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Ridiculous

It's been a ridiculously long time since I last posted, honestly if the Blogger app on the iphone worked I would update more often!

Anyway what to tell.... since my last post back in January I have;

Repaired/renewed my relationship with my sister after 19 years, it's such a wonderful blessing.

I have lost over 1 1/2 stone following the Slimming World plan. I am determined to keep this up and lose another 8 stone. However this determination sometimes falters in the small details of life so weight loss is a bit slow.

Hmmmm not much else really. I have come to the realisation that my life is utterly boring!

So I'm trying to be more sociable!

Oh and if I blog more it will encourage me to have something to blog about.

The piccie is of me with blonde hair! I'm still not entirely used to it.

Fishy Feet and Facebook

So I've been back at work for a fortnight and feeling much better!

Not much to report, I gave in and asked my brother Peter to fit the new bath and tile the room, so he's doing that this week.

Also in the plan this week is a Fish Foot Pedicure with my mate Jo, I shall endeavour to get photos and show you all in the next post.

On Friday I'm going out with my sister, we haven't seen each other for ooooh 20 years nearly! No falling out just one of those things that happen. I'm ever so scared but without being horrible she is too and that makes me feel better! The wonders of Facebook eh?

One week in

One week into the New Year and I'm still not well! I went to the Doctors on Tuesday who wanted to send me to hospital with suspected Quinsy. I really didn't want to go so I managed to persuade her (almost silently) not to send me, so I was given strong anti-biotics and she made me promise to go straight to A&E if I worsened, and back to the surgery if no better.

Well I told myself I felt a bit better!

After almost a fortnight of pain, I could finally close my mouth yesterday.

Anyhow I'm off until Wednesday, and starting to feel well enough to be bored.

Paul has started in on the bathroom. After fitting the new basin last month we now have to paint the lounge ceiling!!! Bless him for trying, he's a bit scared of starting the tiling now.

My only resolution this year is to be far more organised about Christmas!

Christmas 2010

Well, not the best Christmas we've ever had. I came down with flu two days beforehand, had to take time off work which I was upset at.

Christmas Eve I had no choice but to cook the bird, Sam helped enormously. I sat down every five minutes for ten minutes! Paul was not feeling well by the evening.
Christmas day came we tried to be jolly, after dinner Paul went to bed and I slept on the sofa!

We didn't even have dessert, no sweets were touched!
Boxing day and Dort is at the BF's, Paul spent the day in bed.

By evening Sam has the fever and feels dreadful, I'm at work now, as it's only a sleep-in. But cannot lie down for the coughing starts!
But you know despite being ill pretty much all December, I consider myself blessed. I have a wonderful husband and two amazing kids,

anything else is gilding on the lily and can be lived without!
Happy new year all xxx


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Aglow

Well it hasn't exactly been all go here. The job hunt goes on...and on....

But I'm ok with that.

Last night we went to a meal hosted by Aglow International (Romsey chapter).

There was so much fun and laughter at our table, it'll be a wonder if we're allowed to return!

It was a fantastic evening, there was a speaker who was also a Mime...I know the incongruity of that has only just occurred to me! But he did speak and he did mime too! Just not together!

The talk was on giving what you have to God. He used the feeding of the five thousand as his text.

Speaking of the boy who supplied the five loaves and two fish he said

"It wasn't much and could never be enough, but it was all he had"

Those words spoke to me and I hope that I remember that in the future that God does not ask for more than we have and anyway He will supply what we lack.

The mime was fabulous.I admit, I did inwardly groan when I heard him say he would mime, and shame on me because it was fabulously moving.

I missed my date for the Vitamin B12 injection, it should have been the 4th January! I have an appointment on monday for it, better late than never! It means the dizziness and palpitations have got a bit out of control, not to mention the breathlessness! But I know by Tuesday I will feel much better.

I must make a note to remind me in future!

I'm preaching on the 7th March and leading Worship the day before at my Footsteps course and instead of working on that I'm blogging!

Heyho for procrastination!

Yawn

Paul is on late shift this week, it means he gets in at about 7.30am and sleeps until 2pm, then has a nap at about 5pm!

What this means to me is that I'm thoroughly bored, with no one to talk to all day and I can't even hoover the stairs, or clean the bathroom. As I also craft in our room I can't craft either. Even cooking is a no no as it wakes him up!

So I'm not looking forward to tomorrow!

Oh I do have some news! The Sunday before last I led worship at our church! I was ever so nervous, trying to make sure the timings were right, and that the songs/hymns went with the sermon. However I tried I could NOT make the songs/hymns go with the sermon. The sermon was on Jesus healing the lame. Well I couldn't get my head around that and besides the word I had was Faithfulness. So I based the worship on the faithfulness of God, you know the first eight verses of Psalm 89 mention God's faithfulness FOUR times. To me that means that God's faithfulness is Extraordinary, even in heaven the Angels cannot stop praising him for it.

God does not promise to heal all our diseases but he does promise "the lame shall leap like a deer" (Isaiah 35:6) I believe this is the freedom that comes from His spirit living within me.

I know there have been times when I have been 'lame' in my spirit, weighed down with burdens I am not meant to carry, worries that I cannot change by worrying.

Anyway the consensus of opinion was that I did well. The timings were fine. I did warn the Pastor to have either a ten minute or a forty minute sermon ready, he ignored my warning yet everything worked out fine!

In March I have been asked to preach on "Jesus, strong against temptation" I'm looking forward to it!

The college course is going well. I have finished MS Excel (and passed) and am now learning MS Access, I'm enjoying it, but why do I dread it all day Monday?