LAUGH FOR THE DAY – MAXINE'S PHILOSOPHY ON AGE

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – JUST BREATHE

DEFINITION OF HONOR

LAUGH FOR THE DAY – GARFIELD WISDOM REGARDING OPINIONS

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE YOU WISHED YOU COULD DO THIS. 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - BY CICERO

Let us remember the words said to be those of Marcus Tulius Cicero who was a Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist. :

“A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. 

For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. 

A murderer is less to fear.”

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - THE BRAIN

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - IF LIFE WAS EASY

FOXES JUMPING ON A TRAMPOLINE

I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT IS ABOUT ANIMALS AND TRAMPOLINES.

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - HARDEST JOB EVER

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - LIFE

"OH, WHAT A NIGHT" BY THE FOUR SEASONS IN ASL

ENJOY - TINA AND PAUL DOING "OH, WHAT A NIGHT" BY THE FOUR SEASONS IN ASL

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - WHEN I WAS BORN

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - LITTLE THINGS

THINKING OF HAVING A POOL PARTY AND HAVING SOME SPECIAL FRIENDS? TAKE A LOOK!

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THE TRUTH ABOUT DECAF COFFEE

Dear Readers:

I knew there was a reason I call Decaf coffee - Half-caf coffee.

Below the picture is an excerpt from the article and a link to the whole article.

Millions of Americans drink decaf coffee to get that perfectly bitter taste without all the jitters.

But does decaf really have no caffeine? What’s the difference between "decaffeinated" and "naturally decaffeinated”? And are the chemicals used to strip the caffeine from coffee safe?

To understand what’s in your cup of decaf, you first need to understand what’s not in it.

FDA regulations specify that for coffee to bear a decaffeinated label, 97 percent of the original caffeine must be removed from the beans. So, yes, there’s caffeine in decaf coffee. But it’s not very much, right?

CLICK HERE for the complete article.  

LAUGH FOR THE DAY – FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - AGE

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - DAFFY DUCK AND THE UFO

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - HUG ME TIGHT

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - BRAKES

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - BY ROBERT FROST - LIFE

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - HOME REMEDY FOR A COUGH

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - LIFE IS TOO SHORT

LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY DAY!

Dear Readers:

Since I am still home recouperating from foot surgery, my husband took pity on me and decided I needed to get out of the house.  So, he drove us over the mountain to Asheville, NC to visit our eldest daughter.  This drive between Tennessee and North Carolina on I-26 is one of the most beautiful drives through the mountains, especially when Autumn is in full bloom. It it definitely God's Country. 

After a great afternoon with the eldest kid, going out to eat, and a stop at Trader Joe's, we headed back home.  One of the topics of conversation was my prediction that we were going to have a cold winter.  Don't know where that came from, but it was just one of those things I felt in my bones.  My husband didn't commit himself one way or the other.  But, as we drove along the highway, I noticed that the Locust trees were already turning and losing their leaves.  Hmm...

Once we arrived home and put things away, I went in to my computer to update my page.  Lo, and behold, what topic do I see on Fox web page - "The Old Farmer's Almanac Predicts Super Cold Winter".  (Here's the link- http://video.foxbusiness.com/v/3742701515001/the-old-farmers-almanac-predicts-super-cold-winter/?intcmp=fbfeatures#sp=show-clips)

So, I decided to look further and came across this article.

 20 Signs of a Hard Winter

by Peter Geiger | Tuesday, August 26th, 2008 | From: Blog

• Thicker than normal corn husks
• Woodpeckers sharing a tree
• Early arrival of the Snowy owl
• Early departure of geese and ducks
• Early migration of the Monarch butterfly
• Thick hair on the nape (back) of the cow’s neck
• Heavy and numerous fogs during August
• Raccoons with thick tails and bright bands
• Mice eating ravenously into the home
• Early arrival of crickets on the hearth
• Spiders spinning larger than usual webs and entering the house in great numbers
• Pigs gathering sticks
• Insects marching a bee line rather than meandering
• Early seclusion of bees within the hive
• Unusual abundance of acorns
• Muskrats burrowing holes high on the river bank
• "See how high the hornet’s nest, ‘twill tell how high the snow will rest”
• Narrow orange band in the middle of the Woollybear caterpillar warns of heavy snow; fat and fuzzy caterpillars presage bitter cold
• The squirrel gathers nuts early to fortify against a hard winter
• Frequent halos or rings around sun or moon forecast numerous snow falls.

I wonder if I can add to the list, "Helen just feels it in her bones."? 

 

Woo! Wee...

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - ENGLISH BULLDOG NAMED MUDD AND THE TRAMPOLINE.

Here's a viral video from NY, capturing an English Bulldog named Mudd bouncing around freely on a trampoline. Hope you are having a great worry-free day like this dog! 

 

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - DIFFICULT PEOPLE

LAUGH FOR THE DAY – SCALES

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – SILENCE

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL?

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – CATERPILLAR

BLACKBERRIES: AN ORIGINAL SUPERFOOD

Dear Readers:

It soon will be blackberry time here in Tennessee.  Love these little berries.  Here is an excerpt from the  article about why they are considered a superfood.  To read the entire article, click on the link below the picture.  

"Every year all over United States, parts of South America, Europe, Africa and Asia, blackberries fruit and ripen, often wild and untended, offering a luscious treat to anyone who will pick them. Oddly, the shiny black fruits are not actually berries, but technically “aggregate drupelets.” That is to say blackberries are composed of many little round fruit bodies containing seeds, all of them clustered together in the shape of a raspberry. Each fruit is more like a cluster of grapes than a single berry. Blackberries go by several other names, including brambleberries, dewberry, and thimbleberry, due to their thimble-like shape.

Blackberry fruits were widely used by various Native American tribes. The fruit was sometimes juiced and drunk; the berries were eaten fresh, and were also dried and stored for use in colder weather. Various native recipes for blackberries include mixing them with animal fat, with fish eggs, or preserved in grease. The preserved high-energy berries provided natural sugars and vitamins during winter months..."

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LAUGH FOR THE DAY - DIET

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - BY ROBIN WILLIAMS

LAUGH FOR THE DAY – TOOLS OF LIFE

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - FACTS

"People will generally accept facts as truth, only if the facts agree with what they already believe."

– Andy Rooney

LAUGH FOR THE DAY – SNOOPY WISDOM

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY – START WHERE YOU ARE

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - GETTING OLDER

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - FREEDOM

THIS IS ONE SCARY CAT!

This cat, Mulder (remember the X Files), would put burglars to shame.

 

Note:  the arrow is pointing to a tray with water in it.

 

 

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - MAN IN THE FOREST

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - GOOD FRIENDS

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - ADCD

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - HUSBANDS

AN 11-YEAR OLD'S SALUTE TO THE FALLEN AT D-DAY

Please take time to watch this video.  To quote Allen West, ""And a child shall lead them” — those are the words that came to mind as I watched this video of a young man honoring the memories of those who perished on D-Day. It is well worth seven minutes of your time."

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - MOSQUITOS

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - LOVE ACCORDING TO WINNIE THE POOH

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - ENGLISH IS A FUNNY LANGUAGE

English is a funny language

An oxymoron is usually defined as a phrase in which two words of contradictory meaning are brought together:

1.Clearly Misunderstood

2.Act Naturally

3.Exact Estimate

4.Found Missing

5.Small Crowd

6.Fully Empty

7.Pretty Ugly

8.Seriously Funny

9.Only Choice

10.   Original Copies

THOUGHT FOR THE DAY - PHOTOS

LAUGH FOR THE DAY - SEXY AND I KNOW IT!