Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", "YUMMY FOOD FOR THOUGHT".
Tags: bliss, caring, companion, couple, destination, earth, embrace, eyes, family, food, friends, friendship, global, globe, happiness, heart, highway, honesty, humanity, husband, journey, joy, kindness, land, language, life, lifestyle, lifetime, listening, love, man, marriage, others, partner, passion, passionate, path, potential, power, reason, road, season, sharing, smiles, soul, spirit, spouse, thought, touch, universe, voice, wife, woman, words, world

.
Too often we underestimate the power of a touch,
a smile, a kind word, a listening ear,
an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring,
all of which have the potential to turn a life around.
People come into our lives for a reason,
a season,
or
a lifetime!!
Embrace all equally!!!!
.

Jan 23 2012
Posted: under "A Slice Of Life", "LOVE is LOVELY", "Life is precious handle with PRAYER!", "When You're Down to Nothing God's UP to Something", Inspirationals.
Tags: age, aid, aim, air, anxiety, baby, bank, belief, blessings, bliss, care, career, caring, charity, check, child, college, comfort, community, companion, compassion, contribution, couple, dad, depression, difference, donation, duty, earth, era, eyes, faith, family, father, father-in-law, finger, fingers, friends, friendship, funds, gas, gift, global, globe, goal, God, granny, gratitude, hand, hands, happiness, heart, history, home, House, hug, hugs, husband, idea, ideas, inspiration, job, joy, labor, land, language, life, lifestyle, lifetime, listening, love, man, marriage, memory, moment, money, mood, mother, mother-in-law, mountain, need, needs, neighbor, neighborhood, others, parents, partner, period, power, prayer, pride, reason, rivers, school, sharing, smiles, sound, spouse, stream, stress, surprise, task, thankfulness, thought, time, token, trust, truth, universe, voice, water, wealth, wife, wind, woman, words, work, world

.
Whirlwind
==========
.
I have no idea why I am sitting here about to tell the world
about my situation, but maybe it will help someone.
.
A little over a year ago I found myself back home, working two
jobs, single, feeling alone and pregnant.
.
Now the reason for me being back home was so that I could save
some money so that I might be able to buy my first home. I was
working two jobs so that I could pay my current bills off.
.
I also wanted to start a new career. I was a nail tech and an
intake person. I was 28 years old, a single woman longing to be
married but finding myself alone and pregnant which I thought
would never happen.
.
My mother and step-father gave me the option to move in for one
year so that I could save a little faster. Well my year had
come to a close and it was time to go, if you know what I mean.
.
One day I felt like I was sitting in a chair in the middle of
the room and looking above only to see the whirlwind of my
problems going around me. I was like “wow if I get pulled up
into this mess I’d just keel over.” Well you know what happened
next. Our words do have power because all of a sudden it seems
as though I became trapped in this whirlwind.
.
I then began to give up until I remembered that God said that we
should cast all of our worries unto Him, so I began to pray a
prayer with all my heart. With faith I believed that He would
fix all of this, but I didn’t quite know how.
.
The next day while working at the nail shop around 5 p.m.,
I began to tell a client of mine about my situation. After
crying all over myself at the end of her appointment, she gave
me a big hug and said that I was strong and everything would
work itself out. Now that was the last thing that I wanted to
hear. I was in trouble and needed major help.
.
So by the end of my shift around 10 p.m. that client of mine who
Read More
Jan 23 2012
Posted: under Daily Quotes.
Tags: aid, belief, blessings, bliss, caring, charity, church, community, contribution, country, donation, earth, faith, gift, global, globe, God, goodness, happiness, heart, home, hope, House, joy, kindness, life, lifestyle, light, love, man, mind, miracle, mirror, mountain, nation, neighbor, neighborhood, ocean, others, passion, passionate, peace, present, quotes, reason, reflection, reward, school, sea, sharing, smiles, soul, spirit, stream, sunshine, surprise, thought, today, token, universe, wealth, woman, world
Where there is great love, there are always miracles.
.
- Willa Cather
——————————

