Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37v4.
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Hollie
I dunno if i've mentioned hollie on here for a long time... But if you didn't know, Abbie (my pooch) has a sister called Hollie and MY sister Fiona and her Hubby Richard have her....
But this has got to be one of the CUTEST pics of hollie ever!!!!
She'd just been a long walk to shackin' briggie 'n back if memory serves... very cute tho! =)
OK so i got moaned at a bit for not updating this for a few months when I was at home over Christmas... so here it goes.
needless to say, i'm cold. like actually sitting in my living room in Bishopbriggs with the wee gas fire on with a big hoodie on (hood up) with socks AND furry socks, and my fleecy dressing gown wrapped around my legs.... despite all of that my feet are cold. my hands are cold, my nose is cold. Get the point? its COLD! Meanwhile Abbie is on her beanbag beside me completely comfortable and unaware (and sound asleep, no surprise there then)... oh to have a nice thick furry coat like she has!
But yeh... so... Was at home in Kemnay for a fortnight over Christmas. Got back to the Briggs on Monday... but the big news around at the moment is the 'cold snap' we're currently in... hence the fact that i'm COLD! BUt yeh... it started snowing the day before I went north before CHristmas... and bottom line is that it's never left. We've not really had any more snow here in Bishopbriggs over the past few days... but its so unbelievably cold that the snow is hanging about (which is crazy, that never happens in the city!), not that that is having an affect on life... the yp are still at school much to their annoyance LOL.
But back home in Kemnay is another story... The schools haven't made it back after their Christmas break yet... they've had an INSANE amount of snow...
That... would be Hollie, Abbie's doggy sister. AS you can see she's struggling a bit to move through the snow its THAT deep... and that was last night... they've had even more snow since then.
NOw I know that ultimately the extreme amounts of snow some parts of the country are having is ultimately a bit of a pain and causes a lot of problems... but still. I'd like some more please??????
Anyway I think i'm perhaps going to go first-footing some friends before some work and then perhaps wig tonight... =)
Ok... so i've been back from Glenshee for almost 2 weeks now... i think i'm still recovering to be honest. I'm still knackered - but it was great... It was a lot harder than previous years - just coz moving 50 people about is surprisingly harder than 39 - you wouldn't think that an extra 10 people or so would make a difference, but it really did. heh.
We had a new activity this year - the centre had had a new zipwire installed since we were last their last February - ok so it wasn't completely my cup of tea (don't really like heights all that much) - but the young folks loved it and i even thought it was... well interesting. lol.
But yeh - the weekend teaching was based on changing the world... we had studies from the old testament and the new testament... and we even had Evan Almighty in to help us... lol. Challenging for us all.
One of my favourite things of the weekend though (well perhaps the aftermath of it) is that young folks who never usually go to church or anything are enthusiastic about God, and singing 'God songs' and trying to live for Him! One of the Fave songs over the weekend was 'Prince of Peace' which is the second song on the video below... the yp just love it - and they got to teach it to the church too who i have to say did a FAB attempt at it last sunday morning! So yes... another successfull weekend... but have a look at the video and see what you think for yourself?
That aside... Mum, Fi and Hollie are down for the weekend =) Mum 'n I just took the dogs out for a walk and I have to say that they are both out for the count - so i think mum and I are going to cut our losses and walk up the road to one of the local coffee shops for lunch and cake *grins* I have a meeting tonight though =( -sad times- but they're dog sitting so its all kl =) Hopefully i won't be tooooo late =)
Well i got back to Glasgow on Monday after having a very nice week or so up north with the family... It was good to catch up with folks from church, both kemnay and AoG, and family, both kemnay and peterhead etc, and just relax a bit not having to think about my work here at all. I feel very much recharged in that respect. Although today i have to blitz some admin stuff seeing as I don't have Abbie here to go after all my paper work as i sort it out on the floor! Talking about Abbie... she's getting sooooo big! oh my... i'm sure i'll be seeing quite a difference in her when i get her back in a couple of weeks time! I miss her so much already! Hopefully she's being a good girl for her grandma... Oh yes... my mother who claims she dislikes dogs has already had Hollie (Abbie's sister) for a week, and has since had Abbie, and appears to be enjoying herself, and is being a true model of a grandma to the both of them, with treats for being good girls to providing a lap for them both to sleep on... awwwwww. Abbie just LOVES playing with her sister Hollie. They play fight lots, and i'm sure they'll miss each other again when abbie comes back to glasgow... I'm sure it'll be a great reunion in October when i'm back again. We got her a new bean bag coz she liked her sisters sooooo much. But yeh....... after a long walk this is what happens... she's flaked out on her new bean bag, and nothing you can do will wake her up again *lol* Apparently she is being a good girl for her grandma which is good. i dunno, maybe i'll get to see her at some point since I won't be getting her back for about 4 weeks *sads*
Anyway... today has been quite eventful so far..... I got a parcel and when i went to the door to get it I discovered that there were 2 pidgeons flying about at the top of the stairwell unable to get out again. Quite a traumatic experience actually coz they flapped about lots. Kinda reminded me of that film 'the birds' *eeeeeeeeeeek* So eventually I mustered up the courage to go and push the window open to see if they would be clever enough to go out the window at the top of the stairwell, they were - eventually. But in doing that accidentally got locked out of that flat *doh* so I ended up going and getting keys from Sheena 'n Geo to get back in. So i've only just got back from that. *wooop* ah well... who said life was dull?!
Name: TLT Home: Glasgow, United Kingdom About Me: I'm a youthworker with a church in the North of Glasgow... I enjoy watching films 'n surfing the net 'n hanging out with friends... See my complete profile
