June 02, 2008
Motel Key Card
This is interesting, ever wonder what is on your magnetic key card?
Answer:
A. Customer's name
B. Customer's partial home address
C. Hotel room number
D. Check-in date and out dates
E. Customer's credit card number and expiration date!
When you turn them in to the front desk your personal information is there for any employee to access by simply scanning the card in the hotel scanner.
An employee can take a hand full of cards home an d using a scanning device, access the information onto a laptop computer and go shopping at your expense.
Simply put, hotels do not erase the information on these cards until an employee re-issues the card to the next hotel guest.
At that time, the new guest's information is electronically"overwritten"on the card and the previous guest's information is erased in the overwriting process.
But until the card is rewritten for the next guest, it usually is kept in a drawer at the front desk with YOUR INFORMATION ON IT !
The bottom line is:
Keep the cards, take them home with you, or destroy them.
NEVER leave them behind in the room or room wastebasket, and NEVER turn them Into the front desk when you check out of a room.
They will not charge you for the card (it's illegal) and you'll be sure you are not leaving a lot of valuable personal information on it that could be easily lifted off with any simple scanning device card reader.
For the same reason, if you arrive at the airport and discover you still have the card key in your pocket, do not toss it in an airport trash basket.
Take it home and destroy it by cutting it up, especially through the electronic information strip!
Information courtesy of: Pasadena Police Department.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to internet friends, Debbie and Bobby.
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Praying Women
To the PRAYING women in my life...
Live your life
in such a way that
when your feet hit the
floor in the morning,
Satan shudders and says...
'Oh no....she's awake!!'
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to "my friend since junior high, Judy V.
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May 06, 2008
Ode to Plurals
We’ll begin with a box, and the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox becomes oxen, not oxes.
One fowl is a goose, but two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose should never be meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a nest full of mice,
Yet the plural of house is houses, not hice.
If the plural of man is always called men,
Why shouldn’t the plural of pan be called pen?
If I speak of my foot and show you my feet,
And I give you a boot, would a pair be called beet?
If one is a tooth and a whole set are teeth,
Why shouldn’t the plural of booth be called beeth?
Then one may be that, and three would be those,
Yet hat in the plural would never be hose,
And the plural of cat is cats, not cose.
We speak of a brother and also of brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say methren.
Then the masculine pronouns are he, his and him,
But imagine the feminine: she, shis and shim!
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English: A Language for the Verbally Insane
Let’s face it—English is a crazy language. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England. We take English for granted, but if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square, and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig.
And why is it that writers write, but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham? Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends, but not one amend. If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it?
If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat? Sometimes I think all the folks who grew up speaking English should be committed to an asylum for the verbally insane.
In what other language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? We ship by truck but send cargo by ship. We have noses that run and feet that smell. We park in a driveway and drive in a parkway. And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites?
You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on.
And, in closing, if Father is Pop, how come Mother’s not Mop?
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May 05, 2008
11 Commandments from Bill Gates
This should be posted in all U.S. schools and work places
Bill Gates recently gave a speech at a High School about 11 things they did not and will not learn in school. He talks about how feel-good, politically correct teachings created a generation of kids with no concept of reality and how this concept set them up for failure in the real world.
Rule 1: Life is not fair - get used to it!
Rule 2 : The world won't care about your self-esteem. The world will expect you to accomplish something BEFORE you feel good about yourself.
Rule 3 : You will NOT make $60,000 a year right out of high school. You won't be a vice-president with a car phone until you earn both.
Rule 4 : If you think your teacher is tough, wait till you get a boss.
Rule 5 : Flipping burgers is not beneath your dignity. Your Grandparents had a different word for burger flipping: they called it opportunity.
Rule 6: If you mess up, it's not your parents' fault, so don't whine about your mistakes, learn from them.
Rule 7: Before you were born, your parents weren't as boring as they are now. They got that way from paying your bills, cleaning your clothes and listening to you talk about how cool you thought you were. So before you save the rain forest from the parasites of your parent's generation, try delousing the closet in your own room.
Rule 8: Your school may have done away with winners and losers, but life HAS NOT. In some schools, they have abolished failing grades and they'll give you as MANY TIMES as you want to get the right answer. This doesn't bear the slightest resemblance to ANYTHING in real life.
Rule 9: Life is not divided into semesters. You don't get summers off and very few employers are interested in helping you FIND YOURSELF. Do that on your own time.
Rule 10: Television is NOT real life. In real life people actually have to leave the coffee shop and go to jobs.
Rule 11: Be nice to nerds. Chances are you'll end up working for one.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Catherine.
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May 02, 2008
Gas Prices
Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...
Trying to find something funny in the absurdity of it all .........................
The price of Gas versus Printer Ink
All these examples do NOT imply that gasoline is cheap; it just illustrates how outrageous some prices are....
You will be really shocked by the last one!
Compared with Gasoline...... Think a gallon of gas is expensive?
This makes one think, and also puts things in perspective to other things we buy.
Diet Snapple 16 oz $1.29 ... $10.32 per gallon
Lipton Ice Tea 16 oz $1.19 ..........$9.52 per gallon
Gatorade 20 oz $1.59 .... $10.17 per gallon
Ocean Spray 16 oz $1.25 ......... $10.00 per gallon
Brake Fluid 12 oz $3.15 ...... $33.60 per gallon
Vick's Nyquil 6 oz $8.35 ... $178.13 per gallon
Pepto Bismol 4 oz $3.85 .. $123.20 per gallon
Whiteout 7 oz $1.39 ....... . $25.42 per gallon
Scope 1.5 oz $0.99 .....$84.48 per gallon
And this is the REAL KICKER...
Evian water 9 oz $1.49..$21.19 per gallon! $21.19 for WATER and the buyers don't even know the source
(Evian spelled backwards is Naive.)
Ever wonder why printers are so cheap?
So they have you hooked for the ink.
Someone calculated the cost of the ink at...............
(you won't believe it....but it is true........)
$5,200 a gal. (five thousand two hundred dollars)
So, the next time you're at the pump, be glad your car doesn't run on water, Scope, or Whiteout, Pepto Bismol, Nyquil or God forbid, Printer Ink!
Just a little humor to help ease the pain of your next trip to the pump...
And - If you don't pass this along to at least one person, your muffler will fall off!!
Okay, your muffler won't really fall off...but, you might run out of toilet paper.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole.
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April 21, 2008
Home Remedies
Eliminate ear mites (from cats). All it takes is a few drops of Wesson corn oil in your cat's ear...Massage it in, then clean with a cotton ball. Repeat daily for three days. The oil soothes the cat's skin, smothers the mites, and accelerates healing.
Kills fleas instantly...Dawn dishwashing liquid does the trick. Add a few drops to your dog's bath and shampoo the animal thoroughly. Rinse well to avoid skin irritations. Good-bye fleas.
Rainy day cure for dog odor ... Next time your dog comes in from the rain,
simply wipe down the animal with Bounce or any dryer sheet, instantly making
your dog smell springtime fresh.
Did you know drinking two glasses of Gatorade can relieve headache pain
almost immediately -- without the unpleasant side effects caused by
traditional "pain relievers."
Did you know that Colgate toothpaste makes an excellent salve for burns.
Before you head to the drugstore for a high-priced inhaler filled with mysterious chemicals, try chewing on a couple of curiously strong Altoids peppermints. They'll clear up your stuffed nose.
Achy muscles from a bout of the flu? Mix one Tablespoon of horseradish in one cup of olive oil. Let the mixture sit for 30 minutes, then apply it as a massage oil, for instant relief for aching muscles.
Sore throat? Just mix 1/4 cup of vinegar with 1/4 cup of honey and take one tablespoon six times a day. The vinegar kills the bacteria.
Cure urinary tract infections with Alka-Seltzer. Just dissolve two tablets in a glass of water and drink it at the onset of the symptoms. Alka-Seltzer begins eliminating urinary tract infections almost instantly -- even though the product was never been advertised for this use.
Honey remedy for skin blemishes ... Cover the blemish with a dab of honey and place a Band-Aid over it. Honey kills the bacteria, keeps the skin sterile, and speeds healing. Works overnight.
Listerine therapy for toenail fungus. Get rid of unsightly toenail fungus by soaking your toes in Listerine mouthwash. The powerful antiseptic leaves your toenails looking healthy again.
Easy eyeglass protection... To prevent the screws in eyeglasses from loosening, apply a small drop of Maybelline Crystal Clear nail polish to the threads of the screws before tightening them.
Cleaning liquid that doubles as bug killer ... If menacing bees, wasps, hornets, or yellow jackets get in your home and you can't find the insecticide, try a spray of Formula 409. Insects drop to the ground instantly.
Smart splinter remover. Just pour a drop of Elmer's Glue-All over the splinter, let dry, and peel the dried glue off the skin. The splinter sticks to the dried glue.
Hunt's tomato paste boil cure ... cover the boil with Hunt's tomato paste as a compress. The acids from the tomatoes soothe the pain and bring the boil to a head.
Balm for broken blisters... To disinfect a broken blister, dab on a few drops of Listerine. A powerful antiseptic.
Vinegar to heal bruises ... Soak a cotton ball in white vinegar and apply it to the bruise for one hour. The vinegar reduces the blueness and speeds up the healing process.
Quaker Oats for fast pain relief... It's not for breakfast any more. Mix two cups of Quaker Oats and one cup of water in a bowl and warm in the microwave for one minute, cool slightly, and apply the mixture to your hands for soothing relief from arthritis pain.
If you get bit by ants you can pour Clorox on the bite as soon as you get them and it takes the itching and burning away.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to internet friend, Debbie and her hubby.
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March 12, 2008
Tax System
Suppose that every day, ten men go out for beer and the bill for all ten comes
to $100. If they paid their bill the way we pay our taxes, it would go
something like this:
The first four men (the poorest) would pay nothing.
The fifth would pay $1.
The sixth would pay $3.
The seventh would pay $7.
The eighth would pay $12.
The ninth would pay $18.
The tenth man (the richest) would pay $59.
So, that's what they decided to do.
The ten men drank in the bar every day and seemed quite happy with the
arrangement until one day the owner threw them a curved ball (or is that a
curved beer!). "Because you are all such good customers," he said, "I'm going
to reduce the cost of your daily beer by $20."
Drinks for the ten now cost just $80.
