…and my husband is a media tart!
I’m trying not to snigger at his appearance in thisisgrimsby.co.uk , thisislincolnshire.co.uk and on the BBC local pages (he’s the one with his head down a hole).
This publicity must all be good stuff for the British Geological Survey and will keep funding levels up. Such “acts of God” can happen in the UK too!
A fascinating article that anybody who has children or works with them can relate to.
How many lies have you told today?!
It was a wild day in Edinburgh, with gale force winds and horizontal rain.
I abandoned shopping with a buggy that was trying to fly and sought early refuge in the Diocesan Office. I was nicely early for the meeting with the Connor folk.
I looked in the mirror.
Shiny face and fuzzy felt hair. Did anybody have a hairbrush? Not a chance. I pondered in the bathroom and saw the only things with bristles were the toilet brush and a minute nailbrush. So the hair got a brush with the nailbrush. Nice.
Later on in the evening, I had dashed out to our Lent Group. Having barely sat down all day, once parked on the sofa I was mildly horrified at the state of my black trousers. A generous mix of yoghurt and snot was apprent. Monica Lewinsky would have been proud of them.
Am I letting myself go?!
I feel very positive today after meeting with a small group visiting from the Diocese of Connor, Northern Ireland, who are linked with us here in Edinburgh.
My experience with twinning up to now has been mainly with Brazil. While this type of distant link is enriching in so many ways, today I could really see the benefits of a closer to home link too. No language problem, cheap to visit, no feeling that money needed to be sent to help out, the opportunity to share common challenges and experiences within a similar culture.
Let’s see what happens in the next couple of years.
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I know a squashed frog can be a slightly unappetising looking cocktail, but round where I live, they are a slippery hazard on the roads.
I feel sorry for our local frogs, because us humans built new houses on their habitat and now they are hopping around of an evening, scratching their heads wondering what happened and where their boggy puddles went.
And while they are philosophying, the last indignity is a car coming along and smearing them over the road for somebody to slip on the next day.
There is nothing like a training course that involves making things out of newspaper and sticky tape. All the best ones do it!
Today we were reflecting on leadership skills, teamwork and support networks and looking at tools such as Belbin team roles and drawing support webs.
The bible even managed to offer us some words of encouragement if we were feeling like we were falling short of the mark!
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Myself and my Church of Scotland colleague had a really good meeting at Dynamic Earth this morning, taking our idea further for a large-scale, ecumenical children’s event in the autumn.
The facilities are great, as are the possibilities of an exciting environmental/creation/spirituality themed day.
The challenge will be to put it on at a price that is not prohibitive!
Watch this space!
SUCCESS:
At age 4 success is . . not piddling in your pants.
At age 12 success is .. . . having friends.
At age 17 success is . . having a drivers licence.
At age 35 success is . having money.
At age 50 success is . . . having money.
At age 70 success is . .. . having a drivers licence.
At age 75 success is . . having friends.
At age 80 success is . .. . not piddling in your pants.
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I found a new way of using my satellite navigation system last night.
It was one of those ‘pea soup’ foggy nights and I couldn’t see a thing on the small country roads I was driving. There was not a soul about, so I turned up the music to overcome the eeriness and started following the picture on the sat nav screen rather than the white nothingness outside.
I got home safely, feeling like I had been playing a computer game!
Blind faith??
