Gift of the Gab

I am a horrible smelly urchin

2005-07-21T15:39:00.001-07:00

And I'm so lucky that Seany loves me because I don't deserve it, especially because I am so cheeky.

I think Sean is smelly

2005-07-21T15:39:00.000-07:00

But he's not

Sean thinks I'm stupid

2005-07-21T15:38:00.000-07:00

But I'm not!

Help, I need somebody...men good for more than just 1 thing

2005-06-17T08:55:00.000-07:00

Today I realised the importance of living in a community....I was unpacking my bedroon and got my arm stuck down the back of my desk so I was bent over the desk and unable to move....fortunately Sean was out in the garden reading and after shouting for several minutes he finally heard me and came and rescued me from my predicament...I used to think men are good for nothing....now I see they are good for at least one thing!
Looking forward to marrying him....
:)

She's leaving home

2005-06-17T07:44:00.000-07:00

Leaving home. I find it hard to believe that this room in college will no longer be my "term time only" home.. I hated it when I first moved in...now I have come to love it because it is home. I won't have another home until August...but it's worth the sacrifice because in August I'll be moving into my first home with Sean.
This is quite an emotional time really.

I'm just going to do my last trip to the cupboard then I can pack the car...not the most fascinating blog to read, but I am reflecting on the importance that home is to me.

I would like home to be where Jesus is but that's hard to come to terms with ....

Any thoughts or comments from anyone else? What is home to you?

What a mess!

2005-06-16T15:50:00.000-07:00

Moving home is a good time for reflecting on the past...how did I get here, where am I going, how did I end up with this much junk?

The girls upstairs are watching Three Men and a Little Lady....it seems a much comfier option than trying to put all my worldly goods in boxes and categorize which ones I will need in the next 6 weeks and which I won't! I have reverted to email instead...the more I mail the less I have to do....well for now anyway.

I have to admit to being exhausted...I have an ulcer to prove it....and emotional too...I am trying to prepare for a 5 week placement in Hounslow but am just not sure what that preparation looks like...

So I am going to go to my parents house in Somerset for a break...not sure that visiting ones family home could be described as a holiday but hopefully I can get some sleep.
It's funny how when we are stretched, our relationship with Jesus and other people gets stretched too...fortunately Jesus can be stretched a long way...hope my other relationships can be too.

My life does feel a bit messy...my room is certainly messy...but I think my relationships are intact. Sean is fabulous and so supportive. My family are great and I am not over working...I am free to fail at the moment. I may well fail to get anything else done today as I am doing youth club and then having a drink and chat with my married friend about sex...for those of us who don't believe in sex before marriage finding out about sex at 29 is necessary evil....for everyone else, it probably seems a bit strange.

So, I am content to be messy, live messy and feel messy and it's actually quite releasing.

Date night and Complaints about Compline

2005-06-14T18:19:00.000-07:00

Tonight is date night. Sean and I go out every Tuesday and tonight we are going on a picnic. The idea is to build up our relationship and learn to communicate and have fun and keep our relationship fresh...I expect we'll need it once we're married. We agreed to keep this night free but I have stupidly agreed to do Compline at 10pm thus cutting down our time together.

Despite letting Sean down badly I am quite excited about Copline....oops missed an "M" (copline would be even more fun!)...living in a theological college doesn't allow much chill out time , so compline is a window of chill for all of us. I hope people come...there aren't many people who could come.

I think it'll be a good opportunity to reflect on Jesus and to chill...2 of my favourite things. :) that makes me a smiley happy Gaby.

So this is how it feels to be born

2005-06-13T19:50:00.000-07:00

I am a baby blogger...but I am sure that you'll be able to watch me grow into a bigger blogger and maybe one day into an adult blogger.

This is as fun as writing a diary.

Blogging is a bit like singing to yourself....you never know who might catch a glimpse of what you're doing...hum hum hmmmmm.

I am Gaby...I am 29...I love Jesus...I have 2 parents who are miraculously still together after all this time, a cool sister and a brother who I don't know as well as I'd like. I have a fiance called Sean...we're getting married in August...and lots of lovely friends who gave me the best Hen weekend ever.

See, I am growing already!