The group still wanted to pay their bill the way we pay our taxes so the first
four men were unaffected. They would still drink for free. But what about the
other six men - the paying customers? How could they divide the $20 windfall
so that everyone would get his 'fair share?'
They realized that $20 divided by six is $3.33. But if they subtracted that
from everybody's share, then the fifth man and the sixth man would each end up being paid to drink his beer.
So, the bar owner suggested that it would be fair to reduce each man's bill by
roughly the same amount, and he proceeded to work out the amounts each should pay. And so:
The fifth man, like the first four, now paid nothing (100% savings).
The sixth now paid $2 instead of $3 (33% savings).
The seventh now paid $5 instead of $7 (28% savings).
The eighth now paid $9 instead of $12 (25% savings).
The ninth now paid $14 instead of $18 (22% savings).
The tenth now paid $49 instead of $59 (16% savings
Each of the six was better off than before. And the first four Continued to
drink for free. But once outside the restaurant the men began to compare their
savings.
"I only got a dollar out of the $20," declared the sixth man. He pointed to the
tenth man, "but he got $10!"
Yeah, that's right," exclaimed the fifth man. "I only saved a dollar too. It's
unfair that he got ten times more than I!"
"That's true!!" shouted the seventh man. "Why should he get $10 back when I got only two? The wealthy get all the breaks!"
"Wait a minute," yelled the first four men in unison. "We didn't get anything at
all. The system exploits the poor!"
The nine men surrounded the tenth man and beat him up. The next night the tenth man didn't show up for drinks, so the nine sat down and had beers without him.
But when it came time to pay the bill, they discovered something important.
They didn't have enough money between all of them for even half of the bill!
And that, boys and girls, journalists and college professors, is how our Tax
System works. The people who pay the highest taxes get the most benefit from a tax reduction. Tax them too much, attack them for being wealthy and they just may not show up anymore. In fact, they might start drinking overseas where the atmosphere is somewhat friendlier.
David R Kamerschen, Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
University of Georgia
For those who understand, no explanation is needed.
For those who do not understand, no explanation is possible.
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March 10, 2008
Ageless Wit & Observations
Quotes/Jokes to make you cry!
If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. Mark Twain
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....
But then I repeat myself. Mark Twain
I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. Winston Churchill
A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. George Bernard Shaw
A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. G. Gordon Liddy
Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner. James Bovard, Civil Libertarian (1994)
Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. Douglas Casey, Classmate of Bill Clinton at Georgetown University
Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. Frederic Bastiat, French Economist (1801-1850)
Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it. Ronald Reagan (1986)
I don't make jokes I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers
If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free! P.J. O'Rourke
In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. Voltaire (1764)
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you! Pericles (430 B.C.)
No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. Mark Twain (1866 )
Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. Unknown
The government is like a baby's alimentary canal, with a happy appetite at one end and no responsibility at the other. Ronald Reagan
The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. Winston Churchill
The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. Mark Twain
The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly is t o fill the world with fools. Herbert Spencer, English Philosopher (1820-1903)
There is no distinctly Native American criminal class...save Congress. Mark Twain
What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. Thomas Jefferson
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February 13, 2008
Two-Way Mirrors
Two Way Mirrors - Can you tell the difference??
How can you tell when you are in a room, restroom, motel etc. with a mirror or a two-way glass?
Here's how: I thought it was quite interesting! And I know in about 30 seconds you're going do what I did and find the nearest mirror....
When we visit bathrooms, hotel rooms, changing rooms, etc., how many of you know for sure that the seemingly ordinary mirror hanging on the wall is a real mirror, or actually a two-way mirror? (i.e, they can see you, but you can't see them)
There have been many cases of people installing two-way mirrors in female changing rooms. It is very difficult to positively identify the surface by just looking at it.
So, how do we determine with any amount of certainty what type of mirror we are looking at? Just conduct this simple test:
Place the tip of your fingernail against the reflective surface and if there is a GAP between your fingernail and the image of the nail, then it is a GENUINE mirror..
However, if your fingernail DIRECTLY TOUCHES the image of your nail, then BEWARE, FOR IT IS A TWO-WAY MIRROR!
"No Space, Leave the Place."
So remember, every time you see a mirror, do the "fingernail test." It doesn't cost you anything.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Good information. My thanks to Marie
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January 24, 2008
Goin' Bananas
THE BETTER BANANA
A professor at CCNY for a physiological psych class told his class about bananas. He said the expression "going bananas" is from the effects of bananas on the brain. After reading this, you'll never look at a banana in the same way again.
Bananas contain three natural sugars - sucrose, fructose and glucose combined with fiber. A banana gives an instant, sustained and substantial boost of energy.
Research has proven that just two bananas provide enough energy for a
strenuous 90-minute workout. No wonder the banana is the number one fruit with the world's leading athletes.
But energy isn't the only way a banana can help us keep fit. It can also help overcome or prevent a substantial number of illnesses and conditions, making it a must to add to our daily diet.
Depression: According to a recent survey undertaken by MIND amongst people suffering from depression, many felt much better after eating a banana. This is because bananas contain tryptophan, a type of protein that the body converts into serotonin, known to make you relax, improve your mood and generally make you feel happier
PMS: Forget the pills - eat a banana. The vitamin B6 it contains regulates blood glucose levels, which can affect your mood.
Anemia: High in iron, bananas can stimulate the production of hemoglobin in the blood and so helps in cases of anemia.
Blood Pressure: This unique tropical fruit is extremely high in potassium yet low in salt, making it perfect to beat blood pressure. So much so, the US Food and Drug Administration has just allowed the banana industry to make official claims for the fruit's ability to reduce the risk of blood pressure and stroke.
Brain Power: 200 students at a Twickenham (Middlesex) school ( England ) were helped through their exams this year by eating bananas at breakfast, break, and lunch in a bid to boost their brain power. Research has shown that the potassium-packed fruit can assist learning by making pupils more alert.
Constipation: High in fiber, including bananas in the diet can help restore normal bowel action, helping to overcome the problem without resorting to laxatives.
Hangovers: One of the quickest ways of curing a hangover is to make a banana milkshake, sweetened with honey. The banana calms the stomach and, with the help of the honey, builds up depleted blood sugar levels, while the milk soothes and re-hydrates your system.
Heartburn: Bananas have a natural antacid effect in the body, so if you suffer from heartburn, try eating a banana for soothing relief.
Morning Sickness: Snacking on bananas between meals helps to keep blood sugar levels up and avoid morning sickness.
Mosquito bites: Before reaching for the insect bite cream, try rubbing the affected area with the inside of a banana skin. Many people find it amazingly successful at reducing swelling and irritation.
Nerves: Bananas are high in B vitamins that help calm the nervous system.
Overweight and at work? Studies at the Institute of Psychology in Austria found pressure at work leads to gorging on comfort food like chocolate and chips. Looking at 5,000 hospital patients, researchers found the most obese were more likely to be in high-pressure jobs. The report concluded that, to avoid panic-induced food cravings, we need to control our blood sugar levels by snacking on high carbohydrate foods every two hours to keep levels steady.
Ulcers: The banana is used as the dietary food against intestinal disorders because of its soft texture and smoothness. It is the only raw fruit that can be eaten without distress in over-chronicler cases. It also neutralizes over-acidity and reduces irritation by coating the lining of the stomach.
Temperature control: Many other cultures see bananas as a "cooling" fruit that can lower both the physical and emotional temperature of expectant mothers. In Thailand, for example, pregnant women eat bananas to ensure their baby is born with a cool temperature.
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD): Bananas can help SAD sufferers because they contain the natural mood enhancer tryptophan.
Smoking & Tobacco Use: Bananas can also help people trying to give up smoking. The B6, B12 they contain, as well as the potassium and magnesium found in them, help the body recover from the effects of nicotine withdrawal.
Stress: Potassium is a vital mineral, which helps normalize the heartbeat, sends oxygen to the brain and regulates your body's water balance. When we are stressed, our metabolic rate rises, thereby reducing our potassium levels. These can be rebalanced with the help of a high-potassium banana snack.
Strokes: According to research in The New England Journal of Medicine, eating bananas as part of a regular diet can cut the risk of death by strokes by as much as 40%!
Warts: Those keen on natural alternatives swear that if you want to kill off a wart, take a piece of banana skin and place it on the wart, with the yellow side out. Carefully hold the skin in place with a plaster or surgical tape!
So, a banana really is a natural remedy for many ills. When you compare it to an apple, it has four times the protein, twice the carbohydrate, three times the phosphorus, five times the vitamin A and iron, and twice the other vitamins and
minerals. It is also rich in potassium and is one of the best value foods around
So maybe its time to change that well-known phrase so that we say, "A banana a day keeps the doctor away!"
PS: Bananas must be the reason monkeys are so happy all the time! I will add one here; want a quick shine on our shoes?? Take the INSIDE of the banana skin, and rub directly on the shoe...polish with dry cloth. Amazing fruit
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole.
Posted by Omie at 01:40 PM | Comments (0)
Keepers
I grew up with practical parents who had been frightened by the Great Depression in the 1930's.
A mother, God love her, who washed aluminum foil after she cooked in it, then reused it. She was the original recycle queen, before they had a Name for it...
A father who was happier getting old shoes fixed than buying new ones.
Their marriage was good, their dreams focused. Their best friends lived barely a wave away.
I can see them now, Dad in trousers, tee shirt and a hat and Mom in a house dress, lawn mower in one hand, and dish-towel in the other. It was the time for fixing things: a curtain rod, the kitchen radio, screen door, the oven door, the hem in a dress. Things we keep.
It was a way of life, and sometimes it made me crazy. All that repairing, eating, renewing, I wanted just once to be wasteful. Waste meant affluence. Throwing things away meant you knew there'd always be more.
But then my father died, and on that clear fall night, in the warmth of the hospital room, I was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't any more.
Sometimes, what we care about most gets all used up and goes away...never to return. So... While we have it... it's best we love it... And care for it.... And 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 and cats 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 that moved away or a classmate we grew up with.
There are just some things that make life important, like people we know who are special.... And so, we keep them close!
Good friends are like stars.... You don't always see them, but you know they are always there.
Keep them close.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to friend, Judy.
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January 14, 2008
Dream Shattered
Finally someone has been able to photograph the pot at the end of the rainbow!!!
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GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Billie and her hubby.
