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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 21, 2009
Got up this morning at 5 (toilet) and looked outside. Dry. Went back to bed and got up again at 6 (to stay up). Looked outside and everywhere was covered in snow! Although it isn’t snowing now the forecast isn’t good and we have been promised more snow on the way. Well thank you, I’d rather not have it…LOL. Soon be Spring………
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 19, 2009
I was awakened by a telephone call this morning at 9.30. I had been quite tired last night and welcomed the extra lie in bed. It was a call to do some work, just a small job and worth the journey of 8 miles. Before I left my bedroom another call came in which sounded a little more involved and I arranged to call after the first job. This was a bit farther afield and as it turned out was involved but worth going to do. When I left home it was dry and cold and remained so even when I got to the second job about 14 miles away. On the way home, via a different route, I noticed that snow had been falling there, not a great amount but everywhere got progressively white as I drove along. Eventually I had to make a left turn and make the 4 mile journey over open country towards home. This road was covered in snow and slush and the fields were all white. As I got into town it was just the same. My driveway was covered in half an inch of snow. It has been very unusual for us on the coast to have much in the way of snow over the last few years and any we have had has not stayed very long. The forecast for tomorrow is a more severe covering of the white stuff. Maybe we are in for a change. I hope not but time will tell. Much as I like snow on picture postcards, it is a pain to travel through it! It is at times like this that I wonder about global warming, especially as it is getting colder here….LOL. I have to drive tomorrow and I’m hoping the weather won’t be too bad.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 18, 2009
Had a great time last night with family and friends. It actually snowed early in the evening, most unusual for Southport but today it has all disappeared which isn’t unusual around these parts. It pretty much doesn’t snow in Southport although what did fall, about a quarter of an inch has stuck on the grass where it is colder. The streets are cold and dry but there will be ice about. I didn’t get my extra lie in bed simply because I just can’t lie there when I am awake. I got up at 7 and skipped breakfast, just had me a drink and played guitar for an hour or so and waited for everyone else to get up. First person was my ex. followed by J who had stopped over after drinking a wee bit too much. He wasn’t the only one who did that though…LOL. A bit later my son appeared. I am ready to go out and work but have no jobs scheduled for today. I have a couple of them to do before Christmas and no doubt they won’t be the only ones! So I am inside, nice and warm and it is cold outside.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 17, 2009
Tonight I am taking family and friends out to a Christmas dinner. It will be my treat, I am footing the bill but I’m not sure who’ll be footing me! I would have liked it to be nearer Christmas but not all of my guests could then have come. This morning I got one job completed. It was a new conservatory under construction but mostly finished, however it was rather cold and I had to do the job wearing my coat! The young guy, the owner of the house was keen to help me so I instructed him to carry out part of the work and we got the job finished in two hours. That meant I now have the rest of the day off. No doubt I’ll be having an extra lie in bed tomorrow morning.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 16, 2009
I have just watched a short clip about Michelle Heaton (Liberty X star) who had been invited to unveil the latest Ford car at a ceremony launching it. The lighting was not that good and the vehicle itself was under a sheet as well as standing on one. She and the male host began to lift the sheet covering the car but the sheet on which the car was standing could not be readily seen. As the pair lifted the sheet from the bonnet Michelle’s high heels caught the ground sheet and she took a tumble. She wasn’t hurt physically but I guess her pride took a dive. I thought it all a bit insensitive that her demise was being made known to the public at large. It appears that nobody cares about broadcasting other people’s misfortunes. Perhaps Michelle should have worn more sensible shoes but may have tripped up regardless. There are more serious falls a person can make other than one to the floor, I’m sure you’ll agree.
