P.S.

Has anyone seen this weeks post a secret?

They are sad...

Blogless for a whole week....

Well everyone...

I am going to be blogless for a week as Phil and I are off to Egypt tomorrow - early.

Be sure to know I will blog about Egypt when I get back...

Maybe I will even post some photos - if I can work out how to do that???

Anyway, lots of love,

Bye for now,

Kt XXX

Thank you for the loan of your CD Maria XXX

I hope you never lose your sense of wonder,
You get your fill to eat but always keep that hunger,
May you never take one single breath for granted,
God forbid love ever leaves you empty handed,

I hope you still feel small when you stand beside the ocean,
Whenever one door closes I hope one more opens,
Promise me that you'll give faith a fighting chance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance...

I hope you dance....
I hope you dance,

I hope you never fear those mountains in the distance,
Never settle for the path of least resistance
Living might mean taking chances but they're worth taking,
Loving might be a mistake but it's worth making

Don't let some hell bent heart leave you bitter
When you come close to selling out reconsider
Give the heavens above more than just a passing glance,
And when you get the choice to sit it out or dance...

Time is a wheel in constant motion always rolling us along,
Tell me who wants to look back on their years
and wonder where those years have gone.

I hope you dance...
I hope you dance.

From Ronan Keatings CD, 10 years of hits.

I ache...

I did it!

Today I made it to the gym and...

there was just one guy there - I did it! I made it! I actually used the cross-trainer, bike and rowing machine. Yay!

I am now utterly cream crackered - but feeling great!!!

Success at last!

This made me chuckle...

A woman accompanied her husband to the doctor's office. After his checkup, the doctor called the wife into his office alone. He said, "Your husband is suffering from a very severe disease, combined with horrible stress. If you don't do the following, your husband will surely die.""Each morning, fix him a healthy breakfast. Be pleasant, and make sure he is in a good mood. For lunch make him a nutritious meal. For dinner prepare an especially nice meal for him. Don't burden him with chores, as he probably had a hard day. Don't discuss your problems with him, it will only make his stress worse. And most importantly...make love with your husband several times a week and satisfy his every whim. If you can do this for the next 10 months to a year, I think your husband will regain his health completely."

On the way home, the husband asked his wife,
"What did the doctor say?"

"You're going to die," she replied.

Eating healthier

So, at the moment we are trying to eat a little more healthily - It is a bit of a challenge - on two accounts really...

Firstly, it is more expensive - it is annoying and WRONG I think that it costs more to buy fresh stuff! It does taste better tho'

Secondly, it is time consuming - it takes longer to prepare dishes when I have NO idea what I am doing...

So this week I made chilli chicken and chickpea mash!

It tasted good in the end - but was all a bit of a laugh as the chickpeas are supposed to be 'mushed' in a food processor (we don't have one of those) so I tried various methods - hitting them a lot, (just humerous and bore no results) a potato masher (didn't really work) and finally a whisk (which just sent chick peas flying around the kitchen!) Eventually I called upon Phil to use sheer strength to mush them. It all tasted good in the end tho'!

so not sure what I will try this week...

The power of a simple hairwash

Isn't it amazing... I was feeling really pants, tired and generally yuck!

I had a bath - and washed my hair! I feel a thousand times better - aren't we blessed!

I am just sitting here - feeling really fresh and - well clean! But also refreshed and peaceful. So many people around the world don't have access to a bath/shower instantly - It is such a luxury!

I am so blessed and very thankful.

Thanx XXX

A quick update

So... new years resolutions...

well, things are going well and not so well...

So far - I have managed to get up earlier every day - to spend time with God - yay and it is a great incentive that my days are going better and I am lovin this time with Him LOADS!

However, altho' I have attended my gym club on more occassions - I have not actually made it into the gym itself - yet!

I am swimming more (a little bit of guilt there!) and I have been doing my own work out at home - but honestly - every time I go there are lots and lots of people in there and every piece of equipment is being used - (clearly I was not the only one to make this resolution!) So I am hoping that as January moves along - I will be able to get in there...

