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Did Ya Hear This?
The Importance of Walking
Walking can add minutes to your life. This enables
you at 85 years old to spend an additional 5 months
in a nursing home at $4,000 per month.
My grandpa started walking five miles a day when
he was 60. Now he's 97 years old and we have no
idea where in the world he is.
I like long walks, especially when they are taken by
people who annoy me.
I have to walk early in the morning, before my brain
figures out what I'm doing.
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------I joined a health club last year, spent about 250
bucks. Haven't lost a pound. Apparently, you actually
have to go there to lose the weight!
Every time I find myself using the dirty word 'exercise', I wash my mouth out with chocolate.
I do have flabby thighs, but fortunately my stomach
covers them.
The advantage of exercising every day is so when
you die, they'll say, "Well, he looks very fit, doesn't
he."
If you are going to try cross-country skiing, start
with a small country.
I know I got a lot of exercise the last few years, just
getting over the hill.
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------We all get heavier as we get older, because there's
a lot more information in our heads. That's my story
and I'm sticking to it.
Every time I start thinking too much about how I
look, I just find a bar with a Happy Hour and by the
time I leave, I look just fine.
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------A polar bear walks into a bar and says, "Give me a
scotch and ... Coke."
"Why the long pause?" asks the bartender.
"I don't know." says the bear. "I've always had
them."
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------My cousin always "borrows" money from her older
brother's piggy bank, which drives him crazy. One
day, she found the piggy bank in, of all places, the
refrigerator. Inside was this note: "Dear sister, I hope
you'll understand, but my capital has been frozen."
----------------------☺☺☺---------------------
The Spotlight – Page 2
Kid Wisdom
They Say the Funniest Things!
The other night I was trying on a few dresses I had
bought for a work party of my husbands. My two
sons were in the bath and my older son, Gabe, said,
"You look pretty mommy, but maybe too pretty. You
don't need to look pretty anymore since you're married."
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------Just as we got to the neighborhood pool for a swim,
my four year old son jumped in and said, "Oh darn,
they put caffeine in it!" I was puzzled until I realized
he meant to say 'chlorine.'
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------There's a new car dealership celebrating their festive opening weekend just a few blocks up from my
apartment complex. Browsing the display cars and
waiting to speak with a dealer, I noticed a kid, maybe
7 or 8, waltz right in by himself and toss a handful of
change on the receptionists counter. The lady, looking amused, asked if the kid wanted to buy a car. The
young child looked agitated said, "Of course not, how
much for the balloons?"
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------Some local firefighters came to my classroom to
teach fire safety. This is an excerpt from the presentation:
Firefighter: This is a fire alarm. It is used to signal
people in a house that there is smoke and maybe even
a fire.
Kindergartner: That looks like the alarm my mommy
uses to check if dinner is done!
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------My son, Reese, 4, to his brother, Adam, 10:
Reese: "Can I go on your top bunk?"
Adam: "No, you have to be 6. There's a sticker that
says so."
Reese: "Why don't you just take the sticker off?"
-----------------------☺☺☺--------------------I was telling a child in my class about my deaf dog
and explaining how she couldn't hear. The boy (aged
5), seemed confused and suggested, "Why don't you
write it down for her to read?"
-----------------------☺☺☺---------------------
THINGS TO THINK ABOUT!
1. You spend the first two years of their life teaching them to walk and talk. Then you spend the next
sixteen telling them to sit down and shut up.
2. Grandchildren are God's reward for not killing
your own children.
3. Mothers of teens now know why some animals eat
their young.
4. Children seldom misquote you. In fact, they usually repeat word for word what you shouldn't have said.
5. The main purpose of holding children's parties is
to remind yourself that there are children more awful
than your own.
6. We child proofed our home, but they are still getting in.
ADVICE FOR THE DAY:
Be nice to your kids.
They will choose your nursing home one day
AND FINALLY:
IF YOU HAVE A LOT OF TENSION AND YOU
GET A HEADACHE, DO WHAT IT SAYS ON THE
ASPIRIN BOTTLE:
"TAKE TWO ASPIRIN AND KEEP AWAY FROM
CHILDREN!"
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The Spotlight – Page 3
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The Spotlight – Page 5
Mulva
Silly
Sally
A Sassy Lady
You Know You're A Mom When:
1. Your feet stick to the kitchen floor, and you don't care.
2. When the kids are fighting, you threaten to lock them
in a room together and not let them out until someone's
bleeding.
5. Your idea of a good day is making it through without a
child leaking bodily fluids on you.
6. Popsicles become a food staple.
7. Your favorite television show is a cartoon.
8. Peanut butter and jelly is eaten at least in one meal a
day.
