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 'Some people!' snorted a man standing behind me in the long line at the grocery store.  'You would think the manager would pay attention and open another line, 'said a woman. I looked to the front of the line to see what the hold up was and saw a well dressed, young woman, trying to get the machine to accept her credit card. No matter how many times she swiped it, the machine kept rejecting it. 
            'It's one of them welfare card things. Damn people need to get a job like everyone else,' said the man standing behind me. The young woman turned around to see who had made the comment.   'It was me,' he said, pointing to himself.

            The young lady's face began to change expression. Almost in tears, she dropped the welfare card onto the counter and quickly walked out of the store. Everyone in the checkout line watched as she began running to her car. Never looking back, she got in and drove away. 
            After developing cancer in 1977 and having had to use food stamps; I had learned never to judge anyone, without knowing the circumstances of their life. This turned out to be the case today. 
            Several minutes later a young man walked into the store. He went up to the cashier and asked if she had seen the woman. After describing her, the cashier told him that she had run out of the store, got into her car, and drove away. 
            'Why would she do that?' asked the man. Everyone in the line looked around at the fellow who had made the statement.   'I made a stupid comment about the welfare card she was using.  Something I shouldn't have said. I'm sorry,' said the man. 
            'Well, that's bad, real bad, in fact.  Her brother was killed in Afghanistan two years ago. He had three young children and she has taken on that responsibility. She's twenty years old, single, and now has three children to support,' he said in a very firm voice. 
            'I'm really truly sorry. I didn't know,' he replied, shaking both his hands about. 
            The young man asked, 'Are these paid for?' pointing to the shopping cart full of groceries. 'It wouldn't take her card,' the clerk told him. 
            'Do you know where she lives?' asked the man who had made the comment. 
            'Yes, she goes to our church.' 
            'Excuse me,' he said as he made his way to the front of the line. He pulled out his wallet, took out his credit card and told the cashier, 'Please use my card. PLEASE!' The clerk took his credit card and began to ring up the young woman's groceries. 
            Hold on,' said the gentleman. He walked back to his shopping cart and began loading his own groceries onto the belt to be included. 'Come on people. We got three kids to help raise!' he told everyone in line. Everyone began to place their groceries onto the fast moving belt. A few customers began bagging the food and placing it into separate carts. 'Go back and get two big turkeys,' yelled a heavyset woman, as she looked at the man. 'NO,' yelled the man.  Everyone stopped dead in their tracks. The entire store became quiet for several seconds. 'Four turkeys,' yelled the man. Everyone began laughing and went back to work. 
            When all was said and done, the man paid a total of  $1,646.57 for the groceries. He then walked over to the side,  pulled out his check book, and began writing a check using the bags of dog food piled near the front of the store for a writing surface. He turned around and handed the check to the young man. 'She will need a freezer and a few other things as well,' he told the man. 
            The young man looked at the check and said, 'This is really very generous of you.' 'No,' said the man. 'Her brother was the generous one.' 
            Everyone in the store had been observing the odd commotion and began to clap.  And I drove home that day feeling very American. 
            We live in the Land of the free, because of the Brave!!! Remember our Troops of Yesterday and Today!!! 
            A great example of why we should be kind and patient. 
            Kindness is the language the blind can see and the deaf can hear. 
            May God's many blessings continue to be with you  -  ALWAYS!!! 

  
MAY THIS KEEP GOING.... IT WILL OPEN A LOT OF EYES, HOPEFULLY HEARTS, AND KEEP SOME MOUTHS SHUT

HI everyone,

I am sure we all have talked about this once or twice.  I am trying to find out the bill on the ballet this November about the "outlaw dog bill."

I know about the "pit bull" dog ban, yet my brother was telling me that they are having it outlaw all aggressive dogs.  We just aquired an Akita in May of this year.  He is five months old. 

This makes me nervous.  Any dog can be aggressive it is only in the way one trains their dog.

If someone could explain or let me know where I can read about this that would be great.

