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The Amazing Cucumber
 This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their "Spotlight on the Home" series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems.
1. Cucumbers contain most of the vitamins you need every day, just one cucumber contains Vitamin B1, Vitamin B2, Vitamin B3, Vitamin B5, Vitamin B6, Folic Acid, Vitamin C, Calcium, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium and Zinc.
2. Feeling tired in the afternoon, put down the caffeinated soda and pick up a cucumber. Cucumbers are a good source of B Vitamins and Carbohydrates that can provide that quick pick-me-up that can last for hours.
3. Tired of your bathroom mirror fogging up after a shower? Try rubbing a cucumber slice along the mirror, it will eliminate the fog and provide a soothing, spa-like fragrance.
4. Are grubs and slugs ruining your planting beds? Place a few slices in a small pie tin and your garden will be free of pests all season long. The chemicals in the cucumber react with the aluminum to give off a scent undetectable to humans but drive garden pests crazy and make them flee the area.
5. Looking for a fast and easy way to remove cellulite before going out or to the pool? Try rubbing a slice or two of cucumbers along your problem area for a few minutes, the phytochemicals in the cucumber cause the collagen in your skin to tighten, firming up the outer layer and reducing the visibility of cellulite. Works great on wrinkles too!!!
6. Want to avoid a hangover or terrible headache? Eat a few cucumber slices before going to bed and wake up refreshed and headache free. Cucumbers contain enough sugar, B vitamins and electrolytes to replenish
essential nutrients the body lost, keeping everything in equilibrium, avoiding both a hangover and headache!!
7. Looking to fight off that afternoon or evening snacking binge? Cucumbers have been used for centuries and often used by European trappers, traders and explores for quick meals to thwart off starvation.
8. Have an important meeting or job interview and you realize that you don't have enough time to polish your shoes? Rub a freshly cut cucumber over the shoe, its chemicals will provide a quick and durable shine that not only looks great but also repels water.
9. Out of WD 40 and need to fix a squeaky hinge? Take a cucumber slice and rub it along the problematic hinge, and voila, the squeak is gone!
10. Stressed out and don't have time for massage, facial or visit to the spa? Cut up an entire cucumber and place it in a boiling pot of water, the chemicals and nutrients from the cucumber with react with the boiling water and be released in the steam, creating a soothing, relaxing aroma that has been shown the reduce stress in new mothers and college students during final exams.
11. Just finish a business lunch and realize you don't have gum or mints? Take a slice of cucumber and press it to the roof of your mouth with your tongue for 30 seconds to eliminate bad breath, the phytochemcials will kill the bacteria in your mouth responsible for causing bad breath.
12. Looking for a 'green' way to clean your faucets, sinks or stainless steel? Take a slice of cucumber and rub it on the surface you want to clean, not only will it remove years of tarnish and bring back the shine, but is won't leave streaks and won't harm you fingers or fingernails while you clean.
13. Using a pen and made a mistake? Take the outside of the cucumber and slowly use it to erase the pen writing, also works great on crayons and markers that the kids have used to decorate the walls!!
Pass this along to everybody you know who is looking for better and safer ways to solve life's everyday problems.
You should see our yard, granny!
 (Note: My grandson is only 6 years old and has not learned about measurements yet)
I called his house this morning and he is so excited about the snow. We are in Oklahoma and we rarely have a good snow. He proceeded to tell me: "You should see the snow in our yard granny. It's 40 inches (as of 11 am this morning, we have had 8 inches). We aren't used to this much snow granny (mind you, he lives around the block from me). It is snowing again. Our front yard looks like the North Pole. It is 40 inches!"
I am constantly amazed at the kids of today and where they get their information. Of course he has two teenage sisters, can use a computer and he plays with a PSP.
Life is Like.........
“Life is like a roll of toilet paper.
It goes faster when it gets to the end of the roll.”
Good Advice
 Old Farmer's Advice: Your fences need to be horse-high, pig-tight and bull-strong.
Keep skunks and bankers at a distance.
Life is simpler when you plow around the stump.
A bumble bee is considerably faster than a John Deere tractor.
Words that soak into your ears are whispered...not yelled.
