For Friday, November 26th, 2010

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

NOVEMBER 26TH, 2010

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

It's FRIDAY!

The day after Thanksgiving is You're Welcome Day. This day encourages us to simply say, You're Welcome. It helps to put manners back into society. Anywhere that you go today, just speak a profusion of Thank You's for even the slightest of reasons. Make sure to be sincere, it will go a long ways.

Black Friday is the name given to the Friday following Thanksgiving Day and officially opens the Christmas shopping season.

It's also National Shopping Reminder Day

So today we're sending out a reminder to get your list together, your wallet primed and your shopping strategy worked out so you can be at the top of your game on the big day.

THINKING

All good gifts come from God

When we view our many blessings in light of our relationship with God, life takes on a true sense of wholeness, and giving thanks becomes more than a holiday tradition. It becomes our natural response to God who, in infinite love, has given us all that is good in our lives.

Every generous act of giving, with every perfect gift, is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

James 1:17

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Since most households cannot accommodate roasting a turkey and baking a cake in the same afternoon, today has been named National Cake Day.

Eggnog Cake

1 package yellow cake mix

1/4 teaspoon nutmeg

2 extra large eggs lightly beaten

1 1/2 cups eggnog

4 tablespoons butter, melted

2 tablespoons rum optional (She didn’t put this in as I don’t have any)

Preheat oven 350*

Butter and flour a Bundt pan. VERY IMPORTANT!!!

Combine all ingredients in a large mixing bowl, beat for 4 minutes on medium speed.

Pour into prepared pan for 45-55 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean

Cool 5 minutes and then invert onto a cooling rack and cool completely. Dust with powdered sugar.

PRAYERS

God, as we walk through times in our life when we're challenged because of difficult circumstances, the last thing we want to do is thank you. But because you’ve asked us to keep bringing our requests to you, we rejoice this day in knowing Your peace is on the way. Give us truly thankful hearts that we may live each day in awareness of Your generosity.

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 ALL!

AROUND HOME

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what people say. I just watch what they do.

Andrew Carnegie

Not to be outdone by this day that has become the biggest shopping day of year, I will be out shopping. Every year those of us in my family that can, get together and travel to a little town not far away and go to the annual Christmas in the Colonies craft show, then we have a wonderful lunch and travel on to the Candle Factory there. It's a fun day and away from the crowds at the mall.

I'm hoping the weather won't be too bad as we are to have much colder weather and maybe a chance of snow.

This day really puts the spirit of Christmas in my heart as it's a day of being with some of my family and Christmas wouldn't mean much at all if we didn't have people to share it with.

COUNTING THE DAYS

If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day, so I never have to live without you.

Winnie the Pooh

25 DAYS UNTIL WINTER!

39 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

143 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

ma