One is happy as a result of one's own efforts, once one knows the necessary ingredients of happiness - simple tastes, a certain degree of courage, self-denial to a point, love of work, and, above all, a clear conscience. Happiness is no vague dream, of that I now feel certain. By the proper use of experience and thought one can draw much from oneself, by determination and patience once can even restore one's health... so let us live life as it is, and not be ungrateful.


~ George Sand ~

(1804-1876, French Novelist)

Had a funny day at work today I have applied for a new job in a different department. I have had an interview and was sort of told that I have got the job good I thought but when I got to work this morning I was told that I needed to take some tests. This was at 06:30 this morning I was still waking up so you can imagine how I felt being told that I had to do 3 tests each lasting 6mins long. I am not shore if I have done ok or not and I will never find out because they told me that they will not tell me the out come. So as a result I am not shore what is happening with work at the moment if I am to stay in my current department or if I am moving. I AM NOT WORRING ABOUT IT THIS TIME!! I keep telling myself that but it is one thing to say that and another to do only time will tell.
On a home note James my son keeps telling me that he wants to go camping again. He still thinks that we can go whenever we like. I wish that we could still be back at Cliff too. James also is sleeping in his bed as I write this without a nappy on for the first time we are trying to get him nappy less in bed he is almost potty trained just the night time now. Mandy is ok she is saying that she would like to go back to Cliff Collage for Derwant week in July I think that sounds a good idea to me.

Big Brother I see that this is back on.

I have had to go back to work today after my holiday, felt very tired and sleepy at 04:30. Got home and fell asleep Mandy left me. Still feeing sleepy so I think that I will go to bed soon. Why is it that when you have a holiday you go back to work and you feel like you need one? Even worse is the fact that you feel like you haven’t had one at all. Still only 2 months till the next one.

I have just looked at my hotmail account and found 35 emails in my bulk mail folder they range from:-
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Now there are some sad people out there. I wonder if any one looks at these?

This Is My Life I have finally got my archives to work yipeeeeeeeeeeeeeyyyyyy

I am back after a much-needed rest the weather was wonderful and my youth group were just the best. Mandy and I didn’t have one problem at all we didn’t even have to cook or wash-up. Good to see old friends and make new ones. The best bit of the whole weekend, was just being able the chill and sit in the sun, talk to friends and go to the meetings when we wanted. Nice to bee back at Cliff again such a peaceful place like going home. God is good.

I am going away for a few days so I will not post till tuesday. Hope the weather is nice hehe.

Success is not measured by heights attained but by obstacles overcome. We're going to pass through many obstacles in our lives: good days, bad days. But the successful person will overcome those obstacles and constantly move forward.

Today has been a great day the weather has been great sun shining the wind just right to keep you cool, every one seems to chill and have fun I love the summer. I was driving home from work today at about 22:05 and the sun was just setting in the sky it was a lovely site to see. It was such a sunset all the shades of reds, purples and yellows just the thing to see after a hard day at work. Keep up the good work God.

I am so busy this week I just need to stop and get sleep. I am looking forward to the bank holiday weekend where I am going away for a few days I might get some sleep then but then I don’t think so because of the 17 young people that are coming with me, Mandy and James.

The archives pages are still doing my head in I just carn't seem to get them to work.

I am trying to work out how the archive pages work on blogspot it seems to be doing my head in aaahhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaaa.

Just got in from swimming with church, feeling very unfit I didn’t realize how hard swimming is when you don’t do it a lot. The last time I was swimming was before James was born and he is three. Good fun though nice to spend some time with friends from church it is better than seeing only at church on a Sunday. A good fellowship builder.

Often we allow ourselves to be upset by small things we should despise and forget. We lose many irreplaceable hours brooding over grievances that, in a year's time, will be forgotten by us and by everybody. No, let us devote our life to worthwhile actions and feelings, to great thoughts, real affections and enduring undertakings.


~ Andre Maurois ~

(1885-1967, French Writer)

Went to the radio station tonight had a good show, good to talk to friends and do something for the community at the same time. Played all 70s & 80s music tonight.
Mother and farther in law have come to stay the weekend as well, nice to see them to.

splat the MP
I felt better after playing this. I am so fed up at the election:-)

I didn’t have time to blog at all yesterday because I had a friend around and he didn’t leave till 11:45 pm. It was nice to talk and share things we haven’t done any thing like that for a long time.

Peace is not something you wish for; It's something you make, Something you do, Something you are, And something you give away.
~ Robert Fulghum ~

It has done nothing but rain for 24 hours here in Grantham but it has just stopped for a while and the sun had come out nice to see the sun again it is amazing how much you get used to the warm weather and when it goes you feel so cold fast. One good thing is that my son James has a small vegetable plot in our garden that his granddad and myself made and the rain has made his potatoes come up, he is so happy about this and he keeps telling me that “there are potatooos out there”, he is only three bless him.

Didn't sleep much last night worrying about work, when I got there and things were ok not a problem, I shouldn’t worry so much after all it is only work. Mandy was very caring she knows that I was getting wound up about nothing but still there for me.

Blogger is back online so I can post now.
I had a bad day at work to day it sarted ok but got bad by the end I just wanted to get out of there. My boss can be a pain at times I pray that he gets better. Then we all have a cross to carry some times. I hope things will be better at 6am in the morning. The funning thing is that I have been reading the book of Jonah in my Bible sudy this week and the thing that jummped out at me the most was the fact that he was upset and he became very angry at himself and God but in the end he forgave himself and God. I supose that I am in some ways like Jonah always trying to do my own thing But I alway find that without God's help I will alway fall in to things that I can't handle. But one thing that I do know for shore is that he is always there for me and willing to pull me up and put me right.

Went to church today Very good sevice, it was the sunday school aniversaiy it was good to see them having fun singing and having fun, We looked at the life of Moses and how God help him and the Jews, James was very good.

Douglas Adams Died today. It is a sad day, he was one of my favorit writers I Love his work, a loss to all Hich hikers out there

BBC Online - Tomorrow's World - Stories
What is the point??

Bogger has been playing up today I haven't been able to post but never mind.

Mandy got her book from ebay so that means that I can have a look at it first.We also put up our new tent today for the
first time it was fun to say the least. Mandy and my self trying to work out how the thing should go together trying to work out where things should go and to try and get them to fit in the place where we think that they should be, we had a few words to say about the tent in the end, but it is up now in our garden. I think that we may be sleeping in it tomorrow.

I have just got home from work not bad to day, things have been ok this week hope that it keeps that way.

Just got some new books to day from ebay. So I have some more reading to do they are all Star Trek books old and collecters the kind the Treky geeks read I suppose that makes me one.

eBay UK item 1428061093 (Ends 11-May-01 19:48:05 BST) - BLAKE`S 7 ANNUAL 1980
mandy my wife is bidding on this for a freind I hope that she gets it so I can have a quick look at it first

Grantham youth fellowship
This is my Youth group Web site that I run. I am a Youth Fellowship Group Leader for my Church.

Well here I am sitting at my computer and thinking what to put in my first post on my new blog. What can I say I thought that I would like to try this thing called blogging and here I am writing one. Funny how life seems to do this to me. I don't know if I will keep up with posting all the time but if I don't then at least I can say that I have had a go.