christmas its christmas

well actually its boxing day today but since i was just too darn busy to blog yesterday i decided to blog today.
especially since there's nothing good on tv at the precise moment and i just spent the last hour clearing out my room (yes its almost 10pm, dont ask me why, i just did)



ooops sorry went away from the computer there, had to show my family how amazingly well i'd tidied my room :D

christmas eve was lots of fun, made christingles and hung out with the 2 beths. just generally had a nice time.
christmas day was good too, i got stuff for my room (i'm redecorating it next week) and also a nice white gold ring from my grandparents. plus a gumball machine, cds, dvds, books, chocolates, calender, lots of nice stuff.
we went to church in the morning and got lots of laughs out of one of PJ's stocking presents (101 things to do during a dull sermon). then had a very yummy lunch at nan and grandad's, i'm not sure i've ever eaten so much for christmas day lunch- it wasnt a traditional lunch but it tasted good!
then we came home and played our family christmas present- a wii!!!!! very exciting and very fun :)

however boxing day has arrived and the wii has revealed its dark side- as just another thing my brother thinks he knows everything about.
it was ok for the first part but then when mum and i couldnt get one of the games he had a go at us- said we werent doing it right. unfortunately this is one of the things that winds me up most about PJ; when he's good at something he acts like no-one else can do it and like he knows best. this has always wound me up and probably always will. i just walked away.
it was the best thing for everyone because it meant that i calmed down pretty quickly (although got annoyed again later).
overall boxing day was its usual weird, post-christmas day. PJ made it up to me how he always does by 'acts of service' (you need to read 'five languages of love' to understand)

tomorrow we have most of dad's side of the family coming over (grandparents, aunt, uncle, cousin ruth and her fiance and baby girl) should be ok. it means a few more pressies and just nice family time.

for the rest of the week i plan to continue to clear out my room in preperation for decorating next week. and also next monday is new years eve...the annual Brombley/Challis/Ross/Nash Murder Mystery Party will of course be taking place. Medieval themed this year, i am a peasant girl- looks to be fun :D

and next week i'm decorating my room, hopefully going to london and generally enjoying my time off work. hopefully hear from a few more universities, but who knows.
i just want to sleep, relax and slowly watch the next 2 weeks go by before i have to go back.

pray that this cold goes away because although i'm feeling better it is not going away at the moment, and also that i have appropriate rest :)
much love xxx

what christmas means to me

is food, drinks, family, friends, music, laughter etc.
all of which i experienced tonight at the godzone upfront christmas party, which i still get to go to :D
we all ate together and chatted and then the 'teenagers' (Kat, PJ, Mireille and I) grabbed some drinks, walked up the road to Kat's house and watched High School Musical. A great night if you ask me.

tomorrow i'm not doing much, making biscuits, shopping, sleeping. all good things.
then on sunday it gets busy again. Godzone carol service (i'm back!!!!!), then i'm helping organize the evening service so that'll take up lots of time.
monday is christmas eve- i'll be in charge of making christingles, 425 of them to be exact, am hoping lots of people come to help! and then actually going to christingle services.
and then on tuesday it is christmas day!!!!! i'm getting very excited :D i love this time of year.

mostly i can't wait to get a break from work. this last week i've had a horrible flu cold type thing, wednesday night was the worst, my eyes were streaming and i couldnt breathe very well-not nice!
i'm starting to feel a bit better, helped along by good medicines, hopefully it'll be gone by christmas. but i've still been working and been busy so that hasnt helped.

anyway i'm off to bed, need sleep!!
much love xxxx

(4 days until christmas!!!!!)

all i want for christmas

is some sleep please!
sorry that its been so long since my last post but i've had a busy week and now i'm in the middle of a super busy weekend.
friday night i had the genesis christmas party. today i had time out for christmas, this afternoon i looked after the murray children, in an hour i'm off to do the space christmas party. tomorrow i've got the LF carol service, in the afternoon i'm at a cell social and then in the evening is the big carol service at church.

i'm grabbing 5 minutes to basically say that i am very tired, fighting off a cold and only half way through a very very busy weekend.
next week is quieter work-wise but alot busier socially since my friends are back from uni now.
next weekend is busy again and then its actually christmas!!!

