SATURDAY BAKING

Lovely light, fluffy egg sponge sandwiched with blackcurrant jam and

rich velvety double cream..........

EGG SPONGE with BLACKCURRANT JAM and DOUBLE CREAM

Ok.....this is not baking but..... top hats at their best!

PARTY TOP HATS

RETURN TO MILLBURN ROAD

We head back to our own homw in Millburn Road -  I have been SO looking forward to returning and yet I am hit with mixed feelings now.  We had thought our lovely home was in safe hands, having entrusted all the rental proceedings to a local professional letting company - and through them letting our property to a professional 'gentleman'.

It appears there was nothing 'professional' about either the letting agents or the tenant and our home is no longer recognisable as ours.

 

I hope to post photos taken on the day we handed over to Peter Race... and the comparison of what we found awaiting us.
In the meantime  -  this is how this man and his daughter was living in our home!!
WHY??  HOW??



LOUNGE




 

SIDE HALLWAY



BEFORE

 

 

AND AFTER!

 

 

 

 

KITCHEN BEFORE

KITCHEN BEFORE

 

and after.....

 

MIDDLE FLOOR (MAIN)   BEDROOM

TOP FLOOR - LOUNGE TV ROOM

 

 

SMALLER TOP BEDROOM  - 

LOWER STAIRWAY - 




 

 

 

HOTPRESS AND BATHROOM .....

 

STAIRWAY ................................

 

TIME FLIES.....AGAIN!

Seems like time is just whizzing past - the weeks fly faster and faster. It used to be said when you thought that way it was a sure sign you were getting older - well, even the young ones seem to think so now too.

A great part of the past weekend was spent in bed - a sure 'fibro flare' with all the old symptoms rearing their heads again. Amazing how quickly I can adapt to feeling good and then when the pain and fatigue hits I am caught totally unawares. In the good days / weeks it is easy to say that there's more to life than fibromyalgia (or any other debilitating ailment / condition), truth is that when it does hit, it takes my focus off the 'more to life' things and fair square on my limitations. And this is NOT what God intends or wants for me....He has bigger plans! To focus on my limitations is to focus on ME .....my focus must be on God Himself. O Lord, through all of this help me to keep YOU at the very centre of my focus, not to be distracted by that which I cannot control but rather to be drawn to You. Why O Lord am I so slow to learn?

NEIGHBOURHOOD DAY

Our church has in the past really not reached out to people - we've sort of sat back and expected them to come into our meetings ... and that has not happened.....as the saying goes we have been 'preaching to the converted'. Yesterday however was different and will hopefully be the start of a new move in reaching the local people - meeting them where they are. Instead of our annual Sunday School trip for the children it was decided to hold a 'neighbourhood day' in the field beside the church/hall and invite the nrighbourhood - adults and children. It was a huge success - local people came and willingly took part in all that was happening - games for the children and adults, t-shirt painting, crafts for the ladies, barbecue and tea/coffee and ice creams for all - and a puppet / theatre show with clear gospel messages. A great day, enjoyed by all - and I'm sure the outsiders could see that the folks who meet in that little hall week after week are quite normal after all. It was a day when, instead of expecting the community to come to us, we reached out to them, we became a part of the community and I trust the Lord will bless us and continue to speak to hearts long after this day.