Balloons Around the World Day

Happy Balloons Around the World Day! Doesn't that just make you want to smile? It sure makes me want to smile! The idea of the day is to make people smile with the unexpected gift of balloon art. You've seen them, the funny twisted balloons in the form of a dog, or a hat. They do bring out a smile... This also happens to be National Pizza Month and National Popcorn Popping Month, so it is all fun for the family. What more do you need for a good time than balloons, pizza?!

While all of those celebrations are good for our families, there is another day today that is good for our pocketbooks; Change a Light Day. Energy Star, the US Department of Energy, Consumer Reports, and others are encouraging homeowners to change at least one incandescent bulb to a compact fluorescent bulb (CFL).

In fact, according to the U.S. Department of Energy, if every American household were to replace one incandescent bulb with an Energy Star CFL, enough energy would be saved to light more than three million homes for a year and cut annual energy costs by $600 million. (Consumer Reports, October 2007).

So here's the plan: change a light bulb to a CFL, then sit down with your family for a fun night of making balloon creatures, eating pizza, and having popcorn with a movie!