ON THE BRIGHT SIDE
MAY 31st, 2011
If you can't see the bright side of life, polish the dull side
It's TUESDAY!
SAVE YOUR HEARING DAY!
Save Your Hearing Day reminds us that our hearing is vital, and needs to be protected.
Many hearing loss problems are avoidable. Hearing loss can result from a variety of reasons, including: health, genetic and environmental causes. On the environmental side, repeated long term exposure to loud, high decibel noises can overtime cause hearing loss. This cause, in particular, is often avoidable.
Use Save Your Hearing Day as an opportunity to learn what you can do to avoid hearing loss to yourself, and your family. Then, practice it.
A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something
Wilson Mizner
NEW IN THE KITCHEN
NATIONAL MACAROON DAY
MOUNTAIN TOP MACAROONS
4 large egg whites
1 cup white sugar
dash of salt
3 cups shredded coconut
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp vanilla
1/2-1 semi-sweet chocolate, melted
Finely shredded coconut, for sprinkling
In a stainless steel bowl over a pot of simmering water (or a double boiler if you're fancy like that), whisk together the egg whites, sugar and salt until they are warm to the touch and frothy and creamy. The sugar will be fully melted and everything should be a uniform white color. Remove from the heat. Add the vanilla, flour, and coconut and stir to combine; it will be sticky. Cover with plastic wrap and stick it in the fridge for an hour or two until the mixture is firm.
Once your cookie dough is firm, preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit and line two baking sheets with parchment. These cookies are a little sticky and parchment can do double duty here to hold the cookies after they have been dipped in chocolate, so I strongly suggest that you use it.
Using a small cookie scoop, about 1 Tbs, scoop the cookies onto the parchment. They don't really expand, so they only need 1"-1 1/4" between the cookies; enough so that if they do spread they aren't stuck together. Bake them for 10-15 mins, until the tops are golden brown.
Allow the baked cookies to cool for about 15 mins so that they are cool to the touch and then dip the tops in the melted semi-sweet chocolate. Immediately sprinkle a few shreds of coconut on top of the chocolate and let them harden 20-30 minutes
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
Home is where you can say anything you like cause nobody listens to you anyway.
Author Unknown
It's the last day of May and although summer hasn't begun yet, it really does feel like it is here. When I got home from the camper yesterday I did turn on the air conditioning for a little while.
The week ahead looks to be mostly sunny and today they say we may be in the 90's so it looks like a/c season has begun in earnest. I don't like it as I feel as cooped up as when it is cold out but this house heats up pretty fast and takes a long time to cool down too.
I'm sure I'll get some outdoor time in early morning or late evening anyway. The temps are usually pleasant then even when it gets hot out. Right now it is very hard to believe we had temps in the 40's just last week and the furnace was running.
We had fireworks going off in our neighborhood last night. Seems early for that as we used to only hear them the 4th of July. Now I suppose we'll be hearing them all summer.
Have a great Tuesday everyone!
COUNTING THE DAYS
Remember: when you talk you only repeat what you already know, but if you listen you may learn something
Amish School Saying
22 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
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