Breakfast where there is a chef to cook eggs, any type you'd like, another to tailor make your freshly squeezed fruit juice, another making crepes, every type of fresh fruit, cereal, pastries etc etc that you could imagine.
Or at supper, when your stomach's rebelling over the rich food - they'll make something special - you just have to ask.
Or - sleeping 11 hours straight, waking up to peace and quiet and dark, thinking it must be very early but discovering its 9.30!!!
Or - being offered fresh fruit as you lie on your sun lounger (iced lollies in the afternoon)
Its taken until now to begin to feel anything other than shattered - Paul and I were trying to remember the last time we stopped, and we cant......... I think it caught up with us as we've been absolutely shattered but today (after that mammoth sleep) I feel almost human. And we still have a week to go :)
It is odd being without S&P, looking at all the stuff they'd love, wondering what they are doing back home, but its good to just be us two too.............
Kal
Monday, 31 August 2009
Sunday, 30 August 2009
Mauritius
Its day 2 here, so much to say and I don't know where to start!!!!
Firstly we don't have internet access other than in a room with a fixed pc so I don't have as much access as I thought and my phone isn't working. Paul's is though so I am reachable through that.
But that's the only negative :D
Flying business was fantastic - waited on hand and foot, great food, copious amounts of alcohol, and so much leg room I could reach the magazines in the foot stool when sat upright! The flight was delayed because of break problems but we got here fine
The hotel is everything I hoped it would be - really really beautiful. The temp is about 25 degrees, nice gentle breeze (and this is winter!!!)
Went to one of the restaurants last night and tried the local cuisines and the set menu - so much food I am suffering slightly today! After 8 months of dieting my system is complaining of all the rich food, and just a little alcohol :)
Well I'm off to lie on the beach - its a hard life..........
Kal
Firstly we don't have internet access other than in a room with a fixed pc so I don't have as much access as I thought and my phone isn't working. Paul's is though so I am reachable through that.
But that's the only negative :D
Flying business was fantastic - waited on hand and foot, great food, copious amounts of alcohol, and so much leg room I could reach the magazines in the foot stool when sat upright! The flight was delayed because of break problems but we got here fine
The hotel is everything I hoped it would be - really really beautiful. The temp is about 25 degrees, nice gentle breeze (and this is winter!!!)
Went to one of the restaurants last night and tried the local cuisines and the set menu - so much food I am suffering slightly today! After 8 months of dieting my system is complaining of all the rich food, and just a little alcohol :)
Well I'm off to lie on the beach - its a hard life..........
Kal
Tuesday, 25 August 2009
25 years...............
So today is our actual anniversary :D
I'd like to say I am very blessed. Paul is my best friend and my 'soul mate', he is my other half. Yes he annoys me at times, yes we argue, yes we disagree (and sometimes on fairly major stuff). But we love each other and believe that marriage is for life. It is a life times work, and I'm grateful for the 25 years of marriage we've had, for the 5 years we had before it, and for the many (I hope) years ahead of us.
We had a great party, we've renewed our vows (don't worry if you missed it - it was VERY private) and in 3 days we fly to Mauritius for a lovely lovely holiday.
Did I say how blessed I am?
Kal
I'd like to say I am very blessed. Paul is my best friend and my 'soul mate', he is my other half. Yes he annoys me at times, yes we argue, yes we disagree (and sometimes on fairly major stuff). But we love each other and believe that marriage is for life. It is a life times work, and I'm grateful for the 25 years of marriage we've had, for the 5 years we had before it, and for the many (I hope) years ahead of us.
We had a great party, we've renewed our vows (don't worry if you missed it - it was VERY private) and in 3 days we fly to Mauritius for a lovely lovely holiday.
Did I say how blessed I am?
Kal
Thursday, 20 August 2009
More reasons to celebrate.............
As in exam results! PJ got AAAB at As level (well maths was a full blown A level) and Hannah got BBC and now has a confirmed place at Southampton :)
It's been weird this year, with all that's been going on, I'd sort of, almost forgotten results were due, well until last night - didn't sleep well and was awake early. But all is well. In this I am ignoring the fact that Hannah would have liked to have done even better, cos I think she needs to be enormously proud of herself and remember that God knows what he's doing.
I'm not ignoring the fact that I have other friends who got less than they'd hoped for and it impacts on their choices. The results were still good. And i hope they can see how God can use this - because nothing is random in God's world.
In other news................8 days until Mauritius, one more day of work, a couple of parties, holiday club, an actual anniversary, last minute prep stuff, and then 10 glorious days of sunshine and sand. I can hardly believe its so close :D
It's been weird this year, with all that's been going on, I'd sort of, almost forgotten results were due, well until last night - didn't sleep well and was awake early. But all is well. In this I am ignoring the fact that Hannah would have liked to have done even better, cos I think she needs to be enormously proud of herself and remember that God knows what he's doing.