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January 08, 2008
Good Sayings
** The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken. ~~~ Samuel Johnson, British Author, Lexicographer
** We are inclined to believe those we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
** "Treat your body like a temple, not a woodshed. The mind and body work
together. Your body needs to be a good support system for the mind and spirit. If you take good care of it, your body can take you wherever you want to go, with the power and strength and energy and vitality you will need to get there." ~~~Jim Rohn
** "Some people take better care of their pets than they do themselves. Their animals can run like the wind and they can barely make it up a flight of stairs." ~~~Jim Rohn
** There are moments in life when you miss someone so much that you just want to pick them from your dreams and hug them for real!
** When the door of happiness closes, another opens; but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one, which has been opened for us.
** Don't go for looks; they can deceive. Don't go for wealth; even that fades away. Go for someone who makes you smile, because it takes only a smile to make a dark day seem bright. Find the one that makes your heart smile.
** Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
** When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
Live your life so at the end, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ "Borrowed" from Andy.
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December 24, 2007
California Family & Christmas 2007
My son had a layover in California and got to visit with his Aunt, Uncle and all his cousins and their cute babies. My sis included him in their family Christmas card picture of 2007.
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Standing on back row LR: Omie's #1 son, Omie's big sister, Omie's BIL.
Sitting LR:
1) Nephew's SO holding newest addition to the family - 2) Omie's "great" nephew);
3) Sister's #1 son, (or Omie's nephew);
4) Niece's hubby with 5) their first born;
6) Sister's #1 daughter (or Omie's niece) holding another 7) great nephew.
Did you count those babies? THREE BOYS! and then I have TWO GRAND BOYS! Cannot wait until everybody is here this summer to make pictures of all FIVE of these "GRANDS."
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<3 GrandMom LOVE LOVE ~ Thanks to niece and nephew and their family for permission to use these pics. Merry Christmas everyone! Hugs from Omie.
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December 21, 2007
Gratitude
Folks, Here is a way to say Thank You and show gratitude to all those guys and gals in uniform who so honorably serve our country. Gratitude Campaign
Here is the link to copy/paste should the above link not work.
http://www.gratitudecampaign.org/fullmovie.php
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Catherine
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December 19, 2007
The Christmas Bell
THE BELL
I KNOW WHO I AM
I am God's child (John 1:12)
I am Christ's friend (John 15:15)
I am united with the Lord(1 Cor. 6:17)
I am bought with a price(1 Cor. 6:19-20)
I am a saint (set apart for God). (Eph. 1:1)
I am a personal witness of Christ (Acts 1:8)
I am the salt & light of the earth (Matt.5:13-14)
I am a member of the body of Christ(1 Cor 12:27)
I am free forever from condemnation ( Rom. 8: 1-2)
I am a citizen of Heaven. I am significant (Phil.3:20)
I am free from any charge against me (Rom. 8:31-34)
I am a minister of reconciliation for God (2 Cor.5:17-21)
I have access to God through the Holy Spirit (Eph. 2:18)
I am seated with Christ in the heavenly realms (Eph. 2:6)
I cannot be separated from the love of God (Rom.8:35-39)
I am established, anointed, sealed by God (2 Cor.1:21-22)
I am assured all things work together for good (Rom. 8: 28)
I have been chosen and appointed to bear fruit (John 15:16)
I may approach God with freedom and confidence (Eph. 3: 12)
I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me (Phil. 4:13)
I am the branch of the true vine, a channel of His life (John 15: 1-5)
I am God's temple (1 Cor. 3: 16). I am complete in Christ (Col. 2: 10)
I am hidden with Christ in God (Col. 3:3). I have been justified (Romans 5:1)
I am God's co-worker (1 Cor. 3:9; 2 Cor 6:1). I am God's workmanship (Eph. 2:10)
I am confident that the good works God has begun in me will be perfected
(Phil 1: 5)
I have been redeemed and forgiven (Col. 1:14). I have been adopted as God's child (Eph 1:5)
I belong to God
Do you know
Who you are!?
Keep this bell ringing...pass it on :)
"The LORD bless you and keep you;
The LORD make His face shine upon you
And be gracious to you;
The LORD turn His face toward you
And give you peace."
There is no SIN that SATISFIES the HEART .
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to internet friend, Debbie.
Posted by Omie at 07:58 PM | Comments (2)
December 14, 2007
Cute Grandbaby Pics
"Snitched" from my sil's blog...
"November-December happenings:
Max can crawl as fast as a bug, he can stand/cruise along anything strong enough to lean on (that doesn't preclude him trying things that aren't), he can hoard Cheerios in his cheeks with the best of chipmunks, and he is becoming fluent in Pterodactyl and Sleastak...."
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<3 GrandMom LOVE LOVE ~ Thanks to my cutie grandson, Max and his dad, my sil, who is both a great photographer, and also a very creative writer.
Posted by Omie at 05:21 PM | Comments (0)
December 07, 2007
Molly's Fruitcake Cookies
Cream together:
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup butter
Add to the mix:
4 egg yolks
Mix and add:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. nutmeg
Alternate flour mixture with this liquid:
1/3 cup orange juice
red wine to 3/4 cup total with the orange juice
(Nota Bene from Omie ~ I never have red wine in the house, (it gives me heartburn), so I am believing you can just subsitute O.J.)
Then add:
3 tsp soda dissolved in
3 Tablespoons of milk
FRUIT: Dredge in 1 cup of flour in a bag ~
1 lb. candied cherries cut in half
1 lb. pineapple
1/2 lb. white raisins
1 lb. dates
Add:
6 cups of your choice of nuts, I use pecans.
Fold In:
4 egg whites, slightly beaten
Drop by teaspoon onto greased pan and bake in preheated oven at 325 for 20 to 25 minutes. It is hard to see if they are done.
Makes 175 cookies. These freeze well.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to cousin Mike's wonderful wife for this new family Holiday recipe. I wish I had had this recipe years ago when there was an annual rivalry between my mother's WONDERFUL moist fruitcake and my MIL's dark, dense and dry fruitcake. Ugh! Maybe this recipe will save your marriage a few holiday headaches. heh heh.
Posted by Omie at 05:38 PM | Comments (0)
December 06, 2007
Something to Remember
A letter from God to His children on this holiday season
Dear Children,
It has come to my attention that many of you are upset that folks are taking My name out of the season. Maybe you've forgotten that I wasn't actually born during this time of the year and that it was some of you're predecessors who decided to celebrate My birthday on what was actually a time of pagan festival; although, I do appreciate being remembered anytime.
How I personally feel about this celebration can probably be most easily understood by those of you who have been blessed with children of your own. I don't care what you call the day. If you want to celebrate My birth just, GET ALONG AND LOVE ONE ANOTHER. Now, having said that, let Me go on.
If it bothers you that the town in which you live doesn't allow a scene depicting My birth, then just get rid of a couple of Santas and snowmen and put in a small Nativity scene on your own front lawn. If all My followers did that, there wouldn't be any need for such a scene on the town square because there would be many of them all around town.
Stop worrying about the fact that people are calling the tree a holiday tree, instead of a Christmas tree. It was I who made all trees. You can and may remember Me anytime you see any tree. Decorate a grape vine if you wish: I actually spoke of that one in a teaching that explains who I am in relation to you and what each of our tasks are. If you have forgotten that one, look at John 15:1-8.
If you want to give Me a present in remembrance of My birth, here is my wish list. Choose something from it.
1) Instead of writing protest letters objecting to the way My birthday is being celebrated, write letters of love and hope to soldiers away from home. They are terribly afraid and lonely this time of year. I know, they tell Me all the time.
2) Visit someone in a nursing home. You don't have to know them personally. They just need to know that someone cares about them.
3) Instead of writing George complaining about the wording on the cards his staff sent out this year, why don't you write and tell him that you'll be praying for him and his family this year. Then follow up. It will be nice hearing from you again.
4) Instead of giving your children a lot of gifts you can't afford, and they don't need, spend time with them. Tell them the story of My birth and why I came to live with you down here. Hold them in your arms and remind them that I love them.
5) Pick someone that has hurt you in the past and forgive him or her.
6) Did you know that someone in your town will attempt to take their own life this season because they feel so alone and hopeless? Since you don't know who that person is, try giving everyone you meet a warm smile. It could make the difference. Also, you might consider supporting the local Hot-Line: they talk with people like that every day. (Nota Bene from Omie: Chattanooga folks can call our local CONTACT hot line.)
7) Instead of nit picking about what the retailer in your town calls the holiday, be patient with the people who work there. Give them a warm smile and a kind word. Even if they aren't allowed to wish you a "Merry Christmas" that doesn't keep you from wishing them one. Then stop shopping there on Sunday. If the store didn't make so much money on that day, they'd close and let their employees spend the day at home with their families.
8) If you really want to make a difference, support a missionary, especially one who takes My love and Good News to those who have never heard My name. You may already know someone like that.
9) Here's a good one. There are individuals and whole families in your town who not only will have no "Christmas" tree, but neither will they have any presents to give or receive. If you don't know them (and I suspect you don't), buy some food and a few gifts and give them to the Marines, the Salvation Army or some other charity that believes in Me and they will make the delivery for you.
10) Finally if you want to make a statement about your belief in and loyalty to Me, then behave like a Christian. Don't do things in secret that you wouldn't do in My presence. Let people know by your actions that you are one of mine.
P.S. Don't forget; I am God and can take care of Myself. Just love Me and do what I have told you to do. I'll take care of all the rest. Check out the list above and get to work. Time is short, but I'll help you. The ball is now in your court.
And do have a most blessed Christmas with all those you love and, remember, I LOVE YOU.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ A very good repeat from Christmas '06 "Chatta Mom" archives.
Posted by Omie at 07:07 PM | Comments (0)
December 04, 2007
Unbelieveable Math Problem
Here is a math trick so unbelievable that it will stump you. Personally, I would like to know who came up with this and why that person is not running the country.
1. Grab a calculator. (you won't be able to do this one in your head)
2. Key in the first three digits of your phone number (NOT the area code)
3. Multiply by 80
4. Add 1
5. Multiply by 250
6. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number
7. Add the last 4 digits of your phone number again.
8. Subtract 250
9. Divide number by 2
Do you recognize the answer?????
Yep, your phone number.....
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to friend, Judy, who has made her first contribution to Chatta Mom.
