Shame..

I became a member of the Maroubra RSL last night... Is that ok?? I'm only 23.

But I hear it calling all the time.. about every time when I'm on the bus on the way home from work and I start thinking about what I am going to cook for dinner, I hear this voice, just a whisper.. so I follow, and I eat at the RSL instead.. at least once a week at the moment.. last week twice...

There was a live band there last night, and a meat tray raffle.. I mean, who knew that they still did that??!!

I asked one of the guys what the salad was made of, he said he didn't know as he threw the remains of the sloppish white stuff into his trolley and left.. So if they don't know.. how will I ever??? But maybe that's ok, maybe I just need to have a little more faith..

Eyes to see!!!

Got new glasses, totally have eyes to see now.

Jeremiah 5:21
Hear this, you foolish and senseless people, who have eyes but do not see...

That was me, but no more!

It was amazing, he put the little card in front of me, I looked at it, and read it, just like that. No squinting, no placing it on the floor and taking a step back to see if that would help. There's a whole new world out there baby... all this detail.. who would have thought??

Sprinkles

Have taken to doing some massive weekend walks lately.. not sure where this has come from.. or why I seem to keep doing it, this photo was taken on last weekends adventure from Manly to the Spit. It was all going well till we found ourselves knee deep in water while popping around the corner to see if we could rejoin the path which had disappeared. Turns out we could, but only after jumping over razor sharp (ok, mildly spiky) rocks which we then had to scale on hands and knees!

We only had one casualty. Poor thing. The knee-deep water suddenly becomes waist high when you slip over.. didn't help that all we could do was ask her to get back in so we could catch it on camera! No major injuries though.

Then this weekend we missioned from Bondi to Maroubra. Talk about a hike. It was good though.. did i mention that it was almost 30 degrees, and through out the whole day we only managed to spot one cloud?? (sorry, can't help myself)

Icecream seems to be becoming a mandatory part of every weekend. Asked mum to bring some Ben and Jerry's back for me... she said no... whatever, it's not like the UK is that far.. they've got freezer bags...

Cheap as mate!

We discovered the wonder of the Maroubra Seals Club on Sunday night. It's 5 mins walk from my house, and on a Sunday night, they do dinner for $5.50.. beer costs $2.. and there is an all-you-can-eat salad bar (it should be said that you do need to be quite brave to try this one.. we're still trying to distinguish the ingredients..)

But wait, there's more. On Monday to Wednesday dinner only cost $4!! That's right, your heard it, $4. I will cook no more! Seriously though, I was doing some groceries last night (turns out I forgot about a million things in the late night run on Friday - Education tick) and figured that I would cost me more to get the ingredients for dinner than it would to go to the RSL-MATE (Sorry, really having trouble saying RLS without throwing a MAAATE on the end.. )

So I wear my pluggers (flip flops for you non-aussies) ripped jeans, and big hoodie and am totally over dressed! Love it. I'll be there every Monday night if anyone ever wants to come to dinner?? It's awesome hey mate!

Tick List

Had a great weekend this weekend. You know how sometimes, weekends just seem to hold everything they need to perfectly. Like all the boxes get ticked and there is that fulfilled feeling??

Walked over the bridge (tourism) to Amy's party on Friday night, which I must say was awesome and very well hosted. Came home late and stupidly decided to do my groceries on the way home (essentials). Carrying 10kgs of fruit around at midnight is not a good idea, so lesson learnt (education)..

Saturday got up early and read my book for a bit (relaxation), then went into the city and had a look around the market (shopping) then went to help a friend move house (good deed). Saturday night went to church, which was amazing! (God revelation) and then came home and watched the end of The Sound of Music with the flatties (time wasting, but highly enjoyable relaxation).

This morning did the washing (essentials) and then went for a run (exercise) and went to church in the morning, and then had some meetings for backpackers (serving) then got totally soaked in the rain on the way home (adventure).

Am about to go out for dinner with the flatties (family time) before I call Corinne and Nandi(total highlight) and there you have it. All the bases covered. These, I think, are the required components for a great weekend. You know how sometimes you get so involved in what is happening that you actually forget that you have a job to go to?? and your mind doesn't even go there??! Love that.

What a night

So last night when I got home we watched the special on 9/11. Amazing, amazing stuff. It was so interesting to listen to how the news was being reported on that day, like "this seems to be an action of a group..." and now, with what happened in London a couple of weeks ago, it's a Terrorist Attack, A Threat, we need to keep Fighting the War on Terror..

We have created a whole new language, a new vocabulary within the last 5 years to describe the horrible things that are happening. We didn't have the words before, and now we do. I think that's scary. I don't want anymore new words like that.

Now I was going to blog today about the crazy storm we had last night. How the lightning was so bright that it made me feel like I'd been looking into the sun when really I was lying there with my eyes closed. It was awesome. But that seems trivial now. Maybe that's how we do it though, how we continue through this time, we distract ourselves, pretend the threat isn't there...

I know that I am secure and I am certain of where I am going. But what of those who don't know yet? Those who are still deciding? I am not meaning to sound fatalistic (although I know I am) but I was just thinking about it. A guy in my office came into work last Monday morning, felt chest pains, and spent the next two days in hospital, and is still going back for more tests this week.

I appreciate the fact that I am healthy, happy, enjoying life. Sometimes I look at just how many good things are happening and I can't believe it. But deep down, things are not right at the moment. There is too much injustice. Sometimes I think we just need to talk about it a little more. Become a little more aware. The head in the sand stuff won't work for long. Eventually we will realise that even if the weather doesn't look like we want it to above the surface, it is better to live with than a mouth full of sand!

Too Far..

Ok.. So my sideburns are plummeting below my jaw line, and the mullet at the back has begun to curl (ok flip is more accurate) coz it keeps hitting my collar. This is not good. It doesn't look good, and I can't just pass it off as a 'new style' anymore.

So a haircut it is. Found one for $18. Is that a good thing?? At first I was really happy that it was so cheap? But can you get something decent for that price? Maybe I should just pay more and save on hat investments afterwards.. but no, I am going to speak life into this haircut. It is going to be great!

So Tony and Guy, your trainees had better know what they are doing before they are unleashed on my head. Please.. please.. train them well today.

Some cool pics

There is this awesome site Visited Planet, recomend you check it out...

Full to Overflowing!

I just got given a laptop!

That's it, free of charge, with a lovely guy who offered to service it for me! Free! Wireless internet, the lot. We just named it Sebastian.

I can't say how excited I am. If I ever had any doubt that prayers were answered then this was the proof! I gave up asking around, and trying to 'suggest' my miracle into place. This was all Him!!!

Yay!! I am so excited. Backpackers watch out.. If you thought I was writting a lot of documents before.. just you wait!

Will post photos of Sebastian soon!!!