Simple Ways to Bless Your Day:

* Take joy in the gift of today
* Count your blessings
* Shine in the light of Gods love
* Forgive and Forget
* Grow gracefully
* Seek simplicity
* Obey with a cheerful heart
* Stand and be counted
* Be true to your beliefs
* Encourage those around you
* Invest your time in things that matter
* Keep the faith
* Fill your life with love
* Share God's word
* Be strong in the Lord
* Pursue what is true
* Fuel your faith
* Listen with your heart
* Delight in creation
* Memorize the scriptures
* Celebrate God's promises
* Say your prayers
* Believe in miracles
* Live the life

I'm not sur who wrote this, but I got it on a little card from Ros, so you can ask her! Still I think it's pretty class, even if you did one of those things each day, i'm sure your life would be blessed!

Hey all,
I dunno if anyone actually reads these things anymore- think everyones converted to bebo, but i dont wana neglect the trusty old blog, gotta keep it updated. I've been getting a few annoying junk emails lately about 'Real weight loss' etc, has anyone else been getting those, cos im feeling victimised here. Ok, a may have put on a bit of weight lately with not being able to be out and about much, but c'mon, I don't need emails about it!Lol!

Ive been listening to a bit of Tim Hughes lately and there's a song called "When the tears fall" that I can really relate to at the mo and I think the words to it are really class. Here's a little snippet:

"When hope is lost, I'll call you Saviour,
When pain surrounds, I'll call you healer,
When silence falls, you'll be the song within my heart....
I will praise you, Jesus praise you,
When the tears fall, still I will sing to you."

I find those words really helpful. When you're feeling low, just knowing that God is there and that he understands and will keep you through it all really makes a difference.

Which Sportscar are you?

This quiz is brill, plus it only takes a minute to do, so if, like me, you've always wanted to know what kind of sportscar you are- click here:
http://www.tomorrowland.us/sportscar/
I'm a Mazda RX8 apparently- "You're sporty, yet practical, and you have a style of your own. You like to have fun, and you like to bring friends along for the ride, but when it comes time for everyday chores, you're willing to do your part." Do you agree? Actually, don't answer that!! But do take the quiz, let me know what you got!!

JOY = STRENGTH

Something that I read in 'The Word for Today' has kinda stuck in my mind. It talked about joy. Nehemiah 8 v10 says " the joy of the Lord is your strength." If we're joyful it gives us strength, it's absence causes weakness. I dunno about you, but i struggle to be joyful al the time. It's influenced a lot by my circumstances. But i'd love to have real joy. Word for Today says joyfulness is a learned skill. It's a daily decision, that lifts us above our circumstances. When we celebrate each day, we are excercising our ability to see and feel Gods goodness in things we would not have notice before. The first step in pursuing joy is just to begin, now!

Well, it's the beginning of a new month and a new season, so why not a new attitude, I choose to be joyful, then hopefully it'll be infectious!! I realise this 'joyful attitude' mightn't last that long, but im gonna give it a shot, if I fail, i'll try again.
"This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it" Psalm 118 v24.

Murder Mystery!

Well, I have to say I really enjoyed Karens Birthday! The murder mystery was a brilliant idea Ros, and everyone went all out on the costumes, it was great!! And some of the accents were hilarious!! Crikey!! I'm still laughing at them!! All in all a great night! We'll have to do this sorta thing again sometime!

Random new blog!

Hey everyone!
Ok, it's actually been too long since i last blogged, cos i couldnt actually remember my password at all, my memory is definately getting worse! So, thought i'd finally got it and posted a nice little blog only to find that i'd actually somehow managed to create an entirely new blog. I dunno how it happened, apparently all you have to do is type in the wrong password and it gives you a new blog site! I did wonder where all my previous blogs had gone and why it had changed colour (Tho i do like their choice of background!) So, you can visit my new blogspot by clicking on this link http://karalynsblog.blogspot.com/ ! In future, i hope to be posting on this blog, but you might wanna check both cos it all depends on which password i remember!!
I'll be in touch soon, hopefully!

Muffin mayhem!

Well, I dunno about you guys, but I was very excited to see that Callum has published his muffin receipe on blog!! So, of course, being the wonderful cook that i am...not, I thought I may as well give them a go! They looked easy enough to make actually, but then again, this is me. So first of all I discovered we dont actually have a muffin tray, so after pondering for a while how necessary such an item would be, I decided it was probably quite essential, so I nipped down to Jacksons to get one (by the way, do you think i'd get commission for the Jacksons plug?) Then I made sure I had all the correct ingredients (yeah i'd learnt my lesson from last time) and that was me.

Actually, the receipe was pretty straight forward, not too many places where I could go wrong. Although my crumble topping didnt quite work out- it wasn't so much a crumble as huge blobs of mixture, but I figured it would do the job! So just be careful with that if your trying this at home!! Also be careful not to fill the muffin tray too full of mixture, as it tends to overflow, quite a lot!! I also forgot to get muffin cases when I was in Jacksons, but figured I could get away without them, but apparently not! Yeah the muffins are kinda totally stuck to the muffin tray at the moment, can't even scrape them out with a knife, consequently my family will be eating them directly out of the muffin tray with a spoon tonight! But believe me it is so worth it, cos they taste incredible!! Toffee muffins rule- especially when you use thortons toffee!! So i'm definately gonna try them again soon, try and perfect them and actually get them to resemble muffins too, that would be good!

You know I think that maybe subconsciously, I deliberately made these muffins badly, just so I could make more! They really do taste so good!! But be warned, if you're making these at home- they're not as easy to make as they sound, I reckon they require some baking expertise and if you want them to look nice aswell as taste good, then get Callum to make you some. Actually Callum I reckon you should make a video of how to bake the perfect muffins!! What d'ya think?

I decided that as I was baking, I might as well make a banana cake aswell, and this time I put baking soda in it, so it did actually rise, unlike the last time when i ended up with a cake 2cm tall!! So think i'll go sample some of that now!!