Changes

Update of the last few months- Creamfields was awesome. I totally feel re-connected with God and my warfare spirit. I am a warrior and an overcomer. My word how much I had forgotten that that's who I truly am.
Still Jiving.
Planning my own coffee shop in the near future.
Oh and going out with a non-christian man. We really can't call him a boy. Again it's confusing as he is managing to encourage me to go for it with God more then most of my christian friends. It's raising a whole load of questions about what I have always just taken as a black and white issue. Is there a future in it? could you marry someone who you can't pray with, who doesn't recognise his spiritual headship of your family? I don't know anymore. All I know right now is that he is making me more hungry for Jesus and he makes me totally happy.

How time flies

I can't believe I haven't posted on this for so long. So much has happened since then. Now completely addicted to dancing, it's the highlight of my week and about the only thing that makes me feel happy at the moment. Even though it does mean I mainly meet guys and my social circle is now quickly becoming filled with guys. Naturally reaction would obviously be that this is a good thing for a single girl but not when that girl is waiting for a christian guy and gets very told off if she even dares to fancy a non-christian. Not about to publish my true feelings on this matter on a website, but I think you can tell that I am rather confused about the whole situation.
Apart from dancing it's that time of year again where roommates change and where to live is up for discussion. But also the time of year for Hamlet in the park and Creamfields.

It's Friday

I am so glad it's Friday, the builders are in our office today, drilling, painting and doing general noisy, dusty building work. It's giving me a headache and a weird taste in my mouth which no amount of water, food seems to be able to shift. I have noticed what a negative person I have become, but can anyone blame me when this refurbishment of the office has taken around 8 months, there has to be a point when anyone's patience runs out. Trying to think positively- at least it looks like it's going to be finished within the next week!!! PTL.

This weekend looks set to be a quiet one, which is something I really really need, especially after last weekend's partying. Best friend's Hen night in Liverpool, very brilliant. I look foward to sleeping lots this weekend and reading (most likely finishing) one of the best books I have ever read: "Elegance". A must read for all girls. Boys should read it too, but doubt they can identify with it- would be interested to hear a guys opinion on it though.

Still undecided whether to go to the Big Jive night at Stockport Town Hall. My regular dancing partner can't make this weekend and no-one else seems to want to go. Maybe I'll just get over the whole loner attitude and just go anyway on my own.

Latest update

Not written on this for ages, a couple of months in fact. This is not due to the lack of not having anything to write but time to write it in.
What's happened in the last few months. Biggest news I guess is that I have taken up two more hobbies- Ceroc dancing- very cool and great fun and Body Balance- stretchy gym class. Unfortunately my healthy diet and added exercise have not improved my health. Still fighting a niggly cold after about 3 weeks.
Anyway best get back to work.

a doggy morning

excercise does really work. I am feeling far happier. Went for a run with Hope ( my boss' dog who I am looking after for the weekend)
It was the first run I have done for 2 1/2 weeks and I feel so much better for it.
I'm wondering if it is morally acceptable to use the dog as an advantageous tool to make contact with beautiful opposite gender-to myself-Godly creations (eg use Hope's friendliness to meet gorgeous guys in the park)
2 said good morning to me, they never do that without the dog!
mmmm considering that I should be sticking to good chrisitans guys I do think it is out of the question- oh well maybe it will help me not to be so pre-occupied with the topic......:o)

going to go and raid Caleb's fridge for something eddible.

Mid week

It's snowing hooray. Not fun to drive in but how beautiful does everything look covered in white!!!!
Work is rather hectic at the moment lots to do, but just chilling at lunch at the moment. Need to check out that food site to see if we have anything in our cupboards which could poison us.

Bit down at the moment not sure why, probably just hormones, so not really in the mood write loads....
maybe another day

A quiet drink out

I have had one of the best weekends I have had in ages. Starting off with actually going out for a drink with friends on a Friday night. Having a breakfast on Saturday with around 10 people to catch up with Cate and Oria. Which is really good yet there is such a mixture of emotion of wanting to be out there in the World yet being in Manchester. Then Saturday afternoon I rode Kate for the first time in 2 weeks which was great.
The highlight of the weekend though was going for a "quiet drink out" with my housemate Sally. The plan was just to have a couple of drinks at Bar 38 in town. But they had a wee little dance floor which we went on and then we met some very fun lads who we then spent the rest of the evening dancing with until getting chucked out at about 2am. Brilliant fun. And actually sharing Jesus with people who don't know him yet and getting in touch with reality rather than a christian bubble. Then Sunday I actually fell in love with Manchester again, watching the world go by through the Windows of the Atlas Bar.
All in all it was a great refreshing and fun weekend. Let there be more like these........

Back to normal....

