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ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 25TH, 2007

TODAY'S THOUGHT

Happiness is a choice that requires effort at times.

Anonymous

TODAY’S ACTION

Do not desire what you do not need.

TODAY’S QUOTE

Hope is the ability to hear the music of the future. Faith is having the courage to dance to it today.

HAPPY MONDAY!

Here we are already, a new work week. # 2 boss is still on vacation til WEDS. And #1 boss will be leaving on Wednesday. So probably, I’ll be having some more long work days.

Unless I hear other wise, I’ll be going to work and then out to Dad’s after work. Then home again to go to bed and get up to go to work again. Things are very touch and go with him so I want to be there as much as possible. My 2 sisters continue to be with him 24/ 7 and they are making him as comfortable as possible.

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.

25 WORDS

God, I thank You for today, for the ways You will bless me, and for the ways that I will serve others in Your name

TODAY IS…FRIED OKRA DAY

Okra comes from a large plant thought to be of African origin. It grows in warm climates and is in the same family as hibiscus and cotton plants. It's a good source of Vitamin A and often used to thicken soups or stews. People who don't like the slick texture of okra might love it fried in cornmeal - a favorite dish in the South.

1 lb. fresh okra

1 large green tomato

1 medium onion

1 clove garlic

1 jalapeno pepper (optional)

2 eggs

1/4 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

1/2 cup milk 1 cup cornmeal

1/4 cup vegetable Oil

1. Cut off ends of okra and slice into 1/4" pieces. Chop up the tomato, onion, garlic and jalapeno pepper. In a large bowl, toss all the vegetables with a couple of forks to mix. 2. In a separate bowl, combine the eggs, milk, salt and pepper. Mix well by hand. Pour this mixture over the vegetables and toss to coat. 3. Gradually add the cornmeal. Continue tossing the vegetables until everything is evenly mixed - it will look like a gooey mess! 4. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat until hot. Spoon the mixture evenly into the skillet. Reduce heat to low, cover and fry until the bottom is browned (about 10 to 15-minutes). Turn the mixture over and continue to fry uncovered for 5 to 8-minutes. 5. Cover a plate with paper towels. Dump the fried vegetables onto the paper towels to drain the excess oil. Serve hot.

TODAY’S TRIVIA

1788 - The Virginia colony including Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, entered the United States of America as the tenth state. The state, also known as Old Dominion, was named after the "Virgin Queen", Elizabeth I of England. The Commonwealth of Virginia and its capital, Richmond, have played major roles in American history. Like West Virginia, it names the cardinal as the state bird. The official state flower of Virginia is the flowering dogwood.

1929 Pres Hoover authorizes building of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam)

1938 Federal minimum wage law guarantees workers 40 per hour

TODAY’S SMILE

Some things are so emotionally overwhelming we have to tell somebody.

One evening the father of poet Emily Dickinson hurried to the church in Amherst, MA, and pulled the bell rope. The villagers rushed from their homes. What was the alarm? Fire? Accident?

It was neither. Mr. Dickinson, overcome by beauty, was summoning everyone to admire a sunset too magnificent to keep to himself.

TODAY’S WORD

lissome • \LISS-um\ adjective

1 a : easily flexed b : lithe 2 : nimble

Even though she hasn't danced in years, Maggie still has the lissome body of a ballerina.

TODAY’S REFLECTION

One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.

Mark 10:21

Instead of searching for meaning in possessions, we are called to find life and freedom in Jesus. If anything I own keeps me from obeying Him wholeheartedly, am I ready to open my hand, release it, and freely follow Him ? A faith that costs nothing and demands nothing is worth nothing.

http://www.rbc.org

TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC

Grate potatoes and apply to sunburned skin. The starch will cool and soothe the burn.

89 DAYS UNTIL AUTUMN!

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

Psalm 37:4

May there be a miracle in YOUR life today and may you have the EYES to SEE it!

I Love You All !!!

Be Blessed !!!

MY HOMEPAGE I believe we should live

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