ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
AUGUST 8TH, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott Fitzgerald
TODAY’S ACTION
Don’t let what you can’t do, stop you from doing what you can
TODAY’S QUOTE
Think big thoughts but relish small pleasures.
H. Jackson Brown, Jr
HAPPY FINALLY FRIDAY !!
We still haven’t got our rain, but it is still in the forecast. After work yesterday I bought a new hose and water sprinkler. My old one had a leak in it. This time I got an unkinkable one. It was a little pricey but hopefully it will last longer. In the past I guess I’ve gotten the kinkable ones and always fight with them.
I had thought to clean up the downstairs some yesterday evening, but wound up outside with watering, trimming and weeding. That needed done first. Maybe next week the house will get cleaned. There are only so many hours in a day and mine are not long enough.
Tonight I’ll make the potato salad for Saturday. The eggs and potatoes got cooked yesterday evening so now all I have to do is cut it all up and mix well.
The silver streak has been making a noise like it has a hundred crickets going around in the front end so I’m having that checked out tomorrow morning before heading to DS#6’s house for the party. I didn’t want to go very far in case something was wrong. She’s also due for an oil change soon so I’ll have them take care of that while I’m there.
Thankfully it is Friday!
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
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.
GOD BLESS YOU!
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
TO REMEMBER…
I am in the hands of God, and in God’s time all things will be made well.
TODAY IS… CHEESECAKE DAY
I have no idea who invented cheesecake! But, we've got a great recipe to celebrate Cheesecake Day. It is chocolate - this means it's worth the extra effort. Surprise someone with a yummy dessert soon!
Crust
45 vanilla wafers (crushed)
6 tablespoons powered sugar
6 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
6 tablespoons melted butter or margarine
Filling
3 8-oz pkgs of cream cheese
1 1/4 cups sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla
1/2 cup sour cream
1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 tablespoon all-purpose flour
3 eggs
For the crust
1. Preheat over to 350 degrees F.
2. Mix together all crust ingredient in a medium bowl.
3. Press into the bottom and 1/2 inch up the sides of a 9 inch spring-form pan.
4. Bake 8 minutes and set aside to cool.
For the filling
1. Preheat over to 450 degrees F.
2. In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese until fluffy. Gradually add sugar and vanilla and beat until smooth.
3. Beat in sour cream, then the cocoa and flour. Add eggs last and just mix until blended. Pour batter into prepared crust.
4. Bake for 10 minutes. Lower oven temperature to 250 degrees F. Continue baking for 40 minutes or until set
5. Remove from oven and set on a cooling rack. Loosen the cake from the sides of the pan with a knife and cool completely. Remove sides of the spring-form pan. Cover the cheesecake and refrigerate for 4-6 hours. Top with strawberries or whipped cream before serving. Keep left-overs covered and refrigerated.
TODAY’S TRIVIA
1839 - Beta Theta Pi became the first Greek-letter fraternity west of the Alleghenies. The fraternity was a new arrival at Miami University in Oxford, OH
1923 - Benny Goodman was 14 years old as he began his professional career as a clarinet player. He took a job in a band on a Chicago-based excursion boat on Lake Michigan
1934 - Bing Crosby became the first singer to record for the newly created Decca Records.
TODAY’S SMILE THE COOKIE THIEF
A woman was waiting at an airport one night,
With several long hours before her flight.
She hunted for a book in the airport shop,
Bought a bag of cookies and found a place to drop.
She was engrossed in her book, but happened to see,
That the man beside her, as bold as could be,
Grabbed a cookie or two from the bag between,
Which she tried to ignore, to avoid a scene.
She read, munched cookies, and watched the clock,
As the gutsy "cookie thief" diminished her stock.
She was getting more irritated as the minutes ticked by,
Thinking, "If I wasn't so nice, I'd blacken his eye!" With each cookie she took, he took one too.
When only one was left
With a smile on his face and a nervous laugh,
He took the last cookie and broke it in half.
He offered her half, as he ate the other.
She snatched it from him and thought,
"Oh brother, This guy has some nerve,
and he's also rude,
Why, he didn't even show any gratitude!"
She had never known when she had been so galled,
And sighed with relief when her flight was called.
She gathered her belongings and headed for the gate,
Refusing to look back at the "thieving ingrate."
She boarded the plane and sank in her seat,
Then sought her book, which was almost complete.
As she reached in her baggage, she gasped with surprise.
There was her bag of cookies in front of her eyes!
"If mine are here," she moaned with despair,
"Then the others were his and he tried to share!"
Too late to apologize, she realized with grief,
That she was the rude one, the ingrate, the thief!
TODAY’S WORD
asperity \as-PAIR-uh-tee\, noun:
1. Roughness of surface; unevenness.
2. Roughness or harshness of sound; a quality that grates upon the ear.
3. Roughness of manner; severity; harshness
Asperity comes from Latin asperitas, from asper, "rough." It is related to exasperate, "to irritate in a high degree," from ex- (here used intensively) + asperatus, past participle of asperare, "to roughen," from asper
TODAY’S REFLECTION
But who do you say that I am?
Matthew 16:13-23
This question, and Peter’s answer to it, represent a moment of revelation among the disciples. For Peter it came as a flash of recognition that was to give shape and meaning to his whole life. For him, it was the coming together of all the events and conversations he had experienced with Jesus.
Suddenly, it all made sense.
With the follow-up—‘You are Peter and upon this rock I will build’—he is given a nickname, one which maps out for him his future and perhaps that of the church. But for us in today’s church, so different from the small group of disciples for whom Matthew wrote his handbook of discipleship, how do we answer the question Jesus addresses to all his followers: But who do you say I am
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TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Store a plastic dish strainer outside next to your hose for rinsing herbs and vegetables
45 DAYS UNTIL FALL !
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 !!!
MA
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