ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
DECEMBER 12th, 2008
TODAY'S THOUGHT
Again Christmas: all that is dear, that is lasting,
renews its hold on us: we are home again.
Elizabeth Bowen
TODAY’S ACTION
Take time to think quietly and peacefully
TODAY’S QUOTE
Christmas is forever, not for just one day,for loving, sharing, giving, are not to put awaylike bells and lights and tinsel, in some box upon a shelf.The good you do for others is good you do yourself...
Norman Wesley Brooks
IT’S FINALLY FRIDAY !!
BrrrChill!
It was another cold one last night down in the 20’s and tonight they say down in the teens!
I am wearing the layers and trying to keep warm for sure.
The boss will be out of the office til afternoon today, so I’m taking some tomato soup and crackers for lunch time as I won’t get to go out. Something about soup just seems to warm us up, doesn’t it? DS#6 has been asking for a Bean Soup Recipe so I’m going to post it here this morning. I’ve made soup for years without recipes but I found one for him that seems to be close to what I make.
1 pound dry beans 1/2 pound chopped ham
(or one meaty ham bone)
8 cups water
1/4 cup ketchup
12 baby carrots
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup chopped onion
In a large bowl, combine the beans with water to cover and let soak overnight. This is not the water you cook them with unless you wish to. In a large pot over medium high heat, combine the soaked beans with water, carrots, onion and ham. Add more water to cover all, if necessary. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to low and let simmer for 4 to 6 hours. Add ketchup just to get desired color. Season with salt and pepper to taste
*I use regular carrots and dice them, but using the baby carrots might be easier. I use great northern or navy beans, and I also chop up a couple stalks of celery in mine. I’ve never used the ketchup but it sounds like a good idea.
**Another tip I saw is to add 2 bay leaves.
Enjoy!
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
Heavenly Father, we thank you for your love.
Come, Lord Jesus, come
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 ALL!
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…POINSETTIA DAY
These beautiful flowers are recognized as a symbol of Christmas. Poinsettia Day was pronounced as an Act of Congress. It is in honor of Joel Roberts Poinsett, who died on December 12, 1851. Poinsett was the first Ambassador to Mexico who brought the plant back to his plantation in the U.S. He grew the plants in his Greenville, S.C plantation and gave them out as gifts to friends.
In Mexican folklore, there is a story of a little poor girl who had nothing to bring to church for Christmas. On her way to church, she picked some plants by the side of the road. As she entered the church, the ends of the leaves turned into bright, brilliant red flowers. You guessed it... Poinsettias
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Today is Gingerbread House Day
Today is National Ambrosia Day
Today is National Ding-A-Ling Day, always on Frank Sinatra's birthday
Ring-A-Ding-Ding is an album by Frank Sinatra, released in 1961
Today is Guadalupe Day in Mexico
1787 - Pennsylvania was ratifed on this day as the second of the United States of America. The state capital is Harrisburg. The state bird is the ruffed grouse and the state flower, the mountain laurel.
1899: The U.S. Patent Office issued patent #638,920 to George F. Grant of Boston for his invention of the golf tee. Before that, golfers placed the ball on a small mound of dirt, called a "tee
1900 - Charles M. Schwab formed the United States Steel Corporation; bringing together John Pierpont Morgan and Andrew Carnegie to create one of the richest and most powerful companies in the world
1946: After 20 years of research, Cincinnati’s Procter & Gamble introduced Tide, a detergent with a complex chemical compound that actually pulled oil and grease out of clothes and dissolved dirt into the wash water. The company soon became the biggest advertiser and the biggest detergent producer in America
1955 - The largest philanthropic act in the world was announced by the Ford Foundation which gave $500,000,000 to private hospitals, colleges and medical schools
EACH DAY IN DECEMBER
Dec. 12 - The Gift of Time:
Send a friend a postcard telling them about a special gift you plan to give them. For example: send a postcard saying "I'll pick up your child at 10:30 on December 15 for lunch and a movie so you can get some shopping done". Giving the gift of time to a busy mother can be the best gift of all.
TODAY’S SMILE
What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?
It's Christmas, Eve!
What does Father Christmas suffer from if he gets stuck in a chimney?
Santa Claustrophobia.
What do you call a letter sent up the chimney on Christmas Eve?
Black mail.
What did the guest sing at the Eskimo's Christmas party?
Freeze a jolly good fellow.
How do snowmen travel around?
By icicle.
We were driving to our annual Mother's Day wiener roast when our youngest boy, Stuart, announced that someone in his preschool class had told him there was no Santa Claus. "What to you think about that?" I asked him."Pfft!" Stuart replied. "What does he think?
The reindeers deliver all the presents by themselves?"
I made myself a snowball
As perfect as could be.I thought
I'd keep it as a pet
And let it sleep with me.
I made it some pajamas
And a pillow for its head.
Then last night it ran away,
But first - it wet the bed.
By Shel Silverstein
TODAY’S WORD
ablaut \ABH-lout\, noun:
The systematic substitution of one root vowel sound for another in different inflectional forms or derivatives of a word, as in ring, rang, rung
by 1849, from German Ablaut, literally, "off-sound," from ab "off" + Laut "sound, tone," from Old High German hlut. It was popularized by Jacob Grimm
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Samuel took a stone . . . and called its name Ebenezer, saying,
Thus far the Lord has helped us.
1 Samuel 7:12
In Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, the central character is Ebenezer Scrooge. Years of watching the travails of Scrooge have spoiled something for me though—the name “Ebenezer.” I have associated it with Scrooge, but its original meaning was light-years away from that. In 1 Samuel, following a decisive battle with the Philistines, the Israelites erected a stone as a reminder of the Lord’s help in the battle. They named that stone Ebenezer, which means “Stone of Help,” to remind people of how God rescued them from their enemies
What a contrast! A name that I had come to associate with man’s selfishness can actually serve as a reminder of the readily available help of God. As we move through life, may we focus on the faithfulness of the Lord and not the selfishness of man. Let’s look to Him as our true Ebenezer—our help in the challenges of life
Our only hope here below is help from God above
Our Daily Bread
http://www.rbc.org
TODAY’S ADVICE FROM THE OLD FARMER’S ALMANAC
Felt weather stripping glued to the underside of rocking chair runners will cut down on noise and scratched floors
9 DAYS UNTIL WINTER !
13 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS
AND 112 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS
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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