WE ARE BLESSED

After my folks came back from a trip down to Alb. we had dinner cooked for them. As we were sitting eating my son-in-law began telling us about how a man came to church one time and was so poor and that his clothes was so ragged that he told the people he was not fit to be inside a church. After church the preacher took him home, fed him, let him take a bath, gave him some fresh clothes to wear. They found out where he lived and it was in a one room camper with only a chair for furniture.
As we sat eating I began to really think about how much we are all blessed in the U.S.A. We have food to cook to eat or if not can go out to eat , more clothes and shoes to wear than we know what to do with. But are we thankful.
Do you ever stop and just think about that hamburger or fries you put in your mouth. What if work stopped and there was no money to buy anything with. I know when Ketrina hit my sister-in-law and family had to drive around two hours just to find water for her babies formula. We are all used to swiping that debit card and most people now hardly ever carry any money. She said her bank shut down and they could not even use their debit card. They had very little money with them to buy any water or food.
 We just never stop and think about how blessed we really are. Do you throw out enough food each meal to feed a child or adult, most times we do.
 My son and his church works with the homeless and he sees so much hunger in the area where he lives. They are so glad for the businesses that give them food to feed the people who just survive day to day.
 We do not know when it could be us. We all take life for granted and don't stop and thank God enough just for the food and shelter we all have. There are so many that have lost their jobs and homes. We may not have a big beautiful home to live in, but now just to have a house or trailer means so much. A garden to provide food and a car to drive even if it is a older model.
 So don't waste food. Stop and think when you cook and just be glad that you do have something to feed your family with. It is hard to cut down on cooking when you are so used to cooking for all your family but when they move out it is just so hard to cut back, but I have my mother-in-law to help feed and her grandson, as she is not able to cook so I am glad for my garden and it helps so much thru the summer months when you don't have that big of income to buy food with. Just remember with each bite you eat to count your blessing for it.
We had went to McD's for a biscuit as we were not home to cook and there were around 10 birds in the parking lot walking around. I began to throw out some of the biscuit to feed them and you should have saw how they  fit over a biscuit crumb. It was so funny just to watch them as they were hungry. I just forgot about eating and gave most of my biscuit to them as they were hungry, I ate the sausage lol. It did not take much for them to get full and fly off and let the others eat. It was just like they knew to take turns. Some would eat and fly back in the tree and then others would fly down and eat. I sat there and thought about how they just enjoyed getting to eat some biscuit and then they all went back to their tree and sat there awhile and then flew off.
In this fast paced world we sometimes forget about helping people but here in the mountains we still try to help one another. We all may not have big incomes to do it with but just sometimes lending a hand can work wonders when you are down and out. Not by money, but by being kind to each other and just being there when needed........

GINGER AND GINGER ALE FOR VOMITING

Ginger ale is one of the best for helping a upset stomach when you think you are about to vomit. I have tried this many times and it works better than meds. for me. It is said to also be good for diarrahea.
Ginger tea is good for cramps and upset stomach, sour throat and coughs. It also is good for stress and refreshes your mouth. It is very stong tho and I would not give any tea to children.  It is also good for morning sickness. Just drink a hot cup of ginger tea.
You can make ginger tea by cutting off a 1/2 inch square of giger root and peel it. Take a coffee filter and slice the ginger and put it in it and fill the coffepot with water you can add some of it also in the coffepot and let it filter thru like coffee. May not be strong enough but it is good this way. Or can add some ground ginger in the filter and make like coffee. Just have to expermient with it. Do not fill the coffeepot all the way up if it is a big one. I just use the one cup measurment on mine.

DO NOT PUT ONIONS NEAR POTATOES

Did you know that if you put onions near potatoes that the potatoes give off a gas and they will let the onions spoil quicker. Always have your onions away from your bags of potatoes. Best place to keep onions is in the ref. If they are real strong it will help lighten the taste.

LEMON FOR WEIGHT LOSS

It is said that drinking lemon water in the morning when you first get up will pull fluid out of you and let you lose the water weight. I use 1 Tablespoon fresh or 1/2 Teaspoon bottled lemon juice to 1 cup of warm water. You can feel it go thu your system. Lemons are good for you as they are rich in fiber and iron and vit. C. It is said to stop ageing better then vit. E does.
They will clean stains on copper, aluim. bronze, porcelain. Just dip a cloth in lemon juice and polish and then rinse with warm water.

STOPPING DIARRHIA

I have heard that a good strong cup of black tea will help stop diarrhia. Don't give any to kids as it would be to strong.
Also when my kids were little some of the old folks said to give them some blackberry juice.
 I took one of my kids to the e.r. one time with this and the doc. was a  doc. from across the water and he told me in his country that they cooked rice and took the soup off of it and drunk it and it would help with diarrhia. I tried this and it did work. I would not give this to babys tho.

WARM MILK TO GO TO SLEEP

This is a old remedy that ole timers used to use. If you have drunk cola or coffee during the day a glass of warm will is supposed to help you go to sleep quick. May have to try this. I don't know if I could stand warm milk tho. Maybe with some strawberry syrup in it lol.

MEMORY BAD

I have heard that if you eat 7 almonds a day it will help improve your memory. I saw on tv where they eat sunflower seeds across the water for better memorny. Not the ones that have been roasted, the ones that are fresh and dehulled. I love almonds anyway so maybe I shoud start eating them more.