Amazed & Confused

The Diva

Last night was a scream. Charlottie to Hottie, Smiler and I were working the bar at the venue for some company party and ended up dancing the night away whilst serving the guests, ruling the karaoke stage and replying "Travel the world telling people about God" to the flirty "So, what do you do when you're not behind this bar" raised eye brow, leery lean cheeky smile included. It's a brilliant reply to take the wind of drunk boys sails xc

Happy Belated Proxy Christmas!

Yesterday was October Proxy Christmas so Crimbo cheer broke out in 15 Caledonian Rd. A nice change from the gloom that's decended since they were served notice to sling their hooks and find another home :( In honour of the beginning of the Proxy Christmas season I've broken out the Mariah Carey Christmas Album! It's a classic! Garaunteed to get you singing along. On a more superficial note I knew I'd lost weight but didn't know how much as I think weighing scales are evil. To my surprise I am now the lightest I've been since my early teens! 10st 4p! I celebrated with a sausage sandwich from the van :)

Getting into the dress...

I'm a little tired today. Last night, though I snuggled blissfully into bed at 10.30 with a good book, I spent the entire night having Wedding anxiety dreams. This has only happened a few times but last night's felt particularly fraught...

God Almighty

Lottie and I ashamadly realised that we are already 20days behind on our 9 month Bible reading plan and it's only one month in today. I feel really embarrassed seeing as I'm the person who convinced dozens of my fellow church goers to join me! Never fear though, we have a plan and we should be up to date in 10 days...

Bridesmaid's Bounces

This may sound odd but it feels really weird having so much attention. My conversation has become quite limited so I’ve been finding things to do, like helping friends move house and spoiling my girls to get some head space. It feels so much better…

Holy Hoodies

Hehe, I've had a rather fun afternoon writing blurbs for all the products on the 24-7 Shop. Give it a few weeks and you can admire my craftmanship. I did get a little carried away though when slightly hinting that buying a 24-7 hoodie to help fund the movement would get you filled with the Holy Spirit. Charlotte made me re-write that one :( xc

Momentum

It’s amazing how much my kinaesthetic sense has dulled in the four years since I finished my BA in Dance. As I moved around my room tonight I became aware of how rushed my movements were, how terrible my posture and alignment has become. I remember the deliberate nature techniques like Limone gave my body. I remember learning to correct the tilt in my pelvis and strengthen my centre. Now both my bad habits and weakness have returned from lack of attention...

Caught between Aes Sedai and Dragons!

I'm in a bit of a pickle, trapped between two great books, anticipation waxing whilst my reading stamina is waning. I'm currently four fifths through The Wheel of Time: Crossroad of Twilight, the excellent 10th installment in the series whilst I'm starting to get really excited about diving in Eragon, the adventure trilogy. If WOT was pap, I'd skip or skim read it to rush to my next story but instead I'm caught between quality and excitment. If only I could stay awake for more than three pages at a time. With everything happening my late night reading is being replaced by waking and wondering if I have print on my cheek... xc

Beaming with pride

I know I have a very talented and gorgeous fiance, I don't need convincing. I did however rather enjoy last night's gig in Southampton where everyone else got see how wonderful he is in shiny bright lights. Steve kicked off the first leg if the Delirious tour in Tim Hughes band last night. His Coldplay-esque keys were rousing, I was very proud. If your catching Delerious then my man is the seriously hot keyboard player making Tim Hughes look good ;) xc

A risky decision

I am so excited I had to write an unashamadly girly blog. I'm typing this from my bedroom and I'm having that adrenaline rush I sometimes get when I've done something potentially stupid only to find that it works out brilliantly...

Henning it up

I have ten minutes until I'm taking up the challenge of being totally silent for a whole hour in the prayer room. Before I run downstairs to grab the bull by the horns I want to take a few minutes to recap my Hen weekend. That fabulous festivity of fun, food and fffff.... ok I can think of an 'f' word so I'm going to say Jet skiing!

Cheers for the memories

Before I try to formulate some thoughts on my fabulous hen weekend I just thought I'd start the day by sharing a smile. The lovely James Ferret emailed me a video of the lovely Kelly Greene displaying her unique skills at the end of this year's 24-7 ILG. Need something to brighten up your monday morning? Download kelly_the_cheerleader.3gp

To be a Hen...

Tomorrow morning I will awake a whole new species. Tomorrow and Sunday mark the culmination of a lot of hard work, practical jokes, imagination and secrecy from my five lovely bridesmaids; this weekend is my hen weekend. I shall be bringing my camera so expect a full report on Monday, but until then please remember me in your prayers. Hopefully I won't end up dressed as a chicken stranded in France, though... that could be a chance for my secret spy skills to kick in and get me home! xc

Steve's new habit...

I do worry about the man I'm marrying from time to time. Some call him eccentric, others say he's inspired... I guess there's a fine line between genius and muppetness... At least he makes me laugh :D

The value of words

There are far too many vacuous books in the world. I was standing in line, patiently waiting to pay the Gas bill at the post office yesterday and I was entranced by the pap on sale for £2.60. For the price of a sandwich let me bore you with my words. Let me fill your mind with my worthless, shallow, inarticulate dross. I feel slightly worried that in a hundred years the sheer volume of rubbish paper backs available will suggest some pretty negative things about today's society...

Many Good things

The last week has been filled with many good things: our bank loan came through to resolve our debts into one neat package, we've sold stuff on E-Bay, cards with little gifts have come through the post, my veil has been found, people are booking their flights to the Wedding, my Hen day is this weekend, had a random email from a publisher who read my blog and asked if I'd considered writing a book, our soon to be bedroom is now furnished and half moved into and the great merging of clothes has begun. I nicked this T-Shirt (right) from Steve last night. It must be seriously tight on him, I've never seen him wear it. I love it, I feel like I have Steve on my T-Shirt... xc

Sparklers & Suits

Today I received the most imaginative multi-media RSVP to our Wedding invitation to date. The always resourceful and industrious Wardy and his delectable girlfriend Miss Shirley decided to sing their reply whilst burning the sparkler we sent them in anticipation! Download their musical marvel here... Download sparkler_fun.mp4 It's three weeks and five days 'til W-Day, it's starting to feel awfully close. Where on earth did the last ten months go?