11. You're so desperate for adult conversation that you
spill your guts to the telemarketer that calls...and HE
hangs up on YOU!
12. Spit is your number one cleaning agent.
13. You buy cereal with marshmallows in it.
14. The closest you get to gourmet cooking is making Rice
Krispie treats.
15. You get up at 5:30 AM and spend the day vacuuming, dusting, wiping, washing, drying, loading, unloading,
shopping, cooking, driving, flushing, ironing, sweeping,
picking up, changing sheets, changing diapers, bathing,
helping with homework, paying bills, budgeting, clipping
coupons, folding clothes, putting to bed, dragging out
of bed, brushing, chasing, buckling, feeding, pushing on
the swings, playing baseball, bike riding, pushing trucks,
cuddling dolls, roller blading, basketball, football, catch,
bubbles, sprinklers, slides, nature walks, coloring, crafts,
jumping rope, raking, trimming, planting, edging, mowing, gardening, painting, and walking the dog. You're up
until 11:00 P.M., you have had no time to eat, sleep, drink,
or go to the bathroom, and yet...You still manage to gain
10 pounds.
--------------------------♥♥♥---------------------------
It All Began With An iPhone...
March was when my son's 15th birthday and I got him an
iPhone.
I celebrated my birthday in July and my wife made me
very happy when she bought me an iPad.
My daughter's birthday was in August so I got her an
iPod Touch.
September came by, so for my wife's birthday I bought
her an iRon. It was around then that the fight started. What
my wife failed to recognize is that the iRon can be integrated into the home network with the iWash, iCook and
iClean. This unfortunately made my wife iRate.
Which led me to the iHospital and iGet out Thursday.
Medical Terminology According to Silly Sally
Artery -- Study of paintings
Bacteria -- Back door of cafeteria
Barium -- What doctors do when treatment fails
Cat scan -- Searching for kitty
Cauterize -- Made eye contact with her
Colic -- Sheep dog
Coma -- A punctuation mark
Congenital -- Friendly
D&C -- Where Washington is
Dilate -- To live long
Fester -- Quicker
Fibula -- A small lie
G.I. Series -- Soldiers' ball game
Grippe -- Suitcase
Hangnail -- Coathook
Labor pain -- Got hurt at work
Medical staff -- Doctor's cane
Morbid -- Higher offer
Nitrate -- Cheaper than day rate
Node -- Was aware of
Outpatient -- Person who had fainted
Pelvis -- Cousin of Elvis
Post operative -- Letter carrier
Protein -- Favoring young people
Recovery room -- Place to do upholstery
Rheumatic -- Amorous
Secretion -- Hiding anything
Seizure -- Roman emperor
Serology -- Study of knighthood
Tablet -- Small table
Terminal illness -- Sickness at airport
Tibia -- Country in North Africa
Tumor -- An extra pair
Varicose -- Located nearby
Vein -- Conceited
-----------------------------------------------
"When I Win The Lottery..."
Silly Sally and her friend were out one afternoon,
sipping their Starbucks when a truck went past loaded
up with rolls of sod.
"I'm going to do that when I win the lottery," announced Blonde #1.
"Do what?" asked Blonde #2.
"Send my lawn out to be mowed."
-----------------------------------------------
The Spotlight – Page 6
WORD SEARCH
APPLIQUE
BACKING
BIAS
BOBBIN
DART
EDGE STITCH
FRENCH SEAM
HEM
HOOK AND EYE
INSEAM
LINING
NEEDLE
PEPLUM
PINTUCK
PIPING
PLEAT
RICKRACK
SEAM
Across
◦A train station is where the train stops. A bus station
is where the bus stops. On my desk, I have a work
station.
◦Give a person a fish, you feed him for a day; teach a
person to use Facebook and they won't bother you for
weeks.
There is only one rule: Fill in the grid so that every row,
column & small grid contains all digits 1-6 only once.