I was thinking about falls and the one main one in particular that many would not even consider and that is the fall from grace, God’s grace. We have fallen by the wayside, so to speak, all starting with Adam and Eve if you believe. The thing is we are lost sheep, we think we know all the answers and we rely on our human talents to overcome our problems. Well if you believe that we have been around for a couple of million years and I may not agree with that, you would naturally assume that we were on top of things wouldn’t you? I mean a million years is a long time to get things right, isn’t it? The problem is we don’t learn by our mistakes, we repeat them time and time again. We invent laws by which to live and the fact that there are laws proves that we cannot be trusted to live decent and upright lives. Many of God’s laws are broken every day but many don’t believe in God so to them it doesn’t matter but even they would admit to the necessity of laws. In fact we are all sinners, we all have an agenda. This Christmas there will be the giving and receiving of presents, food and drink, merriment and laughter, good times for all and good will toward all men. Come on, get real, by the following day we’ll all be at each other’s throats again. There has to be a better way and there is. This Christmas think about your fall, think about making your life better, think about why people celebrate Christmas and if it’s for the wrong reasons, think why that is. There is a better way, I know, I knocked and the door was opened to me. Maybe if you knock it will opened for you too. Love
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 15, 2009
I mentioned this on Nicky’s blog (aka the CFG) last night. I had decided to go to the pub (nothing new there) for a quiet drink. Mondays are usually quite quiet with only a handful of customers going there. They’ve probably had enough over the weekend! Anyhow my ex. bless her asked if I’d like a lift there. She was preparing her evening meal (I had eaten earlier) and stopped cooking so that she could take me. No way! I told her to finish cooking and have her meal. I wasn’t in a hurry anyway so I played some guitar in the back room while she got on with it. Finally she came in and said, ‘Ok I’m ready to take you’, so off we went. I asked her if she wanted to come in with me but she declined, I think she wanted to do something else. I opened the door to the bar and could hardly get in! The place was packed. Some local friends (a rather large family with friends) were holding a party for their daughter who was 18. When I finally made it to the bar and ordered my drink I wasn’t allowed to pay for it! ‘I’ll get that came a voice from behind. It was the girl’s father. Greeting me he said, ‘It’s Sophie’s birthday and we are celebrating’. I’d never have guessed…LOL. There was also a huge buffet to dig into but as I’d eaten not long before I left the food alone. I settled down and chatted with some girls and by the time I wanted another drink another guy offered to buy it. ‘Offered’, isn’t the right word, he insisted, as he usually does with me. He’s a nice guy and is always generous in buying me a drink or two, so I accepted graciously. Ok back to chatting with other people and hey, guess what somebody else wanted to buy me a drink. ‘Well’, I thought, ‘No it’s my turn to buy a drink’ but before I could pay for his drink too, he had already paid for mine! I said I’d return the gesture but he was gone after drinking his pint. So it went on, yet another free drink without the opportunity to reciprocate. I wasn’t staying all night, in fact I was only there for two hours as I had to rise early this morning for work. I did manage to buy a drink for myself and with a tip for my favourite barmaid cost me just £3…….I’m not sure why everyone wants to buy me drinks. Either they think I can’t afford them or they simply like me or fancy me………..maybe! They are all nice people and I am privileged to know them.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 14, 2009
In my job I get to meet all sorts of characters. I also get to meet their pets or maybe I should say pests! Today, as often, I met a widowed lady and her little Scottie dog. She had two cats too but I didn’t get to see them, they stayed out-of-the-way. Seemingly the dog gives them a hard time. The dog was almost well-behaved and a command from the lady gave the dog the right to do what it wanted. You get the picture. Anyhow the dog, as with most of the I meet, took a great interest in me, especially my legs and all I could feel was the cold nose on them. It is very distracting when you are trying to talk with a client when their dog is constantly licking your legs! Eventually the dog behaved and let me get on with what I was doing. The lady however did not. From the moment I entered the house I was bombarded with small talk. She didn’t let up for the two hours I was there. It is very distracting when you are playing around with electric cables, some of which were live! It didn’t seem to matter to her so she didn’t stop. Now I know some people get lonely and I suppose they are not aware that they are being too talkative or distracting. Of course I have to be polite and ride it out but it is a great relief to get away from people like that. Phrases like, ‘She can talk a glass eye to sleep’ and ‘She can talk the hind leg off a donkey’ spring to mind. I did feel a bit sorry for her as she seems to have given up meeting people since her partner, as she called him because they weren’t married, was run over by a car and killed two years ago outside their home. I get this fairly often and it is very much a test of my patience. I don’t want to be talked to death when I am there to do a job but I have to live with it.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 13, 2009
Happy Xmas! What the hell does that mean? I have always wondered what Xmas means. If you analyse it, it becomes so ridiculous as to sound stupid. I mean ‘Exmas’ for that is how it sounds. So how did ‘Christ’ become ‘X’? How did ‘X’ become ‘Christ’? Even having said that ‘Christmas’ is in itself quite meaningless. In my recent post you will see why that is so. I am not against people making merry and having a good time for we have no other choice. What is the point in living if we don’t enjoy our lives? So I hope everyone has a nice time over what we call Christmas, exchange presents, eat, drink and be merry and call it what you like but don’t call it Christmas. Even worse don’t call it Xmas……….please! Love
Shirley anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 13, 2009
We, as humans have become too smart, too clever and we think we have all the answers to life. We really know however that we don’t. We have become separated from our maker, we think all sorts of things about our origins, the way we came into existence and none of them prove to be true when the analysis is studied. Yesterday I was perusing a site which was looking into the Darwin principle of evolution and to be quite frank, it blew Darwinism right out of the water. I didn’t really need convincing of that but I thought, where does it leave those who don’t believe in God? They are out on a limb and it is such a shame. As a believer and one who previously was vehemently anti-God I feel for them because I was as they are. If we put our trust in ourselves as human beings we are doomed to failure because we don’t have all the answers, we are not infallible, we are mortal and we will pass away. Anything we do here will not last, it will all disappear in an instant. Open your eyes, your heart and realise that you were created and created in love.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 13, 2009
My day starts with a good lie in bed. I dress for exercising and do my stint on the treadmill. Cooling down and feeling very relaxed I play some guitar, starting with a couple of John Denver classics then switching to Christian music and on to a Beatles song or two. I play as the mood takes me. Fully relaxed now I go upstairs and bathe but first shampooing and conditioning my hair. In to my boudoir and I get dressed in smart but casual wear then on with the make-up. I am ready to go out if the mood takes me! Aha but it is now lunchtime and as I have missed breakfast I am hungry. My ex. is catching up on the soap operas on her computer so I prepare dinner, yes, dinner, a roast chicken dinner during which I am drinking some red wine. Dinner is served and duly appreciated. Now I am relaxing with a bottle of wine and feeling so good. I like Sundays. Today is a very relaxing day.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 12, 2009
Christmas is a time of goodwill toward all men, a time to celebrate the birth of Jesus and exchange presents, feast and make merry. Yes? No! Why? Because it is based on pagan rituals and has the trappings of pagan themes and practices within it. Scripture tells us that God specifically forbids us celebrating Him through any man-made festival but only through those He set down for us to worship Him. Nowhere in the Bible is Christmas mentioned and nowhere are we told to celebrate it.
