Archive for the ‘work’ Category

A couple of weeks ago I spoke a few times about how people like to put labels on things…objects and people! In this last week I become all to aware once again that people are very quick to put labels on others. What has become very visible to me is that people tend to put [...]

As many of you know, I’ve had to cope with severe pain on a regular basis for a few years now. It doesn’t get any easier to cope with however it has got easier to “hide” it from others. What do I mean by this? Well, if there’s one thing that I hate, that’s folk fussing over [...]

No not my retirement! I’m sure you’re all very aware of all the cutbacks in both finances and resources within many councils around the country. Well, as both hubby and me work in the same IT department of the same local council it was obviously concerning when cutback were announced. To facilitate some of the [...]

Yesterday I asked Do You Really Know Me?, and then highlighted that we can often know people for many years, but in reality not really know anything about them. When we look at someone, we all (often subconsciously) judge them or put a label on them. Based on how little we often know about people we’ve [...]

How’s your week been? I hope your week’s been better than mine! Personally I’m really glad this week is finally over, as it’s been a very very long and very tiring week. If you’ve been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know I have been find things quite tough physically and emotionally for a [...]

Why is it when you sleep in, you always end up feeling more tired that day? How come you can untangle your headphones one minute, lay them down for a second and when you pick them up again they’re all tangled again? Why is it whenever you get your car washed, the birds attack it [...]

WIP – Do you know what that means? Work In Progress What do you think of when you hear those words? Work, DIY, housework, homework, your life… These last few days I’ve spoken about how God can help us Be The Person He wants us to be, so doesn’t that make us His work in progress?! [...]

I’ve done a few Word Associations with you over the last few months, so today I’m going to give you another one. So as usual I’m going to throw some words at you  and I want you to note down the first word that comes into your mind when you read each word. So here goes… [...]

Last Saturday in Respite Care Request I spoke about how this week my Dad, who suffers from vascular dementia, was going into a local care home (David Walker Gardens) for a week’s respite care, to give my Mum, who cares for Dad at home, a rest. I had taken Monday off so that I could [...]

In the last few days I’ve spoken about how we all need family, how good it is to be part of God‘s family, and the gift of making a child part of your family. So what are my thoughts for today? Well following a conversation with colleagues recently, I’ve been thinking about families where there are [...]