SUDOKU
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1 Spr.. month
4 College (abbr.)
8 On the other side
14 Fear
15 Zip
16 Capes
17 Game official
18 Clips
19 Truss
20 Mistreating
22 Flightless bird
23 Killed
24 European monetary unit
27 Bugs
31 Margarine
33 Computer makers
35 "Raven" author
36 Spark
38 Female deer
39 Muffle
40 Inclined to flattery
44 ___ Roosevelt
46 Pallid
47 Possessive pronoun
49 Danish krone (abbr.)
50 United States
51 Wooden sheet
52 Gas burner
55 Stray
58 Snaky fish
61 Rattle on
63 Gnawer
65 Ralph Waldo ___
67 S. American llama
70 Egg-shaped
71 __ Lanka
72 Cat toy stuffing
73 Money
74 Picnic visitor
75 Demands
76 Island
77 Ship initials
The Spotlight – Page 7
Down
1 Tapestry
2 Indian village
3 Put more gas in
4 Negative (prefix)
5 Hew
6 Bye
7 Decameter
8 Suffer
9 Walk noisily
10 Scoundrel
11 Cereal
12 Winter sport
13 Compass point
21 Wet
25 Free of
26 Band instrument
28 Made thread
29 Dorothy's dog
30 Prophet
32 Unrefined metal
34 Alloy
37 Harvest
39 Martin Luther King Jr., for example
40 Data transmission rate
41 Soviet Union
42 Central Thai
43 Christmas
45 Stretch to make do
48 Grain
53 National capital
54 Oak seeds
56 French money
57 Understood
59 Famous brand of blue jeans
60 Wee
62 Makes a sweater
64 Raps lightly
66 Women's magazine
67 Expert
68 Flabby
69 School group
70 Kimono sash
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“We don’t have a choice on
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the question is
what to DO ABOUT IT.”
- Dr. James A. Davies
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The Spotlight – Page 9
Grandpa’s Wisdom
TACT (TACTFUL)
Acute sensitivity to what is proper and appropriate in
dealing with others, including the ability to speak or act
without offending.
TACT IS:
* the ability to hold your tongue until it's under control.
* the act of making a point without making an enemy.
* the ability to close your mouth before somebody else
wants to.
* getting your point across without stabbing someone
with it.
* the ability to make a person see lightning without letting him feel the bolt.
* the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.
* putting it nicely, but not quite precisely.
* It is tact that is golden, not silence.
* the unsaid part of what you think.
* knowing how far to go too far.
* the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
* What you thought but didn't say.
* treating everybody as if they knew what they were
talking about when they don't.
* changing the subject without changing your mind.
* stepping on someone's toes without ruining their
shoeshine.
* taking the stinger out of a bee without getting stung.
*the intelligence of the heart.
*the business of handling porcupines without disturbing
the quills.
* rubbing out another's mistake instead of rubbing it in.
*rubbing people the right way. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - One office supervisor called a secretary in to give her
the bad news that she was being fired.
She started the conversation with:
"Miss Symthe, I really don't know how we're going to
get along without you, but starting Monday, we're going
to try." - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - A neighbor of my grandparents gave her a pumpkin
pie as a gift. As lovely as the gesture was, it was clear
from the first bite that the pie tasted bad. It was so
inedible that my grandmother had to throw it away.
Ever gracious and tactful, my grandmother still felt
obliged to send the neighbors a note. It read, "Thank
you very much for the pumpkin pie. Something like
that doesn't last very long in our house."
In a restaurant, when a waiter put too much pepper on her salad. Mrs. Berle tasted it and said, "Hmm.
Needs more salad."
Every Conversation
Is a Hearing Test!
How did you do today?
Top News - SOURCE: Reuters
US Hearing Loss - Epidemic
— One of three US adults already suffers from
some degree of hearing loss. The use of personal
stereos and an aging population may create a hearing
impairment epidemic, according to a study carried out
by a team of scientists at Johns Hopkins University.
The researchers estimated that 55 million Americans have hearing loss in one or both ears, with men,
whites and the least-educated most affected, while
one out of six, or 29 million adults, have some trouble discerning speech, more than previous estimates,
they reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
"The prevalence of hearing loss in the United
States is predicted to rise significantly because of
an aging population and the growing use of personal
listening devices. Indeed, there is concern that we
may be facing an epidemic of hearing impairment,"
Dr. Yuri Agrawal of the Baltimore hospital wrote.
It is common for people to ignore or disavow hearing loss, the researchers said, leading to difficulty
communicating that can result in productivity problems at work, depression, and less access to health
care that ultimately raises the risk of sickness and
death.
Hearing loss is common among people 70 and
older, according to the report. But hearing loss also
affected 8.5% of those in their 20s and 17% of
people in their 30s. Exposure to workplace noise,
firearms, and loud music were all risk factors.
Assessing health information collected from 5,700
Americans aged 20 to 69 years between 1999 and
2004 in the federal National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, Agrawal and colleagues found men
were twice as likely as women (21% versus 11%)
to have speech-frequency hearing loss in one or
both ears.
Whites were more than twice as prone to hearing loss than blacks, and those with less education
were more at risk than those who completed high
school or beyond. Also dramatically increasing
the chances of hearing loss were smoking, high
blood pressure and diabetes.
Screening for hearing loss should begin in young
adulthood, particularly for vulnerable groups,
1/ Talk with others about hearing loss!
2/ Promote the benefits of hearing aids!