Thanks ,

Hillbilly

A baby asked God, 'They tell me you are sending me to earth tomorrow, but
how am I going to live there being so small and helpless?' God said, 'Your
angel will be waiting for you and will take care of you.'

The child further inquired, 'But tell me, here in heaven I don't have to do
anything but sing and smile to be happy.' God said, 'Your angel will sing
for you and will also smile for you. And you will feel your angel's love
and be very happy.'

Again the child asked, 'And how am I going to be able to understand when
people talk to me if I don't know the language?' God said, 'Your angel will
tell you the most beautiful and sweet words you will ever hear, and with
much patience and care, your angel will teach you how to speak.'

'And what am I going to do when I want to talk to you?' God said, 'Your
angel will place your hands together and will teach you how to pray.'


'Who will protect me?' God said, 'Your angel will defend you even if it
means risking its life.'

'But I will always be sad because I will not see you anymore.' God said,
'Your angel will always talk to you about Me and will teach you the way to
come back to Me, even though I will always be next to you.'

At that moment there was much peace in Heaven, but voices from Earth could
be heard and the child hurriedly asked, 'God, if I am to leave now, please
tell me my angel's name.'

God said, 'You will simply call her, 'Mom.'

Lift a mother's spirit, send this to every mother you know (no matter how
old her child is)And any single Dad who deserves a Blessing. 

John was a salesman's delight when it came to any kind of unusual gimmick.

His wife Marsha had long ago given up trying to get him to change.

One day, John came home with another one of his unusual purchases.

It was a robot that John claimed was actually a lie detector.

It was just about 5:30 that afternoon when Tommy, their 11 year old son,
returned home from school.

Tommy was over 2 hours late.

'Where have you been? Why are you over 2 hours late getting home?', they
asked.

'Several of us went to the library to work on an extra credit project'
said  Tommy.

The Robot then walked around the table and slapped Tommy, knocking him
completely out of his chair.

'Son, this robot is a lie detector, now tell us where you went after  school.'

'We went to Bobby's house and watched a movie.'

'What did you watch?' asked Marsha.

''The Ten Commandments.' answered Tommy.
The Robot went around to Tommy and once again slapped him, knocking him
offhis chair.

With lip quivering, Tommy got up, sat down and said, 'I am sorry I lied.

We really watched a tape called Sex Queen.'

'I'm ashamed of you Son,' said John. 'When I was your age, I never lied to
my parents.'

The robot then walked around to John and delivered a roundhouse right that
nearly knocked him out of his chair.

Marsha was bent double laughing, almost in tears.
'Boy, did you ever ask for that one! And you can't be too mad with Tommy.
After all, He is your son!'

The Robot immediately walked around to Marsha, and slapped her three
times.

How to Dance in the Rain

It was a busy morning, about 8:30, when an elderly gentleman in his 80's arrived to have stitches removed from his thumb.  He said he was in a hurry as he had an appointment at 9:00 am.  I took his vital signs and had him take a seat, knowing it would be over an hour before someone would to able to see him.   I saw him looking at his watch and decided, since I was not busy with another patient, I would evaluate his wound.  On exam, it was well healed, so I talked to one of the doctors, got the needed supplies to remove his sutures and redress his wound.

While taking care of his wound, I as ked him if he had another doctor's appointment this morning, as he was in such a hurry.  The gentleman told me no, that he needed to go to the nursing home to eat breakfast with his wife  I inquired as to her health. 
He told me that she had been there for a while and that she was a victim of Alzheimer's Disease.  As we talked, I asked if she would be upset if he was a bit late.   

He replied that she no longer knew who he was, that she had not recognized him in five years now. I was surprised, and asked him, 'And you still go every morning, even though she doesn't know who you are?'  

