Weather Forecast

Thanksgiving Weather Forecast

Turkeys will thaw in the morning, then warm in the oven to an afternoon high near 190º. The kitchen will turn hot and humid, and if you bother the cook, be ready for a severe squall or cold shoulder.

During the late afternoon and evening, the cold front of a knife will slice through the turkey, causing an accumulation of one to two inches on plates. Mashed potatoes will drift across one side while cranberry sauce creates slippery spots on the other. Please pass the gravy.

A weight watch and indigestion warning have been issued for the entire area, with increased stuffiness around the beltway. During the evening, the turkey will diminish and taper off to leftovers, dropping to a low of 34º in the refrigerator.

Looking ahead to Friday and Saturday, high pressure to eat sandwiches established. Flurries of leftovers can be expected both days with a 50 percent chance of scattered soup late in the day.

We expect a warming trend where soup develops. By early next week, eating pressure will be low as the only wish bone will be the left 

T'was the nite of Thanksgiving

Twas the night of Thanksgiving I just couldn't sleep, 

I tried counting backwards, I tried counting sheep.

The food beckoned - the dark meat and white,

but I fought the temptations with all of my might.

Tossing and turning with anticipation, the thought of a snack was infatuation.

So, I raced to the kitchen, flung open the door, 

and gazed at the fridge, full of goodies galore.

I gobbled up turkey and buttered potatoes, pickles and carrots, beans and tomatoes.

I felt myself swelling so plump and so round, "til all of a sudden, I rose off the ground. 

I crashed through the ceiling, floating into the sky,

with a mouthful of pudding and handful of pie.

But, I managed to yell as I soared past the trees...

Happy eating to all - pass the cranberries, please. 

May your stuffing be tasty, may your turkey be plump,

may your 'tater 'n gravy have narry a lump.

May your yams be delicious, may your pies take the prize,

may your holiday dinner stay off of your thighs.

The Watchmaker

Story of the watchmaker at

http://kids4truth.com/Dyna/Watchmaker/English.aspx

Marriage & Family

Here are some interesting tips to build up excellent Relationships with your Spouse. A ready and handy checklist for practice. Please read and practice. Knowing is knowing - Doing is doing. Knowing and doing are two different things.

ANNIVERSARIES

Always celebrate! Whether it's the 1st or the 50th, each year together is a triumph.

APPRECIATION

Let each other know how much you appreciate each other. You may already know but hearing it from each other is always better.

BEST FRIENDS

Be best friends preferably before being boyfriend-girlfriend. Take time to know each other so the relationship will be a deep one. Tell each other about your crushes, dreams and problems. Make sure he/she is your best friend before getting engaged. The strong bond of friendship will help you both survive tough times.

BOND

Make it a point to spend time together often but leave room for each other. Also spend time alone w/ each other, so that at the end of the day you could both share your experiences. This way, you stay interesting with your partner.

COMPLIMENTS

Always compliment each other. This will prevent feelings of resentment & thinking that one is being taken for granted.

DATE

Keep doings things that you both enjoy, do them together. Make time & continue to date to keep the romance - look good, smell good to maintain physical attraction. 

DIFFERENCES 

Celebrate differences. Never force your ideologies down each other's throat. Give up trying to turn your partner into you. Accept differences, appreciate them.

FIGHTS

Fight w/the aim to resolve the issue. Don't outdo each other. The longer you extend the fight. The more chances that you'll say something hurtful that you don't really mean. As mad as you were w/ your partner, he/she is still the person who laughs at your jokes & thinks you're hot. Hear each other out, don't dig up old issues. Choose your battles. Make sure the fight will be worth it & that something will change in the relationship as a result of the fight.

FLAWS

Know that the perfect person does not exist. Know that just as there are things that you love about him/her, there will be things that will make you go crazy. We are only human with our own flaws.

FUN

Have fun together! This means keeping the fun & spontaneity that was there in the early days. Allow yourselves to get silly - shower together. Being able to make each other laugh & see the lighter, crazier, absurd side is the best way to get through all the differences in personalities, adjustments in lifestyle & opposing viewpoints.

GOALS

Make sure you have similar goals. It would be difficult to keep your bond intact if your views are complete opposite.

GRUDGES

Quit tabulating grudges. Let it off. Discuss it, then trash it, don't recycle it.

