Winner, winner, chicken dinner.

Thanks for entering my GLAD giveaway everyone. I know there were a lot of page hits but you have to be in it to win it so please don't be shy and leave a comment for the next one. What have you got to lose? So the winner, by Random Number Generator, is #4: Bec Macguire. Send me your address and we'll get your goody bag out to you. Enjoy!

Anyway, onto the rest of the week. I started off this week with Ash Monday or Clean Monday as it is also called. I went to mass and got my ashes and felt the holy spirit during mass. I listened to the priest and prayed that I would be a better person. I am going to hold back when I want to scream at the kids (sooo very very hard) and I hope that I can make a difference in my life because I change the bad things about myself.

I'm back at work now so when I am at home it's pretty full-on. Chores, chores, chores and a teeny bit of time to myself. Everything will work out if you ask God to help you and if you leave it up to God's will. You'll be much happier as well.

I made almond milk when I got back from Playgroup. I'm still figuring out how much water to add as I like my nut milks creamy and not so watered down. I think a cup of almonds to 2 cups of water seems to be a good consistency. I don't add anything to sweeten it. Just water and almonds blended together. Simple. But make sure you soak your almonds in filtered water first (overnight). I have been naughty and ate lots of junk food prior to Lent so I'm going to work on shedding a few kilos. So, I best get going. Gotta hang up laundry, buy more groceries and plan dinner. I hope you have a great week too.

I might have to have a fabric giveaway soon as I have quite a bit in my stash and it looks some of them, I won't be using it anytime soon so check back for more details.

*edit: Sorry to the people who couldn't comment due to the code problem. Next time I'll find a way for you to leave a comment without using the code. I was getting spammed so I needed to put the code back in.

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