And these are things I hope will be predominant in my home – happy smiles all around; good humor in abundance; healthy minds, hearts, and bodies; a helping hand always next to me and my hand extended in help to people around me.
    * Home is where the heart is.
    * Some see a hopeless end, while others see an endless hope.  ~Author Unknown
    * Most folks are as happy as they make up their minds to be. – Abraham Lincoln
    * The first wealth is health. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
    * Humor is our way of defending ourselves from life’s absurdities by thinking absurdly about them. – Lewis Mumford 

Head on to my ‘Healthy in a Hurry’ giveaway (and one more giveaway as well) and Hope you win!

Acrostic Only, Three Word
Wednesday (Deviant minuscule trivial)

MOTH:(Wildlife)

Minuscule! Not he
certainly

Only a butterfly deviant

Trivial! Not he
certainly

Hugely – thought he – important

Wondrous Words Wednesday: This weeks words are from books I am reading currently – including Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Last Man in Tower, and historical romances.

• poop 1 n. (also poop deck) the aftermost and highest deck of a ship,
  esp. in a sailing ship where it typically forms the roof of a cabin in the
  stern. late Middle English:
  from Old French pupe, from a variant of Latin puppis ‘stern’.
• Revictualled – v. simple past tense and past participle of revictual. 1. revictual [v] –   1. To
  victual again; furnish again with provisions. 
  2. To renew one’s stock of provisions.
• jabot – Jabot (from French jabôt: a
  bird’s crop); alternatively a bird’s croup or craw. Originally the term jabot
  referred to the frilling or ruffles decorating the front of a shirt.[1] It has
  evolved into a decorative clothing accessory consisting of lace or other fabric
  falling from the throat, suspended from or attached to a neckband or collar; or
  simply pinned at the throat.
• 
• phantasmagoria – Phantasmagoria (About this sound American pronunciation
  (help·info), also fantasmagorie, fantasmagoria) was a form of theatre which used
  a modified magic lantern to project frightening images such as skeletons,
  demons, and ghosts onto walls, smoke, or semi-transparent screens, frequently
  using rear projection. 
•  peccadillo Noun:A small, relatively unimportant offense or sin.
• epistolary – An epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of
  documents. The usual form is letters, although diary entries, newspaper
  clippings and other documents are sometimes used. The word epistolary is derived through Latin from the Greek word
  epistolē, meaning a letter 
• CREPUSCULAR – 1. Of or like twilight; dim; 2. Zoology Becoming active
  at twilight or before sunrise, as do bats and certain insects and birds.
• epaulettes – Epaulettes are fastened to the shoulder by a shoulder
  strap or “passant”, a small strap parallel to the shoulder seam, and
  the button near the collar, or by laces on the underside of the epaulette
  passing through holes in the shoulder of the coat.
• attainder – In English criminal law, attainder or attinctura is the
  metaphorical ‘stain’ or ‘corruption of blood’ which arises from being condemned
  for a serious capital crime (felony or treason). It entails losing not only
  one’s property and hereditary titles, but typically also the right to pass them
  on to one’s heirs. Both men and women condemned of capital crimes could be
  attainted.
• bosky – 1. Having an abundance of bushes, shrubs, or trees: “a
  bosky park leading to a modest yet majestic plaza” (Jack Beatty). 2. Of or
  relating to woods.
• fouillis (French) –    1. mess,
  confusion, jumble