What I wore Sunday

Phew, what a difference a week makes! We're fully back in winter wear. I had a chat with my friend Toni last week about when summer is. I thought summer started on 6th June, she thought 23rd June. But then I decided it was a moot point because our summers are so rubbish that when it's hot....it's summer. When it's not, then it was good while it lasted!

Thick tights, knee hight boots (not pictured obviously), cord skirt, jumper and I wore a scarf and my coat too!
I'm not sure whether this skirt really does make me look this short or whether it's the camera angle, I'll have to assess the situation when I've got someone else around to take my pic!

Please tell me summer's coming back?

Happy Father's Day

Here's a prayer I've been asked to read in church today and I thought I'd share it with you. Happy Father's day all of you gents out there.

Prayers for Father’s day

On this Father's Day, we pray for all those entrusted with the responsibility of care for others.

For those who, against their will, are distant from their children: we pray for encouragement, for changes in circumstances, and for a means of communication with their children strong enough to allow love to be known.

For those who are distant from their children by choice, by accident, by mistake or by neglect: awaken in them the desire, the hunger, the courage, to become who you have called them to be.

For those who are emotionally distant from their children: grant a renewed vision of who we are in relation to others and to you; give a sense of urgency to arranging life's priorities; grant the courage to admit weakness and passion to work through it.

We pray for all those with a negative taste of fatherhood, whose experience of their own father, leaves them unable to use that word of you.

We thank you for those who find their own wellbeing, in that of their children - and pray that all our relationships may be fruitful:

We thank you for all those parents who - for the sake of their children - have battled against poverty, against their own selfishness, against tiredness.

We thank you for those who have battled against the divorce industry, against slander, and against despair.

We thank you for all who model what it means to be a father.

Open our eyes again to the true burdens and the true joys of fatherhood.

On this day, when we celebrate Fatherhood - may we see in you, the face of one who has struggled with your children, who has felt their failure and felt their joy, and who has never given up on them.

And as we look to you, we thank you for all whom you have called to represent you as fathers. AMEN

As an aside, every Mothering Sunday our church gives a small gift to all of the women and then Father's day we take the time to honour our men. We don't just give to fathers and mothers, but take the time to honour the women, and then the men. It's lovely, really lovely.

I've got their gifts all ready and wrapped up and not a chocolate or shower gel in sight! I hope they like them!!

Oh, and what's a blog post without a picture. Here's my dad :)

My dad at my wedding reception. He wore the requisite FOB outfit for the majority of the wedding then got changed into his 'disco' t shirt for the disco :)

This photo explains a lot about me to those of you who were wondering how I'm so...urm...fun!

Ooh la la!

So I've got a friend. Let's call her Stacey*.
*Her name is actually Stacey.

Here's Stacey.

Stacey's always wanted to go to Paris. Since like, FOR EVAH! Monday was her 25th Birthday and her friends got together a party to celebrate. (Good friends, right?)

I got dressed appropriately.

Because of course all French people wear stripey tops, berets and bright red lippy!

Her wonderful friends all chipped in to send her to Paris this coming weekend. She cried! (I had nothing to do with it, I was just in front of the screen at the time so jumped in on this cool photo)

We had a great time and I know who I'm going to for novelty cakes now!!

This cake is amazing! A.M.A.Z.I.N.G!

Hasn't she got a bunch of wonderful friends? My favourite part was the jelly snail sweets. Oh, and the red, white and blue lollipops!

Here I am at the end of the evening, lipstick still in tact. Thank you Lipcote!

Wake up and drink the kool aid!

Ok, this is an unusual post here and you can all ignore it and go on your merry way if you'd like.

Here's the thing, long story short etc. I need around 50 packets of Kool Aid sending to me from America. I'm willing to pay for the Kool aid, postage, packaging, whatever...but I need them sending this week. I was going to email one of my friends and ask her, but I personally find it really difficult to say no, even to tasks I have no time for so thought I'd ask on my blog in the hope one of you would help me out please.

If you are able to do me this favour then please leave me a comment below and I'll email you so we can talk logistics!

I'll let you know why I need them soon...I just have to get around to writing the post :)

OOOOH!

My rust cord skirt made it into the top ten A line skirts for Crafterhours' skirt week!!

I've never been in the top ten before!! If you wouldn't mind popping over and having a nosey at the other 9 skirts and then adding your vote into the mix I'd be very grateful. You don't even have to vote for me (although I'd like it if you did of course). I'm up against some very stiff competition!