We'll see....

MUST persevere!

I didn't even know it existed...

So yesterday I bought some toothpaste - we were practically out and you know when you've squeezed the tube as much as is humanly possible!!

So, I bought toothpaste - nothing new there. I have done it plenty of times before.

But oh no, not quite!

I got home to discover I had bought 'toothpaste for mature teeth'. Intrigued I read a little closer, and I quote... 'help keep teeth healthy even in old age'.

Oh my goodness, I didn't even know you could buy toothpaste for 'elderly teeth'. Does that mean it is not as good Maria? Help!

Oh well, you live and learn I guess - and I agree you should keep your teeth healthy even in old age!

How bizarre!

Hi ho hi ho, it's off to egypt we go

So, I am a little excited....

In just two weeks we are going to egypt for the week!! It is hot and sunny there! Yay!

It is Phil's 30 th Birthday pressi - it was kind of a surprise - but not as much as I wanted it to be.

We are going to Hurghada - to laze on the beach and swim in the Red sea. How cool is that?

The only bummer is that we have to go and get jabs today - yes pain twofold! The inital pain of the needle in your arm - and then the pain of the cos of the jab - £22 each! Y'Ouchy!

But still - Egypt - Yay!!

Which is better a good laugh or a good cry?

It is a toughie isn't it? I mean, often they are very close - sometimes when you are in your deepest sobs - something seems hilarious and you can't help but laugh. Also sometimes you are cracking up and the tears just start to fall. Aren't our emotions a strange thing?

I am undecided - initially I think - of course laughter - because it is so good to laugh and if you've ever laughed till it hurts... and then some more it is wonderful...

But then a good cry is so releasing - when you really feel anxious or sad about something it is a great thing to finally let go and weep till there are no tears left.

I guess the answer is that 'God made one as well as the other' and there is a purpose in them both. I would prefer to keep my tears to a minimum tho and big it up on the laughter!

So, I have a headache!

I am not sure of the cause - but I RARELY get headaches and so I am feeling a little sorry for myself.

It makes my neck and everything ache and I just feel as tho I need to sleep and sleep.

Am I tired? yes, Stressed? maybe a little...

any ideas people?

How it is going...

So people, here is how it is going...

Today I went straight from work to my parents house with all my gym stuff (and swim stuff) determined to go to the gym!!

I got to the gym and nothing was free - it was packed in there! Feeling discouraged and disheartened I got in the pool. I did 12 lengths - which is a lot for me!! So felt slightly encouraged but have not actually managed the gym yet.

Note to self - must not give up after just one attempt!

Time with God: Ok this is going a little better - have so far managed to do this 4 out of 5 days and it has been brill! yay!

Must be more determined...

(sigh)

Your name...

Your name stronger than I know,
Deeper than a thousand words could say,
Your name,

Fire in my soul,
Healing for a hurting heart today,
And my heart will bow and my spirit soar
and my soul cries out to the Lord of all.

Your name more beautiful than any other,
Your name more precious than life itself

I love it. I love you. My Jesus.


A song by Andy Bromley with poetic license from Katie Dent

New years resolutions

So, a few years ago - I decided not to make new years resolutions - I tend to break them and always disappoint myself...

But I realised yesterday when talking with a few friends that what in fact I still do is decide 'the good things' I will do this year. Really, I am a fraud - because surely that is just the same as a new years resolution.

So, this year, my new years, non - resolution, resolutions are

- Spend more time with God - specifically I plan to get to work earlier so I can talk with Him in the chapel before work. This has been going two days now - I need a little longer before I feel I have succeeded here!

- Actually use the gym - I am member of a gym and rarely use the gym itself - before you slate me - I do swim regularly and use the other facilities frequently such as the steam room and spa. I would however, like to be fitter and so plan to use the gym more often.

I will let you all know how it goes

XX

This is for you

This little one is especially for you

Just because I love you!