Books I've read in 2007

I've always said that my only regret in life is not making a list of all the books I've ever read, but then I never start the dang list, because it's always too late. Well, I'm starting it now.

Here are the books I've read in January 2007, so far:

1) Empire Falls by Richard Russo
2) On the Street Where you Live by Mary Higgens Clark
3) We'll Meet Again by Mary Higgens Clark
4) Bag of Bones by Stephen King
5) Sushi for Beginners by Marian Keys
6) The 10th Circle by Jodi Pachett

Oh, I just realized that I read the first three before January 1st, so it's not really a January list. Okay, the list starts 12/19/2006. I bet I can go even farther back than that.

But I think I want to write the list down on paper too...

Robert Louis Stevenson's Prayer

Lord, behold our family here assembled. We thank Thee for this place in which we dwell; for the love that unites us; for the peace accorded us this day; for the hope with which we expect the morrow; for the health, the work, the food, and the bright skies, that make our lives delightful; for our friends in all parts of the earth. Let peace abound in our small company. Purge out of every heart the lurking grudge. Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Offenders, give us the grace to accept and forgive offenders. Forgetful ourselves, help us to bear cheerfully the forgetfulness of others.

Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind. Spare to us our friends, soften us to our enemies. Bless us, if it may be, in all our innocent endeavors. If it may not, give us strength to encounter that which is to come, that we may be brave in peril, constant in tribulation, temperate in wrath, and in all changes of fortune, and to the gates of death, loyal and loving to one to another. As the clay to the potter, as the windmill to the wind, as the children of their sire, we beseech Thee this help and mercy of Christ's sake.

Amen.

Organic Girl

I know we can't buy all organic all of the time, but these are the foods that contain the highest pestiside residue:

apples
cherries
imported grapes
nectarines
peaches
pears
red raspberries
strawberries
bell peppers
carrots
celery
green beans
potatoes
spinach
hot peppers

Rules of Life

1. If you are choking on an ice cube, don't panic. Simply pour a cup of boiling water down your throat and presto, the blockage will be almost
   instantly removed.


2. Clumsy? Avoid cutting yourself while slicing vegetables by getting someone else to hold them while you chop away.


3. For high blood pressure sufferers: simply cut yourself and bleed for a few minutes, thus reducing the pressure in your veins. Remember to use a timer.


4. A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.


5. Have a bad toothache? Smash your thumb with a hammer and you will forget about the toothache.


6. Sometimes, we just need to remember what the rules of life really are:
   You only need two tools: WD-40 and Duct Tape. If it doesn't move and should, use the WD-40. If it shouldn't move and does, use the duct tape.

Phrases I hate.

Net-net.
Reach out.
"Thru" instead of "through"

What a way to start the day!

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