I’m decorating ….

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

please bear with me…..

I have deliberately wiped down the walls before the new coat of paint

 

Mummymac.

 

Phew…..

Thankfully the weekend’s entertaining all went very well.

A few family members couldn’t turn up due to sickness but hey that’s better than having the sickness after turning up!

Nothing landed on the floor, or was deemed inedible for any other reason which is amazing really as it wouldn’t be the first time my Banofee Pie landed (face down of course) on the kitchen floor. Or there was the recent night of the burnt bread for Sunday evening Supper. Enough said.

Anyway,

I tried a new recipe and it went down very well, thanks to my friend Janus ( ) for allowing me to use it!

I thought y’all deserved a piece it was so good….

(If I was a professional snazzy top class chef type blogger I would of course taken a pic of one slice to let you see the biscuit base but as they say you can’t have your cake and eat it….)

Citrus Cheesecake. (on the left)

BASE
16 digestive biscuits (approx) - crushed
4ozs butter, melted

mix together then press into tin.

TOPPING
large tub Philadelphia
450 ml double cream
rind and juice of 1 lemon
4 tbsp caster sugar
1 tin mandarins
4 tsp lemon curd

Cream sugar and Philadelphia together.

Beat double cream until quite thick then mix together with philadelphia/sugar.

Drain oranges and add to mixture, together with the lemon curd. Place on top of biscuit base and refrigerate for a few hours.

Delicious…

I made a few other equally delicious dishes with equally boring photos, which I may post later.

Saturday brought five 4-5 year old girls, otherwise known as Why did I agree to do this day? Princessmac’s birthday.

She had a great time and contrary to all the myths about little girls being loud and excitable I have to say they were very well behaved which Babymac can account for as he slept completely through the whole affair and didn’t even realise the fun he missed!

(I know you may think that was cruel, but trust me it would have been cruel not to have let him sleep).

The cake was another PCCBB effort…

You may feel you have seen something not unlike this before.

As if I would….

(When you break the legs off these Princesses you got a get full use out of the bodies )

One last picture of Princessmac her very self displaying her new prized possession.

A Bible and Bible case is our family tradition for a 5th birthday - we were a little proud of ourselves on Sunday mind you…

All in all a good weekend.

Thankfully.

Mummymac

I’ve hit the big time….

 

 

 

 

 

Get your own here.

 

Mummymac.

Family thanks.

 

I’m having one of those real busy weeks this week, blogging is on the side lines. I’m hosting an annual family gathering on Friday night as well as a 5 year old’s party on Saturday. It also looks like I’m having a house guest between now and then.

 

And so as I was making some preparations to-day I thought it was appropriate to be thankful for my family. I don’t just mean our wee clan but the whole job lot God made them part of my family and made me part of theirs.

 

Sometimes the things closest to us are the things we take for granted.

 

As we meet with members of our family (who we don’t see so often) this week and over the incoming festive season I want to be more thankful to God for the family he has placed me in and for making provision for me to be part of His family too.

 

If you would like to catch up with other bloggers who are being Thankful during November nip over to Kim’s.

 

Mummymac.

 

 

 

For the sake of a big AAAAHHHHHH…..

Please check this out…….

Mummymac

Cranberry Sausages

I love to serve this dish with my “Turkey Dinner” but can I just say straight away I have totally stole this recipe from my good friend N over at 3foldcord.

N is 40+ weeks pregnant and so she just wasn’t in a position to argue when I asked if I could post it on her behalf.

If you have a heart at all you’ll nip over to N’s blog and let her know your thinking about her - believe me I am.

Cranberry Sausages

1 Packet of Cocktail Sausages (the pre-cooked variety are too handy)

1-2 cloves of garlic

1-2 tablespoons of honey

oil

1 jar of Cranberry sauce.

Fry off the garlic in the oil and add the precooked sausages, honey and the Cranberry sauce.

Transfer to a casserole/serving dish and place in oven for about 30 minutes.

Serve with traditional Turkey dinner.

Enjoy.

If you have a blog and also have ideas for holidays recipes, feel free to join in. Post your recipe and link to Semicolon - the actual date for the Round-up is Monday so you still have a few days to join in.

Don’t forget to go wish my very BIG buddy well.

Mummymac.

Being Thankful for what I have….

 

To-day I’m being thankful for what I have.

“Now Godliness with contentment is great gain“.

 

It’s the start of the season of “I want” , “I need” and “I’m getting“.