Posted by Omie at 08:33 PM | Comments (0)
November 20, 2007
Holiday Recipes
Here are a few holiday recipes to try. Of course, ALL are non-fattening. heh heh
Hot Muller Cider
1/2 gallon cider
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 teaspoon of salt
One teaspoon of allspice
One teaspoon whoe cloves
One stick of cinnamom/ Dash of nutmeg.
Tie spices in a cheese cloth and add to rest of ingredients. Simmer 20 minutes and remove spice bundle. (Bundle may be used more than once.)
Serve with a twist of orange/lemon peel.
This serves about 12 people. A small amount of water may be added without hurting the flavor.
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THIS IS MY FAMILY'S FAVORITE HOLIDAY DISH. Thanks to one of my son's ex-girlfriends. ....long story.... BTW ~ His sweet wife, whom we ALL adore, is a WONDERFUL "COOK." Those of you who know me, will get a chuckle out of that pun.
Cranberry Apple Recipe
1 lb. raw cranberries
4C chopped apples (unpeeled)
1 1/2C sugar, 1/2C brown Sugar
1 1/2 C quick oats
1/2 chopped nuts
1 stick melted butter
Mix all ingredients together except butter. Melt butter and pour over casserole. Bake 325 for 1 hour.
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This sounds interesting, however I'm not going to make it this year, but maybe one or two of you will.
Pumpkin Apple Streusel Muffins
2 ½ c. all-purpose flour
1 tbsp. pumpkin pie spice
½ tsp. salt
1 c. canned solid pack pumpkin
2 cups peeled, finely chopped apples
2 c. granulated sugar
1 tsp. baking soda
2 eggs, lightly beaten
½ c. vegetable oil
In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, pumpkin pie spice, baking soda and salt.
In medium bowl, combine eggs, pumpkin and oil. Add liquid ingredients to dry
ingredients; stir just until moistened. Stir in apples. Spoon batter into
greased or lined muffin cups, filling ¾ full. Sprinkle streusel topping over
batter.
Bake in preheated 350 degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes.
Streusel Topping: In small bowl, combine 2 tbsp. flour, ¼ c. sugar and ½ tsp.
cinnamon. Cut in 4 tsp. butter until mixture is crumbly.
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This next recipe is from my sis from California. I first made this around 1982 to take to a very swanky party. My artichoke "dip" slash "pie" was a hit.
Artichoke Pie (serve as a pre-dinner snack on crackers. DELICIOUS!)
2 cans of artichokes, drained and mashed (14 oz. packed in water).
One cup parmesan cheese
One cup of mayonaise
1 1/2 teaspoon lemon juice
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Mix and place in greased pie pan.
Bake 45 minutes at 350.
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Glady's Egg Nog ~ This is more for Christmas time. Y'all ready yet?
6 eggs (separated)
3/4 cup of sugar
1/8 teaspoon of salt
2 cups of whipping cream (whipped)
2 cups of milk
One teaspoon of vanilla
Combine egg yolks, 1/2 cup of sugar, salt in large mixing bowl. Beat at high speed until thick and lemon colored.
Beat whites at room tempature until foamy, gradually adding sugar one tablespoon at a time. Beating until stiff and peaks form.
Gently fold in egg whites and next three ingreidnets into yolk mixture.
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Before Christmas, in the next two weeks, I will post the recipe for a wonderful Vermont Chicken-Pot Pie. Warm, comfy food....
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ from Omie's recipe files
Posted by Omie at 02:40 PM | Comments (0)
November 17, 2007
Interesting Things About the Human Body
Things I'm sure you've always wanted to know....
The human body is a machine that is full of wonder. This collection of human body facts will leave you wondering why in the heck we were designed the way we were.
-Scientists say the higher your I.Q. the more you dream.
-The largest cell in the human body is the female egg and the smallest is the male sperm.
-You use 200 muscles to take one step.
-The average woman is five inches shorter than the average man.
-Your big toes have two bones each while the rest have three.
-A pair of human feet contains 250,000 sweat glands.
-A full bladder is roughly the size of a soft ball.
-The acid in your stomach is strong enough to dissolve razor blades.
-The human brain cell can hold 5 times as much information as the Encyclopedia Britannica.
-It takes the food seven seconds to get from your mouth to your stomach.
-The average human dream lasts two to three seconds.
-Men without hair on their chests are more likely to get cirrhosis of the liver than men with hair.
-At the moment of conception, you spent about half an hour as a single cell.
-There is about one trillion bacteria on each of your feet.
-Your body gives off enough heat in 30 minutes to bring half a gallon of water to a boil.
-The enamel in your teeth is the hardest substance in your body.
-Your teeth start growing 6 months before you are born
-When you are looking at someone you love, your pupils dilate, and they do the same when you are looking at someone you hate.
-Your thumb is the same length of your nose.
At this very moment, I know full well you are putting this last fact to the test. Now remove your thumb from your nose and pass this on to the friends you think might be interested in comparing their thumbs to their noses as well.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Catherine.
Posted by Omie at 07:50 PM | Comments (0)
November 13, 2007
Washing Glasses
Do you get creeped out in hotels? Watch this video. It will make you a cleaning nut.
The message ~ Drink out of your own cups. Don't touch anything and bring your own hand sanitizer. Evidently, hotels/motels don't wash anything!
http://clipsyndicate.com/publish/video/438812?cpt=3
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole
Posted by Omie at 10:09 AM | Comments (0)
November 11, 2007
Sunday Afternoon at Omie's
Max (who is nine months old today) and his family visited Omie's this afternoon for lunch. Here are a few treats.
Here is Max exploring under Omie's living room chair.
Now he can almost stand by himself. Wow! Omie will soon have to "baby-proof" the whole house.
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<3 GrandMom Love LOVE ~ Thanks to my daughter and SIL for the baby pics.
Posted by Omie at 03:26 PM | Comments (0)
November 03, 2007
Are Y'All Ready for "Fattin'?
Texas Sheet Cake
Melt together:
½ cup of Wesson oil
1 cup of water or milk
1 stick of butter
Bring to a slow boil and add 1/3 cup of cocoa
Mix together: -
2 cups of sugar
2 cups of plain flour
1 teaspoon of baking soda
1 teaspoon of cinnamon
2 eggs
½ cup of buttermilk
1 or 2 teaspoons of vanilla
~ then add your melted butter/cocoa mixture
This all fits on my jelly roll/cookie sheet pan.
Bake 350 for 30 to 40 minutes. Cool slightly then frost
Nota Bene - Paula Deen tops her Texas Sheet cake with miniature marshmellows and then adds the icing. Sounds good to me! :))
Frosting:
1 box of conf XXX sugar
1 stick of melted butter
3 teaspoons of cocoa
1/4 cup of milk ~ add slowly to get a good consistency
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Red Lobster Cheddar Bay Biscuits II
Note: I pulled this recipe out because I couldn't find "Sister Shulbert's Yeast Rolls" at the Bi-Lo frozen food section this afternoon. They are delicious!, but these fatting cheese biscuits will just have to do. heh heh
This recipe was posted in the Orlando Sentinel Newspaper.
Ingredients:
2 C. Bisquick
2/3 C. milk
1/2 C. shredded Cheddar Cheese
1/2 C. butter or margarine, melted
1/4 tsp. garlic powder
Preparation:
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Mix bisquick, milk and cheese until a soft dough forms. Drop by spoonfuls onto an ungreased cooking sheet. Bake 8- 10 min until golden brown. Mix butter and garlic powder. Brush mixture over warm biscuits before removing from cookie sheet.
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One more ..... not so fatting. We had to have something at least semi-healthy. This recipe looked good to me so I copied it from somewhere intertesting, (????) and will be trying it out on my family tomorrow for Sunday lunch. Yeah! They are bringing baby Max to Omie's house for Sunday lunch. Not that the baby can eat any of this as yet. >grin<
Fruity Slaw
1 cup finely shredded cabbage
1/2 cup grated carrot
1 8-ounce can unsweetened pineapple chunks, in their own juice
1/3 cup raisins
1 1/2 cups chopped apple
2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
In a large non-aluminum bowl combine cabbage, carrot, pineapple with juice, raisins, apple and lemon juice. Toss well. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Marinate overnight in refrigerator to let flavors blend and develop. Drain before serving.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ from Omie's recipe files.
Thursday 8th of November 2007 update ~ The kids and baby came over for Sunday lunch and DID NOT like the fruity slaw. My SIL, however, loved the chicken, the squash cassarole and the homemade chocalate chip cookies. YEA! He especailly liked taking a bag of cookies home with him. I did not make the cake or the biscuits, but might make the cake for this weekend if I have enough friends that I can give most of it away as I don't need all those calories right here before Thanksgiving and Christmas. ....how did you like that run-on and on sentence. 
Posted by Omie at 07:28 PM | Comments (0)
November 01, 2007
Helpful Information
How many of these did YOU know about?
A sealed envelope - Put in the freezer for a few hours, then slide a knife under the flap The envelope can then be resealed. (hmmmmmm.... ) :)
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Use empty toilet paper roll to store appliance cords. It keeps them neat and you can write on the roll what appliance it belongs to.
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For icy door steps in freezing temperatures: get warm water and put Dawn dish washing liquid in it. Pour it all over the steps. They won't refreeze. (wish I had known this for the last 40 years!)
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To remove old wax from a glass candle holder, put it in the freezer for a few hours, then take the candle holder out and turn it upside down. The wax will fall out.
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Crayon marks on walls? This worked wonderfully! A damp rag, dipped in baking soda. Comes off with little effort (elbow grease that is)!
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Permanent marker on appliances/counter tops (like store receipt BLUE) rubbing alcohol on paper towel.
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Whenever I purchase a box of S.O.S pads, I immediately take a pair of scissors and cut each pad into halves. After years of having to throw away rusted and unused and smelly pads, I finally decided that this would be much more economical. Now a box of S.O.S pads last me indefinitely. In fact, I have noticed that the scissors get 'sharpened' this way!
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Blood stains on clothes? Not to worry! Just pour a little hydrogen peroxide on a cloth and proceed to wipe off every drop of blood. Works every time! (Now, where to put the body?) LOL (Note from Omie - ammonia works well also.)
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Use vertical strokes when washing windows outside and horizontal for inside windows. This way you can tell which side has the streaks. Straight vinegar will get outside windows really clean. Don't wash windows on a sunny day. They will dry too quickly and will probably streak.
