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Wash Day...........
This is a cute one. . . .and I've not seen it before
Monday WashDay  
Lord, help me wash away all my selfishness and vanity, so I may serve you with perfect humility through the week ahead.
Tuesday  Ironing Day  
Dear Lord, help me iron out all the wrinkles of prejudice I have collected through the years so that I may see the beauty in others.
Wednesday Mending Day  
O God, help me mend my ways so I will not set a bad example for others.
Thursday Cleaning Day
Lord Jesus, help me to dust out all the many faults I have been hiding in the secret corners of my heart.
Friday Shopping Day
O God, give me the grace to shop wisely so I may purchase eternal happiness for myself and all others in need of love.
Saturday Cooking Day
Help me, my Savior, to brew a big kettle of brotherly love and serve it with clean, sweet bread of human kindness.
Sunday  The Lord's Day    
O God, I have prepared my house for you. Please come into my heart so I may spend the day and the rest of my life in your presence.
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"Be kinder than necessary, for everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle."
 

It is Sunday and a good day to take a look at these pictures. There have been a number of satellite photos making the rounds through e-mails, this a series I had not seen. The views with names of familiar locations were especially interesting to me. And of course, the beauty is awesome.

 

Blue Beauty

http://www.greatdanepro.com/Blue Bueaty/index.htm

i was on the way home today from northcentral wisconsin.  once we got onto highway 41, i could not believe what i saw.  the golf course in oshkosh was flooded, and a road on the other side of the highway was flooded.  while traveling along 41, saw more flooding.  i went to do my wash at georgetown cleaners on main street, they had some of the roads in fond du lac blocked off.  mom told me that highway 23 was under water, part of military road was under water, and the parking lot of the fond du lac family acquatic center was under water along with the football field across the street.  there were some people taking photos of the flood.  the second location of georgetown cleaners was completely flooded on highway 23.  then when i got home, i called my dad.  he told me that their basement got flooded really bad.  he has been bailing out water from the basement since monday.  how bad is it by where you bloggers live?  lucky for me i had little water in my basement here in the eden area.

In George Washington's days, there were no cameras. One's image was either sculpted or painted.  Some paintings of George Washington showed him standing behind a desk with one arm behind his back while others showed both legs and both arms.  Prices charged by painters were not based on how many people were to be painted, but by how many limbs were to be painted. Arms and legs are "limbs," therefore painting them would cost the buyer more. Hence the expression, "Okay, but it'll cost you an arm and a leg."   (Artists know hands and arms are more difficult to paint)
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As incredible as it sounds, men and women took baths only twice a year (May and October) Women kept their hair covered, while men shaved their heads (because of lice and bugs) and wore wigs.  Wealthy men could afford good wigs made from wool. They couldn't wash the wigs, so to clean them they would carve out a loaf of bread, put the wig in the shell, and bake it for 30 minutes.  The heat would make the wig big and fluffy, hence the term "big wig." Today we often use the term "here comes the Big Wig" because someone appears to be or is powerful and wealthy.
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 In the late 1700s, many houses consisted of a large room with only one chair.   Commonly, a long wide board folded down from the wall, and was used for dining.  The "head of the household" always sat in the chair while everyone else ate sitting on the floor. Occasionally a guest, who was usually a man, would be invited to sit in this chair during a meal.  To sit in the chair meant you were important and in charge.  They called the one sitting in the chair the "chair man." Today in business, we use the expression or title "Chairman" or "Chairman of the Board."
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Personal hygiene left much room for improvement. As a result, many women and men had developed acne scars by adulthood.  The women would spread bee's wax over their facial skin to smooth out their complexions.  When they were speaking to each other, if a woman began to stare at another woman's face she was told, "mind your own bee's wax."  Should the woman smile, the wax would crack, hence the term "crack a smile".  In addition, when they sat too close to the fire, the wax would melt . . . therefore, the expression "losing face."
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Ladies wore corsets, which would lace up in the front. A proper and dignified woman, as in "straight laced". . wore a tightly tied lace.
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Common entertainment included playing cards. However, there was a tax levied when purchasing playing cards but only applicable to the "Ace of Spades."  To avoid paying the tax, people would purchase 51 cards instead.
Yet, since most games require 52 cards, these people were thought to be stupid or dumb because they weren't "playing with a full deck."
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Early politicians required feedback from the public to determine what the people considered important. Since there were no telephones, TV ' s or radios, the politicians sent their assistants to local taverns, pubs, and bars.  They were told to "go sip some ale" and listen to people's conversations and political concerns.  Many assistants were dispatched at different times.  "You go sip here" and "You go sip there." The two words "go sip" were eventually combined when referring to the local opinion and, thus we have the term "gossip."
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At local taverns, pubs, and bars, people drank from pint and quart-sized containers. A bar maid's job was to keep an eye on the customers and keep the drinks coming.  She had to pay close attention and remember who was drinking in "pints" and who was drinking in "quarts," hence the term "minding your