He smiled as he patted my hand and said,   'She doesn't know me, but I  still know who she is.'
I had to hold back tears as he left, I had goose bumps on my arm, and thought,
'That is the kind of love I want in my life.' 
True love is neither physical, nor romantic.    True love is an acceptance of all that is, has been, will be, and will not be.  With all the jokes and fun that are in e-mails, sometimes there is one that comes along that has an important message.  This one I thought I could share with you.   The happiest people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the best of everything they have.  I hope you share this with someone you care about.  I just did.   'Life isn't about how to survive the storm,    but how to dance in the rain.' __________________________________________________

Life Explained-

On the first day, God created the dog and said:
'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at
anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life
span of twenty years.'

The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking.
How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'
So God agreed.
On the second day, God created the monkey and
said 'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh.
For this, I'll give you a twenty-year life span.'
The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for twenty years?
That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back
ten like the dog did?'
And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:
'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer
under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's
family. For this, I will give you a life span of sixty years.'

The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for
sixty years. How about twenty and I'll give you back the other forty?'

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said 'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy
your life. For this, I'll give you twenty years.' But man said: 'Only twenty
years? Could you possibly give me my twenty, the forty the cow gave back, the
ten the
monkey gave back, and the ten the dog gave back; that makes eighty, okay?'

'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first twenty years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy
ourselves. For the next forty years, we slave in the sun to support our family.
For the next ten years, we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And
for the last ten
years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

Life has now been explained to you...

One for the girls

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my shape to keep.
Please no wrinkles, Please no bags
And please lift my butt before it sags.
Please no age spots, Please no gray
And as for my belly, Please take it away.
Please keep me healthy, Please keep me young,
And thank you Dear Lord, For all that you've done.

Five tips for a woman.....
1. It is important that a man helps you around the house and has a job.
2. It is important that a man makes you laugh.
3. It is important to find a man you can count on and doesn't lie to you.
4. It is important that a man loves you and spoils you.
5. It is important that these four men don't know each other.

Foot Note:
One saggy boob said to the other saggy boob:
'If we don't get some support soon, people will think we're nuts.

Hello to you all,

I am just wondering if anyone has or had the experience with AT&T bundle pack? The home telephone phone, dsl dial up internet and dish?

AT this moment I am really disgusted with Time Warner and their channel line up they just did.  Channel 69 use to be CMT they removed it and replaced it with MTV2.  I do not watch that channel and do not care for it.  The only country channel they have now is 147 GAC.  Now, we have one dvr box and that costs us $3.99 a month plus the remote, which I forget what the cost is with that. IF I want to watch that channel or now that there is going to be a change in 2009 to have a converter box to watch tv we would have to put it on one of other our tvs. For a year we are paying $47.88 for the dvr.  That is crazy!!

My internet is roadrunner and that is $39.99 for now and our cable is $55.00 a month and the prices are going up again!!

So, our house phone is AT&T and that is $65.00 a month.  I have had dsl in the past and it was okay just slow.  Road runner is really fast.

So, I am paying about $160.00 a month for cable and my house phone. Two separate bills at this time.

I was wondering if anyone has the AT&T dish and what they think of the channels? 

Did you have to pay for extra boxes to have them?  Because I would need three for our household.

Do you have a problem with dish going out when the weather is bad?

Do you like the channels you have on the dish versus time warner cable if you had that before?

I would just like some feed back on this.  I am tired of time warner and the same shows are on the same channels every month.  NOthing new. 

Is there a golf channel on dish like on cable.  Gotta have the golf channel for my Big Daddy....

If someone has this please give me your advice on this.

Thanks lot blogging friends.

Kind Regards,

Hillbilly

Subject: Fw: try it it couldn't hurt....cinnamon

Bet the drug companies won't like this one getting around.

   Facts on honey and cinnamon:  It is found that a mixture of honey and
cinnamon cures most diseases.  Honey is produced in most of the countries of
the world.  Scientists of today also accept honey as a "Ram Ban" (very
effective) medicine for all kinds of diseases.  Honey can be used without
any side effects for any kind of diseases.

