Mark your calendars

Jan. 4: National Joygerm Day, celebrating people who are "delighted, ignited and excited"
Jan. 12: National Clean-Off-Your-Desk Day, to make room for a new year's paperwork
Jan. 18-24: Hunt for Happiness Week (www.sohp.com)
Feb. 12: Darwin Day (www.darwinday.org)
Feb. 23: Curling is Cool Day (www.wellcat.com)
March 8: Uppity Women Day (www.uppitywomenrule.com)
March 18: Awkward Moments Day (www.theshowworks.com)
March 20: National Quilting Day (www.NQAQuilts.org)
April 1-30: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival (www.tulipfestival.org)
April 2: Reconciliation Day (thanks to Ann Landers)
April 5: National Workplace Napping Day (www.napping.com)
April 12-18: Egg Salad Week (www.aeb.org)
May 16-22: National Dog Bite Prevention Week
May 23: World Turtle Day (www.tortoise.com)
June 4: Hug Your Cat Day (www.apricat.com)
June 19: World Juggling Day (www.juggle.org/wjd)
July 1: I Forgot Day, time to make up for all the events forgotten in the first half of the year
July 13: Embrace Your Geekness Day (www.wellcat.com)
July 25: National Parents' Day, proclaimed by federal law (www.parentsday.com)
Aug. 1: Sisters' Day (sistersday@aol.com)
Aug. 7: National Mustard Day (www.mustardmuseum.com)
Aug. 12: Vinyl Record Day (www.VinylRecordDay.com)
Sept. 5: Be Late For Something Day (www.geocities.com/procrastinators_club_of_america)
Sept. 19: Talk Like a Pirate Day (www.talklikeapirate.com)
Sept. 19-25: Balance Awareness Week. (www.vestibular.org)
Oct. 2: World Farm Animals Day (www.wfad.org)
Oct. 11: National Kick-Butt Day (www.springboardtraining.com)
Oct. 17-23: National School Bus Safety Week (www.napt.org)
Nov. 4: National Men Make Dinner Day (www.menmakedinnerday.com)
Nov. 6: International End Gossip Day (www.EndGossip.com)
Nov. 21: World Hello Day (www.worldhelloday.org)
Dec. 10: Human Rights Day (by U.N. and presidential proclamation)
Dec. 17: Underdog Day, to salute underdogs and unsung heroes

Source: "Chase's Calendar of Events 2004"