I found a great Board on Pinterest today, filled with wonderful crock-pot recipes! It is called "What The Crock!"
From bread to pot roasts, main meals to Salted Caramel Hot Chocolate drinks, I found enough recipes to keep me cooking for at least a year :-)
Friday, 10 January 2014
Thursday, 9 January 2014
Wednesday, 8 January 2014
Milestones
First of all, a slightly belated Nativity Greeting to my Orthodox friends on the Old Calendar for yesterday - Christ is Born! Glorify Him!
Happy Epiphany/Theophany to those who celebrated that Feast on January 6th :-)
Yesterday was also a milestone birthday for me, so it was quite a busy day for us as a family. I had lots of wonderful presents, including some very special gifts from my dear friend Mary R, lots of much-wanted books and the boxed set of Sherlock DVDs from someone as a "Surprise Ninja Present" :-)
Lots of fun, laughter and mayhem....thank you to everyone!
Happy Epiphany/Theophany to those who celebrated that Feast on January 6th :-)
Yesterday was also a milestone birthday for me, so it was quite a busy day for us as a family. I had lots of wonderful presents, including some very special gifts from my dear friend Mary R, lots of much-wanted books and the boxed set of Sherlock DVDs from someone as a "Surprise Ninja Present" :-)
Lots of fun, laughter and mayhem....thank you to everyone!
Monday, 6 January 2014
Busy Busy Busy!
It's busy here this morning as the Young Ones go back to school today after the Christmas break.
I am glad I insisted they packed their school bags and prepared all their stuff yesterday afternoon to avoid last minute panic today :-)
Hope you all have a good day, and Happy Theophany/Christmas Eve, depending on your Calendar!
I am glad I insisted they packed their school bags and prepared all their stuff yesterday afternoon to avoid last minute panic today :-)
Hope you all have a good day, and Happy Theophany/Christmas Eve, depending on your Calendar!
Wednesday, 1 January 2014
Downton Spoiler.....
This was the VERY BEST part of the
Downton Abbey Christmas special
of 2013, and made me so happy!!
New Year's Resolutions...
Normally I refuse to make any New Year's resolutions, but as this is the year in which I hit the big 5-0, I am determined to make an effort :-)
1/ To actually stick to a rule of prayer faithfully and not erratically. I can manage four canonical "Hours" a day for several weeks and then not pray any of them for weeks. This, obviously, is Not Good Enough. I have the resources, both Eastern-Rite Orthodox, Western-Rite Orthodox, RC and Anglican, from my obsessive liturgical book collecting over the last forty years, to sink a battleship.
Compline is now mandatory; others desirable....
2/ To start working my way through the Psalter in Latin, two verses a day, and making sure I actually understand the grammar. A whole Psalm can take a considerable amount of time to study, and when I have tried to do this in the past, it has lasted for a week and then failed as Real Life has got in the way of my study of Latin.....
3/ To cook at least three new recipes a week. I have a good collection of cookbooks and there is no reason to stick to the same small number of recipes each week, even if they are firm family favourites. Either I cook from the cookbooks, or the books will leave this household for a better home!
4/ I collect lots of "series" of books. This is the year in which I actually create a proper tracking method of whether I have the books in e-book or hard-copy format and upload it to my phone so I will always know whether I have a copy of x book or not when I am rummaging through charity shops....
5/ I will revisit my beloved Walsingham after a hiatus of 16 years. I have much to give thanks for, and many people for whom I wish to pray at this shrine of Our Lady, which is all the more special as I know now that our dear St Nicolai Velimirovitch (of the Prologue of Ochrid fame) himself prayed at the Shrine many times during his visits to Britain and even celebrated the Divine Liturgy there.
1/ To actually stick to a rule of prayer faithfully and not erratically. I can manage four canonical "Hours" a day for several weeks and then not pray any of them for weeks. This, obviously, is Not Good Enough. I have the resources, both Eastern-Rite Orthodox, Western-Rite Orthodox, RC and Anglican, from my obsessive liturgical book collecting over the last forty years, to sink a battleship.
Compline is now mandatory; others desirable....
2/ To start working my way through the Psalter in Latin, two verses a day, and making sure I actually understand the grammar. A whole Psalm can take a considerable amount of time to study, and when I have tried to do this in the past, it has lasted for a week and then failed as Real Life has got in the way of my study of Latin.....
3/ To cook at least three new recipes a week. I have a good collection of cookbooks and there is no reason to stick to the same small number of recipes each week, even if they are firm family favourites. Either I cook from the cookbooks, or the books will leave this household for a better home!
4/ I collect lots of "series" of books. This is the year in which I actually create a proper tracking method of whether I have the books in e-book or hard-copy format and upload it to my phone so I will always know whether I have a copy of x book or not when I am rummaging through charity shops....
5/ I will revisit my beloved Walsingham after a hiatus of 16 years. I have much to give thanks for, and many people for whom I wish to pray at this shrine of Our Lady, which is all the more special as I know now that our dear St Nicolai Velimirovitch (of the Prologue of Ochrid fame) himself prayed at the Shrine many times during his visits to Britain and even celebrated the Divine Liturgy there.
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