LUCK

"Combine common sense and the golden rule, and you will have very little bad luck." Anonymous

 

"I don't know anything about luck....Luck to me is something else; hard work and realizing what is opportunity and what isn't." Lucille Ball

 

"I was born lucky, and I have lived lucky. What I had was used. What I still have is being used. Lucky." Katharine Hepburn

 

"People always call it luck when you've acted more sensibly than they have." Anne Tyler

 

"Everything in life is luck." Donald Trump

 

"You don't just luck into things....You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities." Barbara Bush

 

"Get as much experience as you can, so that your're ready when luck works. That's the luck." Henry Fonda

 

"Luck is a matter of preparation meeting opportunity." Oprah Winfrey

Nature & Beauty

"Those who contemplate the beauty of the earth find reserves of strength that will endure as long as life lasts."

 Rachel Louise Carson

"In all things of nature there is something of the marvelous."

Aristotle

"Nature has been for me...a source of solace, inspiration, adventure and delight; a home, a teacher, a companion."

Lorraine Anderson

"Nothing is more Beautiful than the loveliness of the woods before sunrise."

 George Washington Carver

"Thre true beauty of nature is her amplitude; she exists neither for nor because of us, and possesses a staying power that all our nuclear arsenals cannot threaten."   Stephen Jay Gould
"The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside...amidst the simple beauty of nature."                                                                                Anne Frank
"Climb the mlountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you...while cares will drop off like autumn leaves..."                                                                John Muir
"Earth laughs in flowers."                                                                                    Ralph Waldo Emerson

Today Is....

Anonymous Quotes

Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

Life is about choices. Choose to live each day to its fullest.

Never miss an opportunity to tell someone you love them.

Relax, reflect and recharge each day.

Don’t waste today worrying about yesterday.

The best accessory is a smile. Wear one often.

Share your blessings when you’re feeling blessed.

Fill your to-do list with things that make you happy.

Remember that some things are urgent and others are important. Know the difference.

If you want something out of your day, put something into it.

Share your thoughts to uplift, not undermine.

Never let a kind word go unsaid.

Teach what you know. Learn what you don’t.

Love is...

Keep your heart open for as long as you can, as wide as you can for others and especially yourself. Morrie Schwartz

Love lights more fires than hate can extinguish. Ella Wheeler-Wilcox

May the blessed sunshine shine on you and warm your heart till it flows like a great peat fire, so that the stranger may come and warm himself at it and also a friend. Irish Blessing

Kindness in words creates confidence; kindness in thinking creates profoundness; kindness in feeling creates love. Lao Tzu

We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can fly only by embracing each other. Luciano De Crescenzo

In order to love simply, it is necessary to know how to show love. Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Love is love’s reward. John Dryden

No, the heart that truly loved never forgets, But as truly loves on to the close. Thomas Moore

Love the moment and the energy of the moment will spread beyond all boundaries. Corita Kent

Love is the tact of every good, The only warmth, the only peace. Delmore Schwartz

Stickers

Old magazines, comic books or gift wrap
• 2 tsp. flavored gelatin
• 5 tsp. boiling water
• Paintbrush

Time needed: Under 1 Hour

Step 1: Cut a bunch of pictures from the magazines, comic books or gift wrap.
		Step 2: With a small paintbrush, coat the backs of the cutouts with a thin layer of gelatin solution. Let dry, and the stickers are ready to lick and stick.

Misc.

These are some misc. substitutes that can come in real handy.

• Light Corn Syrup 1 cup + 1 Tbsp granulated sugar & 1/4 C water
• Dark Corn Syrup 1 cup + 1 Tbsp brown sugar & 1/4 cup water
• Gluten & dairy free maple syrup or honey can also be used as a corn syrup replacer

 

Dairy

= to 1 C of orginial Dairy Product

 

Butter

1cup dairy free margarine & 1 1/2 Tbsp water

 

Butter Milk

1 Tbsp apple cider vinegar or lemon juice topped up to 1 cup with gluten & dairy free milk alternative (soy milk, potato milk)

allow the liquid to stand for 4 to 6 minutes before dadding to a recipe

 

Double or heavy Cream

2/3 cup milk alternative & 1/3 cup melted dairy free margarine

 

Single or light Cream

1/4 Cup milk alternative & 1/4 cup melted dairy free margarine

 

Evaporated Milk

use Single Cream as listed above

 

Sweetened Condensed Milk

1/2 Cup Dari-Free, 3/4 cup Sugar, 2 Tbsp dairy free margarine, 1/2 tsp xanthan gum or guar gum

Mix all the ingredients together well

Bring slowly to a boil over a med. heat stirring constantly

Boil for 1 minute or until thick & bubbling stirring constantly

Chill liquid before adding to recipe