Yes books again…

I did a book review during our ladies night at church last week.

The book was “Homeward Bound” by Edward Hartman.

Here is a copy if any of you are interested.

{You’re too late now - and it didn’t even sell - what a bargain missed }

Mummymac.

Is it well?

Again…

There really is another cute giveaway here folks.

Mummymac

Release Hannah Overton….

Thanks to Daniel at Reformed Covenanter for bringing my attention to the above cause. (Daniel is a fellow Northern Ireland Blogger folks - please be sure to check out his extensive side-bar links for some of the best Reformed sites).

Hannah Overton is a Christian home-schooling mother of 5 who has been jailed after the accidental death of her son.

She has been found guilty of failing to discern the signs of salt intoxication from the signs of common flu!

Please check out the full story at Daniel’s blog. This family need our prayers.

You can also access the family home page here.

Christian parents beware, this Godly woman’s faith was used against her as the prosecution sought to make her out to be a religious sociopath.

Be sure to read Hannah’s letter to her family after the verdict, surely this is every parents nightmare.

Please pray for this family and also for Pastor John Otis who is unrelated to the Overton’s church but is campaigning to see justice prevail.

Mummymac.

Yes I am Blogging about Books again…

I’ve decided to throw my lot in with all the other Readers over at Katrina’s Blog Callapidder Days and join in on the Fall into Reading Challenge.

Again it’s just another way to encourage reading over the “Fall” or “really blustry weather” as we call it over here

So my list will obviously involve my books I’m due from the Roundabout plus a few others I’m striving to read before Christmas.

A Song for all Seasons

Learning to be Happy

First Love

Let me be a Woman

The Regulative Principle of Worship

Love and Respect

Leading little ones to God I’m reading this to the kids in the morning before school.

Pilgrims Progress I’m currently reading this version to the kids in the car. (When I’m NOT driving!)

I would truly love to list more but I’m trying to be realistic and to be honest if I got through these books between now and December I’ll be well pleased.

Click on over to Katrina’s - you’ll be so impressed with the number of people joining in and the number of books you’ve never heard off in your life

Mummymac

** Added 23 October - I’ve been getting on quite well and a friend let me borrow this so I decided to add One Tuesday Morning **

** 27 October - Went to the library last night and found another gem so had to add it too Disciplines of a Godly Woman (In progress) **

Dunkin’ Donuts here I come…

If I had £1,

that is,

{$2.019 for my American friends}

for everyone who asked me “What will you do when the kids get up a wee bit?”

- I would never need to work again!

I genuinely get asked this question a lot.

I can honestly tell you now - I don’t know.

With a brain like mine I have loads of ideas, 99% of which are unlikely to transpire.

Regardless, on Saturday night I added a new skill to my CV and made these.

Dunkin’ Donuts eat your heart out.

I didn’t realise it was so easy to make donuts and so if you have a bread maker I’d advise you give it a go.

Your family will love you……..

and Dunkin’ might give you a job one day….

Mummymac.

From a big pile of laundry to a big pile of books…

And so the new books for our Reading Roundabout were give out on Thursday night.You can read more about our Reading Roundabout here, and here.

This is our second year of reading and now that the books are in circulation I thought I would list the books on here so you can see what I and the ladies at church will be reading over the next year.

Remember it’s 12 ladies, 12 books and 12 months.

The Afternoon of Life by Elyse Fitzpatrick.

Hudson Taylor & Maria by John Pollock

Age of Opportunity by Paul D Tripp

The Martyr of the Catacombs

Following the Shepherd by Peter Jeffrey

Singing in the Fire by Faith Cook

Sickness and Death in the Christian Family by Peter Jeffery

Let’s Roll by Lisa Beamer

A song for all Seasons by Wilma Sullivan

First Love by John MacArthur

Learning to be Happy by Jeremiah Burroughs

The Glad Surrender by Elisabeth Elliott.

Have you read any of them? Please let me/us know.

I have read only 3 of them so I’m looking forward to getting into the rest over the coming year. Please understand the idea of our Roundabout is mostly to encourage reading and then to encourage reading good books.

I know a couple of the books only just fall into the “Christian Faith” category.This works for us, it may work for you in your church too. Since we started this I have also heard of another church starting one for their teens.

Great idea to keep the younger folks reading. I personally think the men in our church should start one but hey I’m not trying to start a riot here!

If you would like any information about commencing a Reading Roundabout in your church or group feel free to leave a comment and I’ll get back to you with the hints and tips we have learned on the way.

Don’t leave them sitting on the shelf

Mummymac.

Friday Feast

It’s been a while since I did one of these meme’s so I thought I’d risk the questions this week:

Appetizer
What is your favorite type of art?

It’s got to be music. I love the Romantic Classics but also have a weakness for Rodgers and Hammerstein!!!

Soup
When was the last time you got a free lunch (or breakfast or dinner)? Who paid for it?

Before going on holidays my dad gave us a voucher for this place. mmmmm. Why do Profiteroles and Hot Chocolate sauce taste better when someone else is paying

Salad
On a scale of 1-10 with 10 being highest, how emotional are you?

I’d say about a 3 actually but if anyone begs to differ they can hack it out in the comments.

Main Course
Approximately how long do you spend each day responding to emails?

I’m not that important you know! 10 minutes!!

Dessert
To what temperature do you usually set your home’s thermostat?

It’s at 22 degrees at the mo but the heat hasn’t been on for ages.

There are loads of bloggers serving up a feast every Friday click here for more information on the Friday Feast.

Mummymac

She beat me to it….

Mrs M who we also call N over at 3foldcord really did beat me to it on the up-date on last night’s ladies night over at church.

That’s ok, I’m not one to hold a grudge and anyway my pile of laundry is a distant memory

Regardless as you can read over there, all went well another big thank you from me to all who took part or served in any way.

All comments, ideas, suggestions for future ladies nights are welcome.

{{ Yea I am thinking “We’ve got too much time on our hands”}}

Blessings

Mummymac.

This and that of absolutely no consequence…..

Things feel a little busy round here and as well as that I haven’t had much to say. (Makes a change I know).

I’m having my normal “Thursday chores day” and for some reason because I’m out to-night (for the 3rd night in a row) I felt I needed to do a mega chores day.

Crazy I know.

Now I’m exhausted and it really won’t matter to anyone that I dusted, hoovered, done the bathrooms, polished, mopped floors, stripped and made up 2 double beds (ie. 3 loads of washing), finished my preparations for to-night and did 3 school runs since 9:00 this morning.

Well……I warned you this post was of no consequence.

Right now I’m organizing the final touches for our ladies night at church. It’s the first we’ve had for a while so I’m hoping and praying everything goes well.

I’ll be giving out the new books for our Reading Roundabout which all our ladies participate in. What this entails is explained here.

Tomorrow I will hopefully post a full list of the books for your information and also up-date my side bar with regard to my reading schedule.

Yes - I could do it to-day but that wouldn’t be fair on those who are making the effort for the meeting to-night and anyway I need a shower - my bones are aching.

I will be sitting at ease to-night during our ladies night as I listen to this being played by a very talented, very pregnant blogger

There I did share something of to-nights meeting with y’all.

Mummymac.