-- Author unknown In late spring and all summer, pesky ticks show their ugly heads. Here is a terrific and effective way to get them off you, your children and your pets. Give it a try! This helpful tip should be sent to anyone with children... or hunters with dogs... or anyone who steps outside in summer for that matter. A School Nurse has written the following information and details - and it really works! I had a pediatrician tell me what she believes is the best way to remove a tick. This is great, because it works in those places where it's sometime difficult to get to with tweezers; between toes, in the middle of a head full of dark hair, etc.

-- By Pete Barkelew, Inspire21.com founder These 30 "Positive Daily Affirmations" were created to help train the mind to eliminate many of the mental stumbling blocks people have in life and business. The idea is to read one each day of every month to help manage stress, deal with others and improve your outlook on life. Day 1: QUIT PROCRASTINATION Human beings tend to put things off, like menial tasks and chores. The easiest way to handle any task is to tackle it right away, without hesitation. Volumes have been written on the virtues of "ACT NOW!" I will eliminate a lot of my day-to-day aggravations and concerns by simply doing the things I'd normally put off immediately. Handle it once; get it out of the way. Day 2: QUIT TARDINESS

Published Sunday, May 30, 2010 LOWELL, Mass. - Roger Goodell sent 40 letters to the NFL office in New York City looking for a job in 1981. Forty rejections came back. But more letters to NFL headquarters followed, until one day a weary league executive invited him to "stop by when you're in the neighborhood." "I told him I was in the neighborhood," recalled Goodell, who then drove all night from Pittsburgh to New York City to apply for what was supposed to be a three-month internship. Twenty-five years later, Goodell was appointed to his dream job: commissioner of the National Football League.

Be careful of plastic bottles lying in your yard…Be careful!! This has been verified by Snopes. Pay attention to this. 1. a plastic bottle with a cap.2. a little Drano.3. a little water.4. a small piece of foil.5. Disturb it by moving it; and BOOM!!6. No fingers left and other …

Below is an actual letter sent to a bank. The bank manager thought it amusing enough to have it published in the New York Times. Dear Sir: I am writing to thank you for bouncing my check with which I endeavored to pay my plumber last month. By my calculations, …

-- Author unknown Last year I watched Billy Graham being interviewed by Oprah Winfrey on television. Oprah told him that in her childhood home, she use to watch him preach on a little black and white TV while sitting on a linoleum floor. She went on to the tell viewers that, in his lifetime, Billy has preached to twenty-million people around the world, not to mention the countless numbers who have heard him whenever his crusades are broadcast. When she asked if he got nervous before facing a crowd, Billy replied humbly, "No, I don't get nervous before crowds, but I did today before I was going to meet with you." Oprah's show is broadcast to twenty-million people every day. She is comfortable with famous stars and celebrities but seemed in awe of Dr. Billy Graham.

After reviewing acknowledgments of God from all 50 state constitutions, Americans are faced with the prospect that maybe, just maybe, the ACLU and the out-of-control U.S. federal courts are wrong! If you find this to be 'Food for thought,' share this with as many as you think will be enlightened.... Alabama 1901, Preamble -- We, the people of the State of Alabama , invoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish the following Constitution... Alaska 1956, Preamble -- We, the people of Alaska , grateful to God and to those who founded our nation and pioneered this great land... Arizona 1911, Preamble -- We, the people of the State of Arizona , grateful to Almighty God for our liberties, do ordain this Constitution...

An Inspirational Story By Byron Pulsifer, ┬® 2011 It isn't everyday that I go to the hospital but there are times when I want to and not have to. One of these days came recently when we received a call from our son who proudly announced that a new baby girl had been born into the world. It wasn't that we weren't expecting the call either because we were baby-sitting our first grandson while his parents where otherwise engaged in a miracle of life. We soon had our little grandson bundled up for our winter drive to the city hospital.

ÔÇ¿ÔÇ¿Words & Music by John McCutcheon, c. 1984, John McCutcheon / Appalsong ÔÇ¿This song is based on a true story from the front lines of World War I that I've heard many times. Ian Calhoun, a Scot, was the commanding officer of the British forces involved in the story shown above. He was subsequently court-martialed for 'consorting with the enemy' and sentenced to death. Only George V spared him from that fate. --- ÔÇ¿My name is Francis Toliver, I come from Liverpool.ÔÇ¿ Two years ago the war was waiting for me after school.ÔÇ¿ To Belgium and to Flanders, to Germany to here, I fought for King and country I love dear. 'Twas Christmas in the trenches, where the frost so bitter hung.ÔÇ¿ The frozen fields of France were still, no Christmas song was sung.ÔÇ¿

Well worth the read... Merry Christmas! I remember my first Christmas adventure with Grandma. I was just a kid. I remember tearing across town on my bike to visit her on the day my big sister dropped the bomb: "There is no Santa Claus," she jeered. "Even dummies know that!" My Grandma was not the gushy kind, never had been. I fled to her that day because I knew she would be straight with me. I knew Grandma always told the truth, and I knew that the truth always went down a whole lot easier when swallowed with one of her "world-famous" cinnamon buns. I knew they were world-famous, because Grandma said so. It had to be true.