Indonesian Nasi Goreng Recipe

Ask Mummy to help you with this one.

2 cups white rice, raw
4 cups water
pinch of salt
Bring rice, water and salt to the boil, reduce heat and simmer for 20 minutes.

Meanwhile, in a large frying pan or wok pour
1 Tablespoon of oil
heat on medium heat and add
2 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 hot pepper, chopped
1 teaspoon cumin
1 teaspoon turmeric
1 bay leaf
Fry these ingredients in the oil and add
2 cans of ham, chopped
and fry until browned.  When the rice is cooked, add the rice to the frying pan, add a little soy sauce, (1 or 2 tablespoons should be enough) and mix well.
optional:  add 2 cups chopped greens for a full meal
Heat through until the greens are wilted and everything is warmed and serve.  Serves 3-4.

God And The Spider - the tale of how a manless woman caught a spider

     This is the tale of how a spider got into my house, unbeknowns to me and frightened the living daylights out of me.
     Hello, I'm a spider, said the spider under my kitchen chair.  Will you throw me out or will you step on me?
     I didn't step on him.  He was enormous.  I was frightened to death, nearly.
     Oh, she's so kind, said the spider.  She didn't step on me.  I love her so much.  Isn't she kind, God?
     God didn't reply, you think, but no, God always replies when you ask him something politely, sooner or later.
     Yes, said God.  You're going to go outside now and run around in the grass all night, He said to the spider.
     I was manless and thought I'd need a man to throw the spider out.  I put a jamjar over the top of the spider.  He was a very large spider and his long legs stuck out the sides of the jar.  I thought I'd throw him in the bathtub.
     Just then my teenaged son came to call.  I picked up the jamjar with a piece of paper covering the end, with the spider inside.  I threw the spider out on the grass while my son helped me with the door.

The End

Family Home Evening

     I think probably the aspect I like most about being a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Family Home Evening, which we have on Monday nights.  Some families hold their Family Home Evening on Sunday nights, but we hold ours on Monday nights.  It's a night to get together with your family and have fun and learn about the gospel, and have a treat.  In the early days of the Church, every night was family night, because there was less to do, but one day came when the President of the Church decided that we were getting too busy for family, so Family Home Evening was instituted.

Husbands Ahoy!

     A while ago I wrote that I was looking for a husband.  Well, I'm still looking for a husband, so if you like me you guys out there, don't give up...(years later)...I found a fabulous husband, so it just goes to show prayer works, coz I prayed an in detail prayer for one and his name is Allan.

Girl In A Birdcage - Part Two (conclusion)

     She flew away through the bars of the cage.
                                                                                       The End
                                                                                     

Girl In A Birdcage

     Once upon a time, there was a girl from Lithuania who came across on the boat to Canada.  She was full of hope for the future.  One of her hopes was that she would make a living, and another hope was that she would marry and have children.  (Another hope was that she would go to heaven, and we will get to that later.)
      She sang in concerts at colleges, songs she had written herself and enjoyed some popularity.  She met a man called Stonehead who liked her and she thought perhaps he was her man.  He certainly phoned her often enough.  He took her out on a date and another and another.  She made him casseroles to put in his freezer for when he was sick, as he didn't like to cook a lot and really didn't like to cook when he was under the weather.  He took her skiing and hiking as they both loved the outdoors, and they had many an apres-ski party with fondue, just like his mother had when she came to Canada.  The girl took him to see her Ma and Pa and they got married.
      He put her in a giant birdcage for safekeeping and went away on a business trip.  After a while her nuts and seeds ran out and she had nothing to eat but moths which flew into her cage.  She sang and kept herself amused for a while and he came home and gave her more nuts and seeds.
      She said, "This is the pits.  I wonder what I can do to get out of here."
      So you see children,  just because a relationship has a good beginning before marriage, doesn't necessarily mean that the marriage will go well once you're in it, so the best thing to do is pray before you get married to know if this person is the right one for you!  It would be happier if you did it that way anyway.
                                                                                   More later

My Most Embarrassing Moment This Week

     I went into town to do some errands, to go to the bank and buy knitting needles, yarn and a knitting pattern.  On the way there I had to stand in the hot sun for about forty-five minutes waiting for a bus as I had just missed one, and worried that I would have sun-stroke.  When I reached town on the bus I went straightaway and bought a fruit smoothie so I wouldn't die of thirst.
      Well, I was walking near an intersection with lots of cars around, trying to drink my smoothie, but nothing almost would come out of the straw.  Unfortunately, some of it came out in one big splat on my face and my blouse.