For Monday, May 9th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

MAY 9TH, 2011

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

It's MONDAY!

National Etiquette Week begins today!

Mind your Manners

Let’s all celebrate National Etiquette Week, by making an effort to practice courtesy, civility, good manners and kindness with others.

Being kind, civil and courteous is the number one way to prevent the spread of bad manners. And civility is contagious. When you speak kindly, think positively and say thank you, others will respond in a positive way. Spread a little civility, courtesy and kindness with simple acts of good manners

Practice saying thank you, please, excuse me and you’re welcome to coworkers, sales clerks, and family members more often.

Those magic words do work wonders!

Never neglect the little things. Never skimp on that extra effort, that additional few minutes, that soft word of praise or thanks , that delivery of the very best that you can do.

It does not matter what others think, it is of prime importance, however, what you think about you. You can never do your best, which should always be your trademark, if you are cutting corners and shirking responsibilities.

You are special. Act it. Never neglect the little things.

Og Mandino

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

National Butterscotch Brownie Day

My mom always called these Blonde Brownies and often added chocolate chips to them. You can also add Butterscotch chips.

1 cup sifted flour
1 teaspoon salt
2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 cup butter
2 cups brown sugar
2 unbeaten eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 cup chopped nuts

Sift dry ingredients together. Melt butter and add brown sugar, eggs, vanilla and nuts. Then add dry ingredients, spread in buttered pan and bake thirty minutes in moderate oven at 350 degrees

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

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

I would thank you from the bottom of my heart, but for you my heart has no bottom.

Author Unknown

One thing that most of us taught our children when they were very young was always to say the magic words. Please and Thank You. Please may I have something and then Thank You when they'd received what ever they wanted.

Why is something that was so engrained in our early vocabulary so quickly forgotten? Some would say it is a feeling of entitlement. That we deserve to have want we want and we do not need to ask nicely for anything.

In our fast paced world, it is not uncommon to hear that being nice just takes too long. Or worse, that the please and thank you are implied. But it is precisely because we live in a fast paced world that those small niceties become so much more important.

Besides just being nice promotes feelings of happiness and reduces stress. When we focus on others, we stop worrying so much about ourselves

Common courtesy is the oil that greases the wheels of society. So PLEASE remember, when you meet those squeaky wheels, be sure to give them extra grease.

THANK YOU!

COUNTING THE DAYS

It's nice to be important, but it's more important to be nice.

Author Unknown

43 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