For Monday, June 13th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 13th, 2011

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

It's MONDAY!

JUNE IS REBUILD YOUR LIFE MONTH

America is the land of do-it-yourselfers, dedicated to rebuilding from the ground up. Apply that same can-do attitude to change lives this June during national Rebuild Your Life Month.

Try out the Power of a Smile on June 15 to smooth your daily interactions. If a certain someone liked your smile, then it's on to Sneak a Kiss Day on June 16.

Crave time alone to regroup? Quietly celebrate Hermit Week by retreating to your inner cave during the third week of June. Be still, listening to that small voice within for new solutions to resolve everyday situations.

Ready to let the good times roll? Get your guffaws ringing for Mirth Day on June 22. That expulsion of air readies you for Let it Go Day on June 23, when you tie your troubles to the tail of a balloon and send them flying.

On June 25, you can look in the mirror and admire the fruits of your life rebuilding project. It's LEON Day, which is noel spelled backwards. There's only six months left until Christmas, and you've just given yourself an early gift—a new attitude

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Rebuild Your Life with a Can-Do Attitude

Every precious moment is a Window of Opportunity

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

Kitchen Klutzes of America Day

There's a difference between home cookin' and a home that's cooking. If fire, knives, hot metal, and boiling liquids spell DANGER in your kitchen, you are an unofficial honoree of Kitchen Klutzes of America Day. Broken glass, spilled milk, slick wet floors, all of these are harbingers of heartbreak for the dyed-in-the-wool Kitchen Klutzes of America. This is a special day set aside for people who should avoid the kitchen altogether!

Take advantage of this day to go over cooking safety in the kitchen with your family

Understanding the dangers of the kitchen and how to prevent them is an essential life tool that everyone should learn. I invite you to read these important kitchen safety tips and share them with your family today.

Kitchen Safety Tips:

1. Supervise first-time chefs. Never let them cook alone.

2. Develop patience. They will make fewer mistakes when they are enjoying the process and not worrying about getting yelled at.

3. Handle kitchen products properly. Don’t assume family members will know what to do with kitchen products just by watching you in the kitchen. Take the time to explain how each product works, as it’s needed for each recipe.

4. Understand fire safety. Explain how the fire extinguisher works, how to put out a grease fire, and when to call 911.

5. Wear short sleeves. Long sleeves have a chance of catching fire or falling into hot grease or boiling water.

6. Wear an apron. Aprons help protect clothes and add extra padding in case of spilt hot water, splattered oil, etc.

7. Use oven mitts. Never use a towel to move hot pans because the loose parts of the towel can fall onto a hot burner and catch on fire. Oven mitts are safer because they help your children hold onto the handle of a hot pan more securely.

8. Wash your hands. Hands carry germs and can contaminate food.

9. Keep pan handles facing in and over countertops. Pan handles should never extend over the hot stove and definitely not out towards the floor where someone could bump the handle and spill a pot of hot food on him.

10. Never leave food unattended. Unwatched pots can spill over causing fires and other kitchen hazards.

11. Clean up spills. Serious injuries occur when others slip and fall because of wet floors or foreign objects, so make sure you understand the importance of cleaning up a spill as it occurs. (Always have a mop or rag handy.)

12. Speed clean ups. Teach them to clean while they wait for the next stage in preparing the food (i.e. water boils, soup simmers, etc.).

13. Never eat raw meats or poultry. Raw poultry can lead to food poisoning (i.e. salmonella).

14. Wash surfaces where raw meats and poultry touched. Surfaces touched by raw meat should be cleaned before placing another food product on that surface to prevent cross contamination.

15. Keep raw food separate from cooked food. Never place cooked food back on a plate that once contained raw food.

16. Metal and microwaves don’t mix. Any object that contains metal or aluminum should not be placed into a microwave because doing so could cause a fire.

Understanding the dangers of the kitchen and how to prevent them is an essential life tool that everyone should learn.

Every day may not be good, but there's something good in every day

Author Unknown

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!

AROUND HOME

Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference.

Winston Churchill

After a restful weekend at the camper I'm home again. It's an ordinary day here at my house with ordinary things to do. I'm not at all discouraged by that as the ordinary days are wonderful in my books.

I'm thankful for each and everyone of them.

I hope your week is off to a wonderful start !

COUNTING THE DAYS

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort

Herm Albright

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

ma