ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MARCH 10TH, 2009
TODAY'S THOUGHT
At Age: 65 - I have learned that whenever I decide something with kindness, I usually make the right decision
TODAY’S ACTION
Don't confuse having a career with having a life. They are not the same
TODAY’S QUOTE
From what we get, we can make a living; what we give, however, makes a life.
Arthur Ashe
IT’S TUESDAY !!
It’s another day to continue making my living. Work is what I do but it’s not my life for sure. There are so many things that make up my life that working is just a tiny part of it.
DS#5 came over yesterday after work to finish up the ‘handy man’ jobs. He fixed my leaking toilet so now I’m all set til the next time. When you have a house, it seems there is always something. I’m so thankful that he could help me out. I’m neither a plumber nor a carpenter but he did very well at both those jobs. Of course what he does for a living is teaching, far from either of those jobs too.
We are supposed to get more rain today. Spring is on the way for sure!
Have a great day all ! Another wonderful one on the Way !
TODAY’S PRAYERS
Father, Forgive my sins against the unity of your family;
make me love as you loved me
Amen
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 !
TODAY’S TRIVIA
Middle Name Pride Day (Always March 10th) honors the seldom used middle name that often sets you apart from others. It was selected with care, so you should be proud of it.
Here's two big reasons to be proud of your middle name:
First, there are plenty of John Smiths and and Mary Jones. Its the middle name your parents gave you that makes your name unique.
Second, your parents chose your middle name with great care. It often was selected to honor a friend or relative. That person may have possessed certain characteristics that they want you to inherit.
Do you know why you were given your middle name? If not, today is the day to find out. If it was in honor of someone, find out a little more about that person.
We encourage you to enjoy your middle name on Middle Name Pride Day, and every day!
Can you give a buck a birthday bash? If so, light the candles! Today marks the birthday of America's paper currency. On March 10,1862, paper money as we know it was created to help pay for the Civil War when the federal government issued about $430 million in bills. But the money trail goes way back. Coins date to the 600s B.C. in Lydia (now western Turkey), and paper money began in China around A.D. 800, if not earlier. In the 1200s, Marco Polo was amazed to see the Chinese using paper money instead of coins.
How much do you know? Try this quick quiz.
Answers below.
1. By what nickname did people call the first U.S. paper money?
2. Who first put "In God We Trust" on our money?
3. What is the origin of the word "dollar"?
4. Which three non-presidents have been on our paper money?
5. Why were the $100, $50 and $20 bills redesigned in the 1990s?
ANSWERS
1. People called them "greenbacks," for the obvious reason that the backs of the bills were green. Later bills included "goldbacks" and "yellowbacks."
2. Treasury Secretary Salmon P. Chase. The motto first appeared on coins in 1864 and on bills in 1957. In 1907, Teddy Roosevelt objected to stamping the phrase on money, calling the practice sacrilegious and unconstitutional. But various courts have upheld it over the years.
3. It derives from the German thaler, a shortened form of Jocichimstholer, named for an area in Bohemia where coins were once minted.
4. Alexander Hamilton on the $10 note, Benjamin Franklin on the $100 note and Salmon P. Chase on the $10,000 note, no longer in circulation.
5. To foil counterfeiters by incorporating features such as watermarks and security threads, and to make the denominations more easily distinguished by people with impaired vision.
Today is National Blueberry Popover Day
Today is Organize Your Home Office Day
Today is Festival of Life in The Cracks Day
1785:Thomas Jefferson was appointed minister to France, succeeding Benjamin Franklin
1903 - Harry C. Gammeter of Cleveland, OH patented the multigraph duplicating machine
1996: The International Museum of Cartoon Art opened in Boca Raton, Florida, housing 160-thousand cartoons by more than 1,000 artists. Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, who donated a million dollars to the museum, was on hand for the dedication
TODAY’S SMILE
Last Century's Wash-Day Instructions
Years ago a Kentucky grandmother gave a new bride the following recipe for washing clothes. It appears below just as it was written and, despite the spelling, has a bit of philosophy.This is exactly as written and preserved in an old scrap book (with spelling intact).
1. Bilt fire in backyard to heat kettle of rain water.
2. Set tubs so smoke wont blow in eyes if wind is pert.
3. Shave one hole cake of lie soap in bilin water.
4. Sort things, make 3 piles. 1 pile white, 1 pile colored, 1 pile work britches and rags.
5. To make starch, stir flour in cool water to smooth, then thin down with bilin water.
6. Take white things, rub dirty spots on board, scrub hard, and then bile. Rub colored don't bile, just rinch and starch.
7. Take things out of kettle with broomstick handle, then rinch, and starch.
8. Hang old rags on fence.
9. Spread tea towels on grass.
10. Pore rinch water in flower bed.
11. Scrub porch with hot soapy water.
12. Turn tubs upside down.
13. Go put on clean dress, smooth hair with hair combs. Brew cup of tea, sit and rock a spell and count your blessings.
(Tape this over your washer and dryer and next time when you think things seem bleak, read it again and give thanks for your blessings!)
SOMETHING TO DO FOR LENT
In the spirit of Isaiah, clean out a junk drawer, car trunk, toy box and while we clean, have a long talk with the Divine One concerning how we can clean up our lives
Come now, let us set things right, says the Lord.
Isaiah 1:18
TODAY’S REFLECTION
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled: but whoever humbles himself will be exhalted
Matthew 23:12
Today I will give generously from my heart
TODAY’S ADVICE
March sun strikes like a hammer
March 10th – The Full Worm Moon
At the time of this spring Moon, the ground begins to soften and earthworm casts reappear, inviting the return of robins. The more northern tribes knew this Moon as the Full Crow Moon, when the cawing of crows signaled the end of winter. This is also known as the Sap Moon, as it marks the time when maple sap begins to flow and the annual tapping of maple trees begins
10 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
AND 24 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
2 comments:
I have a middle name Ma I was named after My Dear Mother.Loved the washing topic.LOL!!I hand wash almost everything small.I do not like machine washing,so I have done Plenty scrubbing rubbing rinsing and wringing out by hand in my time and I am still doing it.Each moring I wake.My Daughter does not believe at times how much hand washing I do.Hard work never killed no man I keep telling her LOL!!Have a lovely Day Happy to read DS5 was able to mend your toilet for you.Take Care God Bless Kath xx
So glad you have someone to help you with all those little jobs that from time to time need doing and can be so expensive if you have to call a tradesman in to do it. Love Joan
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