It's MY month......so, here are a few things that are bringing a smile to my face.
February, typically the coldest of the year and my birthday month makes me happy for lots of reasons.......here are my top 5 this year! 1. My friend Michelle taught myself and a couple of other ladies how to make her fabulous sugar cookies and royal icing and then we got to decorate and eat! 2. I really enjoy making different soups and this book has a calendar with a different soup for each day of each month. 3. February's color is purple, stone is amethyst and flower is violet. 4. Balloon, Balloons, Balloons! They just make me happy. 5. I saw a lady with a t-shirt like this and then found this sign on Pinterest.
-Here are some fun facts about this month, how many did you already know?
-February is National Hot Breakfast Month!
-Valentine’s Day was first celebrated around the year 500.
-Shakira, Rebel Wilson, Chris Rock, Ashton Kutcher, John Williams, Jennifer Aniston, Rihanna, Emily Blunt, and Rashida Jones are just a few celebrities born in February.
-The word February comes from a Latin word meaning “purification.
-February is Return Shopping Carts to the Supermarket Month!
-February of 1878, inventor Thomas Edison was granted a patent for the phonograph.
-The chance of being born on Feb. 29 (this date only occurs on a Leap Year) is 1 in 1,461.
-According to grammarerrors.com, February “is probably one of the most commonly mispronounced words in the English language.
-In the 1500s, February was known as “Feverell.”