A random act of kindness is a selfless act performed by a person or persons wishing to either assist or cheer up an individual or in some cases an animal. There will generally be no reason other than to make people smile, or be happier.

Thirteen Random Acts of Kindness

1- The next time an employee at a store does his or her job enthusiastically and with care, make sure that you let their supervisor know; we’re often quick to complain if someone doesn’t do their job well but fail to offer recognition when someone goes out of their way to do a good job.

2- Leave a great book at a café for someone else to find once you’re finished reading it.

3- Hold the door open for someone carrying packages.

4- Get all of Dr. Seuss’s books and leave them in the children’s section at the hospital.

5- The next time a friend looks frazzled and overwhelmed ask them: “What can I do to help?”

6- Grab a bunch of flowers and give it to the cleaner of the toilets in your office building. He or she may be looking somewhat disspirited while slogging away at a less-than glamourous job.

7- Pick randomly a family or someone in crisis. Don’t know where to look? Search your local newspaper for leads. Determine if you can offer in kind or in service.

8- Cook a family dish for a busy mom/father so she/he can take a break for a night.

9- If someone behind you in line at the store has fewer items let them go ahead of you.

10- volunteer to read to children at the library

11- Buy coffee for the person behind you.

12- Help an elderly neighbor cut grass, weed or plant a garden.

13- Donate Blood.

Adelle’s Healthy Living Challenge

# Days No Smoking = One Month!!

Weight loss Goal = 50lbs

Week Three Total Loss = 13 lbs

Left to go = 37lbs

The urges to smoke are few and far between this week. I was sitting on my couch and smelled cigarette smoke, and when I looked outside, the girl smoking was up on the 3rd floor balcony. Wow lol Most significant thing I've noticed is the smell of our apartment.HUGE difference.

Cya next week, Adelle Laudan

Week 4-Top 10 Healthiest Foods

Berries ~ raspberries, blueberries and strawberries - a great source of health giving nutrition - high in antioxidants.

Broccoli ~ low calorie nutritional powerhouse - helps prevent cancer, heart disease and much much more.

Citrus Fruits ~ The vitamin C in citrus fruits alone is enough reason to include these juicy fruits in your diet.

Garlic ~ The health and medicinal benefits of even one clove of garlic a day are astounding and include help with heart disease, diabetes, cancer and much more.

Nuts ~ Do you think nuts are a high fat no no for a healthy diet? You'll think again when you read the cholesterol lowering, heart disease preventing and other amazing health giving properties of these tasty little treats.

Oats ~ High in fiber and protein and low in fat, oats reduce the risk of heart disease, lower cholesterol and much more. A great grain for diabetics.

Salmon ~ is rich in Omega-3 fatty acids and other health giving nutrients that help prevent heart disease.

Spinach ~ Loaded with Vitamin C, fiber, calcium and much more, spinach is the best food you can eat to prevent poor eyesight leading to blindness.

Tomatoes ~ are powerful fighters against cancer and heart disease

Turkey ~ An excellent source of low fat, low calorie protein and other nutrients.

Happy Canada Day to all of My Fellow Canadians

Thirteen Famous Canadian Actors/Actresses

1- Tom Green

Michael Thomas (Tom) Green is an Ontario shock comic and television host. Born in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, Green grew up in suburban Ottawa. While attending Algonquin College he had a radio show on the University of Ottawa's campus radio station, CHUO, before getting his first series on an Ottawa community channel, Rogers Television. It was later picked up by Canada's Comedy Network. It was after his popularity in Canada that MTV gave Green his own show in the United States. He would later go on to write and star in full length Hollywood feature films.

2- Pamela Anderson

Pamela Anderson is a British Columbia television actress, glamor model, producer, TV personality and author. She was formerly known as Pamela Anderson Lee. Anderson is popularly known for modeling and television acting in the '90s and most notably for her large implants. Anderson has been called the sex symbol of the '90s.

3- Mike Myers

Mike Myers is a Scarborough, Ontario actor, comedian, screenwriter, and film producer. Both of Myers' parents are from Liverpool, England, and Myers has British, as well as Canadian, citizenship. His ethnic heritage is English, Scottish and Irish. Myers became well-known as a member of the cast of NBC's Saturday Night Live television program from 1989 to 1995, where he performed characters like Dieter, Linda Richman, and Wayne Campbell from "Wayne's World". In 1992, Myers and comedian Dana Carvey took Wayne's World to the silver screen in a full-length motion picture based on the SNL sketch. It ended up being one of the most successful movies of the year. The film was so successful, the next year a sequel was made - Wayne's World 2. Other claims to Fame – Austin Powers, Studio 54, Shrek…

4- Kim Cattrall

Kim Victoria Cattrall is an Anglo-Canadian actress. She is perhaps best known for her role as Samantha Jones in the HBO comedy/romance series Sex and the City.