"P's and Q's "
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One more: bet you didn't know this!  
In the heyday of sailing ships, all war ships and many freighters carried iron cannons. Those cannons fired round iron cannon balls.  It was necessary to keep a good supply near the cannon.  However, how to prevent them from rolling about the deck?  The best storage method devised was a square-based pyramid with one ball on top, resting on four resting on nine, which rested on sixteen.  Thus, a supply of 30 cannon balls could be stacked in a small area right next to the cannon.  There was only one problem...how to prevent the bottom layer from sliding or rolling from under the others. The solution was a metal plate called a "Monkey" with 16 round indentations.
However, if this plate were made of iron, the iron balls would quickly rust to it. The solution to the rusting problem was to make "Brass Monkeys." Few landlubbers realize that brass contracts much more and much faster than iron when chilled. Consequently, when the temperature dropped too far, the brass indentations would shrink so much that the iron cannonballs would come right off the monkey.  Thus, it was quite literally, "Cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey." (All this time, you thought that was an improper expression, didn't you.)

i just cannot understand how a mother who killed her 2 year old toddler claim that she heard voices saying to kill her son.  i also cannot understand why she would take something from the bible saying that she must sacrafice her son.  does this mother have a menta problem?  i feel bad for her 2 other kids who were in the home during the time their brother was killed.  according to nbc26's website, it said that the mother tried to commit suicide and that social services did not do enough.  what are your reactions to this tragic story?  feel free to post a comment on this blog posting.

WE TRIED A NEW RECIPE FOR SUPPER TONIGHT.  THE RECIPE CAME FROM SANDRA LEE'S SLOW COOKER COOKBOOK.  THE RECIPE CAN BE FOUND ON PAGE 78.  THIS RECIPE IS SO GOOD.  YOUR FAMILY WILL LOVE THIS NEW IDEA FOR SUPPER FOR THE NEXT WEEK.  THIS WILL BE ON THE MESSAGE BOARDS AND ON FOX 11'S BLOG PAGE AS WELL AS THEIR MESSAGE BOARDS.  I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU BLOGGERS THINK OF THIS IDEA FOR YOUR SUPPER FOR ONE NIGHT.  FEE FREE TO POST A COMMENT ON THIS BLOG POSTING.  HOPE I MADE ALL OF YOU BLOGGER'S MOUTHS WATER FOR SOMETHING GOOD AND SPICY.  LOL.

CHICKEN WITH RED ONION SALSA

4 CHICKEN BREASTS

2-TBS MEXICAN SEASONING

2 CANS(10 OZ. EACH) MEXICAN DICED TOMATOES

1 6OZ CAN TOMATO PASTE

2 MEDIUM RED ONIONS

(*)SEASON BOTH SIDES OF CHICKEN WITH MEXICAN SEASONING.  SET ASIDE.

(**)STIR TOGETHER DICED TOMATOES, PASTE, AND ONIONS.

(***)POUR 1/2 SALSA MIXTURE IN BOTTOM OF SLOW COOKER, ADD CHICKEN, AND TOP WITH REST OF SALSA.

(****)COVER AND COOK ON LOW FOR 4 TO 6 HOURS.