Signs By Tomorrow - Huntsville

Happy Wednesday!! ?? WHAT IS HAVING AN ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE!! Author | C. Knighten What is "having an attitude of gratitude"? According to my AI Overview on my Chrome Browser....it is about making a conscious effort to be grateful for both big and small things in your life! Actually expressing appreciation and thankfulness. What For you may ask????....hmmmm! How about: ???????? Your Family ?? Friends you laugh with ?? Food in your fridge ?? Your health ???? Your Job ?? Your transportation ?? The roof over your head Truthfully, there are many things to be grateful for......but it is easy to get down about our misfortunes and let them dominate our thoughts. Sometimes, we simply have to take the time to focus on the positives over the negatives in our lives. Remember, NO one has a perfect life.....but each and every day, we have a chance to choose how we will approach the day!! I choose to be grateful.....how about you???? #signsbytomorrow #businessowners #wayfinding #banners #schools #homecoming #signs #madison #huntsville

Happy Monday!!?? DO YOU S**K AT SMALL TALK!!???? Author | C. Knighten Celebrated from November 24th - 30th, BETTER CONVERSATIONS WEEK could not come at a better time......the week of Thanksgiving????. Whether we are gathering with family or celebrating a 'Friendsgiving", many people experience anxiety around family, new family members and strangers. This week is focused on helping those individuals overcome their fear and have more lively and meaningful conversations! This week focuses on ways to overcome awkward silences, odd transitions, and how to create topic starters. Being in the middle of either a small or large group can prove tricky when you want to join the conversation. Here are some ideas to help!?? 5 GREAT TIPS TO FEEL MORE COMFORTABLE: ?? First, Listen! Taking the time to truly listen before joining a conversation will allow you to speak intelligently about the topic. If you have heard this story before.....hold your comments so others can enjoy it. ??Open the Conversation! Often there are new people at a gathering. To start the conversation ask an open ended question.. Something that requires more than a "Yes" or "No' answer. Ask about a recipe you loved, or how Aunt Mary makes such creamy mashed potatoes? ??Elaborate more! If someone asks you a question, take a moment to consider it and then give them an answer that is at least two lines......not one or two-words. Expanding your answer may lead to other topics and a more in depth conversation! ????Offer Help! No matter where you are, offer to assist...from helping in the kitchen to setting the table there are many ways you can open doors to easier conversations just by being helpful! ??♂?Share something new! From a work achievement to adopting a new pet, most people have exciting changes in their lives they can share. From recent travel, to a new hobby you have taken up......these are great topics for conversation! Employing these tips will work just as well whether you are with family or at a company training or mixer. As with all things, practice will increase your confidence over time and help you conquer your anxiety! Take a deep breath, relax and have a great day!!?? #signsbytomorrow #businessowners #schools #banners #sportsteams #madison #huntsville

Happy Friday!! ?? IT'S FUNNY SIGNS FRIDAY!!?? Author | C. Knighten Source | Vince The Sign Guy I am a huge fan of Star Wars, as is everyone in the office.....so, I am easily tempted to share funny memes and quips, besides.....there are soo many!! I love this one and as always, Vince's play on words is superb. He is without a doubt, a JEDI WORD MASTER! If you have some funny quips or quotes to share in reference to Star Wars, please do....we would love to hear them!!??Besides.....laughter is the Best Medicine!! We wish you a great Friday and wonderful weekend!! #signsbytomorrow #businessowners #banners #wayfinding #deisgn #schools #huntsville #madison

Happy Wednesday!! ?? GET READY FOR NATIONAL GAME?? AND PUZZLE ??WEEK!! Author | C. Knighten Each year we travel and eat and eat some more, for our Thanksgiving holiday! We watch football both college and NFL and play countless games on our X-Box and Super Nintendo.... so, how much time do we truly spend engaging with one another? Typically we celebrate National Game and Puzzle week from November 20th- November 26th, spanning Thanksgiving week. This year, I suggest we expand this celebration since Thanksgiving falls on the 28th! And why not?? What better time to enjoy and celebrate all things games and puzzles with your family and friends. During this week and a half, gather around the table and play board games, with your kids or work a jigsaw puzzle ??with your grandma! There are so many different types of games, card games, dominoes and others like Monopoly or Clue! Rather than sticking your nose in the boob-tube, take the time to have some fun, talk and connect with those who are near! GREAT WAYS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL GAME AND PUZZLE WEEK! ??Plan a Game Night! Whether you have little ones or teenagers, plan to play some games that everyone can participate in ....how about Twister? Or consider a game of gin rummy! ??Discover some new games! Have you ever played Mahjong?? Or set up a net and enjoy a game or four of ping-pong! Weather permitting, go outside and play catch anything besides electronic games or the tv! ??Make your own puzzle! Making a homemade puzzle is fairly easy! Check out www.wikihow.com....they have great ideas, including making one of your favorite fur baby! #signsbytomorrow #businessowners #wayfinding #banners #design #schools #teams #huntsville #madison

