Health:

1.    Drink plenty of water! 2.    Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar. 3.    Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants, and eat less food that is manufactured in factory. 4.    Live with the 3 E’s — Energy,  Enthusiasm, and Empathy! 5.    Make time for prayer or for yourself. 6.    Play more games! 7.    Read more books than you did in 2010. 8.    Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. 9.    Sleep for 7 hours. 10.  Take a 10-30 minute walk every day —- and while you walk,  smile!

Personality:

11.  Don’t compare your life to others.  You have no idea what their journey is all about. 12.  Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control.  Instead, invest your energy in the positive present moment. 13.  Don’t over do it; know your limits. 14.  Don’t take yourself so seriously; no one else does! 15.  Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip. 16.  Dream more while you are awake. 17.  Envy is a waste of time.  You already have all you need! 18.  Forget issues of the past.  Don’t remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past.  That will ruin your present happiness. 19.  Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.  Don’t hate others! 20.  Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present. 21.  No one is in charge of your happiness except you! 22.  Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn.  Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. 23.  Smile and laugh more! 24.  You don’t have to win every argument.  Agree to disagree.

Community:

25.  Call your family often. 26.  Each day give something good to others. 27.  Forgive everyone for everything! 28.  Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6. 29.  Try to make at least three people smile each day. 30.  What other people think of you is none of your business. 31.  Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick.  Your family and friends will.  Stay in touch!

Life:

32. Do the right things! 33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful. 34. GOD heals everything! 35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change. 36. No matter how you feel,  get up,  dress up,  and show up! 37. The best is yet to come! 38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it. 39. Your inner most is always happy.  So, be happy!

Pasta e Fagioli
Serves 4

2 garlic cloves crushed
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 – 8 oz can tomato sauce
1 cup water
1 – 16 oz can cannellini beans
½ pound ditali or elbo macaroni
fresh parsley
grated romano or parmesan cheese

In a saucepan, fry garlic in oil
Add tomato sauce and water and let cook 10 minutes.
Add undrained beans, stir, continue to simmer.

Cook macaroni, drain and add to bean mixture.
Stir gently. If it’s too thick add more water.

Serve immediately, or else the pasta absorbs all the liquid.
Sprinkle with some parsley and serve with grated cheese.

If there are leftovers, add water before heating.

Recipe courtesy Paula Deen

Prep Time:
5 min

Cook Time:
3 hr 0 min

Level:
Easy

Serves:
12 servings

Ingredients

* 2 cups uncooked elbow macaroni (an 8-ounce box isn’t quite 2 cups)
* 4 tablespoons (1/2 stuck) butter, cut into pieces
* 2 1/2 cups (about 10 ounces) grated sharp Cheddar cheese
* 3 eggs, beaten
* 1/2 cup sour cream
* 1 (10 3/4-ounce) can condensed Cheddar cheese soup
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 1 cup whole milk
* 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
* 1/2 teaspoon black pepper

Directions

Boil the macaroni in a 2 quart saucepan in plenty of water until tender, about 7 minutes. Drain. In a medium saucepan, mix butter and cheese. Stir until the cheese melts. In a slow cooker, combine cheese/butter mixture and add the eggs, sour cream, soup, salt, milk, mustard and pepper and stir well. Then add drained macaroni and stir again. Set the slow cooker on low setting and cook for 3 hours, stirring occasionally.

1. Michael
2. William
3. Alexander
4. Daniel
5. Christopher
6. Andrew
7. Logan
8. Carter
9. Caleb
10. Jose

Baby Girl Names

1. Isabella
2. Emma
3. Emily
4. Elizabeth
5. Samantha
6. Natalie
7. Grace
8. Ashley
9. Peyton
10. Julia

• Comfort and a smooth ride, pick a seat over the wings.

• Silence, sit as far forward as possible, but avoid the galley and rest rooms.

• Long legs? Try the first row of seats next to the emergency exits!

Spring may be beautiful, but it also represents, for most of us, a very hectic time of the year….sports! While most dads are away working, moms are running around, or should I say, driving around, dropping a kid here, dropping a kid there, depending on how many kids you have in sports, racing through homework – not even finishing before their practice or game, having to finish later when it’s basically time to go to bed…feeling like you’re loosing your mind!  We need to get organized! It’s hard, but if you can just write out on little sticky notes your reminders, for example, “make chicken wraps to bring to field” or “fill water thermos with ice and water,” you will feel just a little more organized and less stress. Does anyone else have any helpful ideas?  Be sure to list them below!

INGREDIENTS:

• Shortening

• Store bought or frozen pizza dough, thawed

• Pizza sauce

• Pizza toppings
  

• Shredded mozzarella cheese (hand shredded always tastes better)

PIZZA TOPPINGS:

• Sliced mushrooms

• Chopped green bell peppers

• Sliced green olives

• Sliced onion rings

• Thinly sliced pepperoni

• Cooked crumbled sausage or hamburger meat

Heat oven to 350 degrees.  Depending on how many children there will be, give them a small ball of dough to roll out into a 5″ to 7″ circle or any shape they want.  Grease your cookie sheet or pizza pan with shortening.  Help them spread the pizza sauce and add your favorite toppings and don’t forget the cheeeeeeese.  Bake on lowest rack for 25 to 35 mins or until cheese is melted and light brown and crust looks done.  It’s that simple!  Take a picture before and after so they can remember what a great time it was with you, plus they can add it to their memory box to keep forever!

The USDA plant hardiness map divides North America into 11 hardiness zones.  Zone 1 is the coldest; zone 11 is the warmest, a tropical area found only in Hawaii, coastal Southern California and southernmost Florida.  The colder zones are found at higher latitudes and higher elevations.

If you live outside North America, you can roughly translate the USDA hardiness zones by finding out how low your area’s temperatures can reach, and then use the chart below to find your corresponding zone.

Zone 1: below -46 C (below -50 F)
Zone 2: -46 to -40 C (-50 to -40 F)
Zone 3: -40 to -34 C (-40 to -30 F)
Zone 4: -34 to -29 C (-30 to -20 F)
Zone 5: -29 to -23 C (-20 to -10 F)
Zone 6: -23 to -18 C (-10 to 0 F)
Zone 7: -18 to -12 C (0 to 10 F)
Zone 8: -12 to -7 C (10 to 20 F)
Zone 9: -7 to -1 C (20 to 30 F)
Zone 10: -1 to 4 C (30 to 40 F)
Zone 11: above 4 C (above 40 F)