For Monday, October 4th, 2010

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

OCTOBER 4TH, 2010

If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side

It's MONDAY!

Today is International Toot Your Flute Day, a day to promote yourself.

You’ve probably never celebrated Toot Your Flute Day, or even heard of it. This sounds a lot like blow your own horn, an old expression that means bragging or boasting about yourself and your accomplishments. Neither of these sayings is about music, just talking. The basic idea is that we ought to broadcast our accomplishments and let people know what we’ve done.

No need for modesty, tell everyone how great you are. Celebrate your strong points and take credit for the great things you do. Self-promotion doesn't have to be bragging.

You are awesome. And you look fabulous. It's true!

THINKING

Prayer brings peace to our hearts and, eventually, the world.

DNA is undoubtedly important: Deeply Needed Attention, that is.

While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your

heart

Francis of Assisi

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Today is National Taco Day.

Many people need no excuse to eat a taco. All over our country, this staple of Mexican cuisine has taken over as the perfectly portable lunch time treat. They can be traditionally soft or more American style in a hard shell. They are known to be grilled, rolled, fried, and even skewered. They can be filled with pollo (chicken), al pastor (marinated beef), (shrimp), pescado (fish), and carnitas (pork)

Making hard shell tacos is an easy buffet style meal that people can make up themselves and is great for feeding large amounts of people

Add hamburger meat to pan and cook till cooked through,

Add a cup of water and taco seasoning mix to meat and let simmer

At my house I also like to add a can of refried beans to the mixture, but not everyone likes

beans...

Put taco shell's into oven on low heat, this is just to heat up shell's to serve

Put lettuce, cheddar cheese, onions, tomato's into separate bowls on table. Also include co

ntainers of salsa and sour cream on table.

When it is time to eat, remove the taco shell's from oven and put on plate. Let everyone dish up and enjoy the taco's!

PRAYERS

October 4 is the feast of St. Francis, patron of animals

Creator God, make us kind in our relationships with all your creatures and all creation

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace:

where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light;

and where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master,

grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled, as to console; to be understood, as to understand; to be loved, as to love.

For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying

that we are born to eternal life.

St. Francis of Assisi

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

Daylight Savings Time ends November 7th, 2:00 AM

And just in case you are looking forward to Daylight Saving Time 2011, the dates change slightly. Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday, March 13, 2011, and ends Sunday, November 6, 2011.

As the days are getting shorter now, I had been thinking about when the time would change this year. As chance had it, I saw this info when checking out today's trivia.

I'm in no rush for the time to 'fall' back at all, it will only mean that it gets darker even earlier. By 7:15 it is already pretty dark here. By 8 o'clock I'm thinking it's bed time but am trying to make it at least till 9 before I head upstairs.

There is not much at all on my calendar this week until the weekend and then we'll be having the annual Fall Festival and Chili cook off at the campground. The long range forecast is saying sunny but cool in the 60's. That would be a blessing after all the rain we had this past weekend.

Normal day, let me be aware of the treasure you are. Let me learn from you, love you, bless you before you depart. Let me not pass you by in quest of some rare and perfect tomorrow. Let me hold you while I may, for it may not always be so

Mary Jean Iorn

COUNTING THE DAYS

Buy pumpkins with stems attached--they will keep better.

78 DAYS UNTIL WINTER!

82 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

ma