Happy Monday!!?? IT'S MICKEY MOUSES' 96TH BIRTHDAY! Author | C. Knighten Photo | Public Domain Today marks the premier of “Steamboat Willy” on November 18, 1928....the day that fans worldwide officially recognize as Mickey Mouse’s Birthday!! The fortunate thing for Mickey, is while he may get older.....he doesn't show a single sign of aging in his 96 years!! Thank heavens for Walt Disney and his amazing vision for all the magic they have brought to us for all these years!! HISTORY OF MICKEY MOUSE: Mickey could have been a rabbit???? What?? Yes, while he has served as the ionic figure for the Disney brand all these years, he almost didn't exist. In fact, he was only created as a replacement for Walt Disney’s original successful creation, Oswald the Rabbit. Oswald was created by the Disney studio for a film producer and distributor through Universal Studios. The producer was Charles Mintz. Oswald was a great success, and with confidence, Disney asked MIntz to increase his studio's budget. Mintz had other plans, and countered asking Disney to take a 20% cut??With so much success from Oswald, Disney asked Mintz to increase the studio’s budget, but instead Mintz demanded Walt take a 20 percent cut. Disney, refused and while he finished his contract with Universal and walked away. With a large part of his crew captured by the contract with Universal, it was small crew that stepped up to create Mickey. Walt Disney and two animators, Ub Iwerks and Les Clark, started from scratch to create a new vision. Disney learned a hard lesson from the experience with Universal....never again would anyone own the rights to the characters he created! A real mouse at his Laugh-O-Gram Studio, in Kansas City, MO, was Disneys' inspiration for Moritmer Mouse. Yes, Mortimer was his original name, until Disney's wife Lillian, convinced him to change it to Mickey!! There were three attempts to launch Mickey as a new character. The first, was in May 14, 1928, Mickey appeared in a test screening of the cartoon short “Plane Crazy”, , which failed, Then a second Mickey short called “The Gallopin’ Gaucho”, was produced and also suffered from a lack of distributor interest. Three strikes....nope, they hit paydirt with their third try. Intended to be a parody of Buster Keaton's "Steamboat Bill, Jr." Mickey premiered on November 18, 1928 in New York, co-directed by Walt Disney and Ub Iwerks and “Steamboat Willy”, became Mickey's debut!! GREAT WAYS TO CELEBRATE MICKEY MOUSE'S 96TH BIRTHDAY!! ??Watch Steamboat Willy! Or any other Disney film. If you have the time, watch how the animation has progressed over the years by watching films from different eras. ??Throw your own Party!! Celebrate Mickey's birthday like you would others...click here to finish this post and follow us on our FB page: https://lnkd.in/ej9KGi4Y #signsbytomorrow #schools #businessowner #wayfinding #banners #madison #huntsville

Happy Friday!! ?? IT'S FUNNY SIGNS FRIDAY!!?? Author | C. Knighten Join us today to take a walk on a winding trail somewhere in a forest in the Northern United States.........and lo' and behold .....we come across this sign! Yes, this was actually posted on a real sign that I found on Yahoo......by -/_LittleLuna....just trying to give reddit....oh, I mean credit where credit is due! LOL!! ?? I'm pretty sure that there are several definitions for the word 'cougar'.....including puma, mountain lion (which I am familiar with having lived in New Mexico several times during my childhood), catamount and panther. Then of course, there is the two legged version that tends to stalk their prey in several different locations, from grocery stores to bars.....BEWARE of them! BEST PRECAUTIONS TO TAKE IF YOU MEET A COUGAR (??): DO NOT make eye contact! DO NOT engage in conversation! DO NOT allow them to buy you a drink! DO NOT have even one dance! DO NOT offer them a ride home! We hope you have a great day and wonderful weekend!! And remember, laughing is a very healthy activity!!?? #signsbytomorrow #bussines #wayfinding #banners #schools #teams #huntsville #madison

