For Sunday, May 16th, 2010

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 16th, 2010

It's SUNDAY!

As usual for a Sunday morning I'm here sipping my good cup of coffee and enjoying slowly waking up. It's not going to be as nice today as it was yesterday but I think they are saying mostly cloudy and no rain till tomorrow.

Everybody should believe in something. I believe I'll have another coffee

Author Unknown

THINKING

We all benefit when we turn to one another for strength, encouragement, wisdom, and love

The brothers encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him.

Acts 18:27

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Retirement is one great big giant coffee break

Author Unknown

Easy Apple Cinnamon Buns

1 tube grand size cinnamon rolls with frosting

1 granny smith apple

1 orange

about a 1/4 cup pecans

Cut the rolls in half arrange on a baking sheet in a daisy shape with a hole in the middle (think fan blades) , use a roller to flatten the rolls and kind of stick them together. Chop the apples into small chunks. Juice the orange, then use a lemon zester for a small amount of zest. Sprinkle the chopped apple over the rolls then some juice from the orange over the apples then a little zest, then the chopped nuts. Bake this for about 25 minutes at 350°F. Take the frosting that comes with the rolls and add a little orange juice to this. Drizzle frosting over warm buns.

PRAYERS

Dear Lord, I confess that my life is pulled in too many directions. When I am anxious about doing things I have trouble hearing Your Word. Help me to trust You to put the everything in order

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.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT's

GOD BLESS YOU !

AROUND HOME

Do I like my coffee black? There are other colors?

Author Unknown

Saturday I got outside for most of the afternoon. I worked on the flower beds a little and sat in my rocker on the patio trying to get some sun a lot. We have had so few nice days to do that in that it really felt good,

FAMILY

Today we'll be celebrating our Little Lads baptism. I think that DD and DS#5 and his wife and I will be the only ones from our family there. It will be good to see them all though as it as been since Easter that we last got together with DS#3 and his family.

DS#3 lives east of us about as far as DS#6 lives west of us so it'll be quite a day of traveling. I'll be glad when I finally get back to DS#6's tonight for my week of babysitting and very thankful that I won't have to drive anyplace until Friday when I'll return home.

COUNTING THE DAYS

I'd stop drinking coffee, but I'm no quitter

Author Unknown

36 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

A little smile, a word of cheer,
A bit of love from someone near…

Love,

ma