3/ Remind others to protect their hearing!
The Spotlight – Page 10
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The Spotlight – Page 11
POTTERY, ETC.
To coat food with a very thin layer of oil, use a
spray bottle with oil in it (there are special misters
that accommodate the viscosity of oil). This beats using a brush and reduces the amount of oil used.
VINEGAR TO THE RESCUE
To help control unpleasant cooking aromas, dampen
a cloth with a 50-50 mixture of vinegar and water.
Drape it over the cooking pot, taking care that the
edges are far from the flame or intense heat.
STEAM RELEASE
When baking potatoes, pierce the skin with a fork
to allow the steam to escape. Your reward will be a
wonderfully fluffy texture.
POP! GOES THE CONTAINER
A microwave oven is just as safe as a conventional
oven. However, make sure you never place a sealed
container in a microwave. The pressure can build up,
and the container can explode (this is also why you
should prick egg yolks and potatoes before microwaving them).
75:25
Keep a shaker filled with a ratio of 75 percent salt
and 25 percent pepper next to the range or food
preparation area.
CANOLA TO THE RESCUE
To saute or fry with butter, margarine, or lard, add a
small amount of canola oil to raise the smoke point.
This will keep the solid fat from breaking down at
lower temperatures.
GRANDMA WAS RIGHT
To keep a pot from boiling over, stick a toothpick
between the lid and the pot. Other tricks include placing a wooden spoon across the top of the uncovered
pot or rubbing butter around the inside lip of the pot.
IT'S GOOD TO BE SHALLOW
Always use a shallow pot for cooking roasts. This
will allow air to circulate more efficiently. Elevating
the meat by cooking it atop celery ribs, carrot sticks,
or 1/4 to 1/2-inch thick onion slices also helps.
POSITION IS EVERYTHING
When microwaving foods that are not uniform in
shape or thickness, be sure to arrange the larger,
thicker, or tougher areas toward the outside of the
pan.
• CHINA
Helpful Hints
Make Someone
Laugh & You Will
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LINENS
Professor Smugly
Spotlight Recipes:
Double-Portobello Burgers with Roasted
Tomatoes
Roasted plum tomatoes are the "ketchup" for these
vegetarian burgers. Melted sharp provolone between the
mushrooms delivers the oozy cheese factor.
Total Time: 45 minutes
Makes 4
Ingredients:
8 portobello mushrooms, stemmed
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
Coarse salt and freshly ground pepper
1 can (28 ounces) plum tomatoes, drained (reserve 3 tablespoons juice) and quartered lengthwise
5 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
1/8 teaspoon crushed red-pepper flakes
4 whole-wheat hamburger buns, split
2 ounces sharp provolone cheese, grated
3 ounces arugula
Directions:
Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Arrange mushrooms on a
baking sheet, stem sides down, and brush with 1 tablespoon oil. Season with 1/4 teaspoon salt and some pepper.
Toss tomatoes with remaining tablespoon oil, the sliced
garlic, and crushed red-pepper flakes on a parchment-lined
rimmed baking sheet.
Roast, flipping mushrooms and stirring tomatoes halfway
through, for 25 minutes. Transfer tomatoes to a bowl, and
toss with reserved juice.
Heat broiler. Toast buns, cut sides up, on a baking sheet
for about 45 seconds. Broil mushrooms on center rack for
3 minutes. Flip, and top 4 with cheese, then remaining
mushrooms. Broil just until cheese melts, about 1 minute.
Sandwich tomatoes, arugula, and mushrooms between
buns.
Peanut-Butter Granola Bars
These homemade versions of a favorite snack food
are filled with healthy fruit and nuts and are very
simple to make.
Total Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
Makes 16
Ingredients:
1 large egg white
1/2 cup old-fashioned oats
1/2 cup dried cranberries
1/2 cup sliced almonds
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup natural peanut butter or almond butter
1/2 cup light brown sugar
3 tablespoons vegetable oil
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Directions:
Preheat oven to 300 degrees. Line an 8-inch square
baking pan with 2 crisscrossed rectangles of parchment paper, leaving a 2-inch overhang at 2 opposite
ends. In a large bowl, combine oats, almonds and
cranberries.
I n a small saucepan, whisk together oil, brown
sugar, peanut butter, cinnamon, salt and 1 tablespoon
water over low heat until sugar has dissolved, about
5 minutes. Let cool slightly; whisk in egg white. Pour
over oat mixture; stir until moistened. Spread evenly
in bottom of pan; smooth top.
Bake until top is firm, about 30 minutes. Let cool 10
minutes. Lift out of pan, using paper as handles. Let
cool completely, cut into bars with serrated knife.
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