November 4, 2008 is less two days away and I want to encourage all to go to the polls to vote. In many states there are different issues to vote for that are very important to many people in that state. There are individuals running for office who different voters need to consider.

In July I was not going to vote. Then I listened to each of the conventions and realized I needed to go to the polls. From that time I was just not going to vote for President and vote the rest of the ticket. As I was listening to the adds on the TV and Radio and new that I had to vote for a President. All I know is that each person has to pray before going to the polls and vote for the best person.

What I think is funny is both parties felt Indiana, the state I live in, is important.

Please go vote and then the United States can begin to heal from our resent problems.

This is not what I woke up to this morning, but in a month or two the weather here in Indiana will look like it. We had about a inch of snow and most of it was on the windows of the car and truck. Hubby was so good and brushed the snow of the car, but by the time I went out the cleared windows has frosted over.

Hubby is now setting in a new outdoor wood stove and I should have heat by Thursday. We have to put in 400 gallon of water and that will take some time since we only turn the water on a slow stream. Then He will start picking corn. First,He has to change the bean head to the corn head. I am praying the corn will be better in yield than the beans. The rain we received from IKE did our beans no good. The corn is on higher ground and it looks really good. We do not dry our corn so Hubby wants to wait for the moister to go down some.

A Name

I received this from a friend and looked up my name. There is only one of my whole name in the United States. I guess I could consider myself special. There are 55,804 people with the name Joyce and 489 with my last name. You may check it out if you want. You will find the button by scrolling down past the postings.

From one pumpkin to another!!!!!!!
A woman was asked by a coworker, 'What is it like to be a Christian?'
The coworker replied, 'It is like being a pumpkin.' God picks you from the patch, brings you in, and washes all the dirt off of you. Then He cuts off the top and scoops out all the yucky stuff.
He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, and greed. Then He carves you a new smiling face and puts His light inside of you to shine for all the world to see.'

Hugs

I know every one needs a hug and here is my. Have a great day

Love and Hugs

Pass The Butter, Please

I took this article out of a newspaper I receive from Share of the Food. This organization distributes affordable food to 60 communities in Illinois and Indiana once a month. They are able to by in large quantities. This month we received Asian grill turkey strips, chicken drums, smoked sausage with cheese, crane asada beef steak, red potatoes, apples, oranges, carrots, grapefruit, lettuce, cauliflower and grape tomatoes. You may have seen this before, but I had not and thought the article was very interesting.

"This is interesting...Margarine was originally manufactured to fatten turkeys. When it killed the turkeys, the people who had put all the money into the research wanted a payback so they put their heads together to figure out what to do with this product to get their money back. I was a white substance with no food appeal so they added the yellow coloring and sold it to people to use in place of butter. Ho do you like it? They have come out with some clever new flavorings.

DO YOU KNOW the difference between margarine and butter?... Both have the same amount of calories. Butter is slightly higher in saturated fats at 8 grams compared to 5 grams. Eating margarine can increase heart disease in women by 53% over eating the same amount of butter, according to a recent Harvard Medical Study. Eating butter increases the absorption of many other nutrients in other foods. Butter has many nutritional benefits where margarine has a few only because they are added! Butter tastes much better that margarine than margarine and it can enhance the flavors of otehr food. Butter has been around for centuries where margarine has been around for less than 100 years.

NOW FOR MARGARINE... Very high in trans fatty acids. Triple risk of coronary heart disease. Increases total cholesterol and LDL (this is the bad cholesterol) and lowers HDL (this good cholesterol). Increases the risk of cancers up to five fold. Lowers quality of breast milk. Decreases immune response. Decreases insulin response.... Margarine us but ONE MOLECULE away from being PLASTIC. this fact alone was enough to have me avoiding margarine for life and anything else that is hydrogenated (this means hydrogen is added,changing the molecular structure of the substance).

You can try this yourself. Purchase a tub of margarine and leave it in your garage or shaded area.

One Busy Week

Have you ever had a week packed with wonderful things happening every day. I just had one of those weeks. The week began with substitute teaching for two days for a Middle School for a Business teacher. I supervised 6th graders in learning to use the key board with their fingers in the right place, the 7th graders are learning how to write checks and keeping a check registry, and the 8th grade learning what Economic is. In the state of Indiana a state wide test is given to students to evaluate their knowledge in a number of subjects. The students had to take these tests in the morning and in the afternoon go to class. Tuesday morning this test began for the Middle School I was visiting. I proctored a test for one student. When we sat down the student said he could not read could I read for him. I was in complete shock, a student who is in the 7th grade who can not read. Well, I read and he answered the questions. Then the next hour I was a scribe for an 8th grader who had broken a bones in his wrist on the hand he writes with. That was interesting since I am a bad speller. He did a good job with his thoughts, but did not follow the instructions. For both students all I wanted to do was tell them what they needed to correct to do a better job, but I could not. Then on Wednesday, I proctored a math test. I am not for sure what the Indiana Education Department thinks, but I saw student so frustrated they were almost in tears.

Thursday was a day of cleaning house and washing clothes and hanging those clothes on the cloth line. The reason for the cleaning of the house was our youngest daughter and her husband were coming home on Friday. Friday was the greatest day of the week. The office Hubby works out of had their Christmas party in September. We drove to Shipshewana, Indiana (this is an Amish community) to go to the Blue Gate Theater to see Mark Lowry and Tony Campolo preforming together. If you have a chance to see either of these two men go. I laughed and cried and went away with joy in my heart. For our daughter and Her Hubby we got tickets for this performance for their birthdays and anniversary. In the package was included an overnight stay in an Amish motel, eating supper in an Amish restaurant, and going for a carriage ride. The supper consisted of fried chicken, roast beef, mash potatoes and gravy, home made noddles, green beans, home made bread, home made pie, and drinks of our choice. Lets say no one went away hungry.

The week ended with Hubby and I serving chicken for a benefit during a Fall Feasible in a neighboring town. I saw people I had not seen for a year or so. I put cookies on a small plate and visited for two hours. The benefit was for an organization that warehouses can goods to distribute to individuals who need it. They provide food for 10 different communities in the area.

Well, I do not know what this next week is going to provide, but I can not wait to see what God has planed for me