KEEPING IT HOT

Keep it hot by traveling to different places together. A new setting will do wonders. Always have skin contact - be it holding hands, a massage or just plain leg rubbing.

HONESTY

Don't lie or hide things. The problem will only get bigger.

KNOW EACH OTHER

Learn each other's interest. It really keeps the conversation flowing!

HUG

A hug can be far better more intimate than a kiss.

IDENTITY

Don't lose your personality - that's why he/she fell in love w/you. Have separate interest & activities to keep your individual, & to be able to contribute more to the relationship.

INDEPENDENCE

Having your own income means you're the boss in your life.

IN-LAWS

Make rooms for the in-laws.

INTENTIONS

Wish each other well. Don't wish each other worst ISSUES Speak up about the awkward stuff now, like money & sex. The earlier, the better.

LISTEN

Listen, listen, listen. Hear each other out especially during arguments.

LOOK GOOD

Mind your appearance! Stay fit & healthy for each other.

LOVE

It all boils down to your love, chemistry & respect for each other.

MEMORIES

Remind each other of the old days. Do something that you used to do for each other before. It may even be corny but it made you two together. Experience new things together- from dining into a new restaurant to experiencing street food together to exploring to new places. It's the little surprises that make great memories.

MIND READING

No matter how long you've been together, do not think that you can read each other's mind.

NEEDS

Be good to yourself, then be good to your partner. That's what love is all about. Think about your partner. Will it make him/her happy? Will she/he enjoy it? Consider each other's feelings. Be very attentive & sensitive to each other's needs, physically & emotionally, that way your partner learns to do the same for you. Never take your partner for granted.

PRIORITIES

If one says it's important, then it is! Prioritize each other among other things!

SPACE

Give each other space. Have dates with your girlfriends, have your boy's night out. If you can't trust each other with this, then don't get married.

SORRY

Say sorry when you're wrong.

SURPRISES

No matter how long you've known each other, be open to surprises, both good or bad.

TEAMWORK

Think for two & always work as a team. Consult each other before making a decision because everything will always affect both of you. Strengthen couple power. In many ways, we have to decide based on what is best for the relationship in favor of our individual selves.

SUPPORT

Support each other's dream. Be willing to follow your passions, support your partner in his/her decisions & create new ones together. Two heads are better than one.

TALK

Tell each other's stories. Life goes by so fast & its easy to see how easily couple can grow apart. Whenever something funny, scary, exciting or juicy happened to you or to someone you know, tell each other about it & have your partner do the same. Keep each other in the loop of life

Road To Success

The road to success is not straight.

There is a CURVE called FAILURE

A LOOP called CONFUSION

SPEED BUMPS called FRIENDS

RED LIGHTS called ENEMIES

CAUTION LIGHTS called FAMILY

You will have FLATS called JOBS

BUT

If you have a SPARE called DETERMINATION An ENGINE called PERSEVERANCE INSURANCE called FAITH A DRIVER called JESUS YOU WILL MAKE IT TO A PLACE CALLED SUCCESS.

Hallelujah Chorus -Quinhagak, Alaska

Cars

For all you car buffs.

Top this one!

Every Chevrolet convertible since 1912

Wow ! What do you suppose this collection is worth ?

This collection belongs to Dennis Albaugh in Ankeny , Iowa , just north of Des Moines ....

The personal and private collection consists of 110 + Chevrolet convertibles...
all years from 1912 to 1975 and Corvette convertibles from 1953 to 1975.

That is a Chevy convertible from every year of manufacture EXCEPT 1939...
The reason? - Chevy didn't make a convertible in '39 -- and ended its convertible line in '75!

His 'boy toys' include his own 18 hole golf course, copied somewhat after Augusta National.
He is what you call a REAL Chevy guy, but his passion seems to be convertibles !

This billionaire made his fortune selling farm chemicals!

This is enough to make a grown man CRY!!!

What a collection......gorgeous!!!

Hope you enjoyed the trip down Memory Lane !!!

Rainbows of Fall

"Rainbows Of Fall"

In Autumn when the leaves turn brown And red and gold, they all fall down. To paint a picture, oh so rare! I know that GOD is there...

To mastermind His ebb and flow; To stage His wondrous Autumn show, To brush His skies with molten gold; I watch His art unfold.

