BOUNCE

 

"BOUNCE!"

AIN'T IT THE TRUTH?

Some days you are the bug;

Some days you are the windshield.

Live with it. 

JUST WONDERING . . .

I've been wondering what would happen if I treated my Bible like I treat my cell phone.

What if I carried it around in my purse or pockets?

What if I flipped through it several times a day?

What if I turned back to go get it if I forgot it?

What if I used it to receive messages from the Text?

What if I treated it like I couldn't live without it?

What if I gave it to the kids as gifts?

What if I used it when I traveled?

What if I used it in cases of emergency?

This is something to make me go, "Hmmmmm . . . where is my Bible?"

A MUST READ FOR THOSE WITH KIDDOS

Our children are watching and doing as we do, not necessarily as we say...

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make my favorite cake for me, and I learned that little things can be the special things in life.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing, and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I felt you kiss me good night, and I felt loved and safe.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it, and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities (even when you didn't feel so good), and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes, and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared, and I wanted to be everything that I could be.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.

When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking."

Each of us, parent or friend, influence the life of a child.

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Words"

"It is really asking too much of a woman to expect her to bring up her husband and her children too."     ~Lillian Bell

Let me explain . . .

A husband, proving to his wife that women talk more than men, showed her a study which indicated that men use on the average only 15,000 words a day, whereas women use 30,000 words a day.

She thought about this for awhile and then told her husband that women use twice as many words as men because they have to repeat everything they say.

He said, "What?"

CA$H IN ON TODAY

There are two days in every week about which we should not worry - - two days which should be kept free from fear and apprehension.

One of these days is YESTERDAY with its mistakes and cares, its faults and blunders, its aches and pains. Yesterday has passed forever beyond our control. All the money in the world cannot bring back yesterday. We cannot undo a single act we performed - - we cannot erase a single word we said. YESTERDAY IS GONE!!

The other day we should not worry about is TOMORROW with its possible adversities, its burdens, its large promise and poor performance. Tomorrow is also beyond our immediate control. Tomorrow's sun will rise, either in splendor or behind a mask of clouds - - but it will rise. Until it does, we have no stake in it, for TOMORROW IS AS YET UNBORN!!

This leaves only one day - TODAY. Any man can fight the battles of just one day. It is only when you and I add the burdens of those two awful eternities - - YESTERDAY and TOMORROW - - that we break down. It is not the experience of today that drives men mad - - it is remorse or bitterness for something which happened yesterday and the dread of what tomorrow may bring.

Let us, therefore, live but one day at a time. YESTERDAY is a cancelled check, TOMORROW is a promissory note, but TODAY is cash!

Spend it wisely.

SNAKE ON A FENCE

The pictures below show a Rock Python in South Africa. It had eaten an impala ewe, and was killed when it tried to go through an electric fence. This specimen was over 4 meters long!

These wires were said to be 10-inches apart. Yikes!!!

MICRO CHIP IMPLANTS

MICRO CHIP IMPLANT ALLOWS TERRORISTS TO SPEAK TO GOD

THE PATRIOTIC MICRO CHIP IMPLANT is intended to be implanted in terrorists.  The implant is specifically designed to be injected in the forehead.  When properly installed, it will allow the one implanted, to speak to God.

It comes in various sizes:

The exact size of the implant will be selected by a well-trained and highly skilled technician, who will also make the injection.  No anesthetic is required.  The implant may or may not be painless.  Side effects, like headaches and nausea, aches, and pains are extremely temporary.  Some bleeding may occur at the injection site.  In most cases, you won't even notice it.  Please enjoy the security we provide for you.

Best regards,

SOME BUNNY'S HUNGRY

"Please to insert carrot."

DOES THIS COUNT?

"For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them." (Matthew 18:20)

THE BEAUTY OF THE EARTH

FOOD FOR THOUGHT

"Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow.  For what is your life?  It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away."  (James 4:14)

EH, WHAT DO WE KNOW?