Today's science says that even though honey is sweet, if taken in the right
dosage as a medicine, it does not harm diabetic patients.  Weekly World
News, a ma gazine in Canada, in its issue dated 17 January, 1995 has given
the following list of diseases that can be cured by honey and cinnamon as
researched by western scientists:

HEART DISEASES:
Make a paste of honey and cinnamon powder, apply on bread, instead of jelly
and jam, and eat it regularly for breakfast.  It reduces the cholesterol in
the arteries and saves the patient from heart attack. Also those who have
already had an attack, if they do this process daily, they are kept miles
away from the next attack.  Regular use of the above process relieves loss
of breath and strengthens the heart beat.  In America and Canada, various
nursing homes have treated patients successfully and have found that as  you
age, the arteries and veins lose their flexibility and get clogged; honey
and cinnamon revitalize the arteries and ve ins.

ARTHRITIS:
Arthritis patients may take daily, morning, and night, one cup of hot water
with two spoons of honey and o ne small teaspoon of cinnamon powder. If
taken regularly even chronic arthritis can be cured.  In a recent research
conducted at the Copenhagen University, it was found that when the doctors
treated their patients with a mixture of one tablespoon Honey and half
teaspoon Cinnamon powder before breakfast, they found that within a week,
out of the 200 people so treated, practically 73 patients were totally
relieved of pain, and within a month, mostly all the patients who could not
walk or move around because of arthritis started walking without pain.

BLADDER INFECTIONS:
Take two tablespoons of cinnamon powder and one teaspoon of honey in a glass
of lukewarm water and drink it.  It destroys the germs in the bladder.

CHOLESTEROL:
Two tablespoons of honey and three teaspoons of Cinnamon Powder mixed in 16
ounces of tea water, given to a cholesterol patient, was found to reduce the
level of cholesterol in the blood by 10 percent within two hours.  As
mentioned for arthritic patients, if taken three times a day, any chronic
cholesterol is cured.  According to information received in the said
journal, pure honey taken with food daily relieves complaints of
cholesterol.

COLDS:
Those suffering from common or severe colds should take one tablespoon
lukewarm honey wit h 1/4 spoon cinnamon powder daily for three days. This
process will cure mos t chronic cough, cold, and clear the sinuses.

UPSET STOMACH:
Honey taken with cinnamon powder cures stomach ache and also clears stomach
ulcers from the root.

GAS:
According to the studies done in India and Japan, it is revealed that if
honey is taken with cinnamon powder the stomach is relieved of gas.

IMMUNE SYSTEM:
Daily use of honey and cinnamon powder strengthens the immune system and
protects the body from bacteria and viral attacks.  Scientists have found
that honey has various vitamins and iron in large amounts.  Constant use of
honey strengthens the white blood corpuscles to fight bacteria and viral
diseases.

INFLUENZA:
A scientist in Spain has proved that honey contains a natural
Ingredient which kills the influenza germs and saves the patient from flu.

LONGEVITY:
Tea made with honey and cinnamon powder, when taken regularly, arrests the
ravages of old age.  Take four spoons of honey, one spoon of cinnamon powder
and three cups of water and boil to make like tea.  Drink 1/4 cup, three to
four times a day.  It keeps the skin fresh and soft and arrests old age.
Life spans also increases and even a 100 year old, starts performing the
chores of a 20-year-old.

PIMPLES:
Three tablespoon s of honey and one teaspoon of cinnamon powder paste. Apply
this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm
water.  If done daily for two weeks, it removes pimples from the root.

SKIN INFECTIONS:
Applying honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts on the affected parts
cures eczema, ringworm and all types of skin infections.

WEIGHT LOSS:
Daily in the morning one half hour before breakfast on an empty stomach and
at night before sleeping, drink honey and cinnamon powder boiled in one
cup of water.  If taken regularly, it reduces the weight of even the most
obese person.  Also, drinking this mixture regularly does not allow the fat
to accumulate in the body even though the person may eat a high calorie
diet.

