TEST YOUR EYESIGHT WITH THIS PIECE FROM 1872, CLEVER USES FOR PICKLE JUICE, BREAK DANCING AT THE PARIS 2024 OLYMPICS

Monday is back!
As it always returns after the weekend.
And the whole cycle thing begins again.
Isn’t it wonderful?
New week.
New beginnings of possibilities.

Before going further …
Drum roll —
SHOUT OUT to Birthday Girl, Carol –
Happy Birthday, Daymaker!

So let’s get started with the gems I collected to share today – pretty sure will be enjoyed by one and all.

BEGINNING WITH:

TESTING OUR EYESIGHT
From this piece of “Puzzled Fox” from 1872.
I failed the test miserably.
However, after the reveal — I saw all of them.

17 CLEVER USES FOR PICKLE JUICE
All very clever and noteworthy.
However, my favorite takeaways are:
Cooking rice!  What?  I buy that idea!
Mixing it in with homemade bread.  Again – What?  I buy that idea, too.
Soups – without a doubt, makes yum sense.
Save your pickle juice people!  I am.

WHY AND HOW TO PLANT ONIONS AND GARLIC IN THE FALL
I wouldn’t have given this article a minute of my time save the part where I went to the grocery store the other day and bought 1 – that’s 1 – red onion and it rang up at the register as $1.56.

We’re not talking a JUMBO onion – just medium size.  Imagine the size between a tennis ball and a baseball.
I was like to myself, “What?!  An onion? for a buck 56?”

I looked to the cashier who I am friendly with and is super cool and said, “This has got to be an error in the system.”

She assured me it wasn’t – she said,  “Girl, everything’s so high now – including onions.”

I’m so gonna make room for a little patch of garden to plant some onions this fall.  I like to use onions in cooking.
How about you?  Doesn’t sound so hard to do thanks to Old World Garden Farms giving us the simple planting instructions on how-to.

SHOULD WE WASH OUR CLOTHES INSIDE OUT
Absolutely makes sense after reading this tiny piece of wisdom from the PROfessionals.
My sister, Jennie, has been doing/advocating it forever.
And I didn’t pay attention to her because, well, she’s my younger sister. haha
Inside out from here on out!

WHY LEMONS FLOAT AND LIMES DON’T
Not like it really matters all the way.  But has always been a curiosity to me regarding the why.
Now we know.

• RECIPES!
  GREEN GODDESS TOMATO SANDWICH
  Absolutely has my full attention!  Instead of the “nothing to see here” adage – everything to see here and it looks mouth watering great.
  MEAL PREP OF COLD NOODLE SALAD IN A JAR
  I’m not really a meal prep kinda gal per se – but this one – yep!  On it!
  ZUCCHINI FRITTERS FETA AND DILL
  Zucchini season is long from being gone-baby-gone.  So I intend to embrace the Z-Season with a mix of recipes to enjoy.
  TOMATO, CHEDDAR, CHICKEN AND RICE BAKE
  Shazammmm!  How delish does this dish look?  Gotta be outstanding.
  PEACH COFFEE CAKE
  Is totally calling my name.  I’m not much of a sweet eater but I do love EVERYTHING peaches and ’tis the season for fresh peaches.  Thinking coffee in the morning or mid-afternoon snack with a big glass of iced tea or midnight-snack-attack with a small glass of cold milk.

BREAKING AT THE PARIS OLYMPICS 2024
Is a MUST watch!  AMAZING.
When you click on the link – you’ll read that “Video is Unavailable”  — however, it surely is.
Just gotta click on the WATCH NOW ON YOUTUBE –  2nd sentence right below the “Video is Unavailable” thing and it’ll pop right up.
Talk about athletes!
They take over figure skating and even gymnastics in my wanna-watch-performances of Olympics on screen.
Bring on the break dancers!
OUTSTANDING.  And Fun.
And what I also love about these break dancer athletes – is that they are quality sportsmen – and they do the handshake, smile, hug to the winner.
Very, very cool to me.

CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS
Had me howling.
God bless the church secretaries who might make a little type-o or their translation from brain to paper reads a little different to us – as readers – from what the secretary’s thoughts were.   Bless their hearts.
Been there – done that – perhaps in some posts (inadvertently) in Daymaker.  hahaha

AS ALWAYS
We are so thankful for your time + sharing + caring + engaging.

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Enjoy today’s read.

• Test Your Eyesight with Mind Bending Optical Illusion of 16 animals and human faces – the “Puzzled Fox” was first published in 1872 and still bafflles people today.  Challenge yourself to see how well you do.
• 17 Clever Uses for Leftover Pickle Juice
• Why/How to Plant Onions and Garlic in the Fall
• Should We Wash Our Clothes Inside Out?
• Why Lemons Float and Limes Sink
• RECIPE (!) Green goddess Tomato Sandwich
• RECIPE (!) Meal Prep – Cold Noodles +++ in a Mason Jar or Thermos
• RECIPE (!) Zucchini Fritters with Feta and Dill
• RECIPE (!) Tomato Cheddar Chicken and Rice Bake
• RECIPE (!) Peach Coffee Cake
• Breaking at the Paris Olympics!

CHURCH BULLETIN BLOOPERS

1. “Berth Belch, a missionary from Africa, will be speaking tonight at Calvary Methodist.  Come hear Berth Belch all the way from Africa.”
2. Announcement:  “PRAYER & FASTING CONFERENCE includes meals.”
3. “The sermon this morning:  ‘Jesus Walks on Water.’ The sermon tonight:  ‘Searching for Jesus.'”
4. “Our youth basketball team is back in action Wednesday at 8pm in the recreation hall.  Come out and watch us kill Christ the King.”
5. “Ladies, don’t forget the rummage sale.  It’s a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house.  Don’t forget your husbands.”
6. “The peacemaking meeting scheduled for this weekend has been canceled due to a conflict.”
7. “Remember in prayer those who are sick of our community.”
8. “Miss Charlene Mason sang, I will not pass this way again, giving obvious pleasure to the congregation.”
9. “Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir.  They need all the help they can get.”
10. “Barbara remains in the hospital and needs blood donors for more transfusions.  She is also having trouble sleeping and requests tapes of Pastor Jack’s sermons.”
11. “The Rector will preach his farewell message after which — the choir will sing, Break Forth into Joy.”
12. “A bean supper will be held on Tuesday evening in the church hall.  Music will follow.”
13. “At the evening service tonight, the topic will be ‘What is Hell?’  Come early and listen to our choir practice.”
14. “Scouts are saving aluminum cans, bottles, and other items to be recycled.  Proceeds will be used to cripple children.”
15. “The church will host an evening of fine dining, superb entertainment, and gracious hostility.”
16. “Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 pm.  Prayer and medication to follow.”
17. “The ladies of the church have cast off clothing of every kind.  They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.”
18. “This Thursday evening at 7:00 pm there will be a hymn sing in the park across from the church.  Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.”
19. “Ladies Bible Study will be held Thursday morning at 10:00 am.  All ladies are invited in the Fellowship Hall after the B.S. is done.”
20. “The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.”
21. “Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Tuesday at 7 PM.  Please use the back door.”
22. “The eighth-graders will be presenting Shakespeare’s Hamlet in the Church basement Friday at 7 PM.  The Congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.”
23. “Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM.  Please use the large double door at the side entrance.”
24. “The Associate Minister unveiled the church’s new tithing campaign slogan last Sunday, ‘I Upped My Pledge – Up Yours.'”

from my hilarious collection of emails
this one from 2015

WHEN YOU HAVE A SOLID UPBRINGING AND
A STRONG SENSE OF PLACE, THAT SUSTAINS YOU.
MY SENSE OF HOME NEVER LEAVES ME.
~ LYLE LOVETT ~

WISHING YOU A HOME-FILLED FEELING REST OF THE WEEK
CATCH YA WEDNESDAY
SAME TIME
SAME PLACE