I'm not ignoring the fact that I have other friends who got less than they'd hoped for and it impacts on their choices. The results were still good. And i hope they can see how God can use this - because nothing is random in God's world.
In other news................8 days until Mauritius, one more day of work, a couple of parties, holiday club, an actual anniversary, last minute prep stuff, and then 10 glorious days of sunshine and sand. I can hardly believe its so close :D
Sunday, 16 August 2009
Reasons to celebrate..............
My mum and dad have been married for 50 years (as of yesterday) and we will have been married for 25 years on the 25th. More than enough reasons to celebrate - it feels like a huge achievement these days. And boy did we celebrate. 40 ish guests for a BBQ in our garden, family and friends, young and old. Good food, good wine, good fun. Of course there was the inevitable last minute panic when stuff wasn't as ready as I'd planned but it all came together in the end and it must have been good because Graham, Paul's older brother, fell asleep, fulfilling his role as the elder of the clan, taking on his father's mantle (it wasn't a good party if George didn't go to sleep!!!)
Some lovely presents too - although it wasn't about gifts, it was about presence, talking of which there were a few friends missing (and you were missed).
And now its 12 days until Mauritius :D
Kal
Some lovely presents too - although it wasn't about gifts, it was about presence, talking of which there were a few friends missing (and you were missed).
And now its 12 days until Mauritius :D
Kal
Monday, 10 August 2009
Back...................
Obviously we've been away, which means that quite a lot has happened - not sure if I can do it all justice :S
Hannah passed her driving test - hooray! Very much deserved and today she is driving home her very own car - but I'll let her tell her own story.
The funeral day - brief but good service at the crem - I don't like them particularly as they seem like conveyor belts, but this one didn't, nice short service but very hard as they shut the curtains - it felt too fast................ then we went back to the church, got Costa coffee, hung out reminiscing, had lunch, then the main thanksgiving service. We think there were about 175 people there - it was a lovely, special service, followed by a nice 'tea', Paul's mum seemed to cope well. But exhausting. Then the family went back to Val's, had takeaway and alcohol, in varying amounts, Paul and Graham (but mainly Graham) keeping up their dad's tradition of drinking a lot!
Saturday am, we got up to get ready for New Wine, to get a phone call that Paul's mum had had a fit, and did she need to go to hospital? She did, and is still there - low sodium levels, variable levels of confusion, ?infection etc etc. We collectively decided that she shouldn't go home, but should be moved to a nursing home. The family cannot cope with the strain any longer.
New Wine - its always difficult to describe - rain and mud of course, time with good friends, making new friends, watching and experiencing God at work. James and Lynn had an amazing time, and had Beth baptised whist we were there - it was very very special. For me the week was about resting in God's love, drawing near to his heart. There were a few things of confirmation, focusing previous thoughts, but mainly being refreshed - which feels odd as I am physically tired (I just don't sleep well in a tent on a noisy campsite!). I'll let Paul's tell his own story!
So we're back, our anniversary party is on saturday so I need to prep that, and then Holiday Club, and Mauritius (18 days :D )
Kal x
Hannah passed her driving test - hooray! Very much deserved and today she is driving home her very own car - but I'll let her tell her own story.
The funeral day - brief but good service at the crem - I don't like them particularly as they seem like conveyor belts, but this one didn't, nice short service but very hard as they shut the curtains - it felt too fast................ then we went back to the church, got Costa coffee, hung out reminiscing, had lunch, then the main thanksgiving service. We think there were about 175 people there - it was a lovely, special service, followed by a nice 'tea', Paul's mum seemed to cope well. But exhausting. Then the family went back to Val's, had takeaway and alcohol, in varying amounts, Paul and Graham (but mainly Graham) keeping up their dad's tradition of drinking a lot!
Saturday am, we got up to get ready for New Wine, to get a phone call that Paul's mum had had a fit, and did she need to go to hospital? She did, and is still there - low sodium levels, variable levels of confusion, ?infection etc etc. We collectively decided that she shouldn't go home, but should be moved to a nursing home. The family cannot cope with the strain any longer.
New Wine - its always difficult to describe - rain and mud of course, time with good friends, making new friends, watching and experiencing God at work. James and Lynn had an amazing time, and had Beth baptised whist we were there - it was very very special. For me the week was about resting in God's love, drawing near to his heart. There were a few things of confirmation, focusing previous thoughts, but mainly being refreshed - which feels odd as I am physically tired (I just don't sleep well in a tent on a noisy campsite!). I'll let Paul's tell his own story!
So we're back, our anniversary party is on saturday so I need to prep that, and then Holiday Club, and Mauritius (18 days :D )
Kal x
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