CANCER:
Recent research in Japan and Australia has revealed that advanced cancer of
the stomach and bones have been cured successfully.  Patients suffering from
these kinds of cancer should daily t ake one tablespoon of honey with one
teaspoon of cinnamon powder for one month three times a day.

FATIGUE:
Recent studies have shown that the sugar content of honey is more helpful
rather than! than being  detrimental to the strength of the body.
Senior citizens, who take honey and cinnamon powder in equal parts, are more
alert and flexible.  Dr. Milton, who has done research, says that a half
tablespoon of honey taken in a glass of water and sprinkled with cinnamon
powder, taken daily after brushing and in the afternoon at about 3:00 P.M.
when the vitality of the body starts to decrease, increases the vitality of
the bo dy within a week.

BAD BREATH:
People of South America, first thing in the morning, gargle with one
teaspoon of honey and cinnamon powder mixed in hot water, so their breath
stays fresh throughout the day.

HEARING LOSS:
Daily morning and night honey and cinnamon powder, taken in equal parts
restore hearing.

Remember when we were kids?  We had toast with real butter and cinnamon
sprinkled on it!

HAVING MOM OVER FOR DINNER    You don't even have to be a mother to enjoy this one...     Brian invited his mother over for dinner. During the
Course of the meal, Brian's mother couldn't help but notice
how   beautiful Brian's roommate, Jennifer, was. Brian's Mom had
long been   suspicious of a relationship between Brian and Jennifer, and
this had only made her more curious.
Over the course of the evening, while watching the two
interact, she started to wonder if there was more be tween
Brian and Jennifer than met the eye.
Reading his mom's thoughts, Brian volunteered, 'I know
what you must be thinking, but I assure you Jennifer and I
are just roommates.'  About a week later, Jennifer came to Brian saying , 'Ever
since your mother came to dinner, I've been unable to find the
beautiful silver gravy ladle. You don't suppose she took
it, do you?'  Brian said, 'Well, I doubt it, but I'll send her an
e-mail just to be sure. So he sat down and wrote:
_______________________________________________________
_______

Dear Mom,
 
I'm not saying that you 'did' take the gravy ladle from
the house, I'm not saying that you 'did not' take the gravy
ladle.  But the fact remains that one has been missing ever
since you were here for dinner. 
Love, Brian
_______________________________________________________
_______

Several days later, Brian received an email back from
his mother that read:

_______________________________________________________
_______

Dear Son,

I'm not saying that you 'do' sleep with Jennifer, I'm
not saying that you 'do not' sleep with Jennifer.
But the fact remains that if Jennifer is sleeping in her
own bed, she would have found the gravy ladle by now.
 
Love, Mom
_______________________________________________________
_______
   LESSON OF THE DAY - NEVER LIE TO YOUR MOTHER    

Don't eat chicken sandwiches, no matter what.....

A  little boy and a little girl attended the same school and became friends.
Every day they would sit  together to eat their lunch. They discovered that they
both
Brought chicken  sandwiches every day!  This went on all through the fourth and
fifth  
Grades, until one day he noticed that her sandwich wasn't a chicken  sandwich.  
He said, 'Hey, how come you're not eating  chicken, don't you like it anymore?'
She said 'I love it but I have to stop eating  it.'



'Why?' he  asked.
She  pointed to her lap and said 'Cause I'm starting to grow little feathers 
down there!'
'Let me see' he said.
'Okay' and she pulled up her  skirt.
He looked and said, 'That's right. You are!   Better  not eat any more chicken.'
He kept eating his chicken  sandwiches until one day he brought peanut butter. 
He said
To the little gir l, 'I  have to stop eating chicken sandwiches, I'm starting to
get feathers
Down there too!'  She asked if she could look, so he pulled down his pants for
her!


She said  

'Oh no,   it's too late for you! You've already got the NECK and GiBBLETS!!! 

I MIGHT OF POSTED THIS BEFORE IF I DID PLEASE FORGIVE ME, YET I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING..

 

SO ENJOY

 

DID YOU KNOW?  (some new ones here!)
 
