Extension!

So i havent yet blogged about the building site that is my house! After a long long long time (like 4+ years!) they finally started on the extension to our house for my bro! They got rid of our garage base, the garage had already been taken, at the beginning of the summer, to Kings Cross on Aran! Then they started some digging, and put in our new front door! A proper front door not on the side of our house, so we had 2 front doors for a while, which was fun. Then they had lots of digging done, we had trenches worthy of any battlefield. What was even more fun was that we had a couple of drains that fed right into our trenches, so combined with all the rain water we had lovely swimming lanes, which were frequented by frogs or toads (i cant really tell the difference, and wasnt paying too much attention!) But now we have the foundations in, and then the sub walls, i dont know their technical name, but they're the walls that are on top of the foundations that you won't see. Now there's a wooden floor of some sort on top of that and the builder was out this morning inspecting it. It's gets quite exciting coming home to see what is new at the building site. And having to park the car on the corner instead of in the drive. There's lots of mud everywhere!

For some photos you can look at my dad's blog douglas creates a blog where he has a few pics of our wonderful back garden!

Not sure what else to blog about. Have been ill over the weekend! I think its basically due to lack of sleep last week! I had a lot of uni deadlines and was busy with CU stuff, so would leave the house at some point between 6:50 and 7:20 and then get home any time after 10! Tuesday was worst, I left the house at 6:50 and got home at 3:40 the next morning, was on toastie bar, so had a good excuse! The weeknd was spent in bed, i slept till 11:45 on Saturday! most of the weekend i was in bed, with a glass of cold orange juice or a mug of hot orange juice,except when I was at Newton Mearns and Morningside doing info evenings for Step Out missions with the Baptist Union. and then on Sunday when i was out for lunch and then back to my grans for Mother's day!
So now it is Monday, this week is looking a little quieter, but i need to get going with my studying for the exams that i have next week! And then get to the assignment writing! Woohoo!

But Spring Harvest is a week on Friday! I can't wait! Im really really excited! :D

Tired!

Do you even have a day when you're on the go non stop, things don't quite go as planned, and at the end you think what have a i actually achieved today?, or what has it all been about?

The past kind of month and a half have been like that for me!

Ok so a quick run down of what's going on:

Uni: 2 exams before easter, 3 group presentations before easter (in which we have no time to meet as a group because we all have different classes!), 2 class tasks for before easter, a blog to update and possibly another class task, then 2 assignments for after Easter, a group poster presentation for way after easter (its at the end of May, but needs to be done now, before placement!), oh yeah and a 6 week placement which i would love to start writing lesson plans for now, but dont have time! Oh and the thing that i keep forgetting about - handing in my dissertation plan/topic to get approved!

CU: Being on committee this year has added an hours meeting each week, which so far have been great fun and i think we've managed to get all the things done that we need to! Iwas explaining to someone (poss Kirsty who is president this year) that so far my job of being vp has involved a lot of thinking, its like being a leader of a mission, its a lot of thinking about who has the keys, who will need the keys next, have i got tuesday mornings organised, are the small groups ok, did we remember to book the CC for next week, did i tell so-an-so about this or that! Lots of thinking! :) We're all [the committee] away this weekend for UCCF training with other committee people from all over Scotland! Twill b gr8!

Church: My church have been very supportive of me going on committee at CU and have kind of left me free to do that, so thats cut down on the number of things that im asked to do at church.

BUSY (baptist union of Scotland): Im on a task group for writing Kids Club material for this summer's missions! We've made huge progress and it's really coming together. Have a meeting in 2 weeks for that. Am also maybe helping at interviews and information evenings for StepOut missions in the middle of March, im really looking forward to that!
I think thats it at the moment! Lol, so not much! ;)

I keep coming across people who have read my blog (ok so i came across 3 recently that i didnt know!) so i thought id better update it! If you're reading this and are of the praying sort then prayers for sorting priorities would be much appreciated! Thanks!




Here's a random funny picture to finish off! It's Ailie and me in our hotel room at Deep Impact being 'Neds'.

Which reminds me, this year I've given up fizzy drinks for lent! I am seriously missing my Irn Bru! :( I can taste it in my mouth, and know that i cant have it! Hopefully giving up fizzy drinks will make me like them less, and therefore drink less of them after lent! Well, we'll see! Spk 2u soon!


I thought i'd leave you with a verse from the Bible!
"Do you not know? Have you not heard? The LORD is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom." Isaiah 40:28
Even if we're tired, God isn't and never will be! :D