The greatest events of an age are its best thoughts. Thought finds its way into action. Think all you want: Thoughts are toll-free. And this... Since God could not be everywhere, he created mothers. --Jewish Proverb and this too..... LIFE 101 Life will give you what you ask of her if only you ask long enough and plainly enough. Edith Nesbit (1858-1924) Writer and poet Let us resolve to do the best we can with what we've got. William Feather (1889-1981) Writer and publisher Old age takes away from us what we have inherited and gives what we have earned. --Gerald Brenan

Treat your friends as you do you pictures, and place them in their best light." -- Jennie Jerome Churchill "Find a positive lesson and positive reason for all of your personal relationships. Accentuate the blessings and knowledge gained from each." -- Denis Waitley "Your relationships can be made to increase in value by investing more time in them." -- Brian Tracy "Do not save your loving speeches for you friends till they are dead; do not write them on their tombstones, speak them rather now instead." -- Anna Cummins Let no one who loves be called altogether unhappy. Even love unreturned has its rainbow. J. M. Barrie (1860-1937) Treasure the love that you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished. Og Mandino (1923-1996)

Organizing the Laundry Room To reduce the amount of time in sorting laundry, place several plastic baskets or bins in the laundry room and label them — darks, lights, towels, and sheets. All family members will know exactly where to put their dirty clothes. Cleaning Children's Plastic Toys If you notice that they are grimy or dirty, do a quick clean simply by wiping them with a paper towel that's been moistened with rubbing alcohol or use a wet wipe. Nothing on fingernail polish but I will keep looking and see what I find.

Quick Toilet Cleaning Sprinkle 1/4 cup of baking soda into a wet bowl. Jump in the shower, and when you're done, give the toilet a single scrub. Flush and the cleaning task is complete. Painting Around a Window Smear petroleum jelly on the windowpane. If any paint drips on the glass, it will be a lot easier to remove. You also can put it on hardware to protect it while you are painting.

Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echoes are truly endless. -Mother Teresa Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom? -Thich Nhat Hanh If we are not happy and joyous at this season, for what other season shall we wait and for what other time shall we look? -Abdul-Bah All the masterpieces of art contain both light and shadow. A happy life is not one filled with only sunshine, but one which uses both light and shadow to produce beauty. -Billy Graham Our lives improve only when we take chances --- and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves. -Walter Anderson

I am so bad at rating things. If I like it I love it. I have rated almost everything I like a 10 prefect when that isn't really true. they aren't all prefect but who am I to say that. I'll just contune to rate things I like prefect. I guess???

A child's tear rends the heavens. --Yiddish Proverb What's done to children, they will do to society. --Dr. Karl Menninger

If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else. -Booker T. Washington "So many gifted people, now walk upon Earth. Some feel the words, from all the hurts in their life. Other go further and feel the intend from the words being given." --goldeneagle1000

I am now on level 9. I had been on level 8 awhiile. I am so happy.

How to Use a Ladder Safely Position the ladder so the distance from the ladder's base to the wall is one-fourth of the ladder's extended length. This will ensure that it won't fall backward or forward.