For Monday, June 6th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 6th, 2011

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

It's MONDAY!

NATIONAL GARDENING EXERCISE DAY

Everyone knows gardening is therapeutic. It's good for the mind, body, and soul. Gardening Exercise Day gives us an opportunity to go out and burn off calories and have fun doing it. National Gardening Exercise Day is intended to recognize the important physical health benefits of gardening.

In reality, gardening is exercise. Experts say the various activities and tasks of gardening ultimately uses all of the major muscle groups. In addition, strenuous gardening activities such as raking, hoeing, and digging is both aerobic and muscle strengthening.

Take time today to celebrate one of America's favorite hobbies. Go out and exercise with, and among, your plants

Put on those gardening gloves, grab your straw hat, and let's get moving.

When weeding, the best way to make sure you are removing a weed and not a valuable plant is to pull on it. If it comes out of the ground easily, it is a valuable plant

Author Unknown

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

JUNE IS COUNTRY COOKING MONTH

You might be surprised at how much good old fashioned country cooking goes on during the warm summer months. When you take into account all the home gardens, it starts to make sense. There is a lot of country cooking to be done during the warm months! Not only do you prepare daily meals, you spend time canning and freezing items from the garden, as well as making all sorts of jellies, jams, preserves, pickles and relishes. Let’s not forget about all the barbecues, cookouts, and backyard grilling.

Tuna casserole in 20 minutes has saved my hide many nights when I was just too tired to cook or we were late getting home. It’s great during any season and especially handy when you need to carry a covered dish to a get-together or potluck dinner.

8 oz of rotini pasta
2 - 10 oz, cans cream of mushroom soup
1- 15 oz, can garden peas
1- 12 oz. can white albacore tuna in water, drained
3 cups of shredded white cheddar cheese

Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F. Prepare pasta according to the box directions. While the pasta’s water is boiling, mix together the soup, peas, tuna, and 2 cups of cheese. Drain pasta and pour into a 9″ x 13″ baking dish. Add the tuna mixture and blend with the pasta. Cover with the rest of the cheese. Slide into the oven and bake for 20 minutes.

Serve with a green salad and biscuits

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

You can bury a lot of troubles digging in the dirt

Author Unknown

If you enjoy gardening, try to ignite this spark in someone else, regardless of how young or old even if all you do is get them to put a few seeds or plants in a pot.

When you come home and are worn out, STOP, take a few minutes, go outside, work for a short time in your yard. You will be surprised at how much better you feel. If you are angry, impatient, nervous, unhappy, or sad, gardening is the answer. Take your emotions out on the weeds, prune the shrubs, deadhead the flowers, cut down that plant you don't like or want, or just dig in the soil. Mother Nature is a great healer.

So here's the cheapest advice you'll ever get: Get out and garden... It clears your head and heals your body

COUNTING THE DAYS

Give me odorous at sunrise a garden of beautiful flowers where I can walk undisturbed

Walt Whitman

16 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