Meanness don't jes' happen overnight.
Forgive your enemies; it messes up their heads.
Do not corner something that you know is meaner than you.
It doesn't take a very big person to carry a grudge.
You cannot unsay a cruel word.
Every path has a few puddles.
When you wallow with pigs, expect to get dirty.
The best sermons are lived, not preached.
Most of the stuff people worry about isn't gonna happen anyway.
Don't judge folks by their relatives.
Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
Live a good, honorable life.. Then when you get older and think back, you'll enjoy it a second time.
Don't interfere with somethin' that ain't bothering you none.
Timing has a lot to do with the outcome of a Rain dance.
If you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is stop diggin'.
Sometimes you get, and sometimes you get got.
The biggest troublemaker you'll probably ever have to deal with, watches you from the mirror every mornin'. Always drink upstream from the herd.
Good judgment comes from experience, and a lotta that comes from bad judgment.
Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back in.
If you get to thinkin' you're a person of some influence, try orderin' somebody else's dog around..
Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
Ever tried Vpike?
 This is neat and really works. Just put in the address, including City and State.
http://www.vpike.com/
Put in any address. For example, put in the address of where you grew up, and you will be able to see the house you lived in growing up. There is a little map with a little man on it. You can move the little man up and down the block if you need to. I did that and was able to use the up and down arrows to navigate around my old neighborhood and see the houses of my childhood buddies. I was even able to move the arrows to my old grade school. It was such a rush to see where I spent the formative years of my life.
There may be some addresses that have not been filmed yet but I found mine. Try it. This is fun. Enjoy!
Alert for Women
an ALERT
Have to pass this on!
To All,
National Gang week is starting soon. This is their new target method:
While driving on any roads, if you see a baby car seat sitting on the side of the road,
DO NOT STOP!!!
This could be the Gang's trap. They target people especially women, to stop their vehicle to help a baby.
They make this baby look as if it has blood on itself or on it's clothes.
When you exit from your vehicle in attempt to help, the gangs jump out from cornfields or tall bushes.
They have beaten woman to near
death, and then continue to rape them. Their goal is to torture the victims to death in anyway possible.
If you do happen to see a car seat,
DO NOT STOP, CALL POLICE IMMEDIATELY!!!.
Please forward this message to everyone you know.
Officer R. Duplechin
Alvin ISD Police
Alvin High School Campus
2790 W. Hwy 6
Alvin, Tx. 77511
(281) 331-2320
(281) 245-2676
Guess the item.....
 Do you know what this is?
If you do, you are about my age, if not,
I'll tell you next week.
Questions That Can Haunt You
 -Can you cry under water?
-How important does a person have to be before they are considered assassinated instead of just murdered?
-Why do you have to "put your two cents in"... But it's only a "penny for your thoughts"? Where's that extra penny going to?
-Once you're in heaven, do you get stuck wearing the clothes you were buried in for eternity?
-Why does a round pizza come in a square box?
-What disease did cured ham actually have?
-How is it that we put man on the moon before we figured out it would be a good idea to put wheels on luggage?
-Why is it that people say they "slept like a baby" when babies wake up like every two hours?
-If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called a hearing?
-Why are you IN a movie, but you're ON TV?
-Why do people pay to go up tall buildings and then put money in binoculars to look at things on the ground?
-Why do doctors leave the room while you change? They're going to see you naked anyway.
-Why is "bra" singular and "panties" plural?
-Why do toasters always have a setting that burns the toast to a horrible crisp, which no decent human being would eat?
-If the professor on Gilligan's Island can make a radio out of a coconut, why can't he fix a hole in a boat?
-Why does Goofy stand erect while Pluto remains on all fours? They're both dogs!
-If Wile E. Coyote had enough money to buy all that ACME crap, why didn't he just buy dinner?
-If corn oil is made from corn, and vegetable oil is made from vegetables, what is baby oil made from?
-If electricity comes from electrons, does morality come from morons?
-Do the Alphabet song and Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star have the same tune? Why did you just try singing the two songs above?
-Why do they call it an asteroid when it's outside the hemisphere, but call it a hemorrhoid when it's in your butt?
