Important things

'For thou, Lord, wilt bless 

the righteous: with favor

wilt thou compass him as

with a shield.'

-Psalm 5:12

It's so easy to forget what really important is - being busy with everyday matters, when we are constantly being disturbed by a million things. So easy to lose the path and forget the universal laws of life...

'The world within creates the world without', J. Murphy

The good you do comes back to you. The bad things you do, evil thoughts you send to others, will come back to you too. So the choice is obvious as it simply doesn't pay off to choose the latter option. It may seem quite shallow but it's only part of it all what really matters, and all starts with it at the same time.

Mexican food night

Unexpectedly tasty: cheese tortillas - made from scratch

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oatmeal and raisin molasses cookies

'biscuits from the ice box'

After St. Patrick's Day

'Therefore if any man be in Christ,

he is a new creature:

old things are passed

away; behold, all things

are become new.'

-2 Corinthians 5:17

Maybe some of you have also watched 'The Rising of The Moon' by John Ford. Quite an interesting compilation of three very different stories. Part 2 - "One Minute Stop" was quite funny, the third part was the most serious though. All worth watching if you haven't seen it yet. Anyway,  I enjoyed listening to the Irish accent too.


A new Duckie joined our Duck Dynasty. Although he is wearing a red jacket, he has very much to do with St. Patrick's Day. Still not known whether he can swim. :)

As far as I know, cherry cheese cobbler is not a traditional Irish treat but we enjoyed it anyway :)

cherry cheese cobbler

best when it's fresh - just taken out of the oven

Pancakes & Duck Dynasty

"The Lord thy God, he is

God, the faithful God,

which keepeth covenant

and mercy with them that 

love him"

-Deuteronomy 7:9

Last Saturday some guys (including women of course!) celebrated International Women's Day and some International Pancakes Day. Maybe some, both but I guess, the ones who knew about the first one, didn't know about the latter one, and the opposite. It was all on 8th March of course. :)

Our pancakes are so good!

Many people have heard about The Duck Dynasty - well, I do not know much about them - maybe because we have our own Duck Dynasty and all the guys are our favourites! Even though only two of them can swim. :)

Cookies & Irish Festival

'The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him,
to all that call upon him in truth'
-Psalm 145:18

Good cookies are a good snack - when you are hungry and as a dessert too. So when you plan some outing or a picnic, prepare yourself and make some cookies a day before. 

Molasses cookies

I've tried a new molasses cookies recipe - yes, they are tasty! I only added a bit different spices mix. Besides, I tried an option of oat meal cookies - with less oat meal. With good/tasty results. Quite funny that the recipe for oat meal cookies is not known in every part of the world - well, at least not very popular. Maybe because one of the ingredients is brown sugar, not used or hardly ever used in kitchens of many coutries. Anyway, the recipe is worth spreading indeed.

There was a really good weather on the Irish Festival day.  The cookies were good and useful but it was the companionship that made the day!

Blaggards were the best band of the festival day

Happy Valentine's Day!

Before:

first try of the baking tin

and After:

 

A Valentine HI to you!

Cold Winter Front Ideas

Are you enjoying the winter? Maybe you do some winter sports or maybe you prefer watching them on TV only? Whatever you like, you can always enjoy a bowl of nice, hot soup and some sweet dessert.

Our ways to scare the winter away:

good soup

chicken soup & great beef stew

and sweet cinnamon donuts

Olympic donuts experiment results

Change

"The Lord knoweth the days of the upright:

and their inheritance shall be for ever"

  - Psalm 37:18

'Be a change you want to see in the world' - I have come across this statement looking through a magazine,  and I like it. So much meaning in just a few words!
Be that change to yourself and others you meet on your way.

Life is good. Enjoy simple things. :)