Amazed & Confused

What to do?

A truly unusual thing happened this afternoon. Smiles, Bex and I, all back from our Christmas travels, found ourselves sitting in our living room with nothing to do. We've spent most of the last year wishing for a holiday and now we're on one our minds are blank...

Tis the season!

I have had the most lovely, relaxing and romantic week before Christmas. I was smugly organised in my present purchasing this year (apart from one annoying order loosing hiccup with Amazon) so I have had none of the frantic rushing through the Christmas crowds for that illusive Dad present...

It was a very good year...

As Christmas and New Year aproaches those inevitable conversations about the year in review are beginning over glasses of wine everywhere. If you're anything like me you'll panic at the sentence, "what was your best [fill in the blank] of the year?" partially because it's impossible to be so definite about your first chioce (you've inevitably forgotten something) and partially because you can't plant your flag and declare your allegiance after three seconds thought. Even if you are an extrovert...

Laws of Gravity

It's a funny thing being engaged. No matter how mentally prepared you think you are, the knowledge of what it means hits you with some gravity when you're actually living it out. For the first few days I was walking around with what felt like a dazzling beacon on my ring finger that both attracted and amazed me at the same time...

A very special announcement

I keep pinching myself because I can't quite believe that I am about to write this.  As you all know I am often a rather excitable person and I can never sit on good news, so today I am blogging with the best news I can think of...

Whirlwind weekend

This has definitely been one of the most diverse and roller-coaster-esque weeks of my life! As I've dashed from Southampton to Chichester to Guildford to Luton to Venice to Luton to Grendon to Reading.... (*phew*) I have had so much to share and no time infront of a putor to share it!

Christmas Shopping

"Thank you for ordering with http://www.play.com." Don't you just love it. Three clicks and you've spent money, no opening your wallet, no typing in card details, no tiresome wandering round shops trying to find the right CD or DVD; it's all there at the touch of a button...

Stephen is a poo poo head and made me change this title

Why do we do it to ourselves? Why are all the healthy things painful or tasteless? Charlotte and I have decided that exercise needs to be part of our daily working rhythm alongside prayer, blogging, bible reading and managing emails, so this week I have mostly been gasping for breath…

The Constant Gardener

As I left the cinema last night with my hand tucked into Steve’s, huddling down into my jacket to escape the cold bite of night air, I felt more like I was leaving a funeral than a movie theatre. As we slowly made our way home I felt exhausted by the two hour intense rollercoaster of feelings; curiosity, suspicion, grief, guilt, disbelief and an over-whelming sense of injustice…

Trundle Family adventure!

This weekend was wonderful. Short and sweet, you can stop reading now if you're especially busy... if not let me tell you more. I flew with Mum, Dad, Lili and Adam from Luton to Dublin (a little brain fried from Transit) on Friday night. From the moment we pulled up at our surprisingly plush hotel (Dad vows to check prices more closely in future) to the sad and tired fairwell last night, the Trundle family laughed, teased, ate and visited with a plethora of relatives and friends...

Something Obvious

The last few days I've felt that twinge of intuition, thought, peace, reaccuring musing that usually meens God's trying to tell me something. It really began two weeks ago when I realised that my expectations of what God could do were very low. I've gotten so used to making excuses when he doesn't move that my faith has truly shrunk to the size of a mustard seed. Though I know that's enough to move a mountain I haven't really been aiming and firing lately...

The Long Way Round

Picture this… Charlotte and I tootling along in faithful but slightly dilapidated car, punctually on our way to the 24-7 UK Network Day. We have coffee, time to chat, warm coats, bibles to catch up on Transit reading and a whole boot full of merchandise to deliver. Nothing could stand in our way. Nothing that is, except our own insuppressible ability to create drama…