 
Peel a banana from the bottom and you won't have to pick the little "stringy things" off of it. That's how the primates do it.

Take your bananas apart when you get home from the store. If you leave them connected at the stem, they ripen faster.

Store your opened chunks of cheese in aluminum foil. It will stay fresh much longer and not mold!

Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cook ing.

Add a teaspoon of water when frying ground beef. It will help pull the grease away from the meat while cooking.

To really make scrambled eggs or omelets rich add a couple of spoonfuls of sour cream, cream cheese, or heavy cream in and then beat them up.

For a cool brownie treat, make brownies as directed. Melt Andes mints in double broiler and pour over warm brownies. Let set for a wonderful minty frosting.

Add garlic immediately to a recipe if you want a l ight taste of garlic and at the end of the recipe if your want a stronger taste of garlic.

Leftover snickers bars from Halloween make a delicious dessert.  Simple chop them up with the food chopper.  Peel, core and slice a few apples.  Place them in a baking dish and sprinkle the chopped candy bars over the apples.  Bake at 350 for 15 minutes!!! Serve alone or with vanilla ice cream.  Yum

1. Reheat Pizza
Heat up leftover pizza in a nonstick skillet on top of the stove, set heat to med-low and heat till warm. This keeps the crust crispy. No soggy micro pizza. I saw this on the cooking channel and it really works.

2. Easy Deviled Eggs
Put cooked egg yolks in a zip lock bag.  Seal, mash till they are all broken up.  Add remainder of ingredients, reseal, keep mashing it up mixing thoroughly, cut the tip of the baggy, squeeze mixture into egg.  Just throw bag away when done easy clean up.

3. Expanding Frosting
When you buy a container of cake frosting from the store, whip it with your mixer for a few minutes.  You can double it in size.  You get to frost more cake/cupcakes with the same amount.  You also eat less sugar and calories per serving.

4. Reheating refrigerated bread
To warm biscuits, pancakes, or muffins that were refrigerated, place them in a microwave with a cup of water. The increased moisture will keep the food moist and help it reheat faster.

5. Newspaper weeds away
Start putting in your plants, work the nutrients in your soil. Wet newspapers, put layers around the plants overlapping as you go cover with mulch and forget about weeds.  Weeds will get through some gardening plastic they will not get thro ugh wet newspapers.

6. Broken Glass
Use a wet cotton ball or Q-tip to pick up the small shards of glass you can't see easily.

7. No More Mosquitoes
Place a dryer sheet in your pocket. It will keep the mosquitoes away.

8. Squirrel Away!
To keep squirrels from eating your plants sprinkle your plants with cayenne pepper. The cayenne pepper doesn't hurt the plant and the squirrels won't come near it.

9. Flexible vacuum
To get something out of a heat register or under the fridge add an empty paper towel roll or empty gift wrap roll to your vacuum.  It can be bent or flattened to get in narrow openings.

10. Reducing Static Cling
Pin a small safety pin to the seam of your slip and you will not have a clingy skirt or dress.  Same thing works with slacks that cling when wearing panty hose. Place pin in seam of slacks and -- ta da! -- static is gone.

11. Measuring Cups
Before you pour sticky substances into a measuring cup , fill with hot water.  Dump out the hot water, but don't dry cup. Next, add your ingredient, such as peanut butter, and watch how easily it comes right out.

12. Foggy Windshield?
Hate foggy windshields?  Buy a chalkboard eraser and keep it in the glove box of your car.  When the windows fog, rub with the eraser!  Works better than a cloth!

13. Reopening envelope
If you seal an envelope and then realize you forgot to include something inside, just place your sealed envelope in the freezer for an hour or two.  Viola! It unseals easily.

14. Conditioner
Use your hair conditioner to shave your legs. It's cheaper than shaving cream and leaves your legs really smooth. It's also a great way to use up the conditioner you bought but didn't like when you tried it in your hair...