It is nice to celebrate a season of goodwill toward one another and to give gifts if one so wishes but it should not be a time for celebrating God. Neither should it be a celebration of any other religion or god. Christmas needs a new name and has nothing to do with Christ Jesus. Many Christians are now realising this and turning away from this man-made festival as a means of worshipping God.
See also
http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract3.html
and other links below right.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 12, 2009
Some months ago, at the end of May to be precise, I posted ‘Not ashamed’ and I was talking about my faith. I have been having some deep thoughts lately about my life, my attitudes and my faith. I have been reading other Christian people’s blogs and Christian sites in general and I am being reminded about my own shortcomings. When I became a Christian everything seemed clear and defined but over the years certain things try to make that less so. I am talking about compromise and allowing things in my life to ‘water down’ my beliefs and what I know in my heart to be true. For instance I read about how the Christian Church opposes certain areas of society and lifestyles and gets ostracised for it. I read how some of the churches ‘bend the rules’ and try to accomodate those who are essentially unbelievers. Whilst it is incumbent to reach out to others it is not acceptable to preach any other gospel than the one Gospel we were given. The Church must stand steadfast in this and face criticism no matter what happens. If our beliefs are based on knowledge and faith then we must uphold them. We cannot claim to be Christians bringing the message of God if we fail to uphold the Gospel. Now I am not saying that I have not been upholding that which I know to be true but I must confess that I have been allowing ‘un-Christian’ beliefs and influences to blur my vision. I have therefore begun to clean up my act, empty my bin of trash and disallow any influences that are not of God from turning me away from the narrow way to life. I have started the process by removing offensive material from my computer, from my personal belongings and from my thoughts.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 12, 2009
While I was in my local pub last night losing money on the races (LOL) an elderly friend came in and sat with my ex. and I. He and another friend had been out on the town all afternoon. Now these two guys are not short of a few pennies, I know the other one is a millionaire. Anyway this guy asked us if we would like to visit the pub on the afternoon of the 30th Dec because they were having a party with all food and drinks free! A very generous gesture I think but maybe a bit foolish. If word gets around the place may be packed to capacity! Maybe not but you know what some people are like. I might have been going to the pub on that day anyway, as is my want and I might have just stumbled in on the event and I know I would have been welcomed but it is nice to be invited isn’t it? As things are I cannot guarantee being there but I will go if I can.
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 12, 2009
A weekend off? Maybe but I won’t be holding my breath waiting to see if that is true, time will tell! This week as with most of those I have been working have been anything else but easy. I wonder sometimes if I’ll ever get the chance to be involved in something which taxes my brain to the minimum instead. I live in hope. In the meantime I get on with it just like I know that you do…………….yes? Written at 2.08 am……….
Shirley Anne
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Posted by Shirley Anne on December 11, 2009
Our pub is holding another ‘Race night’ tonight, so soon after the last one but I and my ex. will be going. It is a bit of fun, it is a social event and we not only get the chance to support a charity but there are prizes too, oh and the pub gets the custom so everyone benefits one way or another. Today I am resting from work and I am dressed as they say in my ‘No intention gear’! That is no intention to work! I am smartly dressed in casual wear and ready to go out somewhere. Problem is I have an appointment with my electrologist at 2pm so I’ll probably not go out until this evening when we go to the pub. It is nice to be able to dress in clothes other than what I wear for work. I went out this morning to deliver two medical prescriptions to my doctor’s surgery. One is for my meds. and one is for my ex.. When I returned home and parked my vehicle I noticed that the rear tyre on my ex.’s car had a screw embedded in it. I tried to remove it and as I did it let out air. I went inside and told her the good news. We came out and I changed the wheel for her. She has taken it to a local guy who will repair it. I am glad I wasn’t at work for she may have driven the car without noticing the screw and the tyre might have suffered a blowout and possibly caused an accident. It’s a reminder to remember checking your wheels before you drive away.
Shirley Anne
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