The origin of this phrase is found in the Bible. And its meaning is clear - a house cannot remain standing if it is divided - through the foundation especially. 

National Poinsettia Day The Poinsettia Pages : History, Legends, Facts, and more about the Poinsettia Why is the Poinsettia linked to Christmas?  Buy one for someone else or yourself today! Gingerbread House Day The History and Lore of the Gingerbread House The baking of gingerbread houses has long been a Christmas tradition, and some are truly architectural wonders.   Here's a more traditional, simple one . And then some people do things like this with them ! (Downton Abbey fans will love this) Largest Gingerbread house in the world sets record These are INCREDIBLE ! I've seen a few Food Network Specials on the Gingerbread House Competition held in North Carolina each year, it's fascinating! Want to make your own?  You can either buy a kit or attempt it from scratch ! National Ding-A-Ling Day What a weird day!  Kinda crazy but isn't that half the fun of these unique and strange holidays we've been celebrating?! Well, here's this son...

National Dress Up Your Pet Day Uh, okay? Since it isn't halloween I'm a little confused why you would dress your pet up today. Organize Your Home Day 31 Smart, Low-Cost Organizing Ideas The Home-Organizing Tips You Need to Know Hot Pastrami Sandwich Day Hot Pastrami Sandwich Recipe Dude, I love pastrami. Bring it on! If I were in the City today (you know, the Big Apple) I would hit Katz's for one meal for a sandwich and Carnegie for the other meal for a sandwich. They both serve up 'da bomb diggity pastrami and other foods! Poetry at Work Day It's Poetry At Work Day! (this is a dated article but all the content is relevant) Poetry at Work Survival Kit More Poetry at Work Resources I'm no good with poetry but in December I did consider rewriting MJ's Smooth Criminal into a parody called HR Criminal.  Maybe I'll work on that today and call it poetry put to music.  *wink*

Lest I sound trite I'm going to have to start acknowledging the "givens" for Gratitude Attitudes. Some days I just get "stuck", usually it's on those days that nothing has really happened good or bad, nothing has really stuck out, it's just been a ho-hum kind of day that passed by.  But even with the "givens" shouldn't I be grateful?  To take for granted the "givens" means, in my opinion, that I have ceased to be grateful for even those.  A grateful heart, a gratitude attitude life, is grateful for all things, even or maybe especially the "givens".   So with that said... :) Today I am grateful for shelter, a house to call a home.  After traveling to my beloved Kenya and seeing other places in this world (even in my own city) where the kind of shelter I have is a luxury, I am not unaware of how blessed I am and I try to stay mindful of not taking the house we have for granted.  We have a roof that doesn't leak, w...