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Spray a bit of perfume on the light bulb in any room to create a lovely light scent in each room when the light is turned on.
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Place fabric softener sheets in dresser drawers and your clothes will smell freshly washed for weeks to come. You can also do this with towels and linen.
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Candles will last a lot longer if placed in the freezer for at least three hours prior to burning.
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To clean artificial flowers, pour some salt into a paper bag and add the flowers. Shake vigorously as the salt will absorb all the dust and dirt and leave your artificial flowers looking like new! Works like a charm!
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To easily remove burnt on food from your skillet, simply add a drop or two of dish soap and enough water to cover bottom of pan, and bring to a boil on stove top.
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Spray your TUPPERWARE with nonstick cooking spray before pouring in tomato based sauces and there won't be any stains.
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Wrap celery in aluminum foil when putting in the refrigerator and it will keep for weeks.
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When boiling corn on the cob, add a pinch of sugar to help bring out the corn's natural sweetness.
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Cure for headaches: Take a lime, cut it in half, and rub it on your forehead. The throbbing will go away.
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Don't throw out all that leftover wine: Freeze into ice cubes for future use in casseroles and sauces ........ Left over wine? What's that? :)
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To get rid of itch from mosquito bites, try applying soap on the area and you will experience instant relief.
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Ants, ants, ants everywhere. Well, they are said to never cross a chalk line. So, get your chalk out and draw a line on the floor or wherever ants tend to march. See for yourself. hmmm? really?
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Use air-freshener to clean mirrors. It does a good job and better still leaves a lovely smell to the shine.
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When you get a splinter, reach for the scotch tape before resorting to tweezers or a needle. Simply put the scotch tape over the splinter, and then pull it off. Scotch tape removes most splinters painlessly and easily.
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Now look what you can do with Alka Seltzer.........Clean a toilet. Drop in two Alka Seltzer tablets, wait twenty minutes, brush and flush. The citric acid and effervescent action clean vitreous China.
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Clean a vase. To remove a stain from the bottom of a glass vase or cruet, fill with water and drop in two Alka Seltzer tablets.
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Polish jewelry. Drop two Alka Seltzer tablets into a glass of water and immerse the jewelry for two minutes.
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Clean a thermos bottle. Fill the bottle with water, drop in four Alka Seltzer tablets, and let soak for an hour (or longer, if necessary).
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Unclog a drain. Clear the sink drain by dropping three Alka Seltzer tablets down the drain followed by a cup of Heinz White Vinegar. Wait a few minutes, and then run the hot water.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole
Posted by Omie at 03:24 PM | Comments (0)
October 24, 2007
Email Petitions
If you are going to pass something along, let it be THIS!
To whom it concerns:
Just a word to the wise. E-mail petitions are NOT acceptable to Congress or any other municipality. To be acceptable, petitions must have a signed signature and full address. Same with "prayer chains" -- be wary.
Almost all e-mails that ask you to add your name and forward on to others are similar to that mass letter years ago that asked people to send business cards to the little kid in Florida who wanted to break the Guinness Book of Records for the most cards. All it was, and all this type of e-mail is, is to get names and "cookie"tracking info for telemarketers and spammers to validate active e-mail accounts for their own purposes.
Any time you see an e-mail that says forward this on to "10" of your friends, sign this petition, or you'll get good luck, or whatever, it has either an e-mail tracker program attached that tracks the cookies and e-mails of those folks you forward to, or the host sender is getting a copy. Each time it gets forwarded and then is able to get lists of "active" e-mails to use in spam e-mails, or sell to others that do.
Please forward this notice to others and you will be providing a good service to your friends, and will be rewarded by not getting 30,000 spam e-mail in the future.
(If you have been sending out the above kinds of email, now you know why you get so much spam!)
Check it out: http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/internet.htm
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole and her friend, Joe.
Posted by Omie at 09:21 PM
October 20, 2007
New Use for Vicks
Hard to believe this....
It works 100 percent of the time, although the scientists at the Canada Research council (who discovered it) aren't sure why. To stop nighttime coughing in a child (or an adult, as we found out personally), put Vicks Vapor rub generously on the bottom of the feet at bedtime and then cover with socks.
Even persistent, heavy, deep coughing will stop in about five minutes and stay stopped for many, many hours of relief. This works 100 percent of the time and is more effective in children than even very strong prescription cough medicines.
In addition it is extremely soothing and comforting and they will sleep soundly.
I heard the head of the Canada Research Council describe these findings on the part of their scientists when they were investigating the effectiveness and usage of prescription cough medicines in children as compared to alternative therapies like acupressure.
I just happened to tune in to a.m. radio, and picked up this guy talking about why cough medicines in kids often do more harm than good due to the chemical makeup of these strong drugs, so I listened. It was a surprising finding and found to be more effective than prescribed medicines for children at bedtime and in addition to have a soothing and calming effect on sick children who then
went on to sleep soundly.
My wife tried it on herself when she had a very deep constant and persistent cough a few weeks ago and it worked 100 percent! She said it felt like a warm blanket had enveloped her. The coughing stopped in a few minutes, and believe me, this was a deep (incredibly annoying!), every few seconds, uncontrollable cough, and she slept cough-free for hours every night she used it.
If you have grandchildren, pass it on.
If you end up sick, try it yourself and you will be absolutely amazed by the effect.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Disclaimer.... this is just a floating email and may be completely unwarranted so please always use your best common sense and judgment.
Thanks to Kerri.
Posted by Omie at 07:42 PM
October 19, 2007
Five Finger Prayer
This is beautiful - and it is surely worth making the five-finger prayer a part of our lives.
1. Your thumb is nearest you. So begin your prayers by praying for those closest to you. They are the easiest to remember. To pray for our loved ones is, as C.S. Lewis once said, a "sweet duty."
2. The next finger is the pointing finger. Pray for those who teach, instruct and heal. This includes teachers, doctors, and ministers. They need support and wisdom in pointing others in the right direction. Keep them in your prayers.
3. The next finger is the tallest finger. It reminds us of our leaders. Pray for the president, leaders in business and industry, and administrators. These people shape our nation and guide public opinion. They need God's guidance.
4. The fourth finger is our ring finger. Surprising to many is the fact that this is our weakest finger, as any piano teacher will testify. It should remind us to pray for those who are weak, in trouble or in pain. They need your prayers day and night. You cannot pray too much for them.
5. And lastly comes our little finger - the smallest finger of all which is where we should place ourselves in relation to God and others. As the Bible says, "The least shall be the greatest among you." Your pinkie should remind you to pray for yourself. By the time you have prayed for the other four groups, your own needs will be put into proper perspective and you will be able to pray for yourself more effectively.
Don't tell God how big your storm is; tell the storm how big your God is!!!!!
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole
Posted by Omie at 12:38 PM
October 18, 2007
Word Scramble
Someone out there either has too much spare time or is deadly at Scrabble. (Wait till you see the last one)!
DORMITORY:
When you rearrange the letters:
DIRTY ROOM
PRESBYTERIAN:
When you rearrange the letters:
BEST IN PRAYER
ASTRONOMER:
When you rearrange the letters:
MOON STARER
THE EYES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THEY SEE
GEORGE BUSH:
When you rearrange the letters:
HE BUGS GORE
THE MORSE CODE :
When you rearrange the letters:
HERE COME DOTS
SLOT MACHINES:
When you rearrange the letters:
CASH LOST IN ME
ANIMOSITY:
When you rearrange the letters:
IS NO AMITY
ELECTION RESULTS:
When you rearrange the letters:
LIES - LET'S RECOUNT
SNOOZE ALARMS:
When you rearrange the letters:
ALAS NO MORE Z 'S
A DECIMAL POINT:
When you rearrange the letters:
IM A DOT IN PLACE
THE EARTHQUAKES:
When you rearrange the letters:
THAT QUEER SHAKE
ELEVEN PLUS TWO:
When you rearrange the letters:
TWELVE PLUS ONE
AND FOR THE GRAND FINALE:
MOTHER-IN-LAW:
When you rearrange the letters:
WOMAN HITLER
Yep! Someone with waaaaaaaaaaay too much time on their hands!
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Carole
Posted by Omie at 08:28 PM
October 17, 2007
Cat Bowling
Click on this link and go Halloween bowling. Halloween Bowling
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Thanks again to friend, Gladys
Posted by Omie at 08:14 PM
October 15, 2007
CHRISTIAN WAYS TO REDUCE STRESS
"Never borrow from the future. If you worry about what may happen tomorrow and it doesn't happen, you have worried in vain. Even if it does happen, you have to worry twice."
1. Pray
2. Go to bed on time.
3. Get up on time so you can start the day un-rushed.
4. Say No to projects that won't fit into your time schedule, or that will compromise your mental health.
5. Delegate tasks to capable others.
6. Simplify and unclutter your life.
7. Less is more. (Although one is often not enough, two are often too many.)
8. Allow extra time to do things and to get to places.
9. Pace yourself. Spread out big changes and difficult projects over time; don't lump the hard things all together.
10. Take one day at a time.
11. Separate worries from concerns. If a situation is a concern, find out what God would have you do and let go of the anxiety. If you can't do anything about a situation, forget it.
12. Live within your budget: don't use credit cards for ordinary purchases.
13. Have backups; an extra car key in your wallet, an extra house key buried in the garden, extra stamps, etc.
14. K.M.S. (Keep Mouth Shut). This single piece of advice can prevent an enormous amount of trouble.
15. Do something for the kid in you everyday.
16. Carry a Bible with you to read while waiting in line.
17. Get enough rest.
18. Eat right.
19. Get organized so everything has its place.
20. Listen to a tape while driving that can help improve your quality of life.
21. Write down thoughts and inspirations.
22. Every day, find time to be alone.
23. Having problems? Talk to God on the spot. Try to nip small problems in the bud. Don't wait until it's time to go to bed to try and pray.
24. Make friends with Godly people.
25. Keep a folder of favorite scriptures on hand.
26. Remember that the shortest bridge between despair and hope is often a good "Thank you Jesus."
27. Laugh.
28. Laugh some more!
29. Take your work seriously, but not yourself at all.
30. Develop a forgiving attitude (most people are doing the best they can).
31. Be kind to unkind people (they probably need it the most).
32. Sit on your ego. (Ego = Edging God Out)
33. Talk less; listen more.
34. Slow down.
35. Remind yourself that you are not the general manager of the universe.
36 . Every night before bed, think of one thing you're grateful for that you've never been grateful for before.