Jan 11 2012
Posted: under "LOVE is LOVELY", Inspirationals.
Tags: action, age, aid, angel, angels, attitude, bank, beauty, behavior, blessings, bliss, body, care, caring, charity, check, cheer, Christ, christmas, church, cold, color, colors, community, contribution, day, donation, duty, earth, effort, era, example, eyes, family, friends, friendship, funds, gift, global, globe, God, hand, hands, happiness, history, hope, ice, inspiration, Jesus, job, joy, labor, language, laughter, life, lips, loan, Lord, love, man, memory, money, neighbor, neighborhood, others, peace, period, present, quotes, reason, reward, role model, Savior, season, sharing, smiles, snow, soul, spirit, surprise, task, thought, time, touch, universe, voice, wealth, winter, wishes, woman, words, work, world

.
Wishing you and those you love
a richly blessed day!!!
~~***~~***~~***~~***~~
REMEMBER
.
DO ALL THE GOOD
YOU CAN
IN ALL THE WAYS
YOU CAN
TO ALL THE PEOPLE
YOU CAN
JUST AS LONG AS
YOU CAN
– Anon.
~~***~~***~~***~~***~~
YOUR REWARD WILL BE GREAT DIVIDENDS !!!!!!!!!!
.

.
~~***~~***~~***~~***~~
Read More
Dec 25 2011
Posted: under "A TASTE of the TROPICS", "DID YOU KNOW".
Tags: age, aroma, breakfast, cake, children, christmas, cold, color, colors, contribution, couple, dinner, direction, directions, duty, era, family, food, fragrance, friends, fruit, fruits, gift, holiday, holidays, home, House, ice, ingredient, ingredients, instruction, instructions, job, labor, Mathematics, meal, milk, nut, nuts, oil, perfume, period, present, reason, recipe, ring, scent, season, shape, shapes, smell, smiles, snack, snacks, sugar, task, taste, time, tool, tools, treats, weight, work
Fabulous 5-Minute Fudge Wreath
.

Make this easy and delicious fudge wreath this season! It’s the perfect treat to give friends and family during the holidays. Get the kids involved and make a few extra for last-minute gifts.
.
SERVINGS: 32
PREP: 5 min + chilling
.
INGREDIENTS:
Unsalted butter, softened
One 12-ounce package semisweet chocolate chips
1 cup butterscotch chips
One 14-ounce can sweetened condensed milk (save the can)
1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
One 8-ounce can walnuts, plus more for topping
½ cup raisins or dried currants (a couple of handfuls)
Candied red and green cherries (optional)
..
DIRECTIONS:
1. Grease an 8-inch round cake pan with softened butter. Pour the chocolate and butterscotch Read More
Dec 20 2011
Posted: under "DID YOU KNOW", Advice & Tips.
Tags: ability, advice, appetite, argument, body, breakfast, calories, carrots, check, choices, cholesterol, diet, dieter, eggs, fat, feeling, fiber, fish, food, fruits, health, learning, lifestyle, man, Mathematics, meal, morning, nuts, power, protein, reason, research, secret, sign, signal, snacks, success, taste, time, tips, vegetable, veggies, weight, woman

It’s true: Apples can help you stay thin. (Thinkstock)
.
You don’t need fancy plans or complicated point systems to be thin. All you need to do is make smart food choices, watch your portion sizes and stay active.
.
“Learning to eat properly for a lifetime is more beneficial,” Korsberg said. “The emphasis should be on choosing healthful foods every day and changing lifestyles for the better.” .
So instead of sticking to diet fare, fill up on nutritious, wholesome foods. And if you need some recommendations, you can start with these five options, which are among the many delicious foods that make a good addition to healthy eating while keeping you slender.
.
Apples
Apples are a good source of dietary fiber. Dietary fiber not only contributes to a healthy digestive system and reduced cholesterol, but it also benefits smart eaters by yielding no calories while keeping them satisfied.
.
And there’s something else about the fruit that might help you feel full. A study in the journal Read More
Jul 08 2011