Happy leap day to you too jrob and everyone else. Actually I missed it completely - as Mandy said, it's March 1st here in Aussieland, the first day of autumn, and yes, we're hoping for heaps of rain this year to break our drought. Hugs, flowers and have a fun day everyone.
13558thanks and a flower to all of you here. I lerm everything here...LeapDay. Sand, embroidery.Man is it fun
28916happy Leap day to all and flowers to each. I need to dress for dinner now. My sweetie is taking me out for fried catfish. Lots of cholesterol.
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by jrob
02 Mar 2008
ohh, yummy! Yes, it was called Sadie Hawkins day and we used to have a dance in elementary school where the girls asked the boys! I had forgotten, thanks!
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44254Yes, Happy Leap Year to CUTE and the CUTE community! A*4 all here.
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16513To all our non-USA friends, Leap Day is February 29th here. Every 4 years is called a Leap Year, when February has 29 days to catch up the calendar, because the true solar year has 365.25 actual days, and if we didn't have a Leap Year, the calendar would go off time very soon. Apparently, in the USA we will take almost any occasion we can find to celebrate!! Hope this helps, Sorval, and you can understand me ok. My best wishes to all my friends here. Marji
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by sorval
29 Feb 2008
hello marji i can understand you whe call that in the netherlands schrikkeljaar gr sonja
33451hello jerrilyn what is a leap day try it in netherlands please gr sonja
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by jrob
29 Feb 2008
hello, my friend. Marji esxplained it very well. We just take almost anything we can think to make a party or celebration! Netherland flowers to you! ;)
by jrob
29 Feb 2008
esxplained should have been explained. I was eating a piece of chocolate and it sometimes make me twitch. heheheh ;)
30638Sand when they start giving Cuteembroidery memberships, Embroidery Machines, needles, stablizer, and etc. instead of gloves PLEASE! let me know. Marji, I do not think I could leap, I could do the jump stitches tho. H & *'s
16434hi, here in Aus we have already had leap day and it is now officially autumn, 1st March. a *4u all
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by marjialexa
29 Feb 2008
Mandy, we're waiting for Spring here in the northern USA. But our official 'first day of Spring' isn't till 21 March. I hope it will rain for you all in Aus this autumn, and get you out of your drought situation. Best. Marji
583And to you, Jrob, and all my 'Cute' friends! This doesn't mean I actually have to 'leap' does it? I'm not sure I can even 'hop' this AM, hee hee hee. Would be a good day to do a project with a lot of 'jump' stitches, though, hee hee hee. Marji
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62459Happy day to you too. But what is Leap Day???
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by sand
29 Feb 2008
Oh, I get it. In Denmark we say the 24th is the leap, not the 29th. And on the 24th a woman can ask a man to marry. And if he refuse, he has to give her 24 pairs of gloves.
by marjialexa
29 Feb 2008
Cool, Sand! Actually, the custom in the USA too is that a woman can ask the man to marry on the 29th (when we celebrate the "leap day" ) but I never heard anything about gloves. I think if he refuses, this being the Wild West and all, she probably just gives him a clout on the ear! You have much more refined customs in your 'older' countries, hee hee hee.
by jrob
29 Feb 2008
Was there some custom regarding gloves? I guess being in a warmer climate, I don't get the reference. ;)
by marjialexa
29 Feb 2008
Hee hee, Jrob, I don't think you're old enough to remember 'dress' gloves. I'm thinking Sand means gloves like women used to wear every day, even in the summer. Your outfit was not complete without a hat and gloves. Maybe Sand will correct me if I'm wrong, because I suppose it does get pretty cold in Denmark as well. I still have a pair of lovely lace gloves I used to wear in summer. Boy, showing my age. Please tell me you're old enough to remember 8-tracks? Marji
by katydid
29 Feb 2008
I think that when a women asks a man to marry her is Sadie Hawkins Day. Does any remember that?
by sand
01 Mar 2008
Yes Marji, you are right. It is supposed to be "dress" gloves. I have a pair of lace gloves from my grandmother, I think I maybe used them once or twice when I was young at a party just for fun. 8-track ??? doesnt ring a bell (44 almost 45 years old)
by jrob
02 Mar 2008
I do know 8 tracks, and I had forgotten about the gloves. There is a picture of me in some when I was 2-3 yrs old but that is all. I guess after that it went out of style, or I got to be too much of a tomboy to put gloves on anymore!
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