BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

APRIL 28TH, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

People grow old by deserting their ideals. Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up wrinkles the soul.

Douglas MacArthur

TODAY'S ACTION

Always you can go higher, for within yourself you are greater than you think

TODAY'S QUOTE

We must learn to let go, to give up, to make room for the things we have prayed for and desired.

Charles Fillmore

HAPPY FRIDAY!

After work today Part 2 of the Kitchen Makeover will begin ! Another busy weekend. This time we won’t have so much help. Only DS#5 and his wife will be here to paint ! I’ll be taking more pictures so you all can see the progress. Remember, I post the pictures on my journal page – GOOD MORNING SUNSHINE. The link is always at the bottom of this newsletter.

Have a great day ! Another wonderful one on the way !

TODAY IS...ZUCCHINI BREAD DAY

Zucchini is also called courgettes, marrows and summer squash. According to the National Gardening Association, it is not one of the top ten vegetables grown in home gardens (the tomato tops that list). This might be because when you plant zucchini, you end up with enough of the vegetable to feed a small army

Zucchini Bread

3 eggs

3/4 cup applesauce

1/4 cup oil

2 cups sugar 1

Tablespoon vanilla

1 cup whole-wheat flour

2 cups all-purpose flour

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1/4 teaspoon baking powder

1 Tablespoon cinnamon

1/2 teaspoon nutmeg

1/2 teaspoon cloves

1/2 teaspoon allspice

1/4 teaspoon ginger

2 cups zucchini, grated

1 cup nuts, chopped

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour 2 large loaf pans 2. In a large mixing bowl, cream together the eggs, oil and applesauce. Add sugar and vanilla. 3. Add all of the dry ingredients and mix well. Stir in zucchini and nuts last. 4. Bake about 50 minutes or until a toothpick comes out clean. Let cool before removing from pan. Freezes well.

TODAY'S TRIVIA

Today is National Blueberry Pie Day

1932 Yellow fever vaccine for humans announced

1940 Glenn Miller records Pennsylvania 6-5000

TODAY'S SMILE

Five-year-old Becky answered the door when the census taker came by. She told the census taker that her daddy was a doctor and wasn't home because he was performing an appendectomy.

"My," said the census taker, "that sure is a big word for such a little girl. Do you know what it means?"

"Sure do! Fifteen-hundred bucks, and that doesn't even include the anesthesiologist

TODAY'S WORD

pococurante (adjective, noun)

[poe'-koe-koo-RAN-tee, poe'-koe-koo-RAWN-tee]

adjective 1. apathetic, indifferent, or nonchalant: "John and I spent several hours trying to explain our situation to pococurante border officials."

noun 2. an apathetic, indifferent, or nonchalant person

additional noun form: pococurantism

TODAY'S REFLECTION

As He was praying in a certain place, . . . one of His disciples said to Him, Lord, teach us to pray.

Luke 11:1

The purpose of a daily devotional time is to stimulate regular, intimate meetings with the King of kings. We need to seek new orders and instructions each day from the One who has planned our lives and provided for our needs Jesus Himself spent regular time in prayer and inspired His disciples to pray (Luke 11:1).

He gave them what we know as The Lord’s Prayer and told them to keep asking, seeking, and knocking

From Our Daily Bread .

TODAY'S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER'S ALMANAC

Broad fingernails indicate a gentle, timid, and bashful nature

54 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your Heart

Psalm 37:4

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’

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