Leap Day

February 29, 2012


Generally speaking, there is no big celebration scheduled for "Leap Day". It is mainly a technical adjustment to our calendar to make our time consistent with the rotation of the earth around the sun. We think of a year as having 365 days, but according to scientists, our year is really 365.25 days. Hence the need every four years to add one full day.


There are celebrations for all the folks who were born on February 29. Once every four years they actually have a "birth" day.


Folklore has it that there could be a role reversal on leap day and females could ask men to marry them rather than the tradition of men popping the "Will you marry me?" question. In the twenty-first century, popping the question no longer an issue.


Here are a few "leaps" that could be made this year:


1) "Leap" into the housing market; buy a home.


2) "Leap" into a renovation project that enhances your home.


3) "Leap" into any project that will make 2012 a special year to remember.


The last leap year was memorable as the year of the financial bust. Lets make this leap year the year of the financial recovery.