Coucoumellisms

Lazy summer days around the pool...

The following came in an e-mail:    1] Prayer is not a "spare wheel"  that you pull out when in trouble; it is a "steering wheel" that directs us in the right path throughout life.     2] Do you know why a car's WINDSHIELD is so large and the rear view mirror is so small?  Because our PAST is not as important as our FUTURE.  So, look ahead and move on.     3] Friendship is like a BOOK. It takes a few seconds to burn, but it takes years to write.     4] All things in life are temporary. If going well enjoy it, they will not last forever. If going wrong don't worry, they can't last long either.     5] Old friends are like Gold! New friends are Diamonds! If you get a Diamond, don't forget the Gold Because to hold a Diamond, you always need a base of Gold!     6] Often when we lose hope and think this is the end, GOD smiles from above and says, "Relax, sweetheart, it's just a ...

(Or substitute other fruit for bananas as well, I have tried strawberries and pears and those are really good too.) 1/3 cup butter (or 1/3 cup apple sauce if you are cutting fat) 1/2 cup natural sugarcane sugar (or stevia or other natural sweetener) 2 eggs 1 3/4 cups whole wheat flour  (or other whole grain flour) 1 tsp baking powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp baking soda 1 cup old bananas 1/2 cup bittersweet or dark chocolate chips Grease small bread pan.  Beat butter, sugar and eggs in small bowl.  Mix flour, baking powder, salt and baking soda in large bowl.  Mash old bananas in small bowl.  Add bananas and sugar mixture with dry ingredients.  Add chocolate chips.  Bake at 350F for 1 hour.

Jean-Alexandre was telling me what to get for groceries just now, so I told him to write down a list.  He did.  Here it is: - Hamburger meat - Hamburger Helper - Popsicles - 7Up - Cookies (Decadent/Chocolate Chip) - Milk - Granny Smith apples - 30" Sony Plasma TV - Nutella chocolate spread - Cream cheese (original flavour) -7.1 Dolby surround sound system - Soup (in prepared microwaveable container) - Mini Wheats cereal (original flavour) - Juice - Dove Men +Care shampoo - Dove Men +Care body wash - Xbox 360 console - Macaroni and cheese - Starbucks Doubleshot vanilla flavoured energy drinks - some healthy stuff... - Nicolas-repellent for cats - Oven mittens - iPod earphones by Apple - Pop (such as Root Beer, Coca Cola, etc...) Hmmmm... I don't think he'll be getting quite everything on his list...  Gotta love the "Nicolas-repellent for cats" though, bet Fluffy would appreciate that...

The silver lining in every cloud. Like how in the midst of flooding, people discover solidarity, and how, being forced to wash a few things that got wet in the back, I rediscovered things I hadn't seen in a long time.  Also like how all that water has also given us exciting stuff, like a lake in the neighbours' yard that extends to ours, and has fish (even big fish) in it, and geese and ducks swimming in it.

Here's an interesting thought: CARRY YOUR ROSARY EVERY DAY When you carry a Rosary, Satan has a headache. When you use it, he collapses. When he sees you praying it, he faints. Let us pray the rosary every time, so that he'll keep fainting. Imagine what might happen if every Catholic in the world would pray a Rosary on the same day! We have an example in October of 1573, when Europe was saved from the invasion of the mighty Turkish fleet, by the praying of the Rosary by all Christians! Let's unite in praying one of the most powerful prayers in existence, for these intentions, on one of the holiest seasons in our Church year. God bless us all! Wikipedia has this to say about October 1573 : The Battle of Lepanto took place on 7 October 1571 when a fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of Catholic maritime states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire. The five-hour battle was fought at the northern edge of the Gulf of Patras, off weste...

My husband told me the other day that I should add this gem to Gabriel's baby book.  I quote: "MOM!!  Come here!!  Papa's watching the big salami that hit Japan!!"