For Thursday July 7th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JULY 7th, 2011

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

It's THURSDAY!

TELL THE TRUTH DAY

Imagine a world where nobody lies, says anything misleading, or does anything dishonest. Tell The Truth Day aims to achieve this for just one day.

You know that lousy, guilty feeling you get when you tell a lie? Then you get really paranoid of being caught and you have to keep telling one fib after another to keep your story straight until you wish you hadn't even bothered in the first place? Well we have an easy cure for that little problem: tell the truth. It's always the right way to go and you'll spare yourself some stress by having nothing to hide.

If it is not truthful and not helpful, don't say it.
If it is truthful and not helpful, don't say it.
If it is not truthful and helpful, don't say it.
If it is truthful and helpful, wait for the right time.

Buddha

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

CHOCOLATE DAY

There are three particular days to celebrate Chocolate Day. First Chocolate Day is on July 7th and US National Chocolate Day is on October 28th. The third and the most famous is World Chocolate Day, which is celebrated on September 4th.

Chocolate Day is the perfect opportunity to eat you favorite chocolates in ample portions. Do you really need another excuse to over indulge with your favorite food treat?

For the Shamelessly Indulgent: Chocolate Cake

Ingredients:

1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 3/4 cups brown sugar
3/4 cup cocoa
1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups buttermilk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 eggs
4 tablespoons vegetable oil
1 cup boiling water
Confectioners' sugar

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

2. Combine dry ingredients in large bowl and slowly whisk in wet ingredients.

3. Pour into greased 9 by 12-inch baking pan and bake for 25 minutes. Allow to cool.

Dust with confectioner's sugar and serve

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

It takes two to speak the truth: one to speak, and another to hear.

Henry David Thoreau

You know most of the time I'm here by myself and truthfully there isn't anyone I'd fool about how much I do love the days filled with family times. Yet, we all need days of solitude and time alone just to be, so I'm thankful for those. I'm very much looking forward to the days ahead when I'll be traveling and visiting with family.

Happy Thursday everyone!

07/07/11 might just be your lucky day!

COUNTING THE DAYS

You don't need to get anyone else to agree with your truth. You just need to live it.

Alan Cohen

78 DAYS UNTIL FALL

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

ma