For those of you who do not have islandboy on your friends list. You may be interested in popping across for videos and photo of our Aberdeen visit.

http://islandboy.livejournal.com/651337.html

I've lost count of just how many Gingerbread lattes, and other variations, I've had so far and it's only 5th December. I know Starbucks isn't quality coffee but I do enjoy a Gingerbread Latte (especially in a red takeaway cup).

Oh Gingerbread Latte how I love you:

Are these the right words to Born To die I am not so sure. Especially verse one and two. Help please :)

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You just can't do the bouncy, right?!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/glasgow_and_west/7045645.stm

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/highlands_and_islands/7032390.stm

Mental note: visit the winner's guest house.

I love porridge but judging a porridge contest* would be hard - everybody, well amost everybody, has their own ideas about what makes good porridge.

My ideal bowl? Salt, never sugar!, and a submarine consistency i.e. floats in the milk.

*Oh the excitement. Well maybe not :)

</> weird rant over

one of these:




"I'll have a return ticket to Bloomingdales, NY please!"

I'm really chuffed about Scotland's 1-0 defeat of France last night. Well done them! I didn't see the game, but I received text message updates through out the night from friends.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/6992330.stm

Another photo from the recent wedding. I liked this one of my minister, Diana, the girls and I. Bless 'em.

Congrats to Marianne and Gary! The wedding service was lovely. There was about 150 people there, a number of whom were not Christians.

Marianne looked stunning. I just wish I had managed to get some better photographs of the bride and groom - not easy when everyone is crowding round.

So my friends, Marrianne and Gary, get married tomorrow. It's a big day.

I finally got my outfit organised. I am so relieved.

I bought this shrug:
http://www.monsoon.co.uk/invt/13201741

The picture doesn't do it justice. I need a shrug to cover my shoulders - my dress is a slight 50s, strappy, floaty aquamarine number. I have green/blue shoes and a green bag. My only dilemma is: fascinator or not?

Since I'm on this type of topic, I think I'll add that I love Neals Yard Remedies products.

Neals Yard



Neals Yard stuff is fabby but rather expensive. I realised today that I'm running out of my Neals Yard supplies. There's a branch in Edinburgh so I'll have to make time to pop in.


"Vanity is vanity, all is vanity saith the preacher"

This is Toby at nearly 5 months. Not the best photo of the wee chap - he looks like he saying 'Mummy keep away from me with that camera' :)

This is probably the busiest week I've had in a while. I'm probably trying to fit to much into my schedule - every evening and day is spoken for.

Work is particuarly busy at the moment. I have a number of court hearings and deadlines fast approaching. I'm trying to balance my work with the need to be home early for social events and work going on in the house. Monday was taken up with preparations for work on my kitchen and on Tuesday I was at the church bible study.

Tonight I am attending a wedding shower for a friend, Marianne, who is getting married on 31st August 2007. It should be a good evening. laura_w is coming home from Aberdeen specially for the wedding shower. As far as the wedding is concerned, I have a dress but no shoes/bag/shrug - so I better get shopping and soon! I'll have to find time this weekend somehow!

I also received an invite to plainrose's 10 years in Scotland celebration tonight. I am so disappointed I'm not free to go. It sounds fab. plainrose, I hope you have a great night.

The rest of the week is taken up with work on my kitchen. I can't wait till it is finished!! The kitchen I currently have is awful - it is about 20 years old and it has not aged well. We are dismantling the old kitchen on Thursday/Friday evening and anticipate installing the kitchen on Saturday and sunday - it may take longer. My dad and brother, Ian, are doing the work so the work will be done when they're free. I really need to be there to undertake important tasks like making tea and holding tools :)

You Are an Iced Coffee

At your best, you are: hyper, modern, and athletic At your worst, you are: cheap and angsty You drink coffee when: you're out with friends Your caffeine addiction level: medium

See the BBC website for their article: How much is too much coffee?: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/6945697.stm

laura_w has been reading C.H. Spurgeon's book Lectures to My Students. She has been sharing with me a number of funny quotes about unfortunate texts used by preachers and other stories from the book.

*Shout out to Laura* Lou, I don't want to steal your thunder so please post some of them!

Today I've been reading some of his more serious comments about preaching and service in general:

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Click on the link:

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=Pdz38TIwqIQ

Can you believe this? Classic!!

"She... was detained still wearing her [wedding] dress by police"

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/north_east/6287880.stm

Today's word is:

Aberration n.
1. A deviation from the proper or expected course.
2. A departure from the normal or typical: events that were aberrations from the norm.
3. Psychology A disorder or abnormal alteration in one's mental state

Today's word was inspired by comments by BBC's Gaza correspondent Alan Johnston who was freed today. "Having worked in Gaza for the past three years, Mr Johnston said he was well aware of Palestinian traditions of hospitality and regarded his abductors as an "aberration". "