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‘Tis the season… a very Merry, Happy and Blessed Christmas

Apart from colds and sniffles we seem to be recovering from illness now, just need some sleep really which isn’t particularly likely at the moment – just need to hope the kids sleep in sometime (yeah right!)

Anyway – health update provided onto the main post…

Being the first Christmas for a few years where I can fully appreciate the joy and wonder of the season it’s been a fairly emotional time as once again I am reminded of the joy and wonder of this season, and once again I am aware of the grace, mercy and Love that God poured out on us when He sent Christ to be with us.

I’ve made a resolution this year to make the most of the season, to fully enjoy all that we can and to spend as much time rejoicing and growing in excitement as the Advent Calendars count the days.

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2 Weeks – still shattered, but loads achieved :)

Blimey… that was a real corker of a “holiday” – I know some of you were really looking forward to my “Paint Drying” blog but I didn’t even get a chance to get on my PC for long enough to check emails, let along do any blogging.

Saying that – it all looks a heck of a lot better! Nice clean walls that aren’t disgusting colours, decent carpet downstairs and on the stairs and landing, tidier looking and a much cleaner and more spacious look and feel to the place.

We keep getting comments along the lines of “You won’t want to move out now” and there is a degree of that as it really does look good… but we do still want to move. There is a property we really like the look of that keeps popping up but until we are in a good place to take it further we are just praying that either it, or another one like it, are available when we come to the crunch.

For now though we are busy de-cluttering and packing bits and pieces as much as possible to make the house look homey but not cramped… and we are slowly returning to normality.

Normality… yes… great word – I suppose it’d be more accurate to say we are now entering the next phase as there is nothing normal at the moment.

Our girl started at secondary school last week, growing up fast and it’s way too scary for me too keep up with. I think I’m going to be one of *those* dads who can never see their little girls as anything BUT little girls…

Our big lad started back at school today, and out little’un returns to play school tomorrow… so it’s all going back to the normal 5-day-week but with enough changes and other periphery to make it feel quite weird.

Oh well…. I’ll post some pics at some point but thought I’d keep this place updated 😉

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Taz couldn’t get more in a spin than us right now!!!

Life is sooooo chaotic right now – we just don’t seem to be stopping or slowing down. The other week was the British Grand Prix (still buzzing from that – although I really must get around to watching the race on the TV to catch up on the bits we missed) and we still haven’t have time to recover from that, especially as last weekend was just as busy in some ways… and yet more is to come.

Last weekend was great though – as part of the Hope 08 initiative, KingsGate put on a family fun day in Parnwell. I offered to help out on the PA side of things and, despite the occasional “shower” (well, OK, downpour) we had a really great time. Good music, great fun and a good laugh. I also had an “interview” to join the production team at the Church as I felt it was about time I started to get more involved (hey, I’ve been there since May so don’t want to get too lazy you know!) – that did mean that I needed to stay for both services on Sunday, which was quite odd, and also meant that I hardly saw my family during the weekend as our paths only crossed briefly really.

This weekend is even more chaos. Off to Nottingham tomorrow to see my family and Mrs H, me Bro and myself are then off to wonderful Stoke-On-Trent for the evening. Really looking forward to seeing bands such as RPM, thebandwithnoname, yFriday (yay!) and – not forgetting – JARS OF CLAY!!!!! 😀

I’ve been a fan since their first album way back when and Flood is still one of the all time classic songs – but never managed to see them… so Saturday evening should be stunning!

Sunday will see us going over to Trent Vineyard for their Sunday service – heard a load of good things about the Church so really quite looking forward to enjoying that… and then we’ll be rushing over to see the Hartley side of the family for an afternoon of food and fun 😀

All good. All enjoyable. But I hope I get to sleep sometime!

EXCEPT – life is just going to get busier…. announcement coming soon! (and no, Mrs H is NOT pregnant – it’s another kind of “busy” announcement!)