Carmel Hills Tidbits Carmel Hills Retirement Community May 2013 ~~~Upcoming Events~~~ Monday Nights: 6:15 pm Bible Reading (Dining Room) Monday and Wednesday: 10:15 am Exercise Class (Lounge) Friday Night: 4:00 pm Men s Prayer Meeting (Missionary Room) 1 st & 3 rd Wednesday: 10:00 am Ladies Prayer Meeting (Missionary Room) May 4, 2013: Don s BBQ Buford, SC May 12, 2013: Mother s Day May 19, 2013: 1:45 pm (lounge) Piano students recital May 23, 2013: Senior luncheon Calvary Church May 27, 2013: Memorial Day May 28, 2013: 6:30 pm (lounge) Video Night Happy Birthday to our Residents! 3 Dorothy Schmalgemeier 5 Mary Butler 5 Nancy Madeira 13 Pat Pratt 16 Ruth Snow 22 Shaaron Lenox 31 Jeanette Behnam Happy Anniversary to our Residents! 21 Erich & Ursula Nickel Happy Birthday to our Staff! 7 Gina Glenn Housekeeping Happy Mother s Day Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. Colossians 3:16-17 1 I remember my Mother s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life! ---Abraham Lincoln ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Well, our annual attic sale is over and we can tell you it was a huge success! What a great day we had, great weather, great helpers, great buyers, and just a great time. We want to thank EVERYONE who helped in every way those of you who gave items to sell, those who worked, and those of you who prayed. You all are GREAT! and we can only thank the Lord for you and for His help. By the way, we made almost $4,000.00! Happy Mother s Day to all of our ladies!!! Richard & Lydia Todd
When You Thought I Wasn t Looking Dear Mom: reading your Bible and praying, and I learned that life is more serious than recess. take us to church even when you didn t feel good and I learned that worship and fellowship were more important than TV. hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I wanted to paint a better one. When you thought I wasn t looking, I heard you apologize to Dad, and I learned that when you are wrong it s OK to say so. take a casserole and vacuum cleaner over to the neighbor s house when Mrs. Jones was so sick, and I learned to help others. When you thought I wasn t looking, I saw you saving money in that box so you could give to missions, and I learned that my neighborhood is worldwide. When you thought I wasn t looking, I noticed when we all came home for Thanksgiving that you worked so hard to cook our favorite foods, and that you hugged us all even the one who has transgressed all you taught us and I learned that the highest love is unconditional. When you thought I wasn t looking, I looked at you and I wanted to say, Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn t looking. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brain Warm-ups: uncommon This short paragraph has a very unusual quality. Examine it closely. What is odd? It is a difficult puzzle, but I think you will enjoy it. ---Hint on Page 3; Answer on Page 4 2 How to Foretell the Weather There are several natural ways to foretell the weather. The following are few ways. *A red sunset, slightly purple, with bright blue sky overhead: fine weather *A gray, cloudy sunset: rain *Red sky in the morning: much wind & rain *Gray sky in the morning with breaking clouds: fine weather *A whitish yellow sunset sky: rain during the night or early the next day * Brilliant & queer colors in the sunset, with hard outlines around the clouds: rain & probably wind *Usually clear air & very bright stars: rain *Fog: settled weather *If distant sounds carry very distinctly: rain will soon come *Heavy dew in hot weather: continued fine weather *No dew: rain *Changeable winds: changeable weather *Soft, delicate-looking clouds: fine weather *Hard-edged, oily looking clouds: wind *Small, inky clouds: rain *A morning rainbow: rain *An evening rainbow: fair weather The Pharisees also with the Sadducees came, and tempting desired Him (the Lord Jesus) that He would show them a sign from Heaven. He answered and said unto them, When it is evening, ye say, It will be fair weather: for the sky is red. And in the morning, It will be foul weather today: for the sky is red and lowring. (to have a gloomy, sombre apprearance) Matthew 16:1-3
The Oyster There once was an oyster whose story I tell Who found that some sand had got into his shell. It was only a grain but it gave him great pain. For oysters have feelings although they re so plain. National Third Shift Workers Day May 14 th Let s remember our staff, who work through the night caring for our residents when the rest of us are sleeping!! Now, did he berate the harsh workings of fate That had brought him to such a deplorable state? Did he curse at the government, cry for election, and claim that the sea should have given him protection? Hint to Brain Warm-Ups - Uncommon : They are all there. No, he said to himself as he lay on a shell, Since I cannot remove it I shall try to improve it. Now the years have rolled around as the years always do And he came to his ultimate destiny--- stew. And the small grain of sand that had bothered him so Was a beautiful pearl all richly aglow. Now the tale has a moral, for isn t it grand, What an oyster can do with a morsel of sand? What couldn t we do if we d only begin With some of the things that get under our skin. ---Unknown; Cybersalt Digest, Issue #3799 Three Riddles for You 1. What is a bird after it is five days old? 2. Why did the turkey cross the road? 3. What happens to a duck when he flies upside down? ---Answers on Page 4 Memorial Day May 27 th On this day we remember all of those men and women who have died in our nation s service. Why must we have memory enough to recall to the tiniest detail what has happened to us, and not enough to remember how many times we have told it to the same person? 3
A store manager heard one of his salespeople say to a customer, No, we haven t had any for some weeks now, and it doesn t look as if we ll be getting any soon. The manager was shocked to hear these words and rushed to the customer as she was walking out. That isn t true, he said. He confronted the salesperson and said, Never, never say we don t have something. If we don t have it, say we ve ordered it and it s on its way. Now, what did she want? Rain, said the salesperson. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answer to Brain Warm-ups: Uncommon All letters of the alphabet are in this brief paragraph. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Answers to three riddles 1. It s six days old! 2. The chicken had the day off. 3. It quacks up. Going Back in Time --- 1960 New: Zip codes Domino s pizza Red, green and yellow M & Ms Hardees restaurants started in Greenville, NC Charlotte Motor Speedway built New words/phrases: Sit-in, compact car, Pepsi generation, Flash cube, Fashions: Anything Jackie (Kennedy) Prices: Regular gasoline: 32 cents per gallon Milk: $1.04 a gallon Average income: $6,227 a year Great Value in Disaster Thomas Edison s laboratory was virtually destroyed by fire in December, 1914. Although the damage exceeded $2 million, the buildings were only insured for $238,000 because they were made of concrete and thought to be fireproof. Much of Edison s life s work went up in spectacular flames that December night. At the height of the fire, Edison s 24-year old son, Charles, frantically searched for his father among the smoke and debris. He finally found him, calmly watching the scene, his face glowing in the reflection, his white hair blowing in the wind. My heart ached for him, said Charles. He was 67 no longer a young man and everything was going up in flames. When he saw me, he shouted, Charles, where s your Mother? When I told him I didn t know, he said, Find her. Bring her here. She will never see anything like this as long as she lives. The next morning, Edison looked at the ruins and said, There is great value in disaster. All our mistakes are burned up. Thank God we can start anew. Three weeks after the fire, Edison managed to deliver his first phonograph. ---The Sower s Seeds The Cybersalt Digest, Issue 3255) Yes, it s pretty hard, the optimistic old woman admitted. I have to get along with only 2 teeth - one upper, and one lower but, thank goodness, they meet. Mother, talking to old college friend: Remember, before I was married I had three theories about raising children? Well, now I have three children and no theories. 4
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