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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 8th , 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Seek first to understand, then to be understood.

St. Francis of Assisi

TODAY’S ACTION

Remember that hope clings, and faith lets go

TODAY’S QUOTE

Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.

Samuel Coleridge

HAPPY THURSDAY !

This week is very slowly coming to an end. It’s been pretty quiet around here and other than the big news of the week (Grand’babe’ # 11’s birth) there is not much to write home about.

I got my car washed yesterday for the first time in ages, and found a nice ding in the back of my car that wasn’t there before. It looks like a shopping cart or something sharp hit it.

The weather continues to be beautiful and I’m loving’ it!

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

TODAY IS…SHOO FLY DAY

Shoo fly pie comes to us from our German and Pennsylvania Dutch ancestors. It's a molasses pie that has a wet bottom, cake-like middle, and crumb topping. People used to place the pies in their kitchen windows to cool. The molasses attracted lots of flies, so they were always saying... "Shoo Fly!". They also used to eat this pie for breakfast.

SHOO FLY PIE

The earlier Dutchman used barrel molasses in this recipe. The closest equivalent on the market today, is Brer Rabbit. Other molasses will bake crunchy, almost like taffy.

1 8" unbaked pie shell Topping:

1 1/2 C flour

1/2 C sugar 1 tsp. baking powder

1/2 tsp salt 1/4 C shortening

Bottom: 1/2 C Brer Rabbit molasses (orange label, mild flavor)

1/2 C. boiling water

1/2 tsp. baking soda

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). 2. Mix all topping ingredients together, squeezing and crumbling to make crumbs the size of small peas. Set aside. 3. In another bowl, dissolve baking soda in boiling water. Add molasses. Stir well. 4. Pour into unbaked pie shell & add crumb topping. DO NOT BLEND THE TOPPING WITH THE MOLASSES MIXTURE. 5. Bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes; then at 350 degrees F for 35 minutes. Pie will keep well in the fridge for a week, or it can be frozen

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Today is National Best Friends Day.

Today is National Jelly Doughnut Day

Today is Upsy Daisy Day, a day to remind people to get up gratefully and gleefully each morning

Today is National Shoo Fly Day

1504: Michaelangelo's "David" set in place in the Palazzo of Florence, Italy

1786: 1st commercially-made ice cream sold in New York

1961: Elvis Presley's seventh film, "Wild in the Country," premiered.

1965: Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay merged to form PepsiCo, Inc

1974: The #1 U.S. country song was Dolly Parton’s "I Will Always Love You." She had written it to duet partner Porter Wagoner when she left to pursue a solo career. The song hit again in 1982 by Dolly, in 1992 by Whitney Houston, and in 1995 by Dolly and Vince Gill

2004: The planet Venus passed in front of the sun. It won't happen again until 2120

TODAY’S SMILE

No Nose

A few years ago a gentleman who had lost his nose was invited out to tea. "My dear," said the old lady of the house to her little daughter, "I want you to be very particular and make no remarks about Mr. Jenkins' nose.

Gathered around the table, everything was going well; the child peeped about, looking rather puzzled, and at last startled the table: "Ma, why did you tell me to say nothing about Mr. Jenknis' nose?

He doesn't have one

TODAY’S WORD

Prodigy

Pronunciation: /PROD-uh-jee/ n :

a person, especially a child, of extraordinary talent or genius

Mozart was perhaps the greatest musical prodigy the world has ever known

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Christ Jesus…did not consider equality with God something to be grasped, but made himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant.

Philippians 2:5-7

He humbled himself. He went from commanding angels to sleeping in the straw. From holding stars to clutching Mary’s finger. The palm that held the universe took the nail of a soldier.

Why? Because that’s what love does. It puts the beloved before itself.

from A Love Worth Giving

By Max Lucado

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

When spiders build new webs, the weather will be clear.

13 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’