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Take Your Dog to Work Day – Best Holiday Ever! (and Ten Reasons Why You Should)

It’s about time they contributed to the cost of their kibble, rather than while away the hours leisurely napping, eating, playing and wee-weeing (not necessarily in that order).
Belt Rex into the passenger seat and use the car pool lane.
For once you can go through an entire day without wondering if someone is on the sofa who shouldn’t be.
You have a 140-pound Rottie and that bully in Accounting that you can’t stand has a prissy little pocket dog…well, ‘nuff said.

Let It Go Day

Today is Let It Go Day (also known as Easier Said than Done Day). It’s also National Pink Day, Typewriter Patented Day and National Pecan Sandy Day. Come on – which deserves the kudos? How does one pick from these gems? Oh, the pressure! Speaking of…I believe I just made up my mind. According to my research, “Resentment, stress and worry can make you feel unwell. Letting it all go, through positive thought, yoga and meditation, or the realization that in the grand scheme of things whatever ‘it’ is, is not worth worrying about.”

I’ll buy that. So – here’s what I’m letting go of, starting immediately or sooner:

It’s Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day

Um, say again? What is, and how exactly do we celebrate, Baby Boomer’s Recognition Day? To save you grueling hours, I initiated a comprehensive search on the subject. And since I still have no idea when it started or how the observation manifests itself (resources are conflicted), let’s see what we can come up with, shall we?

Dad’s Turn

H – is for all the hours of Homework help, and for never once making us feel stupid
A – is for all of our kiddie ‘Artwork’ you so proudly displayed on the fridge
P – is for all the Praise you heaped on us, no matter how big or small the accomplishment
P – is for Paying the bills, so we could just be kids
Y – is for our great back Yard, in which took place some of the best barbecues ever