-Did you ever notice that when you blow in a dog's face, he gets mad at you, but when you take him for a car ride, he sticks his head out the window?
Things You Don't Hear Anymore
 -Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company.
-Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Willie in the mail today.
-Quit slamming the screen door when you go out!
-Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like a shower is coming up.
-Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.
-Wash your feet before you go to bed, you've been playing outside all day barefooted.
-Why can't you remember to roll up your britches legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.
-You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is nothing left to put a patch on.
-Don't you go outside with your school clothes on!
-Go comb your hair; it looks like the rats have nested in it all night.
-Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new bottle.
-Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won't have to pay a deposit on another one.
-Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.
-Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to make it fall if you don't quit!
-Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need to get a few things from him.
-You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to help push it off.
-There's a dollar in my purse, get 5 gallons of gas when you go to town.
-Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it's getting hot.
-You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise.
-Don't sit too close to the front at the movies. It's hard on your eyes.
-If you pull that stunt again, I am going to wear you out!
-Don't lose that button; I'll sew it back on after awhile.
-Wash under your neck before you come to the table, you have beads of dirt and sweat all under there.
-Get out from under the sewing machine; pumping it messes up the thread!
-Don't turn the radio on no, I want the battery to be up when the Grand Ole Opry comes on.
-No! I don't have 10 cents for you to go to the show. Do you think money grows on trees?
-Eat those turnips, they'll make you big and strong like your daddy.
-That dog is NOT coming in this house! I don't care how cold it is out there, dogs don't stay in the house.
-Sit still! I'm trying to get your hair cut straight and you keep moving and now it's all messed up.
-Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that! I'll wash your mouth out with soap!
-It is time for your system to be cleaned out. I am going to give you a dose of castor oil tonight.
-If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you'll get another one when you get home.
-Quit crossing your eyes! They'll get stuck that way!
-Soak your foot in this pan of kerosene so that bad cut won't get infected.
-When you take your driving test, don't forget to signal each turn. Left arm straight out the window for a left turn; left arm bent up at the elbow for a right turn; and straight down to the side of the door when you are going to stop.
-It's: 'Yes Ma'am!' and 'No Ma'am!' to me, young man, and don't you forget it!
Y'all come back now, ya hear!
Bring back any memories?
This is a Shocker!!
 This is starting my New Year out with a shocker. I had no idea about this, did you?
The following is quoted from a Fox News article.
"If you own a phone, you're paying for the fastest growing welfare program in the U.S.: free cell phones for low-income Americans.
The program, which is paid for through a tax on all home phones and cell phones known as the Universal Service Charge, is expected to exceed $1 billion this year, according to Erik Iversen, spokesman for the Universal Service Fund, the quasi-governmental agency set up to administer the program.
"The reality is this is just frosting on an enormous cake," says Robert Rector, an analyst with the Heritage Foundation. "We spend over $800 billion a year providing various types of assistance to the poor. That's one dollar in every 20 in this economy. It's huge and we really can't afford it."
Qualification for the subsidy is dependent on income. However, if a person is already enrolled in any of the popular federal welfare programs such as Medicaid, food stamps, low income housing, or the free school lunch, they are automatically eligible for a free cell phone.
So if an individual signs up for the program while on food stamps, then gets a job, no regulatory process exists to assure the subsidy ends."
Well guess that makes my day!!!
HOPE for the future
 I wish you all a Happy New Year. Instead of new years resolutions I am going to HOPE for some things. I hope my family and friends have good health, wealth and happiness this coming year. I hope our government will wake up and see that the "people" want to be heard instead of ignored. I hope people will vote out those who have made their government positions a career instead of a job they were voted in to do. I want us to be more defensive in what we do and see. Watch for terrorist activity and things that can harm us. Stand behind our law enforcement and military men and women who serve our country and put their lives on the line for us. I wish for a good education for my grandchildren and a wonderful planet for them to inherit. Free from wars and disease and I hope we become more of a country with a deeper belief in God. What would be your "Hope" for 2010?
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This information was in The New York Times several weeks ago as part of their "Spotlight on the Home" series that highlighted creative and fanciful ways to solve common problems.