please pray for me, that i'd get some sleep and appropriate rest after this weekend!
although i'm having alot of fun, its just extremely tiring.
thanks
much love xxxx

O Come All Ye Faithful

the title is slightly more traditional that i'd planned but it felt appropriate for today.
since today i've really been tested on my faith in God's plan for me.
today i heard back from bournemouth uni about my uni application. it was unsuccessful. which is basically a no.
now it was only my 3rd choice uni and i barely made the required ucas points but i thought that based on my work experience and the fact that i already had my grades that i would probably get offered a selection day. probably me just being complacent really. but they said no. which if course made me question whether other uni's would also reject me.
but then i stopped myself and realised that God has a plan. and this is actually a good sign because UWE is where i want to go and that door hasnt been closed yet.
i guess i have to trust God and wait to hear back from the other uni's.

on a much more exciting note, i just watched St Nicholas Day.
at St Nicholas Primary School they have this annual day where they celebrate St Nic. this is usually around christmas as there is old tales about St Nic being where Santa Claus came from. on St Nic's birthday kids would put out their shoes to see if he left them coal or money.
or something like that...its been a while!
but on St Nic's day at school all the kids would line up along Boxhill Walk (a road outside the school and right by my house) and 'St Nicholas' would come down the road in his carriage and we would sing to him. Everyone would get a pencilcase or something and a gingerbread man and the younger ones would get to meet St Nic. It would just be one of the best days of the whole school year.
anyway so i'd been at JMS to drop off some stuff for Kat and as i walked back the kids were starting to come out, slowly the penny dropped and i got quite excited. I saw Little Miss Ross (my godsister) and waved and then stopped near my house to watch at St Nic came down the road.
it was brilliant. i know it sounds silly but it really brightened up my day :D

anyway this evening my mum and i are going to oxford to do a spot of late night christmas shopping. and then tomorrow i'm doing my actual christmas shopping.
miss anna is back home from uni, seen her like 3 times already hehe and kate is back tomorrow and beth is back next week. its exciting seeing my friends again, didnt realise how much i miss them. but its ok coz when they go again i have all my house group friends and other people so its not too bad :)

right i'm off to finish off some work before stopping for the day :)
much love xxx

the back's where its at!

on friday night i was in birmingham seeing mcfly in concert :D keep your opinions to yourself, they are my favourite band and it was an amazing show. they came to a smaller stage near the back part way through and just in all it was a fantastic gig. i had a great time with kat, swifty and my hannah. plus my dad came along to drive us (i realise i can drive but i didnt really want to drive to birmingham) and also came into the gig. i think he had alot of fun hehe and he was cooler than the parents who were waiting outside for their kids at the end!

then last night i was in stratford to see a play- that's right darrrling, stratford as in shakespeare's town. it was simply fabulous :D hehe. saw 'noughts and crosses' (the book thats been turned into a play) it was so good, done by the royal shakespeare company and i cried at the end. the lead actor was cute too which is always a bonus :D

today i've already been to LF to do lazers (11-14's group) which went well. and then afterwards i was talking to Alison (Mike's mum) and basically invited myself round to her house next week hehe well i asked if we could have a cell social at their house. and we can so that should be good fun next week.
tonight is normal cells but its christmas themed- speaking of which its now advent so from now on my blogs will have christmas song titles methinks because i love christmas! everything about it, i really love it!
infact this afternoon my family and i are going to notcutts (local garden centre) to look at their christmas display, this is a traditional trip- sad i know but i love it. it makes me realise that christmas is coming!

anyway that's all my news for now. this week should be good. i've got lunchclubs like normal and usual cell group and peer leaders. but on friday (my day off) i am going christmas shopping!! i'm very excited :D i love christmas and i love shopping. i'm not a normal person who gets stressed out by christmas shopping, i love it.


ooooh!! i almost completely forgot to give you the absolutely best news of my week!
i have officially applied to university!
i've sent off my ucas application and am now just waiting to hear back. its very scary but am relieved to be done with it.

thats all :)
much love xxx