My stomach is almost functioning normal, even though it really hurt yesterday.
The last couple of days have been quite standard. Oria, Cate & Anna joined our office lunch on Tuesday, which was a complete suprise to me. So lovely to catch up with the world travellers.
Kind a makes me a little envious that I'm in an office in Manchester- NEED TO TRAVEL SOON, ( and not just visiting family)
Got all creative yesterday and made a get well soon card for my dad- he got kicked by a horse and is in hospital with a broken leg.

2 weeks......

It has been a long time since I updated this. There have been many reasons. The main one being that I have been ill and at home in bed for 9 days!! Yep had a stomach virus which was horrible. Much better now.
A part from that adventures have included a random trip to V bar to rescue a friend left behind by another friend. Getting flowers to cheer me up, watching all of season one of 24, and being on the Heaven and Earth show on Sunday as the "single wanting to get married"........ all very exciting.

Running and all other forms of sport have had to be put on hold as I have been to sick. Even too sick to go the stables and that means I was Really really sick.

No ordinary Friday

For once I got out of the office this morning on a mission. I hasten to add it was a mission ordered by the Boss Man. The mission was to get as many tickets for U2 as possible. After trying on the phone for a little while and the internet a trip into town was in order. Thankfully the queue had gone down quite a bit and I managed to get 4. I did ask whether I could use a different credit card as well as the one I had just used and the lady just gave me a killer look as if I was insane. Is it just me or do other people get these kind of looks? I get them a lot some examples: When I'm jogging at 7am, when I ask outrageous questions about tickets, when I state that my dream holiday would be driving across land from Manchester to cape town SA etc. My motto "If you don't ask you don't get"

Now the debate is only who to give these tickets two. I wanted to but does it mean because I got them during work time do I have to make up the time or because the trip was ordered by my boss do I not have to? Dilemmas, dilemmas.

All in all it was fun to leave the confines of my office for a few hours and be out in the 'real' world. It was a bit to tempting to go shopping though.... a chai tea latte to go from Starbucks had to do to quench the shopping desire.

Surviving the cold

A couple of days have past and what have I achived this week...
After riding on Monday in the cold and realising quite how unfit I am I decided action was needed and the following morning jumped out of bed-quite literally- at 6.50am and went for a 25 minute jog round Moss Side. I felt ultra cool and loved people starring at me like I had completely lost my mind to be doing such a thing so early in the morning. It was freezing cold but well worth the effort.

Yesterday lunchtime my colleague Sophie and I had a girlie lunch as the boys decided that they would ditch our weekly team lunch. We ended up at the Musicana Cafe on oxford road. Very nice little cafe, if a tad dark and very male orientated. Interesting atmosphere and definitely a place I will have to brave on a Friday/Saturday night. Don't recommend their version of Salami, a bit heavy on the stomach :o)

I didn't brave Moss Side early in the morning today- I mean you have to give your body a rest don't you?! But still managed to get up before 7.30am. Complete miracle for me as I don't have to be at work until 9am and work is only a 5 min walk away from my house.

I'm enjoying having an early cappuchino with Jesus. At the moment I am reading John, a chapter a day. Today I read chapter 5 and there is this very interesting bit when Jesus tells the pharisees that they have been diligent in their study of the scriputers and given their life to it's study but have not given themselves to him who will give them eternal life. I have been pondering on that all morning. Are we guitly of placing scripture above Jesus in the West? The more I journey with Jesus the more I realise that I don't know him as well as I would like to and is that maybe partially due to reading the Bible as a story and a life manual rather than a book that points to Jesus. A book that should help us understand and move us closer to him. I've been listening to some teaching on the importance of the Word & Spirit in our lives. I really do think that in our western christian culture we have an inbalanced relationship, placing an over- emphasis on the Word and almost ignoring the Spirit of God. Yet it is the Spirit of God that is our helper in understanding the word and getting closer to Jesus. I love the Bible and theology, but can I honestly say the same of the Holy Spirit? If I'm honest God's power scares me a little. I do want that to change.

Just realised the time, 1 minute till the end of lunch. Better had sign off.

First Blog

Monday lunchtime and I have now had a couple of days to think about what I want to write and use this site for. Thanks to Richard Mc I have created this blog and it is in its early stages of development. I think really it is there to air my views, ideas and general thoughts about life, God and the Universe. Believe me there is a lot in my head that doesn't get public airing very often. :o)

I will update my profile and all that jazz when I get a chance and I'm not as hungry as I am today. What am I thinking of today? It's cold very cold and I have the joys of spending 2-3 hours in this cold with my lovely Kate. (just for those of you who do not know who Kate is - she is a 16.2 HH horse I share twice week- a rather grumpy old lady who hates the cold as much as I do) I'm sure she will give me that look of "you've got another thing coming if you think I'm leaving my stable tonight"

Anyways enough rambling for one day off to have a cup of soup to try and get rid of the cold feeling that is in my arms and fingers. My colleagues like the office cold.

Welcome

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