Happy Wednesday!! ?? IT'S WORLD KINDNESS DAY!!?? Author | C. Knighten Originally founded in 1998, World Kindness Day is celebrated an internationally to promote kindness throughout the world ??! It is observed annually on this day as part of the World Kindness Movement. Several countries including the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia and the U.A.E. promote this day in hopes of promoting positive acts of kindness both large and small! HISTORY OF WORLD KINDNESS: First introduced in 2019, by the World Kindness Movement, an official NGO organization under Swiss law. This group dates back to a Tokyo-based convention in 1997,supported by numerous institutions and associations based around the world. Their initial written declaration at their inception in Tokyo, stated their pledge: "to join together to build a kinder and more compassionate world.” Their overall purpose is “to highlight good deeds in your community focusing on positive power and the common thread of kindness which binds us.” Achieving Global notice in only two decades, there are many events that celebrate this day, from concerts and dance mobs to simple acts of kindness. The hope of the World Kindness Movement, is for this day to be officially recognized by the United Nations, just like the following: International Day of Peace, Human Rights Day, and World Health Day. GREAT WAYS TO CELEBRATE WORLD?? KINDNESS DAY: ??ARK! Act of Random Kindness!! Perform one act of random kindness today.... ?? ??Be Inspired! Watch either or both of these movies??......Bruce Almighty or Evan Almighty.....they always make me happy!! ??Smile! Sometimes we are so involved in our own problems that we don't take the time to look around and realize all we have to be grateful for......when you do....smile?? and share that with everyone you see! #signsbytomorrow #wayfinding #banners #schools #business #huntsville #madison

Happy Veterans Day!! ?? Author | C. Knighten Observed every year on November 11th, we celebrate this day to Thank all those who have served our country to protect our Freedoms and uphold our Constitution! HISTORY OF VETERANS DAY: Originally recognized as Armistice Day, Veterans Day was first observed by President Woodrow Wilson, a year after the end of World War I. It's purpose....honoring the sacrifice and bravery of the fallen during the Great War! In 1926, Congress adopted a resolution requesting that President Calvin Coolidge issue an annual proclamation on November 11, declaring Armistice Day as a legal holiday. In 1945, Raymond Weeks, a World War II veteran, had the idea to expand Armistice Day to celebrate all veterans rather than only those who died in World War I. He led a delegation to meet with General Dwight Eisenhower, who fully supported their idea! Weeks then organized the first Veterans Day celebration in 1945 right here in Alabama, and continued to do so until he passed in 1985. In 1982, President Reagan honored him with the Presidential Citizenship Medal. Later, Elizabeth Dole named Weeks, the ‘Father of Veterans Day’! In 1954, the U.S. Representative from Emporia, Kansas, Ed Rees, presented a bill to establish the holiday to Congress. Eisenhower, who was the sitting president and also from Kansas, signed the bill into law on May 26, 1954. Only eight and a half years after Raymond Weeks celebrated the first Veterans Day. With two additional wars behind us, World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress — at the urging of veterans’ service organizations — amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word ‘Armistice’ and inserting the word ‘Veterans.’ With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars. First received by Congressman Rees, the National Veterans Award was also created in 1954. He received the award for his contributions in making Veterans Day a federal holiday. Though the holiday is currently and was originally celebrated on November 11, the day was moved to the fourth Monday of October in 1971 due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. Finally, on September 20, 1975, President Gerald R. Ford signed a law that returned the annual observance of Veterans Day to its original date of November 11, beginning in 1978. In 2001, on August 4, the United States Senate passed Resolution 143, designating the week of November 11 through November 17, as National Veterans Awareness Week. The resolution provided for educational efforts focuses on elementary......click here to finish this post and learn great ways to celebrate and support our veterans locally: https://lnkd.in/ej9KGi4Y #signsbytomorrow #banners #schools #wayfinding #huntsville #madison