5- Martin Short

Martin Hayter Short is an actor, writer, and producer from Hamilton, Ontario who's best known for his comedy work, particularly on the TV programs SCTV and Saturday Night Live.

6- Evangeline Lilly

Evangeline Lilly is a Canadian actress from Alberta. She is best known for her role as Katherine "Kate" Austen in ABC's Lost.

7- Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox is a Canadian actor, famous for his roles as Marty McFly in the Back to the Future trilogy, Alex P. Keaton on the sitcom Family Ties, for which he won three Emmy awards, and NYC Deputy Mayor Mike Flaherty on the TV series Spin City, for which he won his fourth Emmy award.

Though he would not share the news with the public for another seven years, Fox was diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson's disease in 1991. Upon disclosing his condition in 1998, he committed himself to the campaign for increased Parkinson's research.

The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson’s disease through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson’s today. Donate Today http://www.michaeljfox.org/index.cfm

8- Mary Pickford

Mary Pickford was an Academy Award-winning Canadian-born motion picture star and co-founder of United Artists, known as "America's Sweetheart," "Little Mary" and "the girl with the golden curls." She was one of the first Canadian pioneers in early Hollywood and one of film's greatest pioneers regardless of nationality or background.

9- Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry is a Canadian Emmy nominated actor who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing in the American television sitcom Friends, a part he played for 10 years.

10- Elisha Cuthbert

Elisha Ann Cuthbert is a Canadian actress. She is known as a former host of the Canadian children's television series Popular Mechanics for Kids and had roles in numerous other Canadian productions before moving to Los Angeles at the age of 17. She made her American television debut in the action-thriller 24. Cuthbert began her Hollywood career with small roles in Old School and Love Actually in 2003 and went on to star in her first feature film, The Girl Next Door, in 2004. Over the course of her career, Cuthbert has participated in a wide range of works spanning multiple genres and mediums.

11- Donald Sutherland

Donald McNicol Sutherland is a prolific Canadian actor with a film career spanning over 40 years. Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick to Dorothy McNichol and Frederick Sutherland, who was in charge of the local bus, gas and electricity company; his maternal grandfather was a Protestant minister.

12- Catherine O`Hara

Catherine O'Hara is a Toronto actress and comedian and is best known for her movie roles in Beetlejuice (1988) and in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2 (1992).

13- Dan Akroyd

Dan Aykroyd is an Academy Award-nominated Ottawa comedian, actor, screenwriter and musician. He was an original cast member of Saturday Night Live, an originator of the Blues Brothers and has had a long career as a film actor and screenwriter. Aykroyd grew up in Ottawa, Ontario. His father, Peter Hugh Samuel Cuthbert Aykroyd, was a policy adviser to Canadian Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau. His mother, Lorraine Gougeon, is Franco-Ontarian.

Adelle’s Healthy Living Challenge

# Days No Smoking = 21

Weight loss Goal = 50lbs

Week Two Total Loss = 12 lbs

Left to go = 38lbs

Having bad pain issues with my shoulder and arm. It is wreaking havoc on my tolerance level. Had xrays and ultra sound donee. Hope to get results on Monday. I've fought the urge to smoke more in the third week than I have since quitting. But, I made it!

Cya next week, Adelle Laudan

Week 3 Healthy Recipe

Strawberry Sorbet

Main Ingredients:

Frozen strawberries: 1.5 cup

Water: 1 cup (or replace it with orange juice)

Sugar: 1-2 tbsp ( Can use sugar substitute)

Directions:1. Place frozen strawberries and sugar in a blender. Add water and process for 1-2 minutes until smooth. Add more water if needed. 2. Pour the sorbet into chilled glasses and serve

. About this Recipe:

You can add 1/2 tsp lemon juice if you like.

It's a great treat on a hot summers' day. For me, it keeps me away from ice cream.

13 Things on my To Do List

1- Make a ToDo List LOL Check!

2- Travel Overseas

3- Go Skydiving

4- Make it to NY Best Seller

5- Learn to play Chess

6- Ride my own Motorcycle

7- Go to Disney World with kids

8- Travel to Australia

9- Speak another language

10- Appear on What Not To Wear

11- See Circus du Soliel

12- Go on a Cruise ship

13- See all of my children, healthy, happy and successful in life.

Just want to share a couple of things with you all. First off! I attended my soon to be 14 yr olds' grade 8 Grad last night. I'll post a pic as soon as my friend downloads them to her computer. Seeing her all dressed up in a fancy dress and heels, I realized, she is definitely not a little girl anymore. Not sure when that happened ?!?!?! Anyhow, lol She won two awards.... Excellence in Visial Arts and one we were totalled surprised by the next one. Each year one stiudent receives this award... Award for Literacy! To say I am a proud Mom is a gross understatement.

