WHY ARE COMPUTER HOOKUPS SO COMPLICATED?

It is 9:33 and I am worn out -- got home about 5:45 and have been trying to get email on Travis' new computer since then. I am about ready to take it back, not even try on mine and just give up. He can use his old one even if it does take 5 minutes for email to come up and I will just let everyone know to send my email to work! It should not be that hard -- even the "suddenlink geek" could not figure it out! Well I just deleted a couple of paragraphs =-- don't ask me how - I sure don't know! I was saying I need help! Does any one have any suggestions??

Here is something that is so sweet! I can't send the pictures but it is the words that count:

"A blind boy sat on the steps of a building with a hat by his feet. He held up a sign which said:"I am blind, please help." There was only a few coins in the hat.

A man was walking by. He took a few coins from his pocket and dropped them into the hat. He then took the sign, turned it around and wrote some words. He put the sign back so that everyone who walked by would see the new words.

Soon the hat began to fill up. A lot more people were giving money to the blind boy.

That afternoon the man who had changed the sign came to see how things were.

The boy recognized his footsteps and asked: "Were you the one who changed my sign this morning? "What did you write?"
The man said, "I only wrote the truth. I said what you said but in a different way." I wrote: "Today is a beautiful day but I cannot see it!"

Both signs told the people that the boy was blind. But the first sign simply said the boy was blind. The second sign told people they were so lucky that they were not blind. Should we be surprised that the second sign was more effective?

Moral of the story: Be thankful for what you have. Be creative. be innovative. Think differently and positively. When life gives you 100 reasons to cry, show life that you have 1000 reasons to live.

Face your past without regret.

Handle your present with confidence. Prepare for the future without fear. Keep the faith and drop the fear.
The most beautiful thing is to see a person smiling and even more beautiful, is knowing you are the reason behind it!!!!"

Tonight I have another recipe!!!

HOMEMADE MEATBALLS:

1 lb. very lean hamburger meat or ground turkey or ground veal
2 tbls. olive oil
1/2 tsp. salt
2 cloves of garlic - pressed or finely minced
1 tsp. black pepper
2 Tablespoons dried parsley
1 tsp. Italian seasoning or Pensey's Foxpoint and any other seasoning you like
1/2 tsp. cayenne pepper (or to taste or if you have sissies -- omit!)
1/4 cup seasoning bread crumbs (I like the Italian seasoned ones by Peppridge Farms or Food Club is just as good)
You can add one beaten egg or not!

Combine well and roll out your meatballs - about 1 inch in diameter.

Pour about 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil in skillet and get hot. Add meatballs (do not crowd) and brown on all sides -- they will almost be done - but then put in a pan, cover with foil and put in about a 225 degree oven while browning others. Leave in oven until ready to serve with pasta and sauce. I promise your family will never want meat sauce again -- they will want the meat in meatballs!

There sister -- now you know how!!! (Just a little family notation!!!)

Have a blessed rest tonight. Thanks for logging on. Remember - smile and the world will smile with you -- cry and you cry alone!!