Tea at Tabitha’s

Today, Esther and I had tea at Tabitha’s Teas in Brandon. It was an experience. As I told my friend Yvonne (Haiti for Christ Ministries), It was really nice. Never had high tea before -- we actually had something called Queen's Tea: fresh mushrooms soup, 1 scone and clotted cream, 4 petite sandwiches (chicken salad, egg salad, almond butter raisin, and cucumber with cream cheese), and dessert: a brownie, a lemon muffin, a chocolate peanut butter shaped cookie, and ???. Oh, and , of course, the tea.

Give Tabitha’s a try; just be sure to make reservations.

 

CHILDREN ARE QUICK (these are hilarious!)

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TEACHER:    Maria, go to the map and find    North America ..

MARIA:         Here it  is.

TEACHER:   Correct.  Now class, who discovered    America   ?

CLASS:         Maria.

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TEACHER:   John, why are you doing your math multiplication on the floor?

JOHN:          You told me to do it without using tables.

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TEACHER:  Glenn, how do you spell 'crocodile?'

GLENN:      K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L'

TEACHER:  No, that's wrong

GLENN:       Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me how I spell it.  

(I  Love this child)

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TEACHER:   Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?

DONALD:     H I J K L M N O.

TEACHER:   What are you talking about?

DONALD:    Yesterday you said it's H to O.  

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TEACHER:   Winnie, name one important thing we have today that we didn't have ten years ago.

WINNIE:       Me!

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TEACHER:   Glen, why do you always get so dirty?

GLEN:          Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than you are.  

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TEACHER:   Millie, give me a sentence starting with "I"

MILLIE:         I  is..

TEACHER:   No, Millie..... Always say, "I  am"

MILLIE:         All right...  "I am the ninth letter of the alphabet."

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TEACHER:    George Washington not only chopped down his father's cherry tree, but also admitted it.  

                    Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish him?

LOUIS:           Because George still had the axe in his hand....

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TEACHER:    Now, Simon , tell me frankly, do you say prayers before eating?

SIMON:         No sir, I don't have to, my Mom is a good cook.  

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TEACHER:        Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' is exactly the same as your brother's.. Did you copy his?

CLYDE    :         No, sir. It's the same dog.  

(I want to adopt this kid!!!)

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TEACHER:    Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?

HAROLD:     A teacher

 

This is also very funny:

This was in the Rome ,Georgia News Tribune. Thought you would get a kick out of it..... (read the highlighted sections)

 

 

And How About This?

 

BUY AMERICAN MADE (from an email I got)

A physics teacher in high school once told the students that while one
grasshopper on the railroad tracks wouldn't slow a train very much, a
billion of them would.  With that thought in mind; read the following,
obviously written by a good American.
Good idea .... one light  bulb at a time ....
Check this out.  I can  verify this because I was in Lowe's the other day or some reason and just for the heck of it I was looking at the hose attachments.  They were all made in China.  The next day I was in Ace Hardware and just for the heck of it I checked the hose attachments there. They were made in USA .

Start looking.  (note here: earlier this week, RZ was in Lowes looking for a sprinkler head.Looked at RainBird and Looked at Orbits.  RainBird is made in Mexico; Orbits in the USA.  Orbits purchased!!)

In our current economic situation, every little thing we buy or do affects someone else -  even their job.  So, after reading this, I think this lady is on the right track.  Let's get behind her!

My grandson likes Hershey's candy.  I noticed, though, that it  is marked made in Mexico now.  I do not buy it any more.
My favorite toothpaste, Colgate, is made in Mexico ... now I have switched to Crest. You have to read the labels on everything.
This past weekend I was at  Kroger.  I needed 60 Watt light bulbs and Bounce dryer sheets.  I was in the light bulb aisle, and right next to the GE brand I normally buy was an off-brand labeled "Everyday Value. "I picked up both types of bulbs and compared the stats - they were the same except for the price.  The GE bulbs were more money than the Everyday Value brand but the thing  that surprised me the most was the fact that GE was made in MEXICO  and the Everyday Value brand was made in - get ready for this -  the USA in a company in Cleveland, Ohio.

So throw out  the myth that you cannot find products you use every day that are made right here.

So on to another aisle - Bounce  Dryer Sheets.  Yep, you guessed it...
Bounce cost more money and is made in Canada .  The Everyday Value brand was less money and MADE IN THE USA !  I did laundry yesterday and the dryer sheets performed just like the Bounce Free I have been using for years and at almost half the price!

My challenge to you is to start reading the labels when you shop for
everyday things and see what you can find that is made in the USA - the job you save may be your own or your neighbors! If you accept the challenge, pass this on to others in your address book so
we can all start buying American, one light bulb at a time!

Stop buying from overseas companies!

We should have awakened a decade ago.

Let's get with the program.  Help our fellow Americans keep their jobs and create more jobs here in the U.S.A.

Until next time…