Happy Friday!! ?? IT'S ABET AND AID PUNSTERS DAY!!?? Author | C. Knighten Creative Pun | Vince the Sign Guy Every November 8th, we take a break to celebrate silly puns and the people who share them!! This day encourages us to have some fun, loosen up and laugh together! Cheering others up is a gift in itself....for example do you know some silly "Dad Jokes" or perhaps "Knock Knock Jokes", either way these are usually a little goofy, but stilly funny! Share them and share a laugh with others! Originally known as paronomasia, the pun is a form of wordplay that gives multiple meanings to a term/word or similar-sounding words to deliver a rhetorical or humorous effect. One can do this by intentionally using homophonic, homographic, metonymic, or figurative language. Puns always have correct or close interpretations represented in jokes or idiomatic constructions. Sometimes, they are culture specific. Puns have a long history in human writing; for example, the Roman playwright Plautus was famous for his puns and word games. Originating in ancient Egypt, puns were used to develop myths and interpret dreams. In Shen Dao, China, royal decrees were communicated utilizing puns. In ancient Around 2500 B.C. in Mesopotamia, punning was used by scribes to represent words in cuneiform. Interestingly enough, the Hebrew Bible also contains puns! The Roman playwright,, Plautus, was quite famous for his word games and puns! Even the Mayans, used puns in their modern languages and hieroglyphic writings. GREAT WAYS TO CELEBRATE THIS DAY: ??Share your favorite pun! Brighten up someone's day with a silly joke or great pun. Sharing laughter and a smile is a great way to start or end your day!! ??Watch a comedy! Whether you binge watch a series or a funny movie, either way is a great way to enjoy your evening! ??Smiling saves wrinkles!! FACT: It takes fewer muscles to smile than to frown.....so help prevent frown lines by smiling more!! Laughter is the best medicine .....so let's laugh more.....together!! Have a great weekend!!?? #SignsByTomorrow #businessowners #wayfinding #schools #banners #huntsville #madison

Happy Wednesday!! ?? IT'S NATIONAL NACHOS DAY!!! Author | C. Knighten Each November 6th, we take the time to celebrate a finger food favorite Nachos??!! With so many versions to to choose from vegan, beef, pork, chicken with or without jalapenos.....everyone has their favorite go-to! The only common ingredients are chips and cheese....lots, and lots of cheese!!?? HISTORY OF NATONAL NACHO DAY! Inevitably, we have to start at the Mexican border town of Piedras Negras — just west of the Rio Grande, which sits across from Eagle Pass, Texas. According to legend ....It was a hot day in 1943, and military wives of U.S. soldiers stationed at Ft. Duncan, decided to drop in on a local hotspot called the Victory Club, in Piedras Negras. Unfortunately the restaurant had closed for the day.?? However, a manager named Ignacio “Nacho” Anaya decided to take care of the ladies and threw together a dish from his leftover ingredients.....Cheese, tortillas and jalapenos. Anaya fried and sliced the tortillas into triangles, topped them with shredded cheddar and jalape?o peppers — and voila'......Nachos were born!! In the Arlington Stadium in 1976, an alternate version of nachos using the familiar cheese sauce made its debut at a Texas Rangers game! Two years later, Howard Cosell, the iconic ABC sportscaster, mentioned the term “nachos” during a Monday Night Football game — helping to turn this rather simple dish into an American tradition. GREAT WAYS TO CELEBRATE NATIONAL NACHO DAY! ??Eat Nachos, of course!! Check out local restaurants for their version of nachos......consider Blue Oak Barbecue, located in Mid-City.....their brisket nachos with pickled jalapeno's are divine!! ??Have a Tailgate Competition! There are so many ways to create nachos, ??,??,??, and ??????!! No matter how you like them.....there is always a fresh way to create them! Have you considered fish nachos?? ??Share your favorite recipe! From your favorite protein to your fresh toppings, everyone seems to have a different masterpiece of their favorite nachos.....so, what's yours?? Note: Piedras Negras continues to celebrate “The International Nacho Festival” each October — complete with live????music, art, cultural activities, and a “giant nacho” contest!! #signsbytomorrow #businessowners #indoor #outdoor #wayfinding #shcools #banners #huntsville #madison