread Machine Baking Month
• National Candy Month
• National Egg Month
• National Hot Tea Month
• National Meat Month

Also, why not peruse the…

*Other Food Observances List*

And check out…

PREVIOUS CALENDAR DAYS & MONTH(S)

As well as my…

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LOST Season III Quote (Excuse the length of this quote, but it was one of the best episodes of the season.  Plus Desmond was my favorite character.  I like his quirkiness and the interaction between he and Ms. Hawking in this scene) …

“[Cut to a close up of wedding rings in a display counter.]
MS. HAWKING: Never done this before have you?
[Camera reveals Desmond in a second hand shop.]
DESMOND: Is it that obvious?
MS. HAWKING: I can always tell the first timers. Well, then, may I ask your price range?
DESMOND: I’m not a man of means…
MS. HAWKING: Oh…
DESMOND: I hope to — one day…
MS. HAWKING: I have just the thing. [she shows him a ring] This won’t blind any queens, to be sure, but still has the sparkle of life.
DESMOND: I’ll take it.
MS. HAWKING: [surprised] I’m sorry?
DESMOND: It’s perfect. I’ll take it.
MS. HAWKING: No you won’t. Give me the ring. Give it here.
DESMOND: I don’t understand.
MS. HAWKING: This is wrong. You don’t buy the ring. You have second thoughts; you walk right out that door. So, come on, let’s have it.
DESMOND: I don’t know what you’re on about.
MS. HAWKING: You don’t buy the ring, Desmond.
DESMOND: How do you know my name?
MS. HAWKING: Well, I know your name as well as I know that you that don’t ask Penny to marry you. In fact, you break her heart. Well, breaking her heart is, of course, what drives you in a few short years from now to enter that sailing race — to prove her father wrong — which brings you to the island where you spend the next 3 years of your life entering numbers into the computer until you are forced to turn that failsafe key. And if you don’t do those things, Desmond David Hume, every single one of us is dead. So give me that sodding ring.
[COMMERCIAL BREAK]
MS. HAWKING: [when Desmond doesn't give her the ring] Oh, you’re going to be difficult about this, I can see.
DESMOND: Who are you?
MS. HAWKING: Do you like chestnuts?
DESMOND: What?
[Scene switches to Ms. Hawking buying chestnuts from a street vendor.]
MS. HAWKING: Thank you.
[She notices a man climbing stairs from the Underground.]
MS. HAWKING: That man over there is wearing red shoes.
DESMOND: So, what then?
MS. HAWKING: Just thought it was a bold fashion choice worth noting.
DESMOND: This isn’t really happening, is it?
MS. HAWKING: Sorry?
DESMOND: I’ve had a concussion. You’re my subconscious.
MS. HAWKING: [amused] Am I?
DESMOND: You’re here to talk me out of marrying Penny. Well, it won’t bloody work.
MS. HAWKING: Oh, yes it will.
DESMOND: No, there is no island. There is no button. It’s madness. I love her. She loves me. I’m going to spend the rest of my life with her.
MS. HAWKING: No, Desmond, you’re not.
[Suddenly, there is a loud crash behind the bench Ms. Hawking and Desmond have been sitting on. Some scaffolding has fallen and killed the man with red shoes.]
DESMOND: Oh, my God. You knew that was going to happen, didn’t you? [she nods] Then why didn’t you stop it? Why didn’t you do anything?
MS. HAWKING: Because it wouldn’t matter. Had I warned him about the scaffolding tomorrow he’d be hit by a taxi. If I warned him about the taxi, he’d fall in the shower and break his neck. The universe, unfortunately, has a way of course correcting. That man was supposed to die. That was his path just as it’s your path to go to the island. You don’t do it because you choose to, Desmond. You do it because you’re supposed to.
DESMOND: I’m going to meet Penny in an hour. I’ve got the ring; she’ll say yes; I can choose whatever I want.
MS. HAWKING: You may not like your path, Desmond, but pushing that button is the only truly great thing that you will ever do.
DESMOND: How much for the ring?
[Ms. Hawking looks disappointed and walks away.] ”

LOST, Season III, “Flashes Before Your Eyes, Episode XVII

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