Bits and pieces of truth . . .

"Give a man a fish, and he'll eat for a day. Give a fish a man, and he'll eat for weeks!"
-- Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata

"I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly."
-- Michel de Montaigne

"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise."
-- W. Somerset Maugham

"Health nuts are going to feel stupid someday, lying in hospitals dying of nothing."
-- Redd Foxx

Summer cometh . . .

I can't complain about summer, so far! June Gloom has outdone itself and I've still been able to bake in the oven without inciting a muntiny amount my family. I'm thankful. That is always a downside of the sunny days because I always get to craving stews simmering on the stove and bread baking in the oven - not great on 110-degree days!

College children with vastly different schedules has kept us on our toes and on the road this summer. You love seeing your children become independent but wish you could catch a glimpse of those toddlers, again. The years truly fly by.

Quilting is still happening. I've gotten over my addiction to making pincushions - after making over 25 of them! Just purchased my second bolt, of the year, of batting. I wait for those 50% off coupons and save $80 on the item. It's just storing 40 yards of quilt batting! It's like trying to hide a body as I move it from place to place hoping to keep it unobserved. It is residing next to me right now which is an improvement over being in the entry way!

I've got more pattern ideas than I have time these days. I also have five quilt tops that need completing. I've picked a great economy to make quilts no one can afford to purchase. Hey, I should try selling them to senators and congressmen as they don't seem to be suffering the income problems of us 'little' people!

Loved celebrating Father's Day as husbands do a lot more than they ever get credit for. Respecting health dictates, I made a cheesecake with half non-fat cream cheese and the rest 1/3 less fat cream cheese. It retained the same flavor and texture of the full-fat version but didn't leave you feeling bloated and guilty over having indulged. A 'fat-free' fresh strawberry topping finished it off nicely and my husband was happy.

Quote for salvation!

The way to Heaven is straight and narrow: they who wish to arrive at that place of bliss by walking in the paths of pleasure shall be disappointed; and therefore few reach it, because few are willing to use violence to themselves in resisting temptations. –St. Alphonsus Ligouri

Quote of the Century!

QUOTE OF THE CENTURY……….


This quote came from the Czech Republic. Someone over there has it figured out. We have a lot of work to do.

"The danger to America is not Barack Obama but a citizenry capable of entrusting a man like him with the Presidency. It will be far easier to limit and undo the follies of an Obama presidency than to restore the necessary common sense and good judgment to a depraved electorate willing to have such a man for their president.

The problem is much deeper and far more serious than Mr. Obama, who is a mere symptom of what ails America . Blaming the prince of the fools should not blind anyone to the vast confederacy of fools that made him their prince. The Republic can survive a Barack Obama, who is, after all, merely a fool. It is less likely to survive a multitude of fools such as those who made him their president."

My unfavorite time of the year . . .

July is looming on the horizon and I am already getting that feeling of dread. An important, national holiday takes place on the fourth yet it will be another day of loud, blaring music and illegal fireworks smoking up the sky from early afternoon until the wee hours of the morning.

Don't get me wrong, a celebration IS in order but if you asked the children running around with lit sparklers WHAT the event is about, would they know? Every year, there is some very sad story about a child being severely hurt by fireworks. A look around our neighborhood on that evening could count more than a few accidents ready to happen. I just don't think that fireworks that light up the sky above tract homes are the ones for sale at the local stands. One year, some children burned down their house with illegal fireworks set off in their garage.

I often read about the early days of our country when the Fourth of July was a great holiday with speeches, homemade picnics, meeting friends at the park, and enjoying a band and fireworks in the evening. We sure have come a long way and I'm not sure it is a better way.

Anyway, in anticipation of the day's events, we will prepare in our now traditional manner - soaking down the roof in case of a flying cinder, wetting down the foliage for the spent yet burning firecracker papers that fall into our yard, and treats for the dogs who will, again, be traumatized by what they do not understand. I think I'm with them on that feeling!

Interesting quotes . . .

I love quotations so in place of posting, I'm providing a few more I discovered this morning. In other words, no time to carry forth on my current vents!

"Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving."
-- Penn Jillette

"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know."
-- Mark Twain

"Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men."
-- Kin Hubbard

All worth a read . . .

"A bore is a man who deprives you of solitude without providing you with company."
-- Gian Vincenzo Gravina

"Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight."
-- Phyllis Diller

"I'm not sure I want popular opinion on my side -- I've noticed those with the most opinions often have the fewest facts."
-- Bethania McKenstry

"An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today."
-- Laurence J. Peter