GOD HAS A WAY OF TURNING THINGS AROUND FOR YOU. "If God is for us, who can be against us?" (Romans 8:31)
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Debbie
Posted by Omie at 08:40 PM
October 12, 2007
Salad Recipes
Tabbouleh Salad
2 cups of hot water
1 cup bulgur wheat
1 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/2 cup of chopped fresh mint
1/2 cup of chopped onion
1/3 cup fresh lemon juice
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
Lettuce leaves
2 medium tomatoes, finely chopped
Pour hot water over bulgur. Let stand 30 minutes. Drain. mix with remaining ingredients except tomatoes. Chill. Serve on lettuce leaves with chopped tomatoes on top.
Apple Spinach Salad (from Southern Living Magazine)
1 10 oz package fresh spinach, torn
2 Granny Smith apples, chopped
1/2 cup cashews
1/3 cup golden raisins
Dressing for the above
1/4 cup sugar
1/4 cup apple cider vinegar
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/4 teaspoon garlic salt
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ from Omie's files ~ Enjoy!
Posted by Omie at 08:22 PM
October 10, 2007
Good Stuff
1) My husband and I divorced over religious differences. He thought he was God and I didn't!
2) I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.
3) I work hard because millions on welfare depend on me!
4) Some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them.
5) I used to have a handle on life, but it broke.
6) Don't take life too seriously, you won't get out alive.
7) You're just jealous because the voices only talk to me.
8) Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder.
9) Earth is the insane asylum for the universe.
10) Quoting one is plagiarism. Quoting many is research.
11) I'm not a complete idiot, some parts are missing.
12) Out of my mind. Back in five minutes.
15) God must love stupid people, he made so many.
16) His gene pool could use a little chlorine.
17) It IS as BAD as you think and they ARE out to get you.
18) She took an IQ test and the results were negative.
19) Consciousness: that annoying time between naps.
20) Ever stop to think, and forget to start again?
24) Frankly, Scallop, I Don't Give a Clam (seen on Cape Cod)
26) Wrinkled Was Not One of the Things I Wanted to Be When I Grew Up. (Amen to that!)
27) Procrastinate Now
28) Rehab Is for Quitters
29) My Dog Can Lick Anyone
32) Finally 21, and Legally Able To Do Everything I've Been Doing Since 15
33) West Virginia: Four million people and 15 last names
34) FAILURE IS NOT AN OPTION. It comes bundled with the software.
35) MY WILD OATS HAVE TURNED TO SHREDDED WHEAT
37) A journey of a thousand miles begins with a cash advance
38) STUPIDITY IS NOT A HANDICAP. Park elsewhere!
40) They call it PMS because Mad Cow Disease was already taken
41) He who dies with the most toys is nonetheless dead
43) POLICE STATION TOILET STOLEN .... Cops have nothing to go on.
44) FOR SALE - Iraqi rifle. Never fired. Dropped once.
45) HECK IS WHERE PEOPLE GO WHO DON'T BELIEVE IN GOSH
46) A PICTURE IS WORTH A 1000 WORDS, but it uses up a 1000 times the memory.
47) The Meek shall inherit the earth, after we're through with it.
48) Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.
49) HAM AND EGGS - A day's work for a chicken, a lifetime commitment for a pig.
50) WELCOME TO SOUTH CAROLINA - Set your watch back 20 years.
51) The trouble with life is there's no background music.
52) The original "point and click interface" was a Smith & Wesson.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Again, may be a repeat.....author unknown. From the files of Omie.
Posted by Omie at 09:23 PM
October 05, 2007
Canadian Health Care - NOT a Joke
I didn't check this out for accuracy, but it sounds like many of the other comments that were checked out.
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I saw on the news up here in Canada where Hillary Clinton introduced her new health care plan; something similar to what we have in Canada. I also heard that Michael Moore was raving about the health care up here in Canada in his latest movie. As your friend, and someone who lives with the Canada health care plan, I thought I would give you some facts about this great medical plan that we have in Canada.
First of all
1) The health care plan in Canada is not free. We pay a premium every month of $96.00 for Shirley and I to be covered. Sounds great eh? What they don't tell you is how much we pay in taxes to keep the health care system afloat. I am personally in the 55% tax bracket. Yes, 55% of my earnings go to taxes. A large portion of that, and I am not sure of the exact amount, goes directly to health care - our #1 expense.
2) I would not classify what we have as a health care plan, it is more like a health diagnosis system. You can get into to see a doctor quick enough so he can tell you 'yes indeed you are sick or 'you need an operation,' but now the challenge becomes getting treated or operated on. We have waiting lists out the ying yang some as much as two years down the road.
3) Rather than fix what is wrong with you; the usual tactic in Canada is to prescribe drugs. Have a pain? - here is a drug to take- not what is causing the pain and why. No time for checking you out because it is more important to move as many patients thru as possible each hour for Government reimbursement
4) Many Canadians do not have a family Doctor.
5) Don't require emergency treatment as you may wait for hours in the emergency room waiting for treatment.
6) Shirley's dad cut his hand on a power saw a few weeks back and it required that his hand be put in a splint. To our surprise, we had to pay $125.00 for a splint because it is not covered under health care. Plus we have to pay $60.00 for each visit for him to check it out each week.
7) Shirley's cousin was diagnosed with a heart blockage and he was put on a waiting list. He died before he could get treatment.
8) Government allots so many operations per year. When that is done, no more
operations, unless you go to your local newspaper, and plead your case, and embarrass the government; then money suddenly appears.
9) The Government takes great pride in telling us how much more they are increasing the funding for health care, but waiting lists never get shorter. Government just keeps throwing money at the problem, but it never goes away. But they are good at finding new ways to tax us. They don't call it a tax anymore; it is now a user fee.
10) A friend of ours is 65 years old and needs an operation for a blockage in her leg but because she is a smoker they will not do it, and despite paying into the health care system all these years. Now there is talk that maybe we should not treat fat and obese people either because they are a drain on the health care system. Let me see now, what we want in Canada is a health care system for healthy people only? That should reduce our health care costs.
11) Forget getting a second opinion, what you see is what you get.
12) I can spend what money I have left after taxes on booze, cigarettes, junk food and anything else that could kill me, but I am not allowed by law to spend my money on getting an operation I need because that would be jumping the queue. I must wait my turn except if I am a hockey player or athlete then I can get looked at right away. Go figger. Where else in the world can you spend money to kill yourself but not allowed to spend money to get healthy.
13) Oh, did I mention that immigrants are covered automatically at tax payer
expense having never contributed a dollar to the system and pay no premiums?
14) Oh yeah, we now give free needles to drug users to try and keep them healthy. Wouldn't want a sickly druggie breaking into your house and stealing your things. But people with diabetes, who pay into the health care system, have to pay for their needles because it is not covered but the health care system.
I send this out not looking for sympathy but as the election looms in the states you will be hearing more and more about universal health care down there and the advocates will be pointing to Canada. I just want to make sure that you hear the truth about health care up here and have some food for thought and informed questions to ask when broached with this subject.
Step wisely and don't make the same mistakes we have.
Several years ago, I went to Deaconness Hospital in Cincinnati to visit with Lewis Foster, an esteemed professor of The Cincinnati Bible Seminary (Now Cincinnati Christian University). He had just returned from an extended visit in England. While there, he had what the doctors thought was probably a heart attack. Betty, his wife, said they went to a doctor who thought he probably had a heart attack, but couldn't be totally sure as he did not have an EKG machine in his office.
The doctor explained that there was a 3-month wait to get into a hospital, regardless of your problem. They asked if the doctor thought Lewis could make back to the states, and the doctor 'supposed' he could. They arranged a flight as soon as possible. Betty said he had a rough time of it, and they had an ambulance waiting at the Greater Cincinnati Airport to bring him straight to Deaconness Hospital. He did recover, but Betty went on to explain that there was no incentive for a doctor to buy any expensive equipment as it would put nothing more in his pocket to do so. That certainly opened my eyes to the 'lackings and failures' of a socialized medical system.
Someone once said, 'If you think medical treatment is expensive now, you should see what it costs when it's free.'
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to a friend of a friend of Carole's
Posted by Omie at 12:08 PM
October 04, 2007
A Good Toast
Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up.
Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.
May your troubles be less, your blessings be more, and nothing but happiness come through your door.
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Thanks to Carole
Posted by Omie at 01:15 PM
True or False?
WHICH ARE TRUE AND WHICH ARE FALSE?
1. Apples, not caffeine, are more efficient at waking you up in the morning.
2. Alfred Hitchcock didn't have a belly button.
3. A pack-a-day smoker will lose approximately 2 teeth every 10 years.
4. People do not get sick from cold weather; it's from being indoors a lot more during cold weather.
5. When you sneeze, all bodily functions stop, even your heart!
6. Only 7 per cent of the population are lefties.
7. Forty people are sent to the hospital for dog bites every minute.
8. Babies are born without kneecaps. They don't appear until they are 2-6 years old.
9. The average person over 50 will have spent 5 years waiting in lines.
10. The toothbrush was invented in 1498.
11. The average housefly lives for 1 month.
12. 40,000 Americans are injured by toilets each year.
13. A coat hanger is 44 inches long when straightened.
14 The average computer user blinks 7 times a minute.
15. Your feet are bigger in the afternoon than any other time of day.
16. Most of us have eaten a spider in our sleep.
17. The REAL reason ostriches stick their head in the sand is to search for water.
18. The only two animals that can see behind themselves without turning their heads are the rabbit and the parrot.
19. John Travolta turned down the starring roles in "An Officer and a Gentleman" and "Tootsie."
20. Michael Jackson owns the rights to the South Carolina State anthem.
21. In most television commercials for milk, a mixture of white paint and a little thinner is used in place of the milk.
22. Prince Charles and Prince William NEVER travel on the same airplane, just in case there is a crash.
23. The first Harley Davidson motorcycle built in 1903 used a tomato can for a carburetor.
24. Most hospitals make money by selling the umbilical cords cut from women who give birth. They are used in vein transplant surgery.
