FOR TUESDAY , AUGUST 2, 2005

    ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

TUESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2005  

TODAY'S THOUGHT  

 There is no greater invitation to love than loving first.   St. Augustine  

TODAY'S ACTION  

Use today, for it is a gift, to extend your love  

 TODAY'S RESOLUTION

  Whenever I think there is no hope, I shall
seek out God’s spiritual place where we
both can sit and talk of unlimited possibilities  

TODAY'S QUOTE  

   Expect people to be better than they are; it helps them to become better. But don't be dissapointed when they're not; it helps them to keep trying.   

 Merry Browne  

 HAPPY TUESDAY !

 We had dinner at everyone's favorite - 'O'Boys' - last night.  DD and hubby joined us.  I guess the 'Sunshine Babes' visited the Mall and DS#5 while I was at work.    Busy busy days for me !

  Have a great day all !  Another wonderful one on the Way !  

TODAY IS...WATERMELON LOVERS DAY !  

 Watermelon is part of the pumpkin, squash and gourd family. They originated in Africa - then spread to Egypt, India and China. When the French colonized America, they found Indians growing them in the Mississippi Valley. How they got the seeds is a mystery! The good news... only 40 calories per cup and lots of vitamin C  

WATERMELON PIE  

 9-inch crumb pie shell
1 container (12 ounces) Cool Whip, thawed
1 box (3 ounces) watermelon-flavored jello
1/4 cup water
2 cups watermelon balls
1. In a large bowl, fold the Cool Whip, jello and water together.

2. Fold in the watermelon balls, then spoon it into the pie shell.

3. Chill for 2 hours before serving. Makes a very sweet pie!

  TODAY'S TRIVIA

1776: The Declaration of Independence, adopted on July 4th, was actually signed by members of the Continental Congress 1791: Samuel Briggs and his son, Samuel Briggs, Jr. became the first father-son pair to receive a joint patent -- for their nail-making machine 1824: Fifth Avenue was opened in New York City on this day. It became one of the most famous thoroughfares in the world, the home of many beautiful, fashionable stores.
1858: On this day, the first mailboxes were installed along the streets of Boston and New York City. The idea of mailboxes began in Belgium in 1848

1887: Barbed wire was patented by Rowell Hodge this day <FONTFACE="COMIC size="4" MS? Sans>Joseph P. Kennedy Jr., U.S. Navy pilot and elder brother of John F. Kennedy, was killed when his plane exploded over the Belgian coast

1983: The U.S. House of Representatives voted 338-90 to designate the third Monday in January a federal holiday in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr

1984: Charles Schultz' award-winning comic strip was picked up by the Daily Times in Portsmouth, OH on this day. With the addition of that paper, Peanuts, featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy, Lucy, Pigpen, Linus, Peppermint Pattie, Woodstock and the gang, became the first comic strip to appear in 2,000 newspapers

1987: The 50-year-old Walt Disney movie classic, "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs," was re-released. The film was the most popular animated film in motion picture history. It grossed almost $20 million in its first 2 weeks  

TODAY'S SMILE

   A clergyman walking down a country lane and sees a young farmer struggling to load hay back onto a wagon after it had fallen off. "You look hot, my son," said the minister. "why don't you rest a moment,  and I'll give you a hand."

"No thanks," said the young man. "My father wouldn't like it."

"Don't be silly," the Pastor said. "Everyone is entitled to a break.   Come, sit down and have a drink of water."

Again the young man protested that his father would be upset. Losing his patience, the clergyman said, "Your father must be a real slave driver. Tell me where I can find him and I'll give him a piece of my mind for working you so hard!"

"Well," replied the young farmer, he's under this load of hay

   one more...  

As a senior citizen was driving down the freeway, his car phone rang. Answering, he heard his wife's voice urgently warning him, 'Herman, I just heard on the news that there's a car going the wrong way on 280. Please be careful!'

'I know,' said Herman, But, It's not just one car, it's hundreds of them

  Praise does wonders for the sense of hearing

  TODAY'S WORD

  exiguous
Pronunciation: /ig-ZIG-yoo-us/
adj : little, meager, scanty

Your knowledge of the subject is uninformed and exiguous

  TODAY'S REFLECTION  

For everything there is a season, and a time for very purpose under heaven:
a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
a time to kill, and a time to heal; a time to break down, and a time to build up;
a time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;
a time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
a time to seek, and a time to lose; a time to keep, and a time to cast away;
a time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
a time to love, and a time to hate; a time for war, and a time for peace."

Ec. 3:1- 8  

Successful people are at the right place at the right time to a great extent because they have learned how to take certain action steps in proper sequence. They have learned that scriptural truth, "to everything there is a season,/ A time for every purpose under heaven." They know that everything they desire has an appropriate place and time for accomplishment, and toward that end, they set their priorities in certain orders, prepare themselves in certain ways, and refuse to give in to discouragement or failures along the way.

Denis Waitley, Timing is Everything  

TODAY'S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMERS ALMANAC   Whoever is happy will make others happy too.  

 Anne Frank

  51 DAYS UNTIL AUTUMN  

 Delight yourself in the Lord
and He will give you the desires of your Heart
Psalm 37:4  

 I Love You All !!!  

 Be Blessed !!!  

Ma  

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