For Thursday, July 29th, 2010

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JULY 29th, 2010

It's THURSDAY!

After some rain yesterday, today is supposed to be a bit cooler and less humid too.

It was a pretty quiet day yesterday and I expect more of same today. I did spend some time in the research department so that took up some time.

Our forecast for the weekend now has a slight chance of rain on Saturday. I was looking forward to a rain free weekend, We'll see...

THINKING

When I take a walk on a beautiful day, I feel particularly blessed. As I think of the loving relationships in my life, I feel like one of the luckiest people on the planet.

If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude toward life, you've got everything!

You can't buy any of these things. You can have all the material possessions you can imagine, provisions for the future, etc., but if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing!

Today take two minutes and look at all the beautiful things around you and thank God for them

When he came and saw the grace of God, he rejoiced, and he exhorted them all to remain faithful to the Lord with steadfast devotion

Acts 11:23

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Some ideas for Sandwiches for you today:

Wraps and sandwiches are great cold and are a good way to incorporate leftover meat and rice. Use fresh bread or croissants to make sandwiches more interesting, and pile on sprouts, spinach, tomatoes, and specialty cheeses. Making a tortilla or pita-style wrap allows you to more easily use messier leftovers like rice and beans, chopped carrots and cucumber, avocado, apple slices, sun-dried tomato spread, or hummus. You can also make Caesar or Cobb salad wraps—basically a salad in wrap form.

Chicken finger Sandwich

6 chicken tenders or 4 boneless chicken breasts each cut into 4 equal strips

House Seasoning, recipe follows

1 cup salt

1/4 cup black pepper

1/4 cup garlic powder

Mix ingredients together and place in a shaker near the stove. Use in place of salt and pepper for all your cooking needs.

2 cups buttermilk

3 cups self-rising flour

Peanut oil or lard

Sprinkle chicken tenders with House Seasoning. Dredge chicken in flour; dip into buttermilk and back into flour.

Preheat oil to 350 degrees F. Fry fingers in deep hot oil 5 to 7 minutes or until golden brown. Serve with honey mustard for dipping. or...make into a delicious sandwich

On the bottom half of the rolls add chicken fingers top with lettuce and tomato. Cover with the tops of rolls and serve

Makes 3-5 servings

PRAYERS

Jesus, teach me to appreciate God-given gifts but not cling to them and to remember that they may be taken away at anytime

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!

COUNTING THE DAYS

Believe there is a great power
silently working all things for good ,
behave yourself,
and never mind the rest

Beatrix Potter

56 DAYS UNTIL FALL

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

ma