25. Humphrey Bogart was related to Princess Diana. They were 7th cousins.
26. If coloring weren't added to Coca-Cola, it would be green.
See all the answers below:
They are all true....Now go back and think about #16!,
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ hmmmm? ALL true? No belly button? I don't think so.....however, "Fred," my back porch brown reculse spider, and his family, have just limited their days on this earth. Thanks to Carole
Posted by Omie at 01:04 PM
My Sentiments, Exactly
When Insults Had Class:
"He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire." -- Winston Churchill
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." -- Clarence Darrow
"He has never been known to use a word that might send a reader to the dictionary." -- William Faulkner (about Ernest Hemingway)
"I've had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn't it." -- Groucho Marx
"I didn't attend the funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it." -- Mark Twain
"He has no enemies, but is intensely disliked by his friends." -- Oscar Wilde
"I am enclosing two tickets to the first night of my new play; bring a friend... If you have one." -- George Bernard Shaw to Winston Churchill.. . followed by Churchill's response:
"Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second, if there is one." -- Winston Churchill
"I feel so miserable without you; it's almost like having you here." --
Stephen Bishop
"He is a self-made man and worships his creator." -- John Bright
"I've just learned about his illness. Let's hope it's nothing trivial." -- Irvin S. Cobb
"He is not only dull himself; he is the cause of dullness in others." -- Samuel Johnson
"He is simply a shiver looking for a spine to run up." -- Paul Keating
"He had delusions of adequacy." -- Walter Kerr
"Why do you sit there looking like an envelope without any address on it?" -- Mark Twain
"His mother should have thrown him away and kept the stork." -- Mae West
"Some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go." -- Oscar Wilde
Lady Astor once remarked to Winston Churchill at a Dinner Party, "Winston, if you were my husband, I would poison your coffee! " To which Winston replied, "Madam, if I were your husband, I would drink it!"
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to neighbor, Ed.
Posted by Omie at 12:45 PM
October 01, 2007
A Word to the Single
Folks, I have had this in my files for over ten plus years and I still find it stirring. I pray that it will speak to you as it does to me. May it minister truth and love to all of you, single or not.
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Everyone longs to give himself completely to someone, to have a deep soul relationship with another --to be loved thoroughly and exclusively.
But God says to a Christian; "Not until you are satisfied, fulfilled and content with being loved by Me alone, --with giving yourself totally and unreservedly to Me; with having an intensely personal and unique relationship with Me alone, discovering that only in Me is your satisfaction to be found--will you be capable of the perfect human relationship that I have planned for you. You will never be united with another until you are united with Me--exclusive of anyone or anything else, exclusive of any other desires or longings.
I want you to stop planning, stop wishing, and allow Me to give you the most thrilling plan existing--one that you cannot imagine. I want you to have the best. Please allow Me to bring it to you. You just keep watching Me, expecting the greatest things. Keep experiencing the satisfaction that I am. Keep listening and learning the things that I tell you. You just wait, that's all. Don't be anxious. Don't worry.
Don't look around at the things others have gotten or that I've given them. Don't look around at the things you think you want. You just keep looking at Me, or you will miss what I want to show you. And then, when you are ready, I'll surprise you with a love far more wonderful than any you would dream. You see, until you are ready, and until the one I have for you is ready --(I am working even at this moment to have both of you ready at the same time)--until you are both satisfied exclusively with Me, and the life prepared for you, you won't be able to experience the love that exemplifies your relationship with Me, and this is the Perfect LOVE.
And, dear one, I want you to have this relationship with Me, and to enjoy materially and concretely the everlasting union of beauty, perfection and love. What I offer you is MYSELF. Know that I LOVE YOU utterly. I AM GOD. Believe it and be satisfied.
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from the files of "Omie" ~ except for the Holy Spirit......origins and/or author unknown
"And we have known and believed the love that God hath to us. GOD IS LOVE; and he that dwelleth in love dwelleth in God, and God in him. 1 John 4:16.
Posted by Omie at 01:21 PM
September 26, 2007
Born in 1988?
Just in case you weren't feeling too old today, this will certainly change things.
The people who are starting college this fall across the nation were born in 1988.
They are too young to remember the space shuttle blowing up.
Their lifetime has always included AIDS.
The CD was introduced the year they were born.
They have always had an answering machine
They have always had cable.
Jay Leno has always been on the Tonight Show.
Popcorn has always been cooked in the microwave.
They never took a swim and thought about Jaws.
They don't know who Mork was or where he was from.
They never heard: 'Where's the Beef?', 'I'd walk a mile for a Camel', or 'de plane Boss, de plane'.
McDonald's never came in Styrofoam containers.
They don't have a clue how to use a typewriter.
Do you feel old yet?
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Ed.
Posted by Omie at 05:29 PM
September 19, 2007
Points to Ponder
I dialed a number and got the following recording: "I am not available right now, but Thank you for caring enough to call. I am making some changes in my life. Please leave a message after the Beep. If I do not return your call, You are one of the changes."
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Aspire to inspire before you expire.
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My wife and I had words, but I didn't get to use mine.
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Frustration is trying to find your glasses without your glasses.
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Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without
forgetting.
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The irony of life is that, by the time you're old enough to know your way around, you're not going anywhere.
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God made man before woman so as to give him time to think of an answer for
her first question.
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I was always taught to respect my elders, but it keeps getting harder to find one.
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Every morning is the dawn of a new error.
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The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:
"With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, "Are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?"
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to Debbie
Posted by Omie at 10:14 AM
September 15, 2007
Food Prep...Yuck
Read the CNN story here.......The Garlic Stomp Dance
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<3 GrandMom Omie....who is totally grossed out by the above picture.
Posted by Omie at 02:56 PM
September 11, 2007
About Dogs
If a dog were the teacher you would learn stuff like:
When loved ones come home, always run to greet them.
Never pass up the opportunity to go for a joyride.
Allow the experience of fresh air and the wind in your face to be pure ecstasy.
When it's in your best interest, practice obedience.
Let others know when they've invaded your territory.
Take naps.
Stretch before rising.
Run, romp, and play daily.
Thrive on attention and let people touch you.
Avoid biting when a simple growl will do.
On warm days, stop to lie on your back in the grass.
On hot days, drink lots of water and lie under a shady tree.
When you're happy, dance around and wag your entire body.
No matter how often you're scolded, don't buy into the guilt thing and pout..! run right back and make friends.
Delight in the simple joy of a long walk.
Eat with gusto and enthusiasm. Stop when you have had enough.
Be loyal. Never pretend to be something you're not.
If what you want lies buried, dig until you find it.
When someone is having a bad day, be silent, sit close by and nuzzle them gently.
Omie's Dog....notice the cute little off center nose. >grin<
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<3 GrandMom Love - another repeat from the files of Omie.
Posted by Omie at 09:04 PM
How To Stay Young, Healthy and Happy
Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctor worry about them. That is why you pay him/her.
Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down. If you really need a grouch, there are probably a few dozen of your relatives to do the job.
Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening ...whatever. Just never let the brain idle.
Enjoy the simple things. When the children are young... that is all that you can afford. When they are in college... that is all that you can afford. When they are grown and you are on retirement... that is all that you can afford!
Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath. Laugh so much that you can be tracked in the store by your distinctive laughter. The tears happen.
Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person who is with us our entire life is ourselves.
Surround yourself with what you love, whether it is family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies ... whatever.
Your home is your refuge.
Cherish your health. If it is good ... preserve it. If it is unstable ... improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve ... get help.
Don't take guilt trips. Go to the mall, the next county, a foreign country, but not guilt.
Tell the people you love, that you love them ... at every opportunity.
Remember ... Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ This may be a repeat. I pulled it from my secret stash ..... I was desperate!
Posted by Omie at 08:57 PM
September 06, 2007
RECOGNIZING A STROKE
STROKE IDENTIFICATION:
My friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word, I agreed. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously. please read:
During a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall -- she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food -- while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the afternoon. Ingrid's husband called later saying that his wife had been taken to the hospital and passed away. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some stroke victims don't die, they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead.
It only takes a minute to read this...
A neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke . . . totally. He said the trick was having a stroke recognized, diagnosed and then getting the patient medically cared for within three hours, which is tough.
RECOGNIZING A STROKE:
Thank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps.
Read and Learn!
Sometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke.
Now doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions:
S *Ask the individual to SMILE.
T *Ask the person to TALK, to SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE. (Coherently) (I.e. . . It is sunny out today)
R *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS.
NOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. If the tongue is 'crooked,' if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke.
If he or she has trouble with any one of these tasks, call 911 immediately and describe the symptoms to the dispatcher.
A cardiologist says if everyone who gets this e-mail sends it to ten people, you can bet at least one life will be saved.
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<3 GrandMom LOVE!
Posted by Omie at 06:00 PM
August 24, 2007
Things You May Not Know About Me
Okay, Folks, my friend, Catherine, sent this to me and I usually will let these go by the wayside and break them every time, but tonight I asked myself.....why not? So, here goes ....nothin.' heh heh
Things you may not have known about me....
1) Four places I have worked:
1. for my DDS dad - when I was a teenager
2. Tupperware lady
3. for a couple of ambulance chasing lawyers
4. a christian counseling center - which was the BEST, ...emotionally safe and healthiest place I have ever worked!
2) Four places I have lived:
1. Cleveland, TN. (also will add Sewanee, TN to this list)
2. Signal Mtn, TN.
3. Chickamauga, GA
4. Chattanooga, TN
3) Four TV shows/games I love to watch:
1. I tape "Literary Visions" off of GA Public TV every morning.
2. Paula Deen cooking on Food Network
3. any of those "flipping houses" programs
4. Joyce Meyer, who cracks me up - also Beth Moore
4) Four places I have been on vacation
1. Jerusalem Israel
2. Pebble Beach/Carmel, CA.
3. Parksville Lake/ Ocoee River, TN - this is my favorite
4. Key West, FL
5) Four of my favorite foods
1. sweet/sour pickled watermelon or Homemade Christmas pickles
2. French Silk Chocalate Pie - homemade, using my recipe
3. Grilled Salmon with a nice glass of white wine
4. Armando's cheese burger - YES, very juicy!
6) Four Places I'd rather be
1. Anywhere riding horses - - trail riding through the woods and singing at the top of my lungs.
2. on a houseboat hidden in a secluded lake slough -- nothing more relaxing to me than being on the water.