15. Goodbye Fruit Flies
To get rid of pesky fruit flies, take a small glass fill it 1/2" with Apple Cider Vinegar and 2 drops of dish washing liquid, m ix well.  You will find those flies drawn to the cup and gone forever!

16. Get Rid of Ants
Put small piles of cornmeal where you see ants. They eat it, take it
"home," can't digest it so it kills them.  It may take a week or so, especially if it rains, but it works & you don't have the worry about pets or small children being harmed!

17. INFO ABOUT CLOTHES DRYERS
The heating unit went out on my dryer! The gentleman that fixes things around the house for us told us that he wanted to show us something and he went over to the dryer and pulled out the lint filter. It was clean. (I always clean the lint from the filter after every load clothes.)
He told us that he wanted to show us something; he took the filter over to the sink, ran hot water over it. The lint filter is made of a mesh material - I'm sure you know what your dryer's lint filter looks like.
Well,...the hot water just sat on top of the mesh! It didn't go through it at all!  He told us that dryer sheets cause a film over that mesh that's what burns out the heating unit. You can't SEE the film, but it's
there. It's what is in the dryer sheets to make your clothes soft and static free -- that nice fragrance too, you know how they can feel waxy when you take them out of the box, well this stuff builds up on your clothes and on your lint screen. This is also what causes dryer units to catch fire & potentially burn your house down with it!  He said the best
way to keep your dryer working for a very long time (& to keep your electric bill lower) is to take that filter out & wash it with hot soapy water & an old toothbrush (or other brush) at least every six months.  He said that makes the life of the dryer at least twice as long!  How about that!?! Learn something new everyday!  I certainly didn't know dryer sheets would do that. So, I thought I'd share!

Note: I went to my dryer & tested my screen by running water on it. The
water ran through a little bit but mostly collected all the water in
the mesh screen. I washed it with warm soapy water & a nylon brush & I had it done in 30 seconds.  Then when I rinsed it -- the water ran right thru the screen!  There wasn't any puddling at all!  That repairman knew what he was talking about!

PLEASE PASS THIS ON TO OTHER PEOPLE IN YOUR ADDRESS BOOK.  NOT ONLY COULD IT SAVE SOMEONE'S HOME, BUT IT COULD SAVE SOMEON E'S LIFE. 

I RECIEVED THIS AS AN E-MAIL TODAY THOUGHT I'D PASS THIS ALONG TO YOU.




God's Problem


 
The wife's graveside service just barely finished, when there was a massive clap of thunder, followed by a tremendous bolt of lightning, accompanied by even more thunder rumbling in the distance.
 
The husband, a little old man, looked at the pastor and calmly said,
 
'Well, she's there.'

I RECIEVED THIS AN E-MAIL TONIGHT.  UNBELIEVABLE.......

 

YOU ARE MY SUNSHINE

"You are My Sunshine, My only Sunshine" (Be prepared to get watery eyes!)

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new sibling.

They found out that the new baby was going be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sang to his sister in mommy's tummy.

He was building a bond of love with his little sister before he even met her.

The pregnancy progressed normally for Karen, an active member of the Panther Creek United Methodist Church in Morristown, Tennessee.

In time, the labor pains came. Soon it was every five minutes, every three, every minute.  But serious complications arose during delivery and Karen found herself in hours of labor.

Would a C-section be required?  Finally, after a long struggle, Michael's little sister was born.  But she was in very serious condition.

With a siren howling in the night, the ambulance rushed the infant to
the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville,Tennessee .  The days inched by.  The little girl got worse.  The pediatrician had to tell the parents there is very little hope.  Be prepared for the worst.

Karen and her husband contacted a local cemetery about a burial plot.
They had fixed up a special room in their house for their new baby but now they found themselves having to plan for a funeral.  Michael, however, kept begging his parents to let him see his sister.  I want to sing to her, he kept saying..

Week two in intensive care looked as if a funeral would come before the week was over.

Michael kept nagging abo ut singing to his sister, but kids are never allowed in Intensive Care.  Karen decided to take Michael whether they liked it or not.

