Smilin’ … Stylin’ … Caring and Sharing !!!!

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Michelle Obama attends a St. Patrick's Day reception at the White House on March 17, 2011

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As the First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has become a role model in the awareness arena for healthy eating, sharing her  homegrown recipes via her cookbook. Next celebrity chef?  She has also become a fashion icon and has been named by Forbes Magazine as the eighth most powerful woman in the world.

 

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Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee's Women's Leadership Forum, May 19, 2011.

First lady Michelle Obama speaks at the Democratic National Committee’s Women’s Leadership Forum in Washington….

 

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Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 17, 2011

First lady Michelle Obama speaks on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, Oct. 17, 2011, during an event to honor schools that met the first lady’s goal to double the number of participants in the HealthierUS School Challenge in year.

 

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Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil, March 19, 2011.

Michelle Obama attends cultural performances in Brasilia, Brazil….

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Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York

Michelle Obama introduces President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall, New York-

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Michelle Obama gestures before introducing her husband President Barack Obama at a DNC fundraiser at Gotham Hall in New York. She’s mingled barefoot among Aspen’s elite, stirred a Vermont utility executive to tears and bucked up disenchanted New Yorkers. The 2012 presidential campaign is well under way for Michelle Obama, and the first lady is promising to put herself into the election effort like never before. More than a year from Election Day, she is hauling in millions in campaign cash and sketching a portrait of her husband drawn with an intimacy that no one else could duplicate.

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Michelle Obama delivers a commencement address for the Quantico Middle/High School in Quantico, Va., June 3, 2011.

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Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.

Michelle Obama speaks to children at Christ Church College in Oxford, England.-
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Michelle Obama speaks to children from Elizabeth Garrett Anderson school in London as they visit Christ Church College in Oxford, England.

 

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Comments (0) Dec 18 2011

“Lets Move!” with Smiles

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Michelle Obama welcomes runners participating in Run Across America at the White House in Washington, May 2, 2011.

First Lady, Michelle Obama welcomes young runners participating in Run Across America health campaign at the South Lawn of the White House…

 

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First lady of the United States, Michelle Obama has become an advocate for healthy eating, veterans and military families, poverty awareness and women’s rights.  Here are some recipes created with Michelle’s veggies in the White House kitchen, and served to the Obama family on a fairly regular basis….

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Enjoy…!

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Grilled Chicken Salad with Herb Sherry Vinaigrette (serves 6)

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2 pounds assorted seasonal garden greens like arugula and and baby spinach

 

6 chicken breasts (6 ounces each)

 

1 tablespoon thyme

 

zest from 1 lemon

 

6 sprigs chives, chopped

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For the Vinaigrette

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Smiles: Sharing and Caring with Love

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Are you ready for Michelle Obama, kitchen goddess? The first lady’s pulling a Gwyneth Paltrow and publishing a cookbook.  Americn Grown, on sale April 10, 2012, combines veggie growing tips with recipes inspired by Michelle’s White House garden.

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It’s a garden she’s toiled over since 2009.  So have daughters Sasha and Malia, who help with the weeding “like it or not”. Despite being a gardening novice, Obama’s laid the groundwork for over 55 varietals of veggies. Stalks of black kale, bright yellow peppers, and beams of eggplant have grown from the most expansive garden the White House lawn has ever seen.

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Now it’s growing beyond the Obama home, and into the cookbook arena. According to her publishers, she’ll use the garden’s offerings as the starting point for seed-sowing, recipe ideas and personal anecdotes and photos of the Obamas’ home-base. The aim of the book is to show how “increased access to healthy, affordable food can promote better eating habits and improve health of families and communities across America,” according to the publishers at Random House, who

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Humor

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  GOOD SAMARITAN..

  A Sunday school teacher was telling her class the story of the

  Good Samaritan.

  She asked the class, “If you saw a person lying on the roadside, all

  wounded and

  bleeding, what would you do?”

  A thoughtful little girl broke the hushed silence, “I think I’d throw

  up.”

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  DID NOAH FISH?

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  A Sunday school teacher asked, “Johnny, do you think Noah did a

  lot of fishing when

  he was on the Ark ?” “No,” replied Johnny.

  “How could he, with just two worms.”

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  THE LORD IS MY SHEPHERD

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  A Sunday School teacher decided to have her young class memorize one of the most

  quoted passages in the Bible - Psalm 23 .

  She gave the youngsters a month to learn the chapter.

  Little Rick was excited about the task - but he just couldn’t remember the Psalm.

  After much practice, he could barely get past the first line.

  On the day that the kids were scheduled to recite Psalm 23 in front of the congregation,

  Ricky was so nervous.

  When it was his turn, he stepped up to the microphone and said proudly,

  “The Lord is my Shepherd, and that’s all I need to know.”

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  UNANSWERED PRAYER

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  The preacher’s 5 year-old daughter noticed that her father always

  paused and bowed his head for a moment before starting his sermon.

  One day, she asked him why. “Well, Honey,” he began, proud that his daughter was so observant of his messages. “I’m asking the Lord to help me preach a

  good sermon.”

  “How come He doesn’t answer it?” she asked.

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  BEING THANKFUL

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  A Rabbi said to a precocious six-year-old boy, “So your mother

  says your prayers for you each night?

  That’s very commendable.

  What does she say?”

  The little boy replied, “Thank God he’s in bed!”

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  ALL MEN / ALL GIRLS

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  When my daughter, Kelli, said her bedtime prayers, she would bless every family member, every friend, and every animal (current and past).

  For several weeks, after we had finished the nightly prayer, Kelli

  would say, “and all girls.”

  This soon became part of her nightly routine, to include this closing.

  My curiosity got the best of me and I asked her, “Kelli, why do you always add the part about all girls?”

  Her response, “Because everybody always finish their prayers by saying ‘All Men’!”

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  SAY A PRAYER

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  Little Johnny and his family were having Sunday dinner at his

  Grandmother’s house.

  Everyone was seated around the table as the food was being served.

  When Little Johnny received his plate, he started eating right away.

  “Johnny!

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Sweet, Sweet Jamaica: Treasures from the Past…(Videos)

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Click on the  links below……

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Jamaica’s High Commissioner to Canada Sheila Sealy Monteith has recommended this brilliantly-made, two-part documentary that details much of Jamaica’s march to Independence.

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The documentary is excellent …

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It is recommended to all - Jamaicans and non-Jamaicans - and in particular to young people. It will help bring perspective to the struggle endured to gain the independence Jamaicans enjoy today.

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This is extremely interesting and useful information on the beginnings of the process of Jamaica’s formal independence …….

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The Fence

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THE  FENCE

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There was a little boy with a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, to hammer a nail in the back fence. The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Then it gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

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Finally the day came when the boy didn’t lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his

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