Author Unknown
One day a woman's husband died, and on that clear, cold morning, in the warmth of their bedroom, the wife was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't "anymore".
No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate together, no more phone calls just to chat, no more "just one minute."
Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up and goes away, never to return before we can say good-bye, say "I love you."
So while we have it, it's best we love it, care for it, fix it when it's broken and heal it when it's sick.
This is true for marriage.....And old cars... And children with bad report cards, and dogs with bad hips, and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.
Some things we keep -- like a best friend who moved away or a sister-in-law after divorce. There are just some things that make us happy, no matter what.
Life is important, like people we know who are special.. And so, we keep them close!
Let every one of your friends know you love them. Even if you think they don't love you back. And just in case I'm gone tomorrow:
I LOVE YA!!!
Live today because tomorrow is not promised.
Shared by Patty B. ♥
Monday, August 30, 2010
Monday, August 23, 2010
The Flood
Author Unknown
Once upon a time there was a man of great faith. The man lived in a small town. One day it began to rain. The rain continued until the streets in the town began to flood. The mayor sent police officers through the streets, knocking on doors and shouting through bullhorns for the citizens to evacuate their homes. But the man said, "No, I will not evacuate, God will save me."
The waters continued to rise until the man was forced to climb the stairs to the second floor of his home. Soon the mayor sent the fire department on rafts through the streets of the town. They called to the man to get into the raft. But the man shouted from his second floor window, "No, I will not get into a raft. God will save me."
The rain fell heavily and soon the water rose above the second floor. Now the man had to climb to the roof of the house. The mayor sent the rescue squad in a helicopter. They dropped a rope ladder and shouted over the din of the propeller blades for the man to grab onto the ladder. But the man called back, "No, I will not take hold of your ladder. God will save me."
Soon the flood waters rose even higher and washed the man off his roof, and he drowned in th raging current.
When the man reached heaven, he angrily banged on the gates and demanded to see God. After some negotiation, he was taken to the Throne. The man said, "I am a man of great faith. Why didn't you save me?"
And God replied, "Well, I sent you police officers...the fire department...the rescue squad..."
Shared by Patty B. ♥
Once upon a time there was a man of great faith. The man lived in a small town. One day it began to rain. The rain continued until the streets in the town began to flood. The mayor sent police officers through the streets, knocking on doors and shouting through bullhorns for the citizens to evacuate their homes. But the man said, "No, I will not evacuate, God will save me."
The waters continued to rise until the man was forced to climb the stairs to the second floor of his home. Soon the mayor sent the fire department on rafts through the streets of the town. They called to the man to get into the raft. But the man shouted from his second floor window, "No, I will not get into a raft. God will save me."
The rain fell heavily and soon the water rose above the second floor. Now the man had to climb to the roof of the house. The mayor sent the rescue squad in a helicopter. They dropped a rope ladder and shouted over the din of the propeller blades for the man to grab onto the ladder. But the man called back, "No, I will not take hold of your ladder. God will save me."
Soon the flood waters rose even higher and washed the man off his roof, and he drowned in th raging current.
When the man reached heaven, he angrily banged on the gates and demanded to see God. After some negotiation, he was taken to the Throne. The man said, "I am a man of great faith. Why didn't you save me?"
And God replied, "Well, I sent you police officers...the fire department...the rescue squad..."
Shared by Patty B. ♥
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Carrot Cake
This is a family cake we have been enjoying for years. The cake is very moist and yummy!
Patty B.
Cake:
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups wession oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 eggs
3 cups shredded carrots
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups sugar
Cream sugar and oil together, add beaten eggs and mix well. Sift dry ingredience together and add to cake mixture. Add carrots and nuts last.
Bake in greased cake pan at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
Frosting:
4 oz. cream cheese
3/4 cube butter
1/2 box powder sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
few drops milk
Mix all above ingredence together.
Frost cake when cool and enjoy!
Patty B.
Cake:
2 cups flour
1 1/2 cups wession oil
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 teaspoon cinnamon
4 eggs
3 cups shredded carrots
1 cup chopped nuts
2 cups sugar
Cream sugar and oil together, add beaten eggs and mix well. Sift dry ingredience together and add to cake mixture. Add carrots and nuts last.
