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February 28: National Public Sleeping Day, National Chocolate Souffle Day, National Floral Design Day, National Tooth Fairy Day, National Chili Day, and Rare Disease Day USA.

🛌National Public Sleeping Day. It is a day for anyone and everyone to take a nap on a blanket at the beach, at the park, in the movie theater, on a bus, train, or subway or any other public place that may work for you. Not a good idea to take that nap at your desk during work! There are different types of naps. The Power Nap is approximately 10 to 20 minutes long and can give a boost of energy to get us through the rest of the day. It also doesn’t leave us drowsy like some longer naps might and will also allow us to fall asleep at a decent time at night. The Hangover is about 30 minutes long, but it will leave you feeling loopy and wanting just to stay asleep. We will snap out of it but it may take a bit of effort, then belong your feeling as if you've had a power nap. The Brainiac lasts about 60 minutes with the deepest of sleep. While we may feel a little grogginess upon waking, our ability to recall facts, names and faces, will be improved. The California King lasts about 90 minutes and is typically a full cycle of sleep. It will also include REM or a dream stage. This nap improves creative thinking and motor memory, but night time sleep may become elusive. Some employers have begun to recognize the value of a nap. Studies have shown certain types of naps fuel the brain and recharge our batteries. Naps can improve productivity, decrease health risks and improve morale. Employers such as Google, HuffPost/AOL and Nike offer sleep pods or sleep rooms to their employees to reap these benefits.

🍫National Chocolate Souffle Day! The word souffle is the past participle of the French verb souffler, which means “to blow up” or more loosely “puff up”. A souffle is a lightly baked cake made with egg yolks and beaten egg whites that are combined with other ingredients to make the dish either a savory main dish or a sweet dessert. Two essential components make up every souffle. 1. a French creme patisserie base/flavored cream sauce or puree. 2. egg whites beaten to a  soft peak meringue. A souffle gets its flavor from the base, and the egg whites provide the lift to puff it up. A variety of cheeses, jams, fruits or chocolates can be baked into the base of the souffle. Many souffle bakers like to puncture the top of the souffle after removing it from the oven. Then they pour mouth-watering sauces onto it, such as chocolate, vanilla or for a savory flavor cheese and herbs.

💐National Floral Design Day! From majestic, historic gardens to a bridal bouquet on that special day, floral designers have an eye for color, style and perspective. Floral design can complete a space, complementing existing structures and bringing brightness and color to them. As with many arts, floral design has traditional roots hearkening back to Egyptian temple offerings to gods. The design changed from era to era, each having distinct customs and traditions. Floral Design Day was created as a unique way to celebrate a special birthday of Carl Rittner, the founder of the Rittners School of Floral Design in Boston over 60 years ago.

😇National Tooth Fairy Day! In the mid-1920s fairies were used for all sorts of health education from bath fairies to fresh air fairies as a way to get kids to remember to eat their vegetables, wash behind their ears and get a good night’s rest. Like toothpaste, today that advertises fruity flavors and sparkles to get kids excited to brush their teeth, in 1925 it was probably quite a bit more difficult considering the pastes were mostly peroxide and baking soda. One advertisement was for a Fairy Wand Tooth Whitener. This product promised to brush away cigarette and coffee stains. The ad was aimed at both children and adults. Then in 1927, Esther Watkins Arnold printed an eight-page playlet for children called The Tooth Fairy. It was the same year Sir Arthur Conan Doyle “proved” his claim that fairies and gnomes are real and “verified” with pictures of two little girls surrounded by fairies. The world was ripe with imagination and primed to have a tooth fairy about to come collect the lost teeth of little boys and girls and leave a coin or two behind. Arnold’s play began to be performed in schools the following year, and the tooth fairy has been slipping into homes ever since. She (or he) started leaving nickels and dimes under the pillows of sleeping children. Over the years there have been variations on the theme. Today, the average payout for a lost tooth ranges from $3 to $4 and can go even higher if Dad is on duty or if the tooth is lost late at night with no time for a parent to run to an ATM.

🍞National Toast Day! A slice of toast is very versatile. It carries a multitude of jams, jellies, marmalades and fruit compotes.Toast transports proteins and veggies, sprouts and soaks up sauces and drippings. National Toast Day was started in 2014 by The Tiptree World Bread Awards in the UK but has found a following in the United States.

🌭National Chili Day! Honoring one of America’s favorite winter dishes–chili, which is also known as chili con carne (chili with meat).vIn Spanish, chili refers to “chili pepper” and carne means “meat”. Chili is most commonly made up of tomatoes, beans, chili peppers, meat, garlic, onions and cumin. Basic chili has many variation. American frontier settlers used a “chili” recipe of dried beef, suet, dried chili peppers and salt, which was all pounded together, formed into bricks and dried. The bricks could then be boiled in pots on the trails. At the Columbian Exposition in Chicago in 1893, the San Antonio Chili Stand helped people from all over the United States appreciate the taste of chili. Because San Antonio was a significant tourist destination, it helped Texas-style chili con carne spread throughout the South and West. In 1977, House Concurrent Resolution Number 18 of the 65th Texas Legislature designated chili con carne as the official dish of the U.S. state of Texas. There are many ways that people enjoy the great taste of chili, some of which include: 🍁Chili dogs, 🍁Chili burgers, 🍁Chili cheese fries, 🍁Chili stuffed baked potatoes, 🍁“Frito pie”chili spaghetti, 🍁Chili mac, and 🍁Chili rice.

🌻Rare Disease Day! A rare disease is defined differently in different parts of the world. In Europe, a rare disease is one that affects fewer than one in 2,000 people while in the United States the standard is 1 in 200,000. While a majority of the conditions are genetic in origin, still others are the result of infections, environmental or degenerative factors. Often people with rare diseases face a multi-faceted uphill battle; with few suffers, there are fewer voices to bring awareness to their needs for research, medical and financial support or their physical, social and often times mental burdens. Rare Disease Day brings those voices together to help lift some of those burdens and bring awareness to light. First observed in Europe in 2008, Rare Disease Day was established by Eurordis, (the European Rare Disease Organization). In 2009, NORD was asked by EURORDIS to sponsor Rare Disease Day in the United States and we accepted.

I did not know there were so many different kinds of naps. I have to be really tired to take a nap in public. I never thought I would say this but I'm running right on by the chocolate soufflé, all those flowers, wave at the tooth fairy as I go by, straight to the chili, I'm freezing tonight. Maybe one day we won't have to worry about diseases.

Wow, so much more info. I did not know that about strawberries, Lidewey. That's funny MD, those baby polar bears must have tough little noses. And I had forgot about the polar bears have black skin.

Warning! Tomorrow is a state day!

Sending warm hugs! Hopefully they stay that way.🐶🐶💕❄️☃️💕