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Rockin’ Into The Season

We’ve decided not to put the big Christmas tree up this year. Doesn’t seem much sense in unpacking boxes at the moment!
I’m still feeling a bit neutral about it all right now, but feel like I might regret not decorating in some way…I put some lights and other bits up today, although I forgot the batteries!

Gingerbread, reindeer, and a couple of gnomes.
The boxes make a handy background!

I also found a tiny tinsel Christmas tree at the charity shop today. It even came with teensy teddy ornaments 🙂

I might start playing some of my Christmas CDs soon.
I haven’t got the CD this came from, and I initially didn’t think I would like it anyway, but I had a listen. I think it’s one of the best things I’ve ever heard 😆

There’s something about Jimmy Barnes yelling at me to have some pumpkin pie that cheers me right up!

Or maybe you’re feeling a bit down and you’d rather something about what Christmas really means…

❤

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on December 9, 2022 at 11:37 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: Crowder, Jimmy Barnes

Grey Gloom Rising

Anybody got a house to spare?
Another knoockback, on a house we really wanted, on a grey, rainy, cold-for-summer day. We applied as four adults on the app, so the “sorry, but…” emails came four times, one after the other. I suppose there’s a reason we didn’t get it, but we’re feeling a bit flat about it all.
Maybe even a bit like this!

😆

We are trusting that God has a place in mind for us, but we’re taking a bit of a break on hunting and viewing. I’ll still look at the real estate site, but only look at places that are just what we want. Hopefully things will be clearer after Christmas.
Until then…

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on December 1, 2022 at 4:01 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: Martin Smith, Tim Foust

Little Boxes

Had a lovely time today, going through boxes in preparation for our eventual move. I felt great that I had the ability to achieve as much as I did, but it was perhaps more than I should have done 😆 We shall see tomorrow!
I’ve been packing bits and pieces for a while, but we’ve finally breached the dreaded CupboardUnderTheStairs. After (14…15…who knows?) years of homeschooling, there are boxes and boxes of paper. Sweet Bean finished his schooling at a distance ed school, but up until then we were flying under the radar with the education authorities, and got into the habit of saving schoolwork just in case we were called to account somewhere along the line. It’s been interesting seeing some of the early attempts again (and there’s still lots to look through!) but it takes ages to sort out the keep/throwaway piles.
Part of my packing strategy involves using as much “dead” space as I can – anything with any space to spare gets something shoved into it! This included all my Tardises (Tardisi?) at one point. At least one of them seems bigger on the inside!

There’s still room! 😆

Rest day tomorrow, then I’ll get stuck in again.
We still don’t really know where we’re going yet, but it should be interesting.
And there’s one thing I do know –

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on September 17, 2022 at 11:26 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: Tardis, We The Kingdom

Sitting In The Dust

Packing for our coming move proceeds…sporadically, and with some difficulty. But it is still ongoing.
I’ve been finding that I have bursts of ability, so I dart about, trying to do what I can in that space. Then the next day or so it feels like I’m coming down with flu!

Today I thought I’d tackle the stuff under the bed. In my head, it seemed simple (I do a lot of “packing” in my head). In reality, I found I couldn’t pull the larger boxes out far enough to clean them down, and ended up sitting on the dusty carpet, crying… Thankfully, my Babe was around to help ❤
I cleaned off the dust, in preparation for packing more in the boxes that have space. Then I was able to do the ordinary cleaning, before luxuriating in a lovely hot bath 🙂

We still don’t know where we’re moving to. We just have to trust that it will all come together when it needs to.
In the meantime – here’s a song that came out today!

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on August 27, 2022 at 8:34 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: rend collective

Something For The Weekend…

❤

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on August 6, 2022 at 6:23 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: We The Kingdom

Roll On

Sometimes the world seems a little…too much.
Sometimes it’s easy to forget our roles in life – the possibilities we have of making the world a little better.
…and sometimes we could do with being reminded that we’re not helpless, with nothing to say!

Brings to mind some verses –

“But let justice roll down like waters,
and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.”
– Amos 5:24

And one of my favourites –
“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.
And what does the Lord require of you?
To act justly and to love mercy
and to walk humbly with your God.”
– Micah 6:8

And if you still need cheering up, here’s one that came out today.
❤

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on July 30, 2022 at 5:17 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: Home Free, rend collective

Galloping Round The North Coast

…of Scotland, that is.
Perhaps “galloping” is too…energetic…a word.
The latest medal for my virtual marathons came the other day. I’ve been waiting for this one! It’s a 500 mile walk through the Scottish Highlands. Thankfully I got it finished before the “Covid interlude”. I wasn’t really powering along beforehand, but 500 miles would be a bit beyond me at the moment.

Here’s the front.

Look who turns up when you move the thistle!

Here’s the back – my favourite bit 🙂

Complete with an inspiring message from Scotland’s National animal…

There are many more walks I’d like to do – the company has just put out a collection of Lord of the Rings challenges, and I’ve been wanting to do the Camino de Santiago – but a combination of (lack of) money and ability has put those on hold for a while.

I no longer have Covid, but I have had a couple of courses of antibiotics lately, and seem to have some sort of cold at the moment. My goal for the time being is to be able to go into town at some point for an hour or so, and be able to get the bus home. Such excitement! 😆

In the meantime, I’m catching up with a Creative Christianity Summit that I got a ticket for last year. I need to watch the interviews and workshops so I’m ready for this year’s summit. It’s been interesting and inspiring – all sorts of creative people and possibilities – everything from lettering workshops, to theatre companies that put on Passion Plays, to excitable vicars giving Bible studies. I’m signed up for this year – if you’re interested, there seems to be a free ticket option available.
Come along and join in! 😀

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on May 28, 2022 at 6:48 pm Leave a Comment
Tags: Creative Christianity Summit, Paul Blackham, Saltmine Theatre Passion PLay, The Conqueror Challenges

Out And About

I had a “big” day in town the other day – I wanted to vote early (and avoid the crowds), so I went to some other places I hadn’t been to for a while. It felt a bit strange being outside for so long! 😆

Another frangipani!
This one was outside my favourite cafe, where I was waiting for my takeaway order – not quite ready to spend too much time sitting inside yet…

I did better than I thought I would. Still had to go home to bed for a bit.
I miss being able to walk wherever I want to, for as long as I want to – to go somewhere without having to formulate plans B, C etc, depending on how I am.
It was back to the doctor today, another course of antibiotics and another round of tests, for something different this time. Still, I’m feeling better than a month, or even a couple of weeks, ago! 🙂

The flowers are still blooming.
And there are still songs to sing.