Singing...

I have found it hard to sing for joy during this illness which has meant a total lack of energy and quite a bit of pain. But then I think of how good God has been to me... my wonderful husband who has been so helpful and learnt to cook...my lovely daughter who has visited every day although she's so busy, for the blessed Latin Mass, for my past life and above all that I know HIM who is Lord of all.

How could I not sing for joy?

Star Cooking

Alex has really taken to cooking and we so enjoy what he cooks. On Wednesday he decided to make some soup. Now I am not a soup person (he IS) so I wasn't over thrilled but to my astonishment it was absolutely delicious! We've had it several days running (because of course he made a big pot of it) and I really love it. Yesterday he invented a dessert: bananas, apples, pears, mandarins and rhubarb all cooked in brown sugar with a dash of port.

Fabulous! He's a star!

Electric blankets

I've always been scared of electric blankets - I was afraid of being electrocuted in my bed! I bought one several years ago but never used it. Since I've been sick and s-o-o-o cold I retrieved it, forgotten, from the back of the linen cupboard, And Oh HOW I love it! I used to pile blankets on the bed so that I would be warm enough to get to sleep, and then I'd throw most of them off during the night. Now I switch on my blanket and love getting into my toasty bed and dropping straight off to sleep!

Praise God for electric blankets!

cooking

I have not been at all well and it's left me very weak so my husband decided to take over the cooking! He has never cooked in his life but was confident he could. His first few attempts were not so good - in fact inedible - because he likes to give his 'own touch' to all the recipes with disastrous consequences! But now he's learnt to stay with the recipe he's actually quite good and he enjoys it. I'm delighted, because I've always hated cooking and am not a good cook at all.

So here's hoping he takes it up permanently!