For Sunday, June 10th, 2012

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

JUNE 10TH,  2012

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

It's SUNDAY!  

NATIONAL ICED TEA DAY

With the official start of summer just a few days away, the timing is perfect for National Iced Tea Day.
Chances are, it is already hot in your area. Today may serve as a good reminder to make and enjoy your first of many Iced Tea drink of the season. Have it plain, add a little lemon, or sweeten it with sugar. Iced Tea is certainly a favorite summer cooler of millions of Americans. And best of all, tea is good for your health!In 1904, English tea plantation owner Richard Blechynden set up a booth to sell hot tea at the St. Louis World Fair. It was a sizzler of a day, and fair visitors didn't want anything hot. Rather, they needed something to quench their thirst... something cold. He dumped some of his hot tea into ice and served it cold. It was an immediate hit. This was the first known use of iced tea. 

It takes no imagination to decide how to enjoy this great day: Grab an Iced Tea and head out to the hammock strung under a shady tree.

NEWS FROM HOME

I love my Iced Tea!  I have already had my first of many glasses full here at my house.  Coffee always starts my day off, but by noon most days I'll have my glass of tea.

My favorite is Sweet tea, with sugar added while the tea is still hot from brewing, the mixture is then being cooled with ice.  This  tea is ubiquitous in the core Southern United States. In these states, when a person says tea, he or she normally means sweetened iced tea. The unsweetened variant is often called unsweet tea instead of unsweetened or plain. The consumption of sweet tea with many meals leads to it sometimes called the table wine of the South and this trait is considered an important marker of the culture of the Southern United States. Southern sweet tea is made by brewing tea at double strength, adding a large amount of sugar to the freshly-brewed hot tea, and diluting to the proper strength. It is served over a glass full of ice cubes and is often garnished with a slice of lemon. While corn syrup is commonly used as a sweetener for commercially manufactured tea, purists detest the use of anything other than refined sugar.

That is my news for today.  All is quiet on the homefront.  

Have a restful and relaxing Sunday everyone!

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT

Iced Tea has Medicinal value

Since ancient times, people have believed that tea has a wide range of medicinal uses. Modern research has given credibility to many of these beliefs and identified more. In some cases research is not conclusive. Regardless of the final determination as to it's value over time, drink and enjoy because there is no research to suggest that it can hurt you and it just tastes good.

Here are some of the known or suspected medicinal applications:

Avoidance of heart disease

Cancer and tumors

Stomach ailments

Sore throats and colds(often flavored with honey)

It's soothing, relaxing

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!

COUNTING THE DAYS

Rejoice in the beauty that is around us and sustains us.
Rejoice in the trivial and the profound. 
Rejoice in the laughter of children and wisdom of grandparents. 
Rejoice in the mundane and the extraordinary.

Rejoice, celebrate, and sing praises to our God
Because we were granted the gift of another day to do so!

10 DAYS UNTIL SUMMER

Celebrate the happiness
that friends are always giving,
make every day a holiday,
and celebrate just living!

Amanda Bradley

 

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

Love,

ma