• WE SAY: It's impossible.  GOD SAYS: All things are possible.  (Luke 18:27) 
• WE SAY: I'm too tired.  GOD SAYS: I will give you rest.  (Matthew 11:28-30)
• WE SAY: Nobody really loves me.  GOD SAYS: I love you.  (John 3:16 and John 3:34)
• WE SAY: I can't go on.  GOD SAYS:  My grace is sufficient. (2 Corinthians 12:9 and Psalm 91:15)
• WE SAY: I can't figure things out.  GOD SAYS: I will direct your steps. (Proverbs 3:5,6)
• WE SAY: I can't do it.  GOD SAYS: You can do all things.  (Philippians 4:13)
• WE SAY: I'm not able.  GOD SAYS: I am able.  (2 Corinthians 9:8)
• WE SAY: It's not worth it.  GOD SAYS: It will be worth it.  (Romans 8:28)
• WE SAY: I can't forgive myself.  GOD SAYS: I forgive you.  (I John 1:9 and Romans 8:1)
• WE SAY: I can't manage.  GOD SAYS: I will supply all your needs.  (Philippians 4:19)
• WE SAY: I'm afraid.  GOD SAYS: I have not given you the spirit of fear.  (2 Timothy 1:7)
• WE SAY: I'm always worried and frustrated.  GOD SAYS: Cast all your cares on ME.  (1 Peter 5:7)
• WE SAY: I'm not smart enough.  GOD SAYS: I give you wisdom.  (1 Corinthians 1:30)
• WE SAY: I feel all alone.  GODS SAYS: I will never leave you nor forsake you. (Hebrews 13:5)

God always has a positive thought for us.

I NEVER . . . I DIDN'T . . . I HADN'T . . . HOW ABOUT YOU?

Before I was a Mom -

I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.

I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.

I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom -

I had never been puked on.

Pooped on.

Chewed on.

Peed on.

I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.

I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom -

I never held down a screaming child so doctors could do tests.

Or give shots.

I never looked into teary eyes and cried.

I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.

I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom -

I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put him down.

I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.

I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.

I never knew that I could love someone so much.

I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom -

I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.

I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.

I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.

I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom -

I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.

I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache,

the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.

I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much, before I was a Mom.

PECANS-A-PLENTY CAKE

Hey, y'all! I recently came across this old recipe when I was decluttering. I use to make it when I was a young wife and mother. (It's been that long?) 

So now I'll make it as an old wife and mother. Haha!

"Beauty" and I baked this cake yesterday. We followed the recipe to the "T," except we forgot to use Self-Rising flour. Eh, the cake came out heavy, but edible. Kind of like Pecans-a-Plenty bars instead of cake. It wasn't as delicious as I remembered.  We are going to make it again, only next time we'll remember to use the right flour.

The recipe calls for baking in two 8 or 9-inch cake pans, and it actually looks a lot prettier if you bake it in the round.  We decided to take the easy route for time's sake, and we just put it in a 9x13 pan. (The recipe explains how to adjust the ingredients for a 9x13 pan.)

I encourage you to try it if you like pecans and cake. Just remember to use Self-Rising flour. ;)

(As always, you can find the directions in my RECIPES page near the top of my blog.)

CAN YOU READ THIS?

This is one of the many tricks to speed reading.

They teach you to look at the frsit and lsat letetr of a word and your brain will fill in the rest. Pretty cool.

If you can read this, you have a strange mind too.

Can you raed tihs? Olny 808 plepoe can to this point. i cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid, aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it dseno't mtaetr in waht oerdr the ltteres in a word are, the olny iproamtnt tihng is taht the frsit and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it whotuit a pboerlm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Azanmig huh? yaeh and I awlyas tghuhot slpeling was ipmorantt!

SQUARE WATERMELONS

[The following information was taken from CNN.com/WORLD entitled, "Japan Corners the Market on Square Fruit" dated June 15, 2001 by Thom Patterson (CNN.com writer)]

Farmers in the southern Japanese town of Zentsuji have figured out how to grow their watermelons so they turn out square. It's not a fad. The technique actually has practical applications. "The reason they're doing this in Japan is because of lack of space," said Samantha Winters of the National Watermelon Promotion Board in Orlando, Florida.


A fat, round watermelon can take up a lot of room in a refrigerator, and the usually round fruit often sits awkwardly on refrigerator shelves. But clever Japanese farmers have solved this dilemma by forcing their watermelons to grow into a square shape. Farmers insert the melons into square, tempered glass cases while the fruit is still growing on the vine.


The square boxes are the exact dimensions of Japanese refrigerators, allowing full-grown watermelons to fit conveniently and precisely onto refrigerator shelves. But cubic fruit comes with a caveat:  Each square watermelon costs 10,000 yen, the equivalent of about $82.  Regular watermelons in Japan cost from $15 to $25 each.


Check out the video below to for directions on how to grow your own square watermelon.

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Good Eats"

A CHUCKLE 4U - "Brains"

MY PC AND ME

Ummm. . . yes, is this Desktop Support?? . . . Uh, yeah, my PC just crashed about 3 seconds ago . . . No, it is not running right now . . . Ummm, no I can not boot DOS . . . It probably will take awhile to bring it back up . . . Yep, it's down allright . . .