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National Themes For April 16th: National Orchid Day, National Eggs Benedict Day, National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day, National Healthcare Decisions Day, and National Bean Counter Day.

🌺National Orchid Day! According to Wikipedia, Orchidaceae is a diverse and widespread family of flowering plants, with blooms that are often colourful and often fragrant, commonly known as the orchid family. Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering plants, with between 21,950 and 26,049 currently accepted species.

🥚National Eggs Benedict Day! It is a day set aside to enjoy poached eggs with Hollandaise sauce and Canadian bacon or ham on English muffin halves. There are two different stories as to how Eggs Benedict came to be. In 1894 stock broker Lemuel Benedict ordered “buttered toast, poached eggs, crisp bacon, and a side of Hollandaise” at the Waldorf Hotel. They were so impressed with the dish that they put it on the menu substituting ham and English muffins in place of the bacon and toast.In the early 18th century, Pope Benedict XIII liked an egg dish so much that he requested it time and time again. It is also believed that Pope Benedict XIII had an illness which added to his desire for this particular egg dish, hence the name Eggs Benedict.

🛌National Wear Your Pajamas To Work Day! What some people are calling “the best holiday of the year,” this day was created as a fun holiday. It is a day to celebrate and unwind from the long hours and hard work of those whose job is to prepare taxes and the anxiety of the last minute tax filers. National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day allows you to sleep in a little later than you normally would. Once you get up, you do not have to take the time getting dressed as you are already dressed for your day. National Wear Your Pajamas to Work Day has been catching on across the nation. To see pictures of participants and more information, go to http://nationalwearyourpajamastoworkday.com/

👨‍⚕️👩‍⚕️National Healthcare Decisions Day educates and empowers the public and healthcare providers to take part in important advance care planning. National Healthcare Decisions Day, is a collaborative effort of national, state and community organizations. Together these entities work to ensure that the information, opportunity and access needed to document health care decisions is available to all decision-making capable adult citizens of United States. National Healthcare Decisions Day was founded by Nathan Kottkamp, McGuireWoods LLP.

⚖️National Bean Counter Day is every accountant’s favorite day of the year. After the flutter and the flurry of preparing taxes right up until the stroke of midnight, these diligent number crunchers are well past due for a day off. All the receipts have been tallied. All the various tax forms in duplicate and triplicate have been submitted. The last couple months have been a whirlwind of debits and credits. It is time for all bean counters to take a well-deserved break. April 16th is the accountant’s day to turn off the phone and return to a more normal routine. National Bean Counter Day was founded by Kevin Wenig, a CPA from Trumbull, Connecticut, to insure April 16th is an official accountant’s day off.

I like Orchids because they come in a variety of colors. I'll have to pass on the eggs Benedict. I don't work but that doesn't mean I can't wear my PJ's all day.

Storm finished all three parts of the challenge last night. Unfortunately SnowStorm didn't, to many complications. Maybe next time.

I'm glad my twin got sunshine☀️ finally and I hope the flood water out there is receding.

Sending warm hugs!🐶🐶💕🌤