ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
DECEMBER 30th, 2010
If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side
It's THURSDAY!
Want to bring in the New Year on the right foot? WELL it’s just your luck because today is Festival Of Enormous Changes At The Last Minute. Inspiring, I know! So spend the whole day making major positive life changes. Can the changes better you and your family’s future? Are you going to start working out? Eating better? Start knitting as a hobby? Volunteer? Live more environmentally friendly? Be more light hearted because your co-workers and friends call you Mr. McStuffy? Are you going to try out those new yoga DVDs and other stress reliever suggestions to de-stress?
There are many ways to make enormous changes at the last minute and I'm hoping whatever changes there may be in your lives they are wonderful ones.
It is also Falling Needles Family Fest Day. A time to gather round the Christmas tree and watch needles fall. Live it up. Dance barefoot.
THINKING
The Sixth Day of Christmas is a quiet day in the calendar. If you have not already written your Christmas cards, this would be a good day to do that. Friends who receive a card sent today will be reminded that Christmas continues for twelve days. The next two days could be quite busy with lots of guests. Today would also be a good day to begin preparing some of the refreshments that will be needed on those days
A gift should be enjoyed or it can be put away and forgotten. It can challenge us, surprise us, fulfill a need or change our lives. A good gift brings joy with it. I have realized that my family and friends are not a haphazard quirk or fate, but gifts from a loving God.
Sue Whitehead
NEW IN THE KITCHEN
National Bicarbonate of Soda Day National Bicarbonate of Soda Day, or Baking Soda Day, celebrates the many benefits and uses of Bicarbonate of Soda.
Bicarbonate of soda is a chemical compound - sodium carbonate or sodium bi-carbonate. When heated, it creates carbon dioxide, a gas. The gas aids a variety of bakery products to rise as they cook.
Many people just think of Bicarbonate of Soda as something you use for baking. But, it has so many more uses. Here are just a few of them:
Baking- helps baked goods, like bread, to rise
Relieve stomach indigestion and heartburn when mixed in water
Removing odors in the refrigerator, vents, storage areas, and closets
Removing odor in kitty litter
It is used in fire extinguishers for grease and oil fires
It is often used as a cleaning agent
It can be used as a meat tenderizer
Polish Silverware
Remove burned food from a pot or a pan
The list goes on and on...
PRAYERS
Dear Lord, forgive us when we focus more on our own limitations rather than Your power. There is nothing too great for You. Help us to turn our thoughts away from what we can’t do, to what You have placed in front of us. We trust You to do the rest.
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
There are two seasonal diversions that can ease the bite of any winter.
One is the January thaw. The other is the seed catalogues.
Hal Borland
We are supposed to have o thaw for the beginning of January. Starting today and through the weekend it should be a lot warmer here. One of my friends has already received seed catalogs in the mail too. It's nice to think about spring right now and after weeks of being so cold it will be good to be a little warmer, even if it is just for a few days.
I've discovered another new change that I will be making in the New Year. Winter has really dried out my skin and sometimes I think my hands feel like sand paper. I've an assortment of hand cremes around my house and the other day I tried one that I guess must have been a gift as I don't remember buying it. It was called Essence of Beauty and was a lavender fragrance. It has aloe in it plus a few other nice things and it turned out to be one of the best I've ever used. So anyway I went on line to see where I could buy more and found out it is a product of CVS. Needless to say, I went there and bought more. They have several different fragrances but no longer have the lavender available.
After years of using Bath and Body works products I think I'll be changing and switching over to their line. They are cheaper too.
COUNTING THE DAYS
Every morning is a fresh beginning. Every day is the world made new. Today is a new day. Today is my world made new. I have lived all my life up to this moment, to come to this day. This moment - this day - is as good as any moment in all eternity. I shall make of this day - each moment of this day - a heaven on earth. This is my day of opportunity.
Dan Custer
80 DAYS UNTIL SPRING!
109 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
2 comments:
This entry was just perfect! Your topic, ironically, was what I was just talking about on my page. And I've copied your prayer as my status today on FB. Thanks for the entry today.
A Happy New Year to you Ma. Here's to more of your lovely postings in the days to come. Joy and Happiness to you! xxoo
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