Bake in greased cake pan at 325 degrees for 50-60 minutes.
Frosting:
4 oz. cream cheese
3/4 cube butter
1/2 box powder sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
few drops milk
Mix all above ingredence together.
Frost cake when cool and enjoy!
Household Hints and Tips
Alternative household uses for Bounce softener sheets:
1) Musty book smells: It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
2)Eliminates static electricity from your television screen. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling. Works for venetian blinds too.
3) Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
4) Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
5) Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
6) Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
7) Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they wll smell better in the AM.
8) Repels mosquitoes: Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop or place one in your pocket when outdoors during mosquito season. (I heard this one really does not work)
1) Musty book smells: It takes the odor out of books and photo albums that don't get opened too often.
2)Eliminates static electricity from your television screen. Since Bounce is designed to help eliminate static cling, wipe your television screen with a used sheet of Bounce to keep dust from resettling. Works for venetian blinds too.
3) Dissolve soap scum from shower doors. Clean with a sheet of Bounce.
4) Freshen the air in your home. Place an individual sheet of Bounce in a drawer or hang in the closet.
5) Prevent musty suitcases. Place an individual sheet of Bounce inside empty luggage before storing.
6) Freshen the air in your car. Place a sheet of Bounce under the front seat.
7) Deodorize shoes or sneakers. Place a sheet of Bounce in your shoes or sneakers overnight so they wll smell better in the AM.
8) Repels mosquitoes: Tie a sheet of Bounce through a belt loop or place one in your pocket when outdoors during mosquito season. (I heard this one really does not work)
A Native American Tale
A young boy came across his grandfather sitting quietly and asked, "Grandfather, what are you doing?" The Grandfather whispered back, "There are two wolves fighting in my head." "Who will win?" asked the child. "The one that I feed," replied the wise old man.
Author Unknown
Shared by Patty B.
Book Review
The Secret Things of God
written by Dr. Henry Cloud
This book is a positive Christian alternative to the best selling book The Secret. It reveals the "secret things of God" - secrets about God, about happiness, about relationships, and about your purpose. These tested spiritual truths reveal principles that make life work.
Author Dr. Henry Cloud clearly and simply shares truths that have the proven ability to fill you with security, hope, purpose, and meaning - and make your life work. Cloud also explains how these truths, found in Judeo-Christian teachings, intersect and interface with the spiritual longings expressed in the principles found in The Secret and similar books; he further reveals where biblical truth transcends and differs from these principles. Recognizing and applauding the universal search for truth and connection with a power beyond the human. Cloud leads readers into relationship with a personal God who loves them and has given all to save them.
I recommend The Secret Things of God
Patty Billingham
Quote for the week...
Sow a thought and you reap an Act,
Sow an Act and you reap a Habit,
Sow a Habit and you reap a Character,
Sow a Character and you reap a Destiny.
Author Unknown
Shared by Patty B.
Sow an Act and you reap a Habit,
Sow a Habit and you reap a Character,
Sow a Character and you reap a Destiny.
Author Unknown
Shared by Patty B.
Sunday, August 15, 2010
JUST FOR TODAY
1. Just for today I will be happy. This assumes that what Abraham Lincoln said is true, that "most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be." Happiness is from within; it is not a matter of externals.
2. Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
3. Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
4. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
5. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do as William James suggests, just for exercise.
6. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
7. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
8. Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurry and indecision.
9. Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. In this half hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.
10. Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me.
Written by Sybyl F Partridge in 1916 and printed in
"How To Stop Worrying, And Start Living" by Dale Carnegie, 1951
Shared by Patty B. ♥
2. Just for today I will try to adjust myself to what is, and not try to adjust everything to my own desires. I will take my family, my business, and my luck as they come and fit myself to them.
3. Just for today I will take care of my body. I will exercise it, care for it, nourish it, not abuse nor neglect it, so that it will be a perfect machine for my bidding.
4. Just for today I will try to strengthen my mind. I will learn something useful. I will not be a mental loafer. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration.
