Gone again!

Sorry guys, these weeks have been kind of hectic and blogging has moved into the background of my life. I swear that after these next two weeks when I'm at home with nothing to do, I will post so much more! But with Germany last week, helping out at two different holiday clubs (morning and afternoon!) this week, I just have been too busy!

Tomorrow I'm getting the train at 8.19am to Cornwall for a beach mission trip! Totally pumped. It will be hard work and stressful, but I pray that it will be rewarding and that the kids may be inspired by our love for Jesus. I doubt the weather is going to be as good as it has been this past week (on Wednesday it was 35 degrees!), but I am hoping it shouldn't be too rainy :)

I'll see you guys when I get back!

Say x

ps. I got my "Christmas in July" package from the lovely Emma and I was actually overwhelmed by the care she put into it! I love it all, if your reading this, and I apologise that mine wasn't nearly as cool!

Germany zwei.

Things I loved in Germany:
- Currywurst. (Seriously why have I never tried this before? It was my fifth time going to Germany!)
- Watching "I am Legend" (depressing) followed by "Legally Blonde 2" (total cheese) to cheer us up whilst the boys moan about being forced to watch a girlie film- Tanja and I were fine with it!
- Photoshoots sitting on the curb barefoot as Victor tried to pull a normal face for his bike photos and laughing hysterically when he couldn't
- Running around fields. Enough said.
- Long walks through beautiful German countryside and eating bananas without a knife (don't ask.) and running round a Roman castle in the middle of the Feldberg, the boys carved spears with a pen knife whilst I made flower posies and stuck them in my hair (gender stereotypes, much?)
- Waking up at a stupidly early hour to catch the train to Frankfurt for the flea market, eating currywurst for a pre-breakfast and contracting mild food poisoning, only to have it chuck it down with rain so much so that we get absolutely soaked and have to swap into new clothes at Victor's mum's second hand designer label shop (which I got to keep!!) and then eating breakfast at a posh department store and running into the gay pride parade. This was all before lunch time.
- Staying up talking until 4.30am and then getting up for 7 for our flight.

Such an awesome week. I miss my German friends already!

Say x

Germany: eins.

So I have been absent from the blogging-sphere (or indeed the internet!) this last week whilst I visited my great German friends just outside of Frankfurt. Seriously, it was an awesome week. They bring out the best in me, and I found myself skipping and clapping and singing to myself every so often because I was so happy.

Tomorrow I will sort out the photos and bombard you with another post or two about Germany, but for now I am totally wiped out- I had roughly two and a half hours sleep last night, courtesy of a shisha and cocktail party (don't worry, I didn't smoke!), a late-night home screening of "Ten things I hate about you"- my favourite film in the world- and a long conversation which last until half four in the morning! Not the best idea when I have to get up at 7 to get to the airport on time!

Love you guys,

Say x

ps. Does anyone else find it mildly amusing that spell-check doesn't recognise the word "blog" when you are writing a blog post?

I'm off!

Right, I'm off to Frankfurt today to meet up with these guys! Sorry I haven't been posting- the weather is awful and I may or may not have broken my sewing machine! Hopefully I'll have lots to post about when I get back!

Love you guys!

Say x

Sometimes you just can't resist!

When I saw this Ted Baker dress in the charity shop for just £10, I just knew I had to try it on. It was my size and felt expensive. I found myself swanning out of the changing room and swishing to the end of the shop where the full length mirror was, turning slowly clockwise and then anti-clockwise as another charity shop-shopper ooo-ed and aaah-ed. Let's face it: I didn't need it. I have no weddings on the horizon other than the ones I am shooting, and a dress is just impractical. It is too long to be worn casually and requires dry cleaning.

So obviously I bought it!

It will probably live in my wardrobe until I can find an excuse to wear it, but I don't think I would have been able to walk away from it :P

Happy Monday Guys!

Say x

ps. I am going to Germany next Monday for a week, and if anyone is interested in guest posting about holidays or travelling, then email me on: sholt.03901@farnborough.ac.uk :) I would love to hear from you!