Author Unknown…

A little boy asked his mother
“Why are you crying?”

“Because I’m a woman”, she told him.

“I don’t understand”, he said.

His mum just hugged him and, “And you never will”

Later the little boy asked his father, “Why does mother seem to cry for no reason?”

“All women cry for no reason”, was all his dad could say.

The little boy grew up and became a man, still wondering why women cry.
Finally he put in a call to God; and when God got on the phone, he asked, “God, why
do women cry so easily?”

God said: “When I made woman she had to be special.

I made her shoulders strong enought to carry the weirght of the world;
yet, gentle enough to give comfort

I gave her an inner strength to endure childbirth and the rejection that many times comes from her children.

I gave her a hardness that allows her to keep going when everyone else gives up, and take care of her family through sickness and fatigue without complaining.

I gave her the sensitivity to love her children under any and all circumstances, even when her child has hurt her very badly.

I gave her the strength to carry her man through his faults and fashioned her from his rib to protect his heart.

I gave her wisdom to know that a good man never hurts his woman, but sometimes tests her strengths and her resolve to stand beside him unfalteringly.

And finally, I gave her a tear to shed.
This is hers exclusively to use whenever it is needed.

You see:
The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair.

The beauty of a woman must be seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart – the place where love resides.”

Something fun to do. Here is a puzzle it has 30 of the 66 Books of the Bible scrambled in it see if you can find them all.

Can you find them?

This is a most remarkable puzzle. It was found by a gentleman in an airplane seat pocket, on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping him occupied for hours. He enjoyed it so much, he passed it on to some friends. One friend from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his john boat. Another friend studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Taylor, a columnist friend, was so intrigued by it she mentioned it in her weekly newspaper column. Another friend judges the job of solving this puzzle so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot. That’s a fact. Some people, however, will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. Truthfully, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some of them at the worst. Research has shown that something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have in seeing the books in this paragraph. During a recent fund raising event, which featured this puzzle, the Alpha Delta Phi lemonade booth set a new sales record. The local paper, The Chronicle, surveyed over 200 patrons who reported that this puzzle was one of the most difficult they had ever seen. As Daniel Humana humbly puts it, “the books are all right here in plain view hidden from sight.” Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation that may help is that books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. Also, keep in mind, that punctuation and spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete really well against those who claim to know the answers. Remember, there is no need for a mad exodus, there really are 30 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph waiting to be found

For those that need it here is the word list for the Bible scramble I posted yesterday. I’ll post answers sometime in the future. The callenge is not knowing which 30 of the 66 books of the Bible are listed. I found them all. I must fall in the scholar category. Happy hunting!

mark chronicles numbers timothy samuel
daniel philemon exodus james lamentations
acts hebrews judges job john
genesis revelation kings luke ruth
nahum esther peter hosea amos
joel matthew malachi romans titus

How The World Eat, Time Magazine The June 11, 2007 issue has an intersting article about what people in other countries pay per week for food for a family of four. Japan, $317.25–meat and fruit and vegetables are the higest $98.90 & $83.43–traditional Japanese Diet; Germany, $500.07–traditional fresh foods, beverages $70.17, Miscellanous $91.01; Chad, $1.23 for a family of five, food provided by rations from Refugee Camp–no food to buy in this country–receives 39.3 lbs of sorgum and 4.6 lbs of corn-soy mixture. Water provided by Oxfam–no water in this country. No dariy available. United States, $341.98, fast food $71.61, bottled beverages $71.75–lots of pizza and coke in photos, Mexico, $189.09, Lots of fresh fruits and vegetables, traditional Mexican foods, high consupmption of soda–$39.07. Most families said their children often ate fast food outside the home that they could not track and three families said the children no longer wanted traditional foods but what they saw on TV.

This photo essay is pretty cool,too.

I probably average $150 per week on groceries. Which includes what paper products and cleaners that I do buy. (which aren’t that many, anymore) I found it pretty interesting to see what others spend, and to see the pictures of all the food.

This is a pretty cool site. You put in your zip code, and the map comes up with the gas stations and the prices of the gas. Nice. Unless in live in a town, like me, with only 2 gas stations. Cause then it doesn’t really matter. But for those you live in an area with more than 2 stations, it would probably be a big help in finding lower prices.

Nope, not talking about our normal dinner time!! lol
Here’s a chart for feeding a crowd for gatherings, like family reunions, or in our case, just the whole family!

Here’s the repeat schedule for Kids by the Dozen.