For Monday, September 19th, 2011

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

SEPTEMBER 19TH,  2011

  

It's MONDAY!

National Clean Hands Week

Keeping hands clean is one of the best ways to prevent the spread of infection and illness.

Hand washing is easy to do and it's one of the most effective ways to prevent the spread of many types of infection and illness in all settings—from your home and workplace to child care facilities and hospitals. Clean hands can stop germs from spreading from one person to another and throughout an entire community

Washing hands with soap and water is the best way to reduce the number of  germs on them. If soap and water are not available, use an alcohol-based hand sanitizer that contains at least 60% alcohol. Alcohol-based hand sanitizers can quickly reduce the number of germs on hands in some situations, but sanitizers do not eliminate all types of germs.

Hand sanitizers are not effective when hands are visibly dirty.

We all know that coughs and sneezes spread diseases. In honor of National Clean Hands Week,  please take a few moments to remember to practice good hand hygiene to help keep our friends, family, and colleagues safe during the flu season and throughout the year

The best six doctors anywhere
And no one can deny it
Are sunshine, water, rest, and air
Exercise and diet.
These six will gladly you attend
If only you are willing
Your mind they'll ease
Your will they'll mend
And charge you not a shilling.

Nursery rhyme

NEW IN THE KITCHEN

BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING DAY

Butter and brown sugar are the basic building blocks of that beloved flavor, butterscotch! This year on National Butterscotch Pudding Day, remember that pudding isn't always about the chocolate

BUTTERSCOTCH PUDDING MONKEY BREAD

1 package (3-1/2oz.) Cook and Serve Butterscotch Pudding Mix,NOT INSTANT
3/4 cup sugar
1 tablespoon ground cinnamon
1/2 cup finely chopped pecans
1/2 cup butter, melted
3 tubes regular sized refrigerated Biscuits

In plastic bowl with tight fitting lid, combine pudding mix, sugar, cinnamon and pecans. Pour butter into shallow bowl. Cut biscuits into quarters. Dip several pieces into butter, then place in a bowl with dry ingredients, replace lid and shake. Start lining a 10" greased Bundt pan with coated biscuit pieces. Continue doing in batches until they are all piled on top of each other in Bundt pan. You may need to melt a little more butter to finish up biscuit pieces. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven 30 to 35 minutes, they should be golden brown. Cool in pan 30 minutes. Place large cake like dish over Bundt pan and invert. Before lifting pan off monkey bread, tap bottom of pan good all over the bottom. Lift gently off.

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 think you might dispense with half your doctors if you would only consult Dr. Sun more. 

Henry Ward Beecher

Our days are getting shorter and cooler and many people are spending less time outdoors.  No wonder we begin to see signs of colds and flu everywhere.  I've always thought that fresh air and sunshine were important to anyone's health.  I remember that when my own children were small, the doctor always said to make sure they got outside everyday if only for 20 minutes.  

I know I will be missing the sunshine in the days ahead, but when it is shinning you can bet I'll be outside enjoying it, if only for those 20 minutes.

COUNTING THE DAYS

The greatest wealth is health.  

Virgil

4 DAYS UNTIL FALL

97 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

 

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

Love,

ma