 

Kids are bombarded with “What do you want?”, “What do you need?”, and “What are you getting?”

 

In most homes the more they want (no matter if they need it or not) - the more they get.

We need to learn to be content with what we have and have our children reflect this characteristic too.

 

Pastor Mark Chanski says “Worldly things are as sea water to a thirsting soul. The more the water is drunk, the more water is craved. Solomon hoarded to himself “all that his eyes desired” including wealth, wine, and women. But he concluded it was “all vanity. . . striving after the wind” (Ecclesiastes 2:10-11).”

 

Read the whole post here.

How do we teach our children contentment?

By reflecting contentment in our own lives. We can not teach our children to be content if we are not content.

By living in the present. Don’t always be planning for the future for who knows what tomorrow brings.

By eliminating distractions. Don’t expose them to things they will never have!

By enjoying the simple things in life. Make much of a picnic, a party or a day out.

 

Feel free to add any other ideas for teaching our children contentment.

Mummymac

Catch up..

I’m back…

It’s been a busy few days and so blogging just wasn’t a priority.

We had number one son’s birthday last week and the celebrations just kept going on and on…

 

It appears if your 7th birthday falls on a Thursday you have your Thursday celebrations but then on the Saturday you have all the celebrations you just couldn’t squeeze in on the Thursday. We took his cousin and a friend to W5. If you haven’t been it’s well worth a visit. A real family day out.

The cake - before you ask is a Volcano - isn’t that obvious? It’s another of my Pampered Chef Classic Batter Bowl efforts

As you can see I have a unique gift in cake decorating

If the truth be told it was originally going to be a football hence the colour but the shape just wasn’t making it. Number 1 son saved the day by suggesting it become a volcano. Such creativity I just don’t know where he gets it from

Oh yea I forgot Daddymac refurbishes buildings in his spare time day job.

To-day I’m thankful for children who are content with the simple things, I mean the pressure will be on if he requests something like this next year.

November is a busy month to have a birthday in our house - actually make that two birthdays in our house.

{sigh}

I think I need to go on a course…

Mummymac.

Being Thankful for children, tiny rainbows and imperfections…

 

 

To-day I’m being thankful for children.

 

The above picture hangs in my 4 but very nearly 5 year old daughter’s room. (The graphic I have used is from Snapshots of Joy where if you leave a link to Abigails site in your sidebar you can use all her graphics. She has some lovely pictures - if you’re a blogger check them out).

 

Is it not true that we spend much time praying for our children? We pray for their health, their safety, their futures? We pray for them to be wise and kind, to be mighty men of God or women who desire what God has for their futures.

 

Sometimes I think we are so concerned about what lies ahead for our children (a valid concern) we forget to give God all the thanks for giving us the blessings we have. Many go through life without the blessing of parenthood. Many go through life without all the senses required to see their children or hear their children.

 

So to-day I’m being thankful for children and in particular daughters. I have only one daughter. My daughter is in her first school year, she has almost mastered the Phonics and will soon be starting to write. Her big thing is cutting, sticking and colouring at the moment. We’ve bought her this for her birthday, sssshhh it’s a secret her birthday isn’t until the end of this month - she will love this though as her day revolves round making something for people.

 

Last night when I went to bed I found this.

 

 

Can you see it right beside my book? It’s not big but it goes to show that it doesn’t have to be big to be worthwhile to a child (or a big soft mummy) I saw her making it earlier in the day and then it disappeared. She leaves these little “gifts” for me all the time and…. well…. I’m a mummy - it melts my heart!!!

Rainbow’s are her thing at the minute

 

Then on the other side.

 

 

The almost mastered name

 

Being thankful for the reminders that our children aren’t perfect …

 

Mummymac.

 

 

 

 

 

and the winner is…..

So Shannon has shut up shop at Fall Y’all the bloggy giveaway but feel free to click on over here to see if you won anything.

The winner here is number 52 as chosen by the random number generator.

Shannon Jordan said (not the Rocks in my Dryer Shannon)
I love all things irish….can you tell by my name? still not sure? how about that my sister’s name is Erin?? or that my maiden name is Kelly, lol. Count me in!

So if Shannon gets in touch with a postal address I’ll get this lovely book sent out as soon as possible. Go say congratulations to her at Shannon’s Blog.

Thank so much again to the Editor at Appletree Press for donating this book to my give-away.

Mummymac.