Christmas 2012

I haven't posted much lately - it always seems as if my mind's been quite jumbled and my standpoint a little ambivalent to create a strong theme for a blog entry, but this morning it felt right to at least document that.

The time around Christmas has been full of blessing, as ever. My God is good. From sweet mugs of liquorice tea to a lovely night at Winter ball; from Phil Wickham's Christmas album to beautiful frosty mornings; from pretty knitted socks to the lovely people I am lucky enough to spend time with, I have so much to be thankful for...

Christmas day itself was rather special as well...after a disasterous Christmas Eve when I cried every five minutes at the most ridiculous things and worried my parents horribly,I wasn't holding out much hope to be any use with the worship for Christmas day... Proved wrong again by my God who does immeasurably more, I rocked out that tambourine and had an absolute ball singing praise to my amazing God...it was a special morning. I really do love my church family!

Christmas dinner was, of course, a big challenge. But I completed my goal of eating as much of it as I could (at least 2/3 of this HUGE portion) and munching on some Christmas chocolates as well, with no exercise or being sick. It was stressful and I was pretty panicky but I'm proud of myself. It makes me realise how well I could do if I put my determination fully into something more positive...

 I just got back from a lovely two days staying up in Teesside with my boyfriend and his family. It was sooo nice but I need to get unpacking now and also get stuck into the essays I've been avoiding!