ALSO

I've only written a few poems in my life. If you'd like to see three of them. I have them posted for Poetry Week at the Pink Blog http://tinyurl.com/krkpqg

Adelle’s Healthy Living Challenge

# Days No Smoking = 14

Weight loss Goal = 50lbs

Week Two Total Loss = 10 lbs

Left to go = 40lbs

This week I seemed a little edgier. To keep myself on track, I immersed myself in my writing. I finished the 1st draft of Iron Horse Rider 3 AND wrote over 10,000 words of a new Christmas novella. Eating healthy so far hasn't been a major problem. I think as long as I keep lots of fruit in the house I'll be okay.

Cya next week, Adelle Laudan

Week 2 Healthy Recipe

Holiday Chicken Salad

Serve on lettuce cups, or make sandwiches

INGREDIENTS 4 cups cubed, cooked chicken meat 1 cup mayonnaise 1 teaspoon paprika 1 1/2 cups dried cranberries 1 cup chopped celery 2 green onions, chopped 1/2 cup minced green bell pepper 1 cup chopped pecans 1 teaspoon seasoning salt ground black pepper to taste

DIRECTIONS In a medium bowl, mix together mayonnaise with paprika and seasoned salt. Blend in dried cranberries, celery, bell pepper, onion, and nuts. Add chopped chicken, and mix well. Season with black pepper to taste. Chill 1 hour.

On this Fathers' Day, I grab hold of the good times I shared with my father during the last few years of his life. I am grateful we were able to move past, the past, to create some semblance of a Father/Daughter relationship in the end.

I miss the man you came to be. I wish we had more time to get to know each other. I thank the Creator for leaving me with fond memories of you.

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To all of you out there who are disconnected from you father for whatever reason, I pray you find the courage and strength to make amends before it is too late.

To all you fathers out there who show your children they are loved--who aren't afraid to say I love you, I'm proud of you... I take my hat off to you. It is those precious words your children will remember most above all else.

Happy Fathers Day!

1- Ann Margaret- Born- April 28, 1941 Valsjobyn, Sweden

Film Debut "Pocketful of Miracles"

2- Betty Grable Born- December 18, 1916 St. Louis, Missouri, USA

Betty Grable’s legs were insured by her studio for $1,000,000 (one million dollars) per leg at Lloyds of London.

2- Jayne Mansfield – Born-19 April, 1933 Pennsylvania USA

Was the first mainstream American actress to appear nude in a mainstream American film (Promises! Promises! (1963)

4- Brigette Bardot September 28th, 1934 in Paris, France.

Brigitte Bardot made her movie debut in 1952 with a French film "Trou normand, Le" [Crazy for Love] in 1952.

5- Catherine Deneuve October 22, 1943 in Paris France

While recognised as an actress par excellance it has been Deneuve's striking features that have kept her in the international spotlight. She has been the face of Chanel's #5 perfume and recently signed on as a model for L'Oreal haircare products in France. Deneuve is a woman in perpetual motion, constantly moving from strength to strength. She is regarded as a national treasure in her native France

6- Elizabeth Taylor February 27th 1932, Hamstead London UK

Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the 100 Sexiest Stars in film history (#16)

7- Ursula Andress March 19, 1936 Ostermundigen, Bern, Switzerland

It's probably unsurprising that one of the most famous sequences in movie history features a woman who spent most of her time faking being an actress. When Swiss bombshell Ursula Andress emerges from the sea in Dr. No (1962) in the famed white bikini, she's living proof that what's truly unique about the movies is their unsurpassed visual power.

8- Sophia Loren September 20th, 1934 Rome Italy

At times, male actors have been hesitant to appear with her, due to the fact that she stands nearly 5' 9" and wears towering heels and tall hair that can make her look over 6 feet tall.

9- Rita Hayworth- October 17, 1918- Brooklyn, New York

Some legends say the Margarita cocktail was named for her when she was dancing under her real name in a Tijuana, Mexico nightclub.

10- Marilyn Monroe- June 1, 1926 Los Angeles, California, USA

Marilyn got the name Marilyn Monroe with the help of talent scout Ben Lyon. He chose the name Marilyn, from stage actress Marilyn Miller, and she chose Monroe, which was her mother's maiden name

11- Lana Turner February 8, 1921 Wallace, Idaho, USA

Billy Wilkerson of The Hollywood Reporter found her sipping a Coke in a drugstore and was so taken by her he blurted out that standard Hollywood line, "How`d you like to be in pictures?". Her first role, sure enough, had her in a tight skirt and even tighter sweater sitting at a drugstore counter.

12- Jean Harlow March 3, 1911 Kansas City, Missouri, USA

Jean's rise to fame was in Howard Hughes' Hell's Angels (1930). He sold her contract to MGM for $60,000.

13- Jane Russell June 21, 1921 Bemidji, Minnesota, USA

A born-again Christian decades before the term was coined, she held weekly Bible study at her home which was attended by some of the industry's biggest names.