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MONDAY – It’s fun to cook for Wes. Today I made angel food cake. The recipe said beat 12 eggs separately. The neighbors were nice enough to loan me some extra bowls. TUESDAY – Wes wanted fruit salad for supper. The recipe said serve without dressing. So I didn’t dress.…

[Author Unknown ] A weary mother returned from the store, lugging groceries through the kitchen door. Awaiting her arrival was her 8 year old son, anxious to relate what his younger brother had done. ‘While I was out playing and Dad was on a call, T.J. took his crayons and…

Collective Nouns are used to describe a number of a particular bird or animals in a group. Example: A ____ of whales = POD Mike was intrigued with last week’s quiz on the names of the “young” of various animals and birds. So he helped compile this list. Now it’s…

We hired a young man to do some work in the office. I asked for a brief bit of history about him, his training, his family, etc. He said that his mother was in iron and father in steel, and that he had learned his financial skills in Yale. Sounded…

Making some of you ‘think’ is not an easy task on a springtime Wednesday, so today I am sharing some fun-for-the-whole-family BRAIN TEASERS. Some are easy, some aren’t. NO answers forth-coming . . . you’re on your own! (1) How can you use the letters in ‘NEW DOOR’ to make…

1. Avoid riding in automobiles because they are responsible for 20% of all fatal accidents. 2. Do not stay home because 17% of all accidents occur in the home. 3. Avoid walking on streets or sidewalks because 14% of all accidents occur to pedestrians. 4. Avoid traveling by air, rail,…

The Law of Diminishing Communication: The distance between you and the nearest emergency telephone, is in inverse proportion to the nature of your emergency. Mechanical breakdown is nothing compared to a medical emergency. The Law of Mechanical Repair: When working under your car, in your garage, after your hands become…

The only survivor of a shipwreck was washed up on a small, uninhabited island. He prayed feverishly for God to rescue him, and every day he scanned the horizon for help, but none seemed forthcoming. Exhausted, he eventually managed to build a little hut out of driftwood to protect him…

Time for a quiz. I will list a type of animal or bird, and you give the name of its young. Some are little used and lesser known. Some even the kiddies know and love! Example: Cow – calf Antelope – Bear – Beaver – Birds – Cat Codfish Deer…

Sincerity is everything. If you can fake that, you’ve got it made. What did love say to fear? Nothing. Love knows no fear. Why do they bother saying “raw” sewage? Do some people cook that stuff? Last night I went to a 24-hour grocery. When I got there, the guy…

Bank, Rupp & Baroque, Loans Bright, Light & Powers, Electricians Flowers, Bush & Hedges Landscaping Cook, Books & Hyde, CPA Dewey, Cheatam & Howe, Tax Service House & Holmes Realty The Reid & Wright Learning Center Rex Carr’s Driving School White, Sands & Son, Cruise Consultants Ketchum & Killum, Bounty…

You know you are living in 2010 when… 1 You currently have 10 or more items “recharging” in your home or office. 2 You’ve accidentally entered your password on the microwave. 3 You haven’t played solitaire with real cards in years. 4 You have a list of 15 phone numbers…

The European Commission has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the EU rather than German which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, Her Majesty’s Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5 year phase-in…