If he didn't see his sister right then, he may never see her alive.  She dressed him in an oversized scrub suit and marched him into ICU.  I looked like a walking laundry basket.

The head nurse recognized him as a child and bellowed, "Get that kid out of here now.  No children are allowed." The mother rose up strong in Karen, and the usually mild-mannered lady glared steel-eyed right into the head nurse's face, her lips a firm line.  "He is not leaving until he sings to his sister" she stated.
Then Karen towed Michael to his sister's bedside.

He gazed at the tiny infant losing the battle to live.

After a moment, he began to sing.

In the pure-hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sang:

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray."  Instantly the baby girl seemed to respond.  The pulse rate began to calm down and become steady.

"Keep on singing, Michael," encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes.

"You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away.

"As Michael sang to his sister, the baby's ragged, strained breathing became as smooth as a kitten's purr "Keep on singing,sweetheart."

"The other night, dear, as I lay sleeping, I dreamed I held you in my arms". Michael's little sister began to relax as rest, healing rest, seemed to sweep over her.

"Keep on singing, Michael."  Tears had now conquered the face of the bossy head nurse.  Karen glowed.

"You are my sunshine, my only sunshine.  Please don't take my sunshine away..."

The next day....the very next day.  The little girl was well enough to go home.

Woman's Day Magazine called it The Miracle of a Brother's Song.

The medical staff just called it a miracle.

Karen called it a miracle of God's love.

NEVER GIVE UP ON THE PEOPLE YOU LOVE.

LOVE IS SO INCREDIBLY POWERFUL.

Life is good.

The 'Middle Wife,' by an Anonymous 2nd grade teacher.

I've been teaching now for about fifteen years. I have two kids myself, but the best birth story I know is the one I saw in my own second-grade classroom a few years back. When I was a kid, I loved show-and-tell. So I always have a few sessions with my students.

It helps them get over shyness and usually show-and-tell is pretty tame. Kids bring in pet turtles,model airplanes, pictures of fish they catch, things like that, and I never, ever place any boundaries or limitations on them. If they want to lug it in to school and talk about it, they're welcome.

Well, one day this little girl, Erica, a very bright, very outgoing child, takes her turn and waddles
up to the front of the class with a pillow stuffed under her sweater. She holds up a snapshot of an infant.

'This is Luke, my baby brother, and I'm going to tell you about his birthday.'
'First, Mom and Dad made him as a symbol of their love, and then Dad put a seed in my Mom's stomach, and Luke grew in there. He ate for nine months through an umbrella cord.'
She's standing there with her hands on the pillow,and I'm trying not to laugh and wishing I had my camcorder with me. The kids are watching her in amazement.

'Then, about two Saturdays ago, my Mom starts going, 'Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh!' Erica puts a hand behind her back and groans. 'Mom walked around the house for, like an hour, 'Oh, oh, oh!'

Now this kid is doing a hysterical duck walk and groaning.'My Dad called the middle wife.
She delivers babies, but she doesn't have a sign on the car like the Pizza Hut man. They got my Mom to lie down in bed like this.' Then Erica lies down with her back against the wall.
'And then, pop! My Mom had this bag of water she kept in there in case he got thirsty, and it just blew up and spilled all over the bed, like psshhheew!'

This kid has her legs spread with her little hands miming water flowing away. It was too much!

'Then the middle wife starts saying 'push, push,' and 'breathe, breathe. They started counting,but never even got past ten. Then, all of a sudden, out comes my brother. He was covered in yucky stuff that they all said it was from Mom's play-center, so there must be a lot of toys inside there.' Then Erica stood up, took a big theatrical bow and returned to her seat.

I'm sure I applauded the loudest. Ever since then, when it's show-and-tell day, I bring my camcorder , just in case another 'Middle Wife' comes along.Now you have two choices...laugh and close this page or pass this along to someone else to spread the laughs. I know what I did!!!
Live every day as if it is your LAST chance to make someone happy!