Hello dear blogging friends

Hello dear blogging friends, 

I thought I would drop by and see how you all were whilst our dinner cooks in the oven (can you smell it, the potato bakes smells yummy!)

How are you all?

Its been very quiet around here so I am guessing that everyone is very busy getting on with their lives. 

Life is like that — busy one moment and quiet the next, then without warning busy again!!

So what has been happening in my corner of the world — both my sons have got new jobs and start this week. Both are very excited and so am I. I hope their jobs live up to their expectations as it can be very disappointing when they don't. Both have worked very hard to find employment considering that there aren't many jobs about at present.  

Poor hubby has been sick. Sadly I gave (shared) my cold with him and he isn't feeling at all well. He made a very hot curry on the weekend (far too hot for me to eat) in an attempt to "kill" off the bugs, it sort of worked. 

Last weekend I went to the annual craft and quilting fair and had a great time. A little like a child in a candy store!!  On the topic of quilting, one quilt has gone off to be quilted (in a complex paisley design) and another one I am still working on. Shortly I will start two quilts for close friends of mine who are turning 50 next year. I have selected the designs, just need to buy the fabric - often a very time consuming part!

Winter seems to be dragging on a little longer that I think it should!! I'm getting a tired of wearing my winter clothes and would love to toss off my shoes and go bare foot! But I noticed that this Friday it will be much warmer than normal (19C/66F) which will be so nice to see. Perhaps still a little too cold for bare feet!!

Politics seems to be in the news all the time at present and a day doesn't go by when same-sex marriages isn't mentioned. I am getting a little weary of the topic which is why I haven't written anything about it just yet!! Perhaps sometime in the future!

Life isn't complete without talking about books and reading:

— I have just started a book that my dad leant me called "Disguised" by Patricia Moore. Pat is a 26 year old designer who dressed up as a 80 year old woman (over a three year period) to see the level of discrimination that occurs to the elderly and the many difficulties they have in society. 

—I have just finished "A Woman's Guide to making right choices" by Elizabeth George. Like all her books, it was packed full of advice and ideas to make better choices in our lives, more Godly choices. 

— I have been studying Genesis in the evenings and using John MacArthur's bible study. I am up to his third book "Jacob and Egypt" and I find this series very good, easy to read, gets you thinking and all in all, very useful.

— and finally, I am just about to start "Let God be God" by Ray C. Stedman which my brother recommended. It is a study of Job and why we all suffer pain and suffering in our lives. 

I think I better go check the dinner. Hope you are all well and not run off your feet. Always find time to sit and relax, even for a few moments. 

Lots of hugs

xxx