Tuesday, January 24, 2006

FOR WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 25, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

The hardest arithmetic to master is that which enables us to count our blessings

Eric Hoffer

TODAY'S ACTION

Appreciate the joy in this life in even its simplest forms

TODAY'S QUOTE

There are lots of people who weep when it rains and then find the sun too hot when it comes out. In winter they long for summer, in summer for autumn.....

Jean Vanier

HAPPY WEDNESDAY!

We’re back to winter here today. They say maybe 1-3 inches of snow possible. Maybe I’ll get to use the snow shovel I got for Christmas!

Take good care all !

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

TODAY IS...URBAN LEGEND COOKIE DAY!

A woman asked to buy a cookie recipe at Neiman Marcus and was told it cost "two-fifty" She thought this meant $2.50. When she got her credit card bill, she found out it was $250.00. Outraged, she spread the recipe far and wide for sweet revenge. True story? Who knows - but it's a great chocolate chip cookie

1 cup butter 1

 cup white sugar

1 cup packed brown sugar

 2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 cups all-purpose flour

2 1/2 cups rolled oats

1/2 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking powder

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 cups semisweet chocolate chips

4 ounces milk chocolate, grated

1 1/2 cups chopped walnuts

1) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). 2) Cream together butter and sugars. Add eggs one at a time and mix well after each. Add the vanilla and mix well. Measure oatmeal into a blender or food processor, and then blend to a fine powder. 3) In a separate bowl, mix together flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda. 4) Stir dry ingredients into creamed butter and sugar. 5) Add chocolate chips, grated chocolate and nuts. 6) Drop by rounded teaspoons onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 6 - 8 minutes

TODAY'S TRIVIA

Today is National Compliment Day, a day to compliment at least five people

1890: Nellie Bly, a young New York reporter, completed a trip around the world in the astounding time of 72 days, six hours and 11 minutes

1915: The inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell, inaugurated US transcontinental telephone service when Alexander Bell in New York calls Thomas Watson in San Francisco

1937: NBC radio presented the first broadcast of "The Guiding Light". The program became the longest-running story line in daytime drama. The radio show remained until 1956. "The Guiding Light" began its long run on CBS-TV in 1952

1959: American Airlines opened the jet age in the United States with the first scheduled transcontinental flight of a Boeing 707. LA to NY for $301

1959: Pope John XXIII, 90 days after his election, announced his intention to hold an ecumenical church council. (The Vatican II Council officially opened October 11, 1962 and closed December 8, 1965

1961: Walt Disney's animated movie "101 Dalmations" was released throughout the U.S. A live version was released in 1996

1993: Sears announced, after 97 years, it was closing its catalog sales department. The Sears Catalog was gone

TODAY'S SMILE

All I Ever Need To Know: I Learned on the Ark

1. Don't miss the boat.

2. Don't forget that we're all in the same boat.

3. Plan ahead. It wasn't raining when Noah built the Ark.

4. Stay fit. When you're 600 years old, someone might ask you do something REALLY big.

 5. Don't listen to critics, just get on with what has to be done.

6. Build your future on high ground.

7. For safety's sake, travel in pairs.

8. Two heads are better than one.

9. Speed isn't always an advantage; the snails were on board with the cheetahs.

10. When you're stressed, float awhile.

11. Remember the Ark was built by amateurs; the Titanic was built by professionals.

12. Remember that woodpeckers inside are a larger threat than the storm outside.

13. No matter the storm, when you're on with God, there's a rainbow waiting.

Author Unknown

Then the LORD said to Noah, Enter the ark, you and all your household; for you alone I have seen to be righteous before Me in this time. Genesis 7:1

A Sunday School teacher asked her class to draw a picture illustrating a Bible story. One paper handed in contained a picture of a big car. An old man with long whiskers flying in the breeze was driving. A man and woman were in the backseat.

 Puzzled, the teacher asked little Jimmy to explain his drawing. That's God. He's driving Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden

TODAY'S WORD

o·bei·sance noun

1. A gesture or movement of the body, such as a curtsy, that expresses deference or homage. 2. An attitude of deference or homage

TODAY'S REFLECTION

I kept my faith, even when I said, I am greatly afflicted.

Psalm 116:10

God, help me in my own small way

To somehow do something each day

To show You that I love

You best And that my faith

will stand each test

Helen Steiner Rice

TODAY'S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC

Diamonds are just little chunks of coal that stuck to their job

54 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

 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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BRIGHT SIDE LOGO BY SON #6

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