Amazed & Confused

Snap Happy

What a lovely weekend! Matthew, Adam (the Birthday Boy) and I whipped around London perusing the Science Museum, trying to sneak into the National Gallery, climbing in Trafalgar Square, stuffing our chops in China town, exercising our wallets in Oxford Street and walking in circles trying to find Covent Garden (I swear it disappeared for the weekend!)...

Adam's 16...

...and I feel old. I'm in London this weekend celebrating Trundle siblings stylee. My younger brother Adam (aka abi) officialy turned 16 approximately an hour ago. Lots of walking, lots of micky take, lots of fast food (I feel like I've put on half a stone) and lots of love. So much to tell, I will share all when I'm back in the Chi-chay-steer xc

Obi Wan...

The lovely Christopher Lindsay kindly sent me this link today... http://www.starwars.com/episode-iii/bts/me3/11.html. It's a tid bit of how Ewan McGregor has become Obi Wan Kenobi! The count down is well and truely underway, I have found where to hire a Jedi robe and I'm on the hunt for a lightsaber. If you're not there on May 19th dressed to the nines and screaming at old George then it will be your loss! Rumour has it that Sven is tracking down a gold bikini... I think he'll look rather fetching!

Little Black Book

Today I have finally faced the truth... I have spent most of the afternoon trying to paste my life back together as I have officially lost my life - also known as my diary...

"Sick as a dog...

Gonna spew." You gotta love Austin Powers. He's lent me so many expressions so useful in everyday life. Yesterday I was sick as a dog... Monday morning I went to see my doctor with an assortment of war wounds I thought I should get checked out and though I left reassured, I also so left with a nasty present from my fellow patients...

Risk, Freedom, Discipline...

I just recieved a beautiful thank you card in the post from Jonah. On the front was the intrigueing painting on the left (click to enlarge). It's from a show at the Bilboa Guggenheim called "TOTAL RISK, FREEDOM, DISCIPLINE". The words jumped up at me from the card and span around in my brain. Risk, Freedom, Discipline... three words that have sumarised the last year and hopefully the coming years of my life.

Generation X

Yesterday was my beautiful Mother's Birthday! Like the faithful daughter that I am I spent approximately 9 1/2 hours on trains yesterday to get to Grendon and back to celebrate with her! 'Quelle horror!' I hear you cry but no! I had 9 hours of time to write in my journal, bring my head noise to God and finish Douglas Coupland's excellent 'Generation X'...

Sleeping and grinning...

Hmmm this has been a good week grounded in a lot of reality. Close friends are still going through really hard stuff, my prayers are getting simpler and more heart felt, and I'm living with the consquences of deicisions I've made. It's painful, worrying and frustrating but through it all I've been strangely happy...

Pray for Andrea!

Hey Guys, big ask... please pray for my beautiful friend Andrea. She's a lovely lady and she's in the hospital right now with mysterious memory loss. I'm sick of people who give there lives to God being sick, please pray for her and Markus. Jonah and Markus have written a report for the 24-7 Supporters site to help you pray, I've copied it here...

IAM5!

I absolutely loved IAM5 on Saturday… I was so scared about it all week but the minute everyone arrived I looked around the room and thought, “What am I worrying about? It’s just a party for my friends!”…

What a shocker!

What a weekend! I feel like I've been on an emotional, physical and spiritual rollercoaster and it was quite a ride. This morning as I woke to the sun streaming through my window, I sighed at the enjoyment of my first lie in since IAM5. I had done the old turn off my alarm and sleep til I wake trick so imagine my shock when I rolled over, blearilly reached for my clock and sat bolt upright as I realised it was 2pm!

Great day...

Thanks guys for praying... I really appreciate it! The last couple of days have been fantastic. I love my boys on the International team and it's been great to have fellow lady Dorle in on this weeks proceedings...

If you're praying...

If you're praying this week I'd really apreciate it if you said one for me. Tomorrow morning I'm traveling up to London for 2 days of International meetings, IAM5 prep, a 24-7 meeting on Friday and then IAM5 on Saturday...

Lisa's Birthday!

Ever sat at your desk on a Monday morning and thought 'I need an extra weekend to recover from the one I've just had'? Today, I'm a little red-eyed as I spent the weekend celebrating my beautiful little sister's 21st Birthday...

Face painting!

Yesterday, the always wonderful, Matthew Hughes texted me in a flurry of excitement with an interesting idea for cell. Matthew is a wonderfully creative young man, his ideas are always worth a go, so, without hesitation, I gave him the cell for the evening to do with what he would...

I have amazing friends...

Today I have felt very loved... It's been an odd day full of unexpected surprises and I've felt a little vulnerable. I am incredibly lucky though to have friends who always treat me kindly...

There is hope...

This morning's journey into London has restored my faith in humanity! I caught the 8am train to Victoria dragging a beast of a suitcase (the one I took to Ibiza for a summer) filled with bags and fliers for IAM5...

A Gorgeous Girl!

Annie Armstrong is the gorgeous young member of the current Armstrong family.  I have the privilege of looking after her on a Monday night and it's one of the highlights of my week...