Eleven Pounds In Eight Days

I was hoping to be able to say 12 pounds down in eight days, but this phase of the Perfect Weight America cleanse is where we add yogurt and raw nuts. It is pretty amazing, though, how good plain yogurt is when you haven't had sugar in several days. I really like Alta Dena plain yogurt and it seems creamier to me when you stir it up (even though there's nothing extra in it). When you spoon it out of the container it's just slabs of yogurt, but when you stir it up it's a smooth and creamy mixture that's almost sweet.

Two more days and I can have organic coffee. Did I mention we've only been drinking water?

Keep WALKING!

Making the Most of Your Family's Christmas

From Homeword.com...

Revisit some old family traditions that you haven’t enjoyed for awhile and take the initiative to create some new ones. Some of the previous generations did a better job than we do with building family traditions. The next time your extended family gets together, take note of how much of the conversation is centered around family traditions and stories. You may here the same stories at each get together – but these traditions and their stories create family togetherness. Traditions are important for families because they provide opportunities to keep your family legacy going. From the simple to the silly to the sentimental, traditions can create meaningful memories. As a parent, one of your jobs is to look for ways to promote special moments and traditions for your family – ones that will create special family memories that your kids will keep forever. So for example, the holidays are a perfect time for baking, so if it’s been some time since someone took a swing at making Great-Grandma’s Apple Pie, dust off the recipe and see if you and the kids can do it justice. And how about family playtime? I know of one family that has a collection of board games they only play at Christmastime. I’d suspect your family has a tradition or two – a recipe or a board game for example – that needs revisiting this year. Relive some familiar memories and take advantage of a chance to make a few new ones as well.


The post above is just one section in
The "Four R's" of Making the Most of Your Family's Christmas Author:
Jim Burns, Ph.D.
at Homeword.com

Mercy Has Placed Within Our Reach

Lately ThinkExist.com has been more than occasionally funky in it's operation so I decided to check out some quotes from a source that has existed long before the internet, Bartlett's Familiar Quotations. I found a good one by poet William Wordsworth and you can read the whole 12 lines of the poem by clicking on the link below. This quote is actually the final two lines of his poem, After-Thought. When you search After-Thought & William Wordsworth, you get a different poem. I'm inclined to trust Bartlett's just like my teacher in high school did.


"Mercy has placed within our reach
A portion of God's peace."

William Wordsworth


The Literature Network's Wordsworth profile at
Online-Literature.com

Twitter quote 111 from Bartlett's Familiar Quotations at Bartleby.com