Bento boxes and Monday Muffin Tins

I have just discovered these and have been inspired to make some for the kids to take to school and for me to take to work. I think they are just so cute and that the kids will like the idea of it and possibly eat their lunches. Well I did say possibly.

Aren't they so nice looking? My kids wouldn't eat all that stuff in them but if I find stuff that they like I could be onto a good thing.

I have also been reminded of Monday Muffin Tin challenge. Now Mondays don't work for me but I think the kids would enjoy a muffin tin lunch and it is a good way for them to try some new foods. There are women all over the world that join in the fun each way and make a themed muffin tin for their kids to enjoy. The link for Muffin Tin Monday is on my sidebar if you are interested.



It reminds me of when I was younger. I would come home for lunch, grab a plate, put a bit of meat on it. Cut some carrot, cucumber. Get a pickled onion. Some lettuce. Cut up some apple. An orange. Really anything that was in the fridge that took my fancy. And then go and sit in the sun and eat it all. I have never really liked sandwiches so this was a good option for me.

Yum yum yum. I will keep you updated with what I create for my kids and myself. My hubby works from home so he doesn't need a lunchbox.

Friday Frustrations and a Thousand Idioms

I don't really have any major frustrations this week. None that I feel like claiming anyhow. Ok I have one. I hate it when my boys won't get ready for school but keep messing about, play fighting, singing, arguing, yelling. And then when it is time to walk out the door they say "Mum do you know where my school shoes are?" Arrrrrgggghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


A Thousand Words In Idioms, #2 C and D

As long as people have been around, they have tried to communicate with each other. As a means of getting the message across as clearly as possible, idioms and sayings have found their way into our language. Now, because "a picture paints a thousand words", I thought it would be nice to make this a new photo challenge. The idea is to choose an idiom, or a saying, ( even slang is allowed) and illustrate it with a picture. Each week we'll cover two letters of the alphabet, okay?
We covered our first edition last week with A and B, it's here if you need some inspiration.
I have slightly changed the name of this meme, it's now called

" A Thousand Words In Idioms"

http://heavenisinbelgium.blogspot.com/2009/05/thousand-words-in-idioms-2-c-and-d.html

If "language is the dress of thoughts" ( Johnson), then idioms must the wardrobe ...

Each week we will cover two letters of the alphabet, and since this is week two, this week's idioms have to start with a C and a D. If you're joining in for the first time, you can either do all four of them or just join in with the letters of this week. That's entirely up to you.
So here we go ....

C is for ...


A Chip on your shoulder
Being upset for something that happened in the past.

A person who has "a chip on his shoulder" is angry because of some thing that happened in the past. Example: "He lost his game this morning, and now he has a chip on his shoulder." It is easy for a person to get in a fight when he has a chip on his shoulder, because he is already angry about something else. Example: "Watch out for that guy, he's got a chip on his shoulder." To start a fight, men used to put chips of wood on their shoulder and challenge others to "try to knock it off". Example: "What's bothering that guy?" Reply: "Nothing. He's just got a chip on the shoulder." Example: "Tom had a tough time growing up, so he's got a bit of a chip on his shoulder." You can use the definite article ("the") which sounds more general ("a chip on the shoulder"), but more often people use the personal pronoun ("his", "her", "their") to say that that specific person has "a chip on his (her, their) shoulder."

www.goenglish.com/AChipOnYourShoulder.asp

D is for Doubting Thomas

Doubting Thomas is a term that is used to describe someone who will refuse to believe something without direct, physical, personal evidence; a skeptic.


OriginThe term is based on the Biblical account of Thomas the Apostle, who doubted the resurrection of Jesus and demanded to feel Jesus' wounds before being convinced (John 20:24-29), although the Bible does not mention if actual contact took place. After seeing Jesus alive and being offered the opportunity to touch his wounds—according to the author of the Gospel of John—Thomas professed his faith in Jesus; on this account he is also called Thomas the Believer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubting_Thomas

Uggh that is an ugly picture isn't it? This was fun. I love looking at the history behind all our sayings.

Thursday 13

Okay I have to pick 13 things and make them sound interesting, inventive and amusing. But honestly I have nothing. I know, how about 13 things I did at work this week?

1. Was told to drop dead by one client.


2. Made endless cups of tea and coffee.
3. Went shopping for some gorgeous curtain material.
4. Decorated our room Marie Antoinette Style with full on gold candelabras, gold picture frames, wonderful curtains, made a fabulous chandelier. It looks very very gold. This was for a festival we have next week in the village.


