For Thursday, May 31st, 2018

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades.  May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.

THURSDAY, MAY 31ST, 2018

21 Days Until Summer

Sunrise: 5:57 am

 Sunset: 8:55 pm

Life is a Special Occasion!

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Today is Save Your Hearing Day which is a reminder that our hearing is vital and needs to be protected.  

Many hearing loss problems are avoidable.  Hearing loss can result from a variety of reasons, including:  health, genetic and environmental causes.  Repeated long term exposure to loud noises can overtime cause hearing loss. It’s a good idea to wear good hearing protection when exposed to high decibel sounds like fireworks, loud dance clubs or concerts, motorcycles, snow mobiles and machinery.

To save your hearing turn down the volume.  Leave behind the noise and visit peaceful places.  

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

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Seeing, hearing, feeling, are miracles and each part and tag of me is a miracle.

Walt Whitman

Although it’s minor, I do have a little trouble with my hearing.  There are times that I totally miss what someone is saying.  Other times I hear perfectly well.  It comes and goes. They say some hearing loss occurs in most of us as we grow older.  There are times too when I think I must have selective hearing as I tend to tune things out.  But one thing I know about hearing, I’d miss it if I didn’t have it.  

When you think about it, the fact that we can hear at all is a miracle and one that we take for granted.  Each and every one of us uniquely and wonderfully made and we should never fail to appreciate what we have.

They say we have a chance rain again today and tomorrow so the house work continues.  I still haven’t finished up my Spring cleaning and soon summer will be here.  

On the bright side, I do have Easter all put away and my red white and blue seasonal decorations are out. Part of which you are seeing in the pictures today!

I hope you all have a GREAT day.  Happy Thursday!  

COUNTING MY GIFTS

I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from any one is to be seen, heard, understood and touched by them.  The greatest gift I can give is to see, hear, understand, and touch another person.

Virginia Satir

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for.  There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

6026.  for our ears, hearing is important

6027. for Spring cleaning, washing the dust of winter away

6028. for so many people in my life to love

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

  

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

 

Almighty and eternal God,

Protect our military

as they discharge their duties

with the shield of your strength,

may the power of your love

enable them to return home in safety

that with all who love them

they may ever praise you for your loving care.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT’s

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

ADVICE FOR TODAY

Talk little to hear much.

William Temple

A little smile, a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma

For Wednesday, May 30th, 2018

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades.  May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.

WEDNESDAY, MAY 30TH, 2018

22 Days Until Summer

Sunrise: 5:58 am

 Sunset: 8:54 pm

Life is a Special Occasion!

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Today is National Creativity Day which a day to embrace your own creativity and support the creative people in you life.  Do what you can to acknowledge, motivate, and inspire people to pursue their dreams.

Whether you are an artist, writer, musician, blogger, photographer, or a graphic artist, it’s a day to celebrate your creative pursuits.  Other than nature, everything within sight originated with a creative thought from someone.

Being creative helps you become a better problem solver. Creativity helps you see things differently and better deal with uncertainty.  Creativity is a great confidence builder, because we discover that failure is part of the process. 

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

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort.

Frankin D. Roosevelt

We are all creative in one way or another.  Even providing a good wholesome meal for our families takes creativity.  When you are living on a fixed income like I do it also takes a bit of creativity to make the best use of your money.  

That is what I did on Memorial Day.  DD suggested we go to the outlet mall and see what they had on sale.  Their sales never fail to disappoint me.  And it was a good day for a train ride.  Not me, but DD’s son thoroughly enjoyed it.  They have a train there that runs the distance of the Mall and he was excited to take a ride.  I sat in the shade and took pictures as the train went by.   It’s always good to spend time with my daughter and grandson so even though it was not a typical Memorial Day celebration, we had a lot of fun.

We’d already had our family get together on Saturday and DSIL had to work but with a little creative thinking we were able to spend the day together and save some money with the sales going on too. 

We continue to be hot and humid here, but we’re to see some rain later today.  I’m going to have to be creative in order to get back to the every day tasks that need to be done today.  I enjoyed the outdoors yesterday working outside, but today it’s time to do some housework.  

I hope you all have a WONDERFUL Wednesday!  

COUNTING MY GIFTS

There is something special when creative people get together.

Joy Mangano

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for.  There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

6023.  for a fun day with my daughter and grandson

6024.  for a rainy day to get the house work done

6025.  for great sales that save money

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

  

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

 

Almighty and eternal God,

Protect our military

as they discharge their duties

with the shield of your strength,

may the power of your love

enable them to return home in safety

that with all who love them

they may ever praise you for your loving care.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT’s

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

GOD BLESS YOU ALL!

ADVICE FOR TODAY

I think in this life it’s important to be kind, be thankful and always be creative.

Bishop Briggs

A little smile, a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma

For Tuesday, May 29th, 2018

ON THE BRIGHT SIDE

The moments of our lives may be bright with possibility, dark with fear or sadness, or even plain everyday gray, but God's glory never fades.  May God's glory shine into the exciting lights, upsetting darks, and boring grays of your every day.

TUESDAY, MAY 29TH, 2018

23 Days Until Summer

Sunrise: 5:58 am

 Sunset: 8:53 pm

Life is a Special Occasion!

Hallmark

Today is National Biscuit Day which celebrates the wide variety of biscuits we can enjoy.  American biscuits are small crusty bread rolls often served at breakfast or served on the side with meals.  In the UK the word biscuit is used for what is know as cookies in the US.  

Today is the day to settle down with a cup of tea or coffee and enjoy one of your favorites.

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

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade.  That’s life.  

Mike Ditka

It’s a Monday kind of Tuesday here.  With the holiday weekend it’s hard to remember exactly what day it is.  But really it is truly Tuesday today.

DS#6 and family went to a parade yesterday and the scouts in the family marched in it too.  That is what the pictures are of today.  Tomorrow I’ll show you what I got up to on Memorial Day.

It was another usually warm day for us with temps in the 90’s.  But the sun was shinning and I think everyone was glad to be out and about.  We have had way to much indoor time and now we can finally enjoy the great outdoors.  Some of us much differently than others. 

It is looking like I’d better mow the yard today as rainy days are headed our way for the next few days  according to the weather channel.  The good news is that all of the puddles in the yard have finally dried out.

I hope you all have a TERRIFIC Tuesday!  

COUNTING MY GIFTS

I am grateful for what I am and have.  My thanksgiving is perpetual

Henry David Thoreau

Counting at least 3 things every day that I'm thankful for.  There is truly is always something to be thankful for.

6020.  for the great outdoors

6021. for a wonderful Memorial Day weekend

6022. for sunny days they always make me smile

Enter into His courts with thanksgiving — and in His presence is fullness of Joy!

PRAYER FOR OUR TROOPS

  

Please pray for God's protection of

our troops and HIS wisdom for their

commanders.

 

Almighty and eternal God,

Protect our military

as they discharge their duties

with the shield of your strength,

may the power of your love

enable them to return home in safety

that with all who love them

they may ever praise you for your loving care.

AND bless our Police Officers, Firefighters

and Paramedics and EMT’s

We ask this through Christ our Lord.

Amen

GOD BLESS YOU!

ADVICE FOR TODAY

Remember, people only rain on your parade because they’re jealous of your sun and tired of their shade.

Author Unknown

A little smile, a word of cheer, 

A bit of love from someone dear…

Love,

ma