BRIGHT SIDE ARCHIVES FROM AOL: FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2007

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

FEBRUARY 6TH, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Theodore Roosevelt

TODAY’S ACTION

Do your work with faithfulness and a grateful heart.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Nobody has ever measured, even poets, how much a heart can hold.

Zelda Fitzgerald

HAPPY TUESDAY

BRRRCHILL CHILL…

On going below ‘O’ weather here.today. I made it out to work, got gas and some groceries and made it home again yesterday. My car sounded a little strange when I started it, but after it ran for awhile it was ok. I think I’d better allow extra heat up time in the morning.

Please make sure you all take care and keep well covered if you go out. Danger of frostbite is great with temps like we have. More school closings going on here so hopefully the little ones won’t even need to go out.

Keep Warm !

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

Please pray for God's protection of our troops and HIS wisdom for their commanders.

Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us. Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.

I ask this in the name of Jesus, our Lord and Savior.

TODAY IS…GREAT PIE DAY

It's hard to pick a favorite, but what's more American than Apple Pie? Everyone's grandmother made the best apple pie in the world, but here's one that may not be in your family recipe box.

Sour Cream Apple Pie

7 or 8 cooking apples

Juice of 1/2 lemon

1 cup sour cream

2 eggs

1/4 to 1/2 cup sugar

Pinch of salt

1 teaspoon cinnamon

1 tablespoon vanilla

3 tablespoons flour

1 pie crust

TOPPING:

2 cups walnuts, chopped

1/2 cup flour

1 cup brown sugar

1 tablespoon cinnamon

1/4 pound butter

Peel, core and slice the apples. Keep the apples in a bowl of cold water with the lemon juice to keep them from turning brown. In a large mixing bowl, mix the sour cream with the eggs, sugar, salt, cinnamon, vanilla and flour. Toss the apples in this mixture, and put them in the pie shell. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. TOPPING: Mix the walnuts with the flour, brown sugar and cinnamon. Mix in the butter using your fingertips. Spread this walnut mixture all over the top of the pie. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until the pie is set and the top is brown. If it is browning too fast, cover with a piece of foil. Allow the pie to cool on a wire rack before serving. Makes 6 to 8 servings.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

Mid-Winter's Day Celebration – This day is approximately halfway between the winter solstice and the vernalequinox.

Today is Be Happy Together Day, a day for couples to do something fun

Today is National Frozen Yogurt Day.

1935: The board game Monopoly went on sale.

1971: Alan Shepard hit three golf balls on the moon.

TODAY’S SMILE

THE LESSON OF THE SQUIRREL

The things we want the most can sometimes be the worst for us. This principle often applies to material possessions.

Our dog Dusty learned this principle the hard way. She loved to chase the squirrels that came into our yard. If one appeared, she took after it in a flash, chasing it up the maple tree and barking at it furiously. Although she chased them for 6 years, she never caught one.

But all that changed one winter day. A squirrel warmed by the sun was out in the yard, and Dusty went after it. With snow on the ground, the squirrel couldn't scamper as fast as usual - and Dusty caught it!

She finally had what she always wanted, but soon wished she didn't. The terrified squirrel wrapped itself around Dusty's nose, kicked her throat furiously with its hind feet, and bit her under the chin.

Dusty couldn't let go fast enough. She came out of the fracas with a deep gash and several nasty scratches. I've noticed now that even though she still chases squirrels, she makes sure they get away.

You can see the point. If we insist on getting what we want - wealth, fame, love, or whatever - it could hurt us. If it's illegitimate, it surely will.

Let's learn the lesson of the squirrel.

The righteousness of the upright will deliver them, But the treacherous will be caught by their own greed.

Proverbs 11:6

TODAY’S WORD

sitz·mark noun

A hollow made in the snow by a skier who has fallen backward.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

You are the light of the world. … let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and give glory to your Father in heaven.

Matthew 5:14, 16

God calls us to be the very light of the world. Your faith is not something that is to be kept hidden away from the world, afraid that you are going to offend someone. Your faith in God is the foundation that will allow You to stand tall when others wilt away. Your faith will empower you to speak out for the weak while others fall quiet. Your faith will allow you to realize that you are not alone, even though the world declares you to be some sort of marginalized minority.

You are anything but, and your faith will allow you, and all those around you, to realize how glorious the God whom we worship truly is.

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TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

A February spring is not worh a pin.

42 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 !!!

MY HOMEPAGE

I believe we should live ‘ON THE BRIGHT SIDE’

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