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National Theme For April 13th: National Scrabble Day, National Thomas Jefferson Day, National Peach Cobbler Day, National Make Lunch Count Day, and National Record Store Day.

✏️National Scrabble Day! Originally named Lexiko and then Criss-Cross Words, Alfred Mosher Butts eventually settled on the name Scrabble. The amateur artist and unemployed architect developed the word game in the midst of the depression. Still, it wasn’t until 1948, a final name change and a trademark that Butts finally began to produce the game. Scrabble is played with two to four players who score points by forming words from individual lettered tiles on a game board marked with a 15 x 15 grid. In the United States, the name Scrabble is a trademark of Hasbro, Inc. Scrabble is sold in 121 countries with 29 different language versions. Worldwide, over One hundred and fifty million sets have been sold with sets being found in nearly one-third of American homes. ✨1984 – Scrabble became a daytime game show on NBC. ✨2004 – Scrabble was inducted into the National Toy Hall of Fame. ✨Some cities sponsor Scrabble tournaments on the weekend closest to National Scrabble Day. ✨The word “scrabble” means to “grope frantically.” ✨National Scrabble Day is celebrated in honor of the birth of Alfred Mosher Butts, born on April 13, 1899.

🇺🇸National Thomas Jefferson Day! This day honors the birth of the third President of The United States, who was born on April 13, 1743. Most known as the primary author of the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson was a stalwart of democracy. While not much an orator, he wrote correspondence, documents, journals and manuscripts. Those who write, tend to read. Jefferson had a vast library of 6,500 volumes. Jefferson was not only a lawyer but a scientist of agriculture, paleontology, and astronomy. Immensely curious, he kept detailed records of the weather and eventually established weather observers across his home state of Virginia. Jefferson served as minister to France, Secretary of State in President Washington’s Cabinet and ran for President for the first time in 1796 only to be elected Vice President to his opponent, John Adams due to a flaw in the Constitution. Four years later the same fault in the document caused a tie within the same party between Aaron Burr and Jefferson with Jefferson assuming the Presidency. By Presidential Proclamation 2276 on March 21, 1938, Franklin D. Roosevelt proclaimed April 13 as a day to celebrate the birth of Thomas Jefferson. Then again on April 11, 2007, Presidential Proclamation 8124 by President George W. Bush commemorated the same day at Thomas Jefferson Day.

🍑National Peach Cobbler Day! It recognizes a delicious dessert that originated during the 19th century. Unable to make traditional suet puddings due to lack of suitable ingredients and cooking equipment, the settlers instead covered a stewed filling with a layer of uncooked plain biscuits or dumplings, fitted together. When the dish is fully cooked, the surface has the appearance of a cobbled street. The name may also derive from the fact that the ingredients are “cobbled” together. Some cobbler recipes resemble a thick-crusted, deep-dish pie with both top and bottom crust. In 2007, the world’s largest peach cobbler was made at the Georgia Peach Festival. It consisted of: 90 lbs of butter, 150 lbs of sugar, 150 lbs of flour, 32 gallons of milk, and 75 gallons of peaches.

🥗National Make Lunch Count Day! According to a recent study commissioned by TGI Fridays, the majority of U.S. workers suffer from “FOLO” – otherwise known as a “Fear of Lunching Out.” Many workers eat lunch at their desk at least twice a week (73%) while one-third have lunch at their desk every day of the week. National Make Lunch Count Day is here to remedy FOLO and help American workers increase their creativity and productivity. TGI Fridays founded National Make Lunch Count Day to remind American workers to get away from their desks for lunch.

📻National Record Store Day, owners, employees and music lovers gather in the place that created a culture of its own. From vinyl to digital and back to vinyl again, the brick and mortar store celebrates a love of not just the music, but the art of jacket covers, words and style. Through a variety of events, record stores across the country and the world hold one day events and promotions. Founded in 2007 by a gathering of independent record store owners, the first National Record Store Day included Metallica meeting fans at Rasputin Music in San Fransico. Since then, the celebration has spread globally encompassing all genres of music and fandom.

I love playing scrabble. I'll make lunch count with some peaches.

Back reading and realized I forgot to send Bixby his grilled cheese, sorry boy that your aunt forgot so I'm sending you two of them.😇

The thunderstorms missed us for the most part and no 80 degrees today either. We barely hit 70 with gusting winds. We've had the window open beginning of the week, now we may have to have the heat back on.

I'm glad you all like the info on Colorado because there was so much more to choose from. And the waterfalls...I wish I could have put pics of them all on here because there was so many more amazing ones. I think my favorite one would have to be the double one with the power plant at the top.

Warm hugs!🐶🐶💕💨🌤