Amazed & Confused

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Teaser

Oh. My. Goodness. The LONG anticipated trailer for the latest film in the Harry Potter series was released on the web last night and I have to say it looks incredible! David Yates (Mr Director Sir) has totally captured the mood of the book and Ralf Fiennes Nephew, Fiennes Tiffin makes a great Tom Riddle. Ah but it's too early. The films not out until the end of the year. If I get too excited now I'll ruin it. I had wondered what it would be like seeing this film now we know the (incredible) end of the story, but I have to say I don't think it dulls my anticipation. The books will always be my first love but Mr Yates does seem to be taking the films from strength to strength...

Velvet Elvis: or How to Confuse Carla in Three Easy Chapters

My head is a bit mashed. With the wonder of audio books I'm actually managing to get through some pretty great Christian books at a respectable speed. There's something much easier and about listening and absorbing stuff about God than there is about sitting down to read anything but my Bible. I think it's totally psychosomatic, I was never a lover of text books and I think I've made an unhelpful association with boring school work and non-fiction books...

Mark and Anna Get Hitched

The lovely Mark and Anna Oliver are now officially joined for life. It was a beautiful outdoor ceremony in a the fabulous flower garden of West Dean College. Everyone was so happy for them throwing themselves into the celebration of the day. The DeLoreans played in the evening, which was fun though I missed Steve's presence. Doug Ross ripped up the dance floor with some old skool classics, the B Boyz did their thing and Dan Armstrong wowed everyone with his 90s dancing. Sunday I was beat but had a lovely relaxing day praying at Church and sunbathing and reading with two of my best friends in the afternoon. Been thinking a lot about Sabbath. I suck at it. No surprise there... but some podcast I was listening to recently reminded me that God commanded us to keep Sabbath. Hmm lots to chew on. xc

Lovely Ladies

I've just snuggled up in bed after a lovely evening with some fabulous ladies. While Steve's away and Matt's working Charlotte and I decided to rally the troops and get out the stilettos without fear of looking like Amazonian woman next to our spouses. We met many a lovely lass from Revs out and about around Chichester of a Friday night. I get so busy doing, well I'm not really sure what, that I forget how good it is to go out without a plan with some great friends and see where the evening will take you. Tonight it took us to Mohitos in a flower garden... bliss xc

Spot the Difference

Today my gorgeous husband embarks on his summer of worship. Shortly after I type this he'll get in his car and drive four hours north to play in the band at the first Soul Survivor week. We celebrated this new season with an excellent English fry up this morning that Steve cooked to perfection (yummy). Food softens any blow. I know it's a great time of year from him. He gets to hang out with some great men and women, have a lot of fun and worship God every day through his favourite medium - music. I miss him when he's gone, the house feels empty, even when other people are in it, my someone significant in gone. I'll enjoy having some girl time and Lord knows I have plenty to do in his absence, but I'll really look forward to our welcome home breakfast next week. xc

My Nephew is GORGEOUS!

Saturday was my lovely brother in law's Birthday so we all congregated at his dinning room table for a surprise birthday breakfast. It was delightful to see everyone and a special treat to hang out with our nephew Jude. Sadly he lives in Essex which means we have to pray protection over him so he doesn't become a Chav and we don't get to see him lots :( I did take lots of photos though. He changes so much everytime we see him, he's only eight months old but he's a lovely little bruiser (I mean that as a good thing)... xc

Good Things...

Life's been getting away from us recently. I'm really bored of answering 'tired' or 'busy' to people's pleasant enquiries, so the last few days I've been purposely slowing down and appreciating each moment. Things that have brightened my day include: Ravi Zacharias's latest Podcast (always food for thought but this week I found especially challenging), Rob Bell's book Sex God (audio books are the new way for me to actually enjoy Christian literature - can I get a hurrah?), reading on the sofa with the sun on my back, weeding and planting in the garden (it's good to get my hands dirty), Dr Horrible's Sing-a-Long Blog (utter genius) and the release of the upcoming Star Trek Movie Character art (I was so excited I nearly peed my pants) not to mention the new Watchman trailer!!! Ok I'm gonna stop geeking out now... deep breath... I'm good... The best bit though is God answering my prayers, I count three since the weekend which is very lovely of Him. xc

A deep anger

I'm generally not an angry person. It takes a lot to really make me mad. It's not an emotion I feel very often and mostly if it does come out it's over the weirdest things: the injustice and impudence of the film 'Superman Returns', the neglect of the word 'an' and adverts that tell you there's an inner goddess inside you that can only be released by shaving your legs with their product... I'm feeling the bile rise in my throat. With this in mind I learnt something about my husband today. Steve and I are equally stubborn and have a few harmless long-term arguments I enjoy perpetuating just for the fun of it. One of the aforementioned hot potatoes is the pronunciation of the letter 'H'. Today as I riled at the absence of the word 'an' Steve looked at me very seriously and said: what you're feeling now is how I feel every time you pronounce the huh sound before your 'H'. It was a moment of epiphany - though it's fun to wind up Steve about silly little things if he started dropping the word an I would find it very grating. So in loving submission I will henceforth try to pronounce the letter 'H' like I'm posh. Ah the sacrifices one makes for love... xc

Burning Calories

I swear I must burn like 5000 calories during one DeLoreans Gig. Our time-traveling-covers-band has been going all guns blazing recently and building quite a nice reputation I'm pleased to say. New enquiries seem to be coming in weekly and we're racking up some new songs to give the old timers something new to enjoy. I've been a little poorly the last five days - just an annoying head cold but I've been so tired (and yes stressed) the last month that it kinda knocked me for six. I was drugged up to the max to make it through Friday's gig (Beachams cold and flu tablets, Paracetamol, several Lemsips and copious amounts of Echenatia - I felt like a dancer again!) It only occurred to me on Saturday that most of those contain paracetamol and I probably was over the recommended dosage. Ah well - I'm alive and the gig went well. I love celebrating with people, even complete strangers, I think we add a lot of joy and fun to people's events, it's fun to be part of something special in someone's life: a wedding or birthday. You get a glimpse into the joy in a strangers life for a night and hopefully help them enjoy it even more. Good clean fun :) xc

My New Glasses Arrive Today - Yay! I Love Them