Moving From NJ

If you are wondering why I didn't blog all of last week... HERE IS YOUR ANSWER! I was in NJ for the week- both for Easter AND to move things out of my Grandma's house. Almost all the furniture from my Grandma's house is gone, and is now in NH. In fact, I have a (semi) new desk! I finally cleaned off my old, scratched up desk, and Dad let me have the one from my Grandma's house. It is bigger and MUCH better than the other one.

Everything was moved in today- most of it is boxes upon BOXES of paperwork and- stuff. I can barely walk down in the basement, and much of the garage is also filled with moving items. Aside from this, NJ was great- I went to the movies with my Dad, I saw a puppet show with my sister and Dad, and went to the park NUMEROUS times. Easter was great- I made a bunny cake, but unfortunately got no pictures of it. 

Come to think of it, I barely got ANY good photos this trip! But then again, I was busy- going to the library, going to the park, going to lunch, going to dinner, and watching movies with my sister throughout the day. This post is getting lengthy, so I am going to end it here- I hope everyone had as good an Easter as I did.

Maddie

P.S. I should be back on my regular blogging schedule now- remember to check back every day!

Happy Labor Day!

Happy Labor Day! There is one thing I do not get about this holiday, and that is it's name. Why is it called Labor Day if you get the day off? It should be called something more realistic, like Un-Labor Day or something. But I decided to do a little research on today and find out why it is called what it is... Give me a moment, I am Googling.


Wow... Labor Day started a looooooooooooooong time ago. It started when children employed at a silk mill in 1835 stood up and went on a strike for the day. From there on in, every Labor Day people went on a strike.

Finally, in 1970 when the mail worker went on strike and no mail was delivered, President Nixon declared a state of national emergency. Since then, Labor Day has usually been the last weekend of summer for everyone to remind us of the labors we must go back to- adults to work, and children to school (except for me, I always do school!).

Well, you learn something new every day, huh? I never would have thought that that was the reason. I hope everyone reading this learned a little something... I know I did.

Maddie