This and That for 9/5 ~ 9/12

Three quotes for the week of September 6-12

Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood.

Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

Marie Curie

Aim at heaven and you will get earth thrown in.

Aim at earth and you get neither.

C. S. Lewis

I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen:

not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.

C. S. Lewis

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HOUSEHOLD HINTS

Clean a Vase

To remove those tough stains from the bottom of a glass vace, just fill with water and add two Alka-Seltzer tablets.

Cleaner Microwave

Dissolve two Tbs. baking soda in one cup water in a small microwave-safe bowl. Let the solution boil in the microwave for a few minutes so that the steam condenses on the walls. Then wipe clean with a damp sponge.Always put something like a toothpick or a straw in the water that you're boiling in the microwave. Otherwise, it could explode when you take it out and give you a bad burn, because it actually reaches a point beyond boiling.

Clogged Drain

You can use store-brand denture cleaning tablets for years to clean vases. The tablets also work great to remove that icky grease build-up from kitchen drains. Just drop a couple denture cleaning tablets down the kitchen drain, along with a cup of hot water." Works like a charm!

Here is yet another tip. If your drain is clogged with grease, pour one cup of salt and one cup of baking soda into the drain followed by a kettle of boiling water. This should do the trick!

Coffee Pot Stains

The best way to clean a burnt coffee pot is to put baking soda in the pot and put the pot back on the burner until the burnt coffee dissolves, then rinse with hot water."

Pots and Pans Stains

Cascade automatic dish detergent is terrific for removing baked on stains from bake-ware, and pots and pans, teakettles, etc. Make a paste of Cascade and a bit of water. Paint on a thin coat with a pastry brush, let it sit for awhile and rinse off. Make sure that it's rinsed thoroughly. For really hard baked-on food, wrap the pan in saran wrap tightly and let sit overnight. Rinse thoroughly and dry. It works on stainless, glass, porcelain and ceramic.

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LET'S LAUGH

We've come a long way baby!

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SOME MORE LAUGHS

Satan-In-Law

One bright, beautiful Sunday morning, everyone in the tiny Midwest town got up early and went to the local church. Before the services started, the townspeople were sitting in their pews. Suddenly, Satan appeared at the front of the church. Everyone started screaming and running for the entrance, trampling each other in a frantic effort to get away from an evil incarnate.

Soon everyone was evacuated from the church, except for one elderly gentleman who sat calmly in his pew, not moving.....seemingly oblivious to the fact that God's ultimate enemy was in his presence. Now this confused and irritated the Devil a bit, so he walkedup to the man and said, "Don't you know who I am?" "Yep, sure do," the elderly man said.

Satan asked, "Aren't you afraid of me?" This time the man said, "Nope, sure ain't!" Satan, a little more perturbed at this, asked, "Why aren't you afraid of me?" The man calmly replied, "Been married to your sister for 56 years."

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A Rare Book

A collector of rare books ran into an acquaintance who told him he had just thrown away an old Biblethat he found in a dusty, old box. He happened to mention that Guten-somebody-or-other had printed it.

"Not Gutenberg?" gasped the collector.

"Yes, that was it!"

"You idiot! You've thrown away one of the first books ever printed. A copy recently sold at auction for half a million dollars!"

"Oh, I don't think this book would have been worth anything close to that much," replied the man. "It was scribbled all over in the margins by some guy named Martin Luther."

Author is Unknown...LOL

Shared by Corinne Mustafa