FOR FRIDAY, JULY 14, 2006

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JULY 14TH, 2006

TODAY'S THOUGHT

At sunrise everything is luminous but not clear.

It is those we live with and love and should know who elude us. You can love completely without complete understanding.

Norman Maclean

TODAY’S ACTION

Dwell not on fading sunsets, but renewing dawn.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Laughter is a highly addictive positive contagious: if somebody starts, it's very difficult to stop.

Robert Holden

HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY !

It’s here ! Today is Friday ! What a long week it was.

I’m sure glad that the weekend has come again! They say it’s going to be a hot one – up in the 90’s. I hope you all are staying cool and comfortable.

I’m thinking I’ll get a lot done inside, not outside ! Any temp over 85 is too hot for me. Unless, ofcourse, I am at the ‘beach’, but that rarely happens!

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

TODAY IS…PICK BLUEBERRIES DAY !

Why are people eating so many blueberries? Because they rank the highest of all fruit and vegetables in anti-oxidants that fight aging. (Their powerhouse performance comes from the same substanace that makes them so blue.) They're also high in fiber, fat free and taste great.

FRESH BLUEBERRY SALAD

1/2 cup mayonnaise

1/2 cup plain yogurt

1/4 cup orange marmalade

2 teaspoon lemon juice

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

3 medium peaches (cut into wedges)

2 cups fresh blueberries

2 cups cubed, smoked turkey

In a mixing bowl, combine the mayonaisse, yogurt, marmalade, lemon juice and pepper. 2. Add the peaches, blueberries and turkey. Toss to mix until well coated. 3. Serve on lettuce leaves with crusty bread for a great summer meal.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Gerald Rudolph Ford's Birthday - The 38th president of the USA was born on this day in 1913. He is the first president to have served without having been chosen in a national election. He assumed presidency upon resignation of Nixon; He is one of seven left-handed Presidents [others were/are: James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S Truman, Ronald Reagan, George Bush and Bill Clinton]

Today is Roasted Chicken Day, commemorating the day in 1993 when Kentucky deleted the Fried from its Chicken and introduced the Colonel’s Rotisserie Gold roasted chicken.

Today is Honda Civic Day, marking the debut of the popular car on this date in 1972.

1800: Matthew Bridges was born in England. The Catholic clergyman wrote the hymn "Crown Him With Many Crowns.

1857: Fred Maytag, responsible for history's loneliest repairmen, was born in Elgin, Illinois.

1962 - Bobby Vinton’s Roses are Red became the top song in the U.S. The song stayed at the top for four weeks and was the first of four #1 hits for Vinton. The others were: Blue Velvet, There! I’ve SaidIt Again and Mr. Lonely. Roses are Red was also Vinton’s first million-seller.

TODAY’S SMILE

The little boy just got home from Sunday School and mom was cooking lunch. Mommy, is it true that before you're born you're just dust and after you die you go back to being dust?

That's right son, why? Well that's just what they said at church today.

Run up stairs and wash your hands son, lunch will be ready in a few minutes. About 10 minutes went by and she called out for him to come down. Be there in a minute.

As they were about to sit down at the table, the little boy asked again about being dust before being born and after you die. Once again mother said yes son.

The little boy looked at her and said, then you better get up to my room pretty quick, because something under my bed is either coming or going!!!!

Dust if You Must

Dust if you must...but wouldn't it be better

to paint a picture or write a letter,

bake cookies or a cake or plant a seed,

ponder the difference between want and need?

Dust if you must, but there's not much time,

with rivers to swim and mountains to climb,

music to hear and books to read,

friends to cherish and life to lead.

Dust if you must, but the world's out there

 with the sun in your eyes, the wind in your hair,

a flutter of snow, a shower of rain.

This day will not come around, again.

Dust if you must, but bear in mind,

old age will come and it's not kind.

And when you go - and go you must -

you, yourself will make more dust!

TODAY’S WORD

belligerent (adjective, noun)

 [bah-LIJ-ahr-ahnt] adjective

1. hostile or eager to fight; aggressive: Sophia felt that only a good, long run could break up her belligerent mood.

2. pertaining to or taking part in warfare; 'belligerent nations' noun

3. a participant in a war or fight, especially a country or other group: The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.

adverb form: belligerently

TODAY’S REFLECTION

Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

Hebrews 13:8

We were younger, faster, prettier. Prone to be people of the past tense, we reminisce. Not God. Unwavering in strength, He need never say, “I was.”

From Next Door Savior

 By Max Lucado

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

To err is human, to repent divine, to persist devilish.

70 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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