No grander sight could I behold: These leaves of brown and red and gold. But Winter bodes its icy chills Upon the snow-clad hills.

In time the land, a living scene, Comes bursting forth in savage green; And I confront the season's thieves That took my Autumn leaves.

But soon a softness in the air! GOD paints a picture, oh so rare Of Autumn leaves that all turn brown And red and gold as they fall down. ~~By Henry W. Gurley.~~ 

The air turns cool, the leaves turn brown, A change is taking place, And everywhere the signs appear Of Fall's approaching face.

The birds begin their southward flight That takes them far away, And in their plaintive song and cry A fond good-bye they say.

A season dies, a new one's born Like night gives way to day. Such is the wondrous work of God In His own chosen way. ~~By Harold F. Mohn.~~ 

A stroll through the woods, a mountain hike, a nap on the beach, in such encounters with nature we often find peace. There's just something about the leaves, rocks, and sand that makes us feel at home in this world. They release us from the humdrum of our busy lives and bring us back to the basics of life.

Imagine how it will look in Heaven? 

½ boy, ½ man

As Veterans Day approaches we our remind of those who went before us and those who have followed after us, Just to remind everyone we still are at WAR. Keep this email going around and around to remind us all!

½ boy, ½ man

God Bless and watch over our men and women in Service!




1/2 boy 1/2 man


The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's, but he has never collected unemployment either.




He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student,pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old jalopy, and has a steady girlfriend that either broke up with him when he left, or swears to be waiting when he returns from half a world away. He listens to rock and roll or hip-hop or rap or jazz or swing and a 155mm howitzer.

He is 10 or 15 pounds lighter now than when he was at home because he is working or fighting from before dawn to well after dusk. He has trouble spelling, thus letter writing is a pain for him, but he can field strip a rifle in 30 seconds and reassemble it in less time in the dark. He can recite to you the nomenclature of a machine gun or grenade launcher and use either one effectively if he must.

He digs foxholes and latrines and can apply first aid like a professional.

He can march until he is told to stop, or stop until he is told to march.

He obeys orders instantly and without hesitation, but he is not without spirit or individual dignity. He is self-sufficient.

He has two sets of fatigues: he washes one and wears the other. He keeps his canteens full and his feet dry.

He sometimes forgets to brush his teeth, but never to clean his rifle. He can cook his own meals, mend his own clothes, and fix his own hurts.

If you're thirsty, he'll share his water with you; if you are hungry, his food. He'll even split his ammunition with you in the midst of battle when you run low.

He has learned to use his hands like weapons and weapons like they were his hands.

He can save your life - or take it, because that is his job.




He will often do twice the work of a civilian, draw half the pay, and still find ironic humor in it all.

He has seen more suffering and death than he should have in his short lifetime.

He has wept in public and in private, for friends who have fallen in combat and is unashamed.




He feels every note of the National Anthem vibrate through his body while at rigid attention, while tempering the burning desire to 'square-away ' those around him who haven't bothered to stand, remove their hat, or even stop talking. In an odd twist, day in and day out, far from home, he defends their right to be disrespectful.

Just as did his Father, Grandfather, and Great-grandfather, he is paying the price for our freedom. Beardless or not, he is not a boy. He is the American Fighting Man that has kept this country free for over 200 years.




He has asked nothing in return, except our friendship and understanding.

Remember him, always, for he has earned our respect and admiration with his blood.

And now we even have women over there in danger, doing their part in this tradition of going to War when our nation calls us to do so.




As you go to bed tonight, remember this shot. . ...

A short lull, a little shade and a picture of loved ones in their helmets.




Prayer wheel for our military.... Please don't break it Please send this on after a short prayer.

Prayer Wheel

'Lord, hold our troops in your loving hands. Protect them as they protect us.

Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need. Amen.'

When you receive this, please stop for a moment and say a prayer for our ground troops in Afghanistan , sailors on ships, and airmen in the air, and for those in Iraq , Afghanistan and all foreign countries.

There is nothing attached....

This can be very powerful..




Of all the gifts you could give a US Soldier, Sailor, Coastguardsman, Marine, or Airman, prayer is the very best one.

I can't break this one, sorry. Pass it on to everyone and pray.

Mark

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