5. Just for today I will exercise my soul in three ways; I will do somebody a good turn and not get found out. I will do at least two things I don't want to do as William James suggests, just for exercise.
6. Just for today I will be agreeable. I will look as well as I can, dress as becomingly as possible, talk low, act courteously, be liberal with praise, criticize not at all, nor fault with anything and not try to regulate nor improve anyone.
7. Just for today I will try to live through this day only, not to tackle my whole life problem at once. I can do things for twelve hours that would appall me if I had to keep them up for a lifetime.
8. Just for today I will have a program. I will write down what I expect to do every hour. I may not follow it exactly, but I will have it. It will eliminate two pests, hurry and indecision.
9. Just for today I will have a quiet half hour all by myself and relax. In this half hour sometimes I will think of God, so as to get a little more perspective into my life.
10. Just for today I will be unafraid, especially I will not be afraid to be happy, to enjoy what is beautiful, to love, and to believe that those I love, love me.
Written by Sybyl F Partridge in 1916 and printed in
"How To Stop Worrying, And Start Living" by Dale Carnegie, 1951
Shared by Patty B. ♥
Sunday, August 8, 2010
IN THE STORM
I saw a TV show where it told of the life of the coast guards who work on the seas rescuing fishermen and boaters in an area called the “Death Zone.” It is where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean. This area has been called one of the roughest sea areas and is infamous for its treacherous waters that have caused countless shipwrecks. It has earned the nickname the “Graveyard of the Pacific” for the amount of ships and lives lost there. The coast guards talked about how the only way to get through these rough seas is to go straight into the waves. Straight into the twenty plus high waves that are notoriously violent and quick to change.
You know life is a lot like that. It often brings us unexpected storms; chaos and turmoil. And we need to go through our stormy times, face the pain and hurt to get to the other side. We have to face the pain we are not dealing with in order to get past whatever it is we are suffering with. Just waiting for the pain to go away is not enough.
The wonderful thing is that as Christians we don’t have to go through our storms alone. Jesus is there with us. He is our life-preserve. ♥
“When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you pass through the rivers, they will not sweep over you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not set you ablaze.” (Isaiah 43:2 NIV)
Written by Patty B. ♥
Saturday, August 7, 2010
Heavenly Salad
1 small pkg. lime jello
1/2 cup chooped nuts
1 cup pineapple juice
1 small bottle cherries
1 1/2 pkg. cream cheese (small)
2 tablespoon sugar
1 cup boiling water
1 can crushed pineapple (small)
1 cup whipping cream (whipped)
Mix sugar into jello before adding boiling water, then add cream cheese until dissolved, add pineapple juice and set in refrigerator. Wait until jello is almost set, then add 1 cup whipped cream, cherries, nuts and pineapple. Mix thoroughly. Let set in refrigerator.
Enjoy!
Patty B.
1/2 cup chooped nuts
1 cup pineapple juice
1 small bottle cherries
1 1/2 pkg. cream cheese (small)
2 tablespoon sugar
1 cup boiling water
1 can crushed pineapple (small)
1 cup whipping cream (whipped)
Mix sugar into jello before adding boiling water, then add cream cheese until dissolved, add pineapple juice and set in refrigerator. Wait until jello is almost set, then add 1 cup whipped cream, cherries, nuts and pineapple. Mix thoroughly. Let set in refrigerator.
Enjoy!
Patty B.
Recommended Book Read:
The DNA of Relationships
By Dr. Gary Smalley
Great book for working on improvement your relationships. Dr. Gary Samalley reveals the core problem of relationship struggles and provides solutions that work.
Shared by Patty B.
By Dr. Gary Smalley
Great book for working on improvement your relationships. Dr. Gary Samalley reveals the core problem of relationship struggles and provides solutions that work.
Shared by Patty B.
Quote by A.J. Cronin
"Life is no straight and easy corridor along which we travel free and unhampered, but a maze of passages, through which we must seek our way, lost and confused, now and again checked in a blind alley.
But always, if we have faith, a door will open for us, not perhaps one that we ourselves would ever have thought of, but one that will ultimately prove good for us."
Shared by Patty B.
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