5. I used toilet rolls and glued them all together onto a headband. Spray painted them gold. To use as the curly curly up do styles that the ladies wore then.

6. We have cut out and glued and sequined and feathered some gorgeous eye masks that will also be part of our costume.


7. For three dollars we got these so cute grass skirts and tops for our clients to wear on blue Lagoon day. The top is actually two fishys that cover your breasts. They look classic on the clients. Oh we wear clothes under them.

8. I repeated myself at least 50 times in 10 minutes to a lady that was worried that she should be getting home and reassured her that she was in the right place,
9. We made seaweed out of this floaty green material and then glued gold sparkles all over it and then hung them up to look like a floaty underwater world, complete with homemade clam shells, fish and a mermaid. Very pretty. Very tactile, the clients enjoyed touching it all, sometimes too much if you know what I mean.
10. We waited an hour and a half for a Doctors Appt for one of my clients only to discover that he hadn't even shown up yet. Man I knew I should have been a doctor. Except that I don't do bodily fluids of any sort.

11. Debated for ages what we are going to do for our talent item in the talent show. The theme is time. Don't forget we have major older people that limits what we can do. We really need to think of something though. Any ideas?
12. Sang songs, laughed, talked about all kinds of things and genuienly enjoyed myself.
13. Now this week we had a public holiday so I didn't work Monday. Which was nice. But that means I spent only 6 hours in the car driving to and from work. It would normally be 8. Wow that is a lot.

Wordless Wednesday

I know its wordless but I can't help myself. Can anyone guess how I feel today?

Blah

Yesterday was such a blah day. I was in a bad mood all day and kept putting my foot in my mouth at any given opportunity. There is a lady at church who is known to be sensitive and so we are all just patient with her, but yesterday I told her to pull her head in, that I wasn't in the mood for her rubbish. I felt so ugly and mean. I did go and apologise to her but I felt like it revealed what is truly in my heart and that was scary. Then my kids were really mean to a boy who has only just come back to Sunday School. Admittedly the boy was being mean first but my kids had to finish it and it just made me so mad at them. That they could be so cruel. So I gave the kids a big lecture and when I finished Mooey said "Mum, can we play on the computer?" Arrrhhhhhhhhgggggggggg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I spent a good time reading the Bible last night and seeking God to restore the order and balance to my life and I feel a lot better but I am still carrying the sting of yesterdays nasty scenes.

Romans 7:19 (The Message)

17-20But I need something more! For if I know the law but still can't keep it, and if the power of sin within me keeps sabotaging my best intentions, I obviously need help! I realize that I don't have what it takes. I can will it, but I can't do it. I decide to do good, but I don't really do it; I decide not to do bad, but then I do it anyway. My decisions, such as they are, don't result in actions. Something has gone wrong deep within me and gets the better of me every time.

Yes I think this sums me up pretty perfectly today.

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It's Saturday somewhere in the world!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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"6 things about your children that you are proud of.”

MMMMM six things about my kids that I am proud of.

1. That my 3 year old is so personable and friendly and seeks people out. And makes them feel special.

2. That my 5 year old is so organised. Knows just how she likes things and does a good job.

3. That my 8 year old is doing so well academically after a slow start, he is finally getting school and going for it.

4. That my 11 year old is so creative. He can draw anything and it looks amazing. He wants to use his skills to glorify God. Now that is something to be proud of.

5. I am proud that my kids all have a good sense of humor. They can be really really funny.

6. I am proud and thankful that my children are learning about God and love him very much.

Pro hart and Pollock

“ My painting does not come from the easel. I prefer to tack the unstretched canvas to the hard wall or the floor. I need the resistance of a hard surface. On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. ”
“ I continue to get further away from the usual painter's tools such as easel, palette, brushes, etc. I prefer sticks, trowels, knives and dripping fluid paint or a heavy impasto with sand, broken glass or other foreign matter added. ”
“ When I am in my painting, I'm not aware of what I'm doing. It is only after a sort of 'get acquainted' period that I see what I have been about. I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. I try to let it come through. It is only when I lose contact with the painting that the result is a mess. Otherwise there is pure harmony, an easy give and take, and the painting comes out well."

Jackson Pollock

Below is a Pro Hart painting. Who didn't always paint in the same style as Pollock but for some reason I remembered the ad where Hart was painting a picture on the floor and rolling in it and throwing all kinds of mess on it and the housekeeper comes in and says Mr Hart what a mess.


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