Salt & Pepper
Two friends with a lot to say!Thanksgiving Monday
1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay ‘them’2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.
3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. ‘An idle mind is the devil’s workshop.’
4. Enjoy the simple things.
5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.
6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.
7. Surround yourself with what you love , whether it’s family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.
8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.
9. Don’t take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.
10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.
AND ALWAYS REMEMBER :
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away.
And if you don’t send this to at least 8 people - who cares?
First Female Buffalo Soldier – Cathay Williams
Cathay Williams (1842 –1892? ) was the first and only known female Buffalo Soldier.
She was born into slavery and worked for the Union army during the Civil War. She posed as a man and enlisted as Williams Cathay in the 38th infantry in 1866. She was given a medical discharge in 1868. Click link to read more: http://hubpages.com/hub/First-Female-Buffalo-Soldier-Cathay-Williams
Black Indian of Southeastern America
Click link: 
http://hubpages.com/hub/Black-Indian-of-Southeastern-America
African slaves were brought to America to supposedly to labor in the place of the Indigenous people, who showed themselves ill-suited to enforced tasks, and moreover were being annihilated in the Spanish colonies in the 1500’s.
TGIF ~ Remember the Military/Veterans
Regardless of your feelings about the military and/or war, the people in uniform deserve a prayer, positive thought, moment of silence and/or respect. They are in constant situations that can put them in harms way-even at home. Remember government civilians are in the same boat. There was a civilian killed at Ft. Hood along with those soldiers, just like at the Pentagon on 9/11.
Understand there are hateful people in America, and I’m not talking
about the shooter! I cannot repeat the garbage people wrote on Facebook and Twitter….BUT this is America and the people in uniform are fighting to preserve your right to be free and write garbage if you like!
Remember the families-children who don’t have a mother or father during this coming holiday season. Remember their mental health. Don’t ignore problems. Be thankful it’s not you!
Halloween Joke from Email
Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married.
One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom.
The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely.
After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, “I think I am going to have a little whisk broom!”
“IMPOSSIBLE!” said the groom broom.
Are you ready for this?
Brace yourself; this is going to hurt! !! !! !
“WE HAVEN’T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!”
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Oh for goodness sake… Laugh, or at least groan.
Life’s too short not to enjoy… Even these silly little cute……
And clean jokes!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sounds to me like she’s been sweeping around!!!
TGIF~Photojojo’s Guide to Scary Photo Pumpkins
Happy Halloween! Carving your own scary photos onto that pumpkin instead of the usual triangle eyes and
pointy teeth. All you need is a scary picture and a little know-how. Read on for the full details on how to make your own photo pumpkins. Read all the details here: http://photojojo.com/content/diy/photo-pattern-pumpkin-carving/
TGIF ~ Substitute Organist
Normally reprint something from my email on Fridays. Here’s one for the organist:
The minister was preoccupied with thoughts of how he was going to ask the congregation to
come up with more money than they were expecting for repairs to the church building. Therefore, he was annoyed to find that the regular organist was sick and a substitute had been brought in at the last minute. The substitute wanted to know what to play. “Here’s a copy of the service,” he said impatiently. “But, you’ll have to think of something to play after I make the announcement about the finances.”
During the service, the minister paused and said, “Brothers and Sisters, we are in great difficulty; the roof repairs cost twice as much as we expected and we need $4,000 more. Any of you who can pledge $100 or more, please stand up.” At that moment, the substitute organist played “The Star Spangled Banner.” And that is how the substitute became the regular organist!
Pardon for John Galveston Giant Johnson
Pardon: John Galveston Giant Johnson
Read article: http://digg.com/d317lGp?t
On April 2, 2001, the Texas State Senate passed Resolution No. 620 declaring that the prosecution and conviction of Jack Johnson had resulted from a contrived charge and was a product of the political and racial tensions of his time.
Vampires – Myth or Fact
Click link: http://hubpages.com/hub/Vampires-Myth-or-Fact 
Vampires today seem to be sexier and more romantic. Watching Moonlight on the SyFy channel, we encounter Mick St. John, a private investigator. He crosses back and forth between being human and being a vampire.
