Happy New Year

Spent the last few days visitin family and today meeting up with a couple of old friends. 3 great days full of wonderful people. Especially enjoyed talking to my grandma about some of the amazing things she's done in her life, and knowing what more she will still do because of the sort of lady she is. Makes me look forward to building on my story....
Here goes 2010

happy feet

The last few days have been - as all Christmas aftermaths should be - full of food, family and friends.... Today had such a nice time today catching up with a good friend :) and bought some much needed new trainers yey:

I <3 Fancy dress

My good friend had a 'C' themed party for her birthday :) I mentioned before I wasn't sure what to be - I ended up going as Captain Hook. The birthday girl had an amazing clown costume she made herself (she is studying fashion hence being able to do stuff like that...). Was a really fun evening.

Turkish Delight

I totally love this picture. A moment in turkey with my good friend who used to live there. Going across from the european side of Istanbul back to the Asian side of Istanbul on the ferry. The ferry was brill enough with çay tea every time and lovely views but going across near the end of our time there as the sun set was one of those surreal amazingly beautiful moments of life i hope i don't forget... ^_^

Why do we celebrate Christmas?

Hey hey! It's Christmas eve! Tomorrow is the day we celebrate Jesus's birth!

Jesus is God's son, and he came to earth as a man. This is because God loved us so much he wanted to rescue us from our sin and have a personal relationship with each of us. Because as humans basically we think we can be the boss of our own life and try to go our own way instead of God's way (this is basically what sin is) even though God loves us. The payment for sin would be death. He knew the only way of rescuing us from our sin and having a personal relationship with us was possible, was for Jesus to die on the cross - taking the punishment for all our sins. And because Jesus did that, we can turn to God and all our sin is dealt with! And not only that - God has power over death - and we know this because he rose Jesus to life!!! This means we too can be raised to life if we just turn to him - and not only that but while we live on Earth we have life and life in all it's fullness because Jesus Christ has set us free!!We can have a real personal relationship with God our father :) This is the best best best news ever.

There are different acounts of when this happened in Matthew, Mark , Luke and John in the bible if you wanna check it out for yourself. Or talk to someone who you know knows Jesus...like me! Or even better just pray now and invite him into your life.
Letting him into your life is the best decision you could ever make... :)

Hope you all have a brilliant Christmas xx

beautiful :P

Life is for living :-)

I am writing this sat in my newly decorated room with my desk facing out the window to the snow covered garden!:) good moment!

I've had a good few days...on thursday i went out to see my old college friends band play. They're called Nanook and the Sleazy Pancakes and were very good :) Then went to a jazz bar and listened to a band who i'm pretty sure played at my sisters wedding. They're really brill and i am a leetle bit jealous (and in awe of!) the main girl she's brilliant i'd love to be able to skat about like her and stuff... so relaxed too and having fun. This man also said 'do you want to learn to jive dance?' (a lady sat near us had just been dancing with him) and proceded to teach me to do so. That was really fun! As everyone was bopping to the music and a few people dancing and stuff and the relaxed happy atmosphere it made me think back to the time I went to Kosovo whilst I was college age. I remember being in a resteraunt there and by the end of the meal literally the whole resteraunt was up and dancing holiding hands and it was so fun. The Kosovon people would dance at any opportunity which I totally loved :) Yeh it set me day dreaming back to then and thinking how life is for living and we shouldn't hold ourselves back from things we want to do or express - I guess in Kosovo they know this in such a greater degree because of things they have been through.

On Friday I had a fairly relaxed day - began by watching the final episode of Misfits as I had my brekky (totally into misfits!!). Yesterday with my family I spent most of the day sorting out my room - there's still more to do but done quite alot. In the evening watched the film 'doubt' with my parentals - good film thought that Meryl Streep and Philip Seymour Hoffman were brilliant. I've only really seen Hoffman in comedy before I thought he was really good and of course Streep is a bit of a legend... whilst watching it I put on some fake nails which sounds tacky but they're really nice they're made by 'Real Life' - I actually bought them because of a video by the make-up guru Elle on Youtube (I'm a little addicted to her videos :P )

http://www.youtube.com/user/allthatglitters21?blend=1&ob=4#p/u

and they are really good so am pleased :)

Today went to church meeting and it was a special Christmas one with the kids doing songs and stuff like that so cute and caught up with some amazing people I've missed alot whilst being at uni. This evening we have a Christmassy evening thing we have every year which I'm so excited before just hope it doesn't snow so much that we can't go!:-S

good stuff <3

i've now done just about all my christmas shopping!:) it took only 2 trips to town and one big internet shopping session (from 2 different shops). Had a catch up with friends during each shopping trip too. :) good stuff.

Also to sort of say on a more serious note - my grandma's been not very well which has been quite upsetting but now found out it is totally treatable and just good news :) that's all i wanted to share on the matter right now but just to say Praise God he hears our prayers and he answers.

Night x

tea is good for the heart and gravy is good for the soul ;-)

Kicking K

From my flat mates birthday party on thursday where we all had to dress up as something beginning with K;

Am going to a 'C' themed party soon, not sure what as yet... have the resources for cowgirl but's been done alot hasn't it...will have a think ;)

Solution to current inability to communicate!

I'm at that point which comes round every now and again where you feel like life is too complicated for words and your heads not in the state to combat this... so i may just post a picture or thought everynow and then until I get back into the writing mood.... this is a picture of the puppet for our recent performance 'Ben'. We even made him!! I'm so proud :P Hence posting it despite the fact it makes me look a little crazy... and I was one of the people that operated it along with two other girlies :) By the way he also has some really cute shoes with laces and everything but you can't see 'em here...

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