For Thursday, January 19th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JANUARY 19TH,  2012

If you can't see the Bright Side, polish the dull side

It's THURSDAY!  

NATIONAL POPCORN DAY!

If your New Year’s resolution this year is to eat healthier, you’re in luck because today is National Popcorn Day. With so many ways to flavor and prepare popcorn, you can never get bored with this versatile low-calorie, whole grain snack. Use this fun holiday to experiment with popcorn and create nutritional snacks that will help you maintain your new, healthy eating habits.  We love the stuff.  No movie or baseball game is complete without it.   It’s part of our American way of life. We associate it with fun.  Sure, an afternoon spent with popcorn may mean an evening spent with dental floss, but that can only then be a reminder of what a good time you’ve just had.

Did you Know:  Each kernel contains a tiny drop of water. This is why, when heated, the water expands causing the kernel to explode and flip inside out.

NEWS FROM HOME

Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.

I do love popcorn and probably have it at least twice a week.  Most of the time I use microwave popcorn, but I also have an air popper that makes really great popcorn too.  It really is cheaper to make your own and only takes a few minutes more than microwaving it.  I've even tried making my own variety of microwave popcorn using a brown paper bag, but truthfully that didn't work out so well.

This week along with cleaning the bathroom from top to bottom I've continued to work on my mission to toss 365 items out of my home this year.  I got a dozen or more purses out of the bottom of my wardrobe and will either donate them or give them away.  They are still in pretty good shape, but I know that I'll never use them again so out they are going.

It may sound frivolous to even own that many purses, but the truth is I have at least 2 dozen more, that may or may not be used again.  When you have lived as long as I do, you collect a lot of things and sadly I have hung on to those things.

One article I read said that people that hold on to things, tend to want to hold on to the past.  I really don't think I want to do that so I'm making a good effort to let it all go.

Hope you all are having a good week.  We made it through Wednesday, what I have always called Hump Day, and are now sliding right into the weekend.

Have a great Thursday everyone!

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!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Friendship - You're Important to Me

Into a box of friendship

To insure that it is strong

First a layer of respect

On the bottom does belong

Then to the sides attach

In the corners where they meet

Several anchors full of trust

Devoid of all deceit

The height of friendship can be measure

By the sides of four

So make them all a larger cut

And the box will hold much more

Now fill it up with courtesy

Honor and esteem

Understanding, sympathy

and passion for a dream

Add honesty

Emotions joy and love

And since they're so important

Place them up above

And leave the box wide open

So all can see inside

To learn what makes a friendship work

From the box you built with pride

And in it they'll see your face, my friend

Because you're the most important item of them all.

Author Unknown

In a recent poll, Americans have said that the quality which they thought was most important in a friend was honesty. It was considered to be more than twice as important as sharing common interests or having a sense of humor.Think how terrible it is to have a friend, or a child, or a parent, or a husband, or a wife, whom you cannot trust. What a tragedy.

When we cheat, we hurt people we love. When we are dishonest, we hurt the people we love. We hurt our God of all love.

COUNTING THE DAYS

This bright new day...complete with 24 hours of opportunities, choices, and attitudes...a perfectly matched set of 1440 minutes.  This uniques gift, this one day, cannot be exchanged, replaced or refunded.  Handle with care.  Make the most of it.  There is only one to a customer

Author Unknown

61 DAYS UNTIL SPRING

93 DAYS UNTIL CAMPING SEASON BEGINS

Keep looking ON THE BRIGHT SIDE of things.

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

Love,

ma