3. playing with my two grandkids
4. in a deeply intense conversation connecting (heart to heart) with a group of like minded friends or EVEN BETTER with a guy who is not giving you "his life story, but who can aptly toss the conversational ball back to you. hmmm? where is that guy?
7) Four friends I think will respond:
1. Debbie H. (internet friend)
2. Gladys
3. Diana
4. Marie
adding 5. Carole and 6. internet friend, Connie.
Now here's what you are supposed to do. Do not spoil the fun. Hit forward or copy and paste, then delete my answers and type in your own. Then send this to a whole bunch of people you know INCLUDING the person who sent it to you. The theory is that you will learn a lot of little known facts about those who know you. Great wisdom through painful experience is an inside job.
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<3 GrandMom Love - previously emailed back to Catherine
Posted by Omie at 11:39 PM
So You Think You Know Everything?
"Stewardesses" is the longest word typed with only the left hand and "lollipop" with your right. (Bet you tried this out mentally, didn't you?)
No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver, or purple.
"Dreamt" is the only English word that ends in the letters "mt." (Are you doubting this?)
Our eyes are always the same size from birth, but our nose and ears never stop growing.
The sentence: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" uses every letter of the alphabet. (Now, you KNOW you're going to try this out for accuracy, right?)
The words 'racecar,' 'kayak' and 'level' are the same whether they are read left to right or right to left (palindromes). (Yep, I knew you were going to "do" this one.)
There are only four words in the English language which end in "dous": tremendous, horrendous, stupendous, and hazardous. (You're not doubting this, are you?)
There are two words in the English language that have all five vowels in order: "abstemious" and "facetious." (Yes, admit it, you are going to say. a e i o u)
TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard. (All you typists are going to test this out)
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A cat has 32 muscles in each ear.
A goldfish has a memory span of three seconds. (Some days that's about what my memory span is) (How do they KNOW that?)
A "jiffy" is an actual unit of time for 1/100th of a second.
A shark is the only fish that can blink with both eyes.
A snail can sleep for three years. (I know some people that could do this too.)
Almonds are a member of the peach family.
An ostrich's eye is bigger than its brain.
Babies are born without kneecaps They don't appear until the child reaches 2 to 6 years of age.
February 1865 is the only month in recorded history not to have a full moon. (And it wasn't an issue needing politicians to resolve it.)
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
If the population of China walked past you, 8 abreast, the line would never end because of the rate of reproduction.
Leonardo Da Vinci invented the scissors.
Peanuts are one of the ingredients of dynamite!
Rubber bands last longer when refrigerated.
The average person's left hand does 56% of the typing.
The cruise liner, QE 2, moves only six inches for each gallon of diesel that it burns.
The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket. (Good thing he did that)
The winter of 1932 was so cold that Niagara Falls froze completely solid.
There are more chickens than people in the world.
Winston Churchill was born in a ladies' room during a dance.
Women blink nearly twice as much as men.
Congratulations! NOW...You Know Everything!
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to whomever sent this to me..... Marie, was that you?
Posted by Omie at 03:52 PM
August 23, 2007
The Price of Children
This is just too good! Something absolutely positive for a change. I have repeatedly seen the breakdown of the cost of raising a child, but this is the first time I have seen the rewards listed this way. Nice.
The government recently calculated the cost of raising a child from birth to 18 and came up with $160,140 for a middle income family. Talk about sticker shock! That doesn't even touch college tuition.
But $160,140 isn't so bad if you break it down. It translates into:
* $8,896.66 a year,
* $741.38 a month, or
* $171.08 a week.
* That's a mere $24.24 a day!
* Just over a dollar an hour.
Still, you might think the best financial advice is don't have children if you want to be "rich."
Actually, it is just the opposite. What do you get for your $160,140?
* Naming rights. First, middle, and last!
* Glimpses of God every day.
* Giggles under the covers every night.
* More love than your heart can hold.
* Butterfly kisses and Velcro hugs
* Endless wonder over rocks, ants, clouds, and warm cookies.
* A hand to hold, usually covered with jelly or chocolate.
* A partner for blowing bubbles, flying kites
* Someone to laugh yourself silly with, no matter what the boss said or how your stocks performed that day.
For $160,140, you never have to grow up. You get to:
* finger-paint,
* carve pumpkins,
* play hide-and-seek,
* catch lightning bugs, and
* never stop believing in Santa Claus.
You have an excuse to:
* keep reading the Adventures of Piglet and Pooh,
* watching Saturday morning cartoons,
* going to Disney movies, and
* wishing on stars.
* You get to frame rainbows, hearts, and flowers under refrigerator magnets and collect spray painted noodle wreaths for Christmas, hand prints set in clay for Mother's Day, and cards with backward letters for Father's Day.
For $160,140, there is no greater bang for your buck. You get to be a hero just for:
* retrieving a Frisbee off the garage roof,
* taking the training wheels off a bike,
* removing a splinter,
* filling a wading pool,
* coaxing a wad of gum out of bangs, and coaching a baseball team that never wins but always gets treated to ice cream or pizza regardless.
You get a front row seat to history, to witness the:
* first step,
* first word,
* first bra,
* first date, and
* first time behind the wheel.
You get to be immortal. You get another branch added to your family tree, and if you're lucky, a long list of limbs in your obituary called grandchildren and great grandchildren. You get an education in psychology, nursing, criminal justice, communications, and human sexuality that no college can match.
In the eyes of a child, you rank right up there under God. You have all the power to heal a boo-boo, scare away the monsters under the bed, patch a broken heart, police a slumber party, ground them forever, and love them without limits. So, one day they will, like you, love without counting the cost.
That is quite a deal for the price!
Love & enjoy your children & grandchildren!
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<3 GrandMom Love ~ Thanks to internet friend, Debbie.
Posted by Omie at 10:51 AM
August 19, 2007
Ecclesiastes 3
To everything there is a season....Click here: Ecclesiastes 3 HE has made everything beautiful in its time.
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<3 GrandMom Love - Thanks to friend Anne, who almost never emails me, but when she does, she sends REALLY GOOD STUFF. Enjoy!
Posted by Omie at 09:09 PM
August 17, 2007
Farmer Wisdom
* Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
* Keep skunks, bankers, and lawyers at a distance.
* Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
* A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
* Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
* Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
* Forgive your enemies. It messes up their heads.
* Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
* It don't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
* You cannot unsay a cruel word.
* Every path has a few puddles.
* When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
* The best sermons are lived, not preached.
* Most of the stuff people worry about ain't never gonna happen anyway.
* Don't judge folks by their relatives.
* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
* Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't botherin' you none.
* If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
* Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
* The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with watches you from the mirror every mornin'.
* Always drink upstream from the herd.
* Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
* Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
* If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around.
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<3 GrandMom Love - Thanks to Marie
Posted by Omie at 12:11 PM
August 01, 2007
Useless Info About Me
Connie over at BrainFoggles tagged me for a “little meme” which NO ONE HAS EVER DONE BEFORE. So, I am honored by my internet and DOUA friend to give the world a view of useless information and/or what my kids call….."TMI"….too much information. Eat this up, Chatta Mom fans, (all three or four of you) ‘cause, as you know, this is something I rarely do….get personal. Or if I do, I leave it up for a couple of days and then tear it down. SO…..look fast. Heh heh.
The Rules:
“Each person links to the person who tagged them. Then each person posts the rules before their list, then they list 8 things about themselves. At the end of the post, that person tags and links to 8 other people and then visits those peoples’ sites and comments letting them know that they have been tagged, and to come read the post, so they know what they have to do.”
1) When I was 14 or 15 years old, I was under the gun. A crazy squatter hermit, off a back country road, (where I was riding horses with a guy friend), pointed his shotgun dead aim at us. Scary. Needless to say, we rode off into the sunset in a hurry. Of course, this is one of those stories I never shared with my folks.
2) I have only one or two prejudices: 1. folks who drive slow in the left hand passing lane, are usually mindlessly snuggled up to a car in the right lane and in their blind spot, and nobody can pass them. EKKKK! Drives me crazy! and 2. the paparazzi. Don't make me get on my soapbox, folks. Just thought of a third. I avoid whiney, fussy, nervous, high-strung folks like the plague. Sheesh!
3) I absolutely hate shopping….clothes, groceries, etc. but you cannot get me out of a book store.
4) I have a bad habit of correcting peoples' language on the TV. A lot of good that does. NOT, “I wish I WAS……!!!! IT IS, “I wish I WERE,” drives me batty. My sister does this also. This is an inherited trait from our mother.
5) Events, programs, suppers, parties I can organize in a snap, but absolutely cannot guide, lead, or direct people. Not my forte.
6) When my two grandsons are able to sit up on their own, I plan to get them on a horse to get their picture made.
7) There are at least two guardian angels (maybe more) who take very good care of me. I have to apologize to them regularly for the scrapes I lead them through.
8) I have traveled as far North as International Falls, MN, as far South as Key West FL., as far East as Sea Island, GA., and as far West as San Francisco, CA. At 16, my older sister and I went to explore the beaches and bars of Baja, CA. I have also been to Israel once, but have a friend who has been to Israel over 35 times. Whew!
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Okay Connie. Hope this works for ya, friend. Unfortunately, I don't know eight other bloggers that well, or the one or two that I do know have already done this two or three times. Sorry....
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<3 GrandMom Love
Posted by Omie at 04:24 PM
July 20, 2007
Sunday Brunch Recipe
Still not back here on the blog, but thought I would share this recipe. Y'all are, of course, invited for Sunday bunch. The menu is Mexican Green Chili Strata, Sausage Cheese Balls, Fruit Salad and some sort of coffee cake. Coffee/Juice.
STRATA
6 slices of firm bread, we are using sourdough..... Trim crusts and spread one side with softened butter. Arrange bread, butter side down, in a 9 x 12-inch baking pan.
2 cups shredded sharp cheddar cheese
2 cups shredded Monterey Jack cheese
Sprinkle cheeses evenly over bread.
8 ounces minced green chilies ... Distribute the chilies evenly over the cheese layer.
6 eggs
2 cups milk
2 teaspoons salt....2 teaspoons paprika, 1 teaspoon crumbled oregano, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard.
In a bowl, beat eggs with milk and all seasonings until well blended. Pour egg mixture over cheese. Cover and chill overnight or at least four hours.
Bake, uncovered, at 325 for about 50 minutes, or until top is lightly browned. Let stand 10 minutes before serving. ENJOY! :))
Yield: 8 servings
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