Guess who's back?

Oh my gosh, I can't even believe how long it has been since I have posted anything on here. I will try to post something at least once a week from now on... promise!



Anyway, I will give you an update! Firstly, I have a shiny new job. I am an events co-ordinator at ASDA. It's not as bad as it sounds, it's actually quite a fun job.



Secondly. everything is going great at church and I am getting baptised at church which will be amazing.



And finally, I have an amazing new boyfriend. His name is Matt and I think the world of him. He is quite literally my other half.



Anyway, thats all I can think of at the minute. If anything else pops into my head later, you'll be the first to know!

Praying and thinking

Hey fellow bloggers, it is I.... again..... woo! Anyway, this week I have been trying to decide when thinking becomes prayer! Over the last week I have been praying a lot, and thinking a lot too. A lot of things have made me need God's advice and I hope that someday soon he will answer some of them, one he already has.

But the thing I was wondering was... when does thought become prayer? If I think something to God.... does that count as a prayer? Will God listen to my thoughts if I direct them at him?

I have been under a lot of pressure this week but God has helped me through it, which has been awesome! But I also sometimes feel like the problems I have are a bit too trivial for him, I mean, he is God after all.... why should I bother him with stupid stuff about like relationships or what I'm gonna have for dinner... if anything!

I just have so much I like to say to Him, but I don't know if I am boring him or if the things I ask him are too trivial for him..... ah I just don't know! Maybe I never will.....

Anywho, thank for listening... reading? Whichever one it is, thanks for doing it!

xxxxxxxxxxxx

Trial and error

Well hello fellow bloggers, I apologise for the lack of blogging but I have been having a bizarre week!

I have decided to post a blog at least once a week to explain stuff that's going on! So ok, this week God has really been testing my faith in the commandments.

Everyone knows them, all Christians know them but sometimes it's hard to keep to them. This week I have been having difficulty keeping a specific one... "honour your parents"

My parents are getting divorced and this week my dad has been extra miserable and extra mean, which hasn't been good in general.

He has really made me want to hate him this week but I have prayed lots and lots and God has seemed to answer them!!!!!

God rocks, and with that I bid you a fond farewell!!!

Chatters xxx

Hello, my friend, hello.....

Well hello fellow bloggers! How are you? It's been a while again I know but I can never think of anything to write!!

Well I have had a really cool day today seeing old friends and having fun times! I saw my baby cousin Ella for the first time today... oh my gosh she is soooo cute!!!!!!!

Here she is....Isn't she adorable??? I love her to pieces, she's sooo cute! Her name is Ella, she was born 11th June 2008.

I also went to see my old friend Jenna, which was cool! Missed her sooo much...

Anywho... I'm off so bye xxxx

It's living, it's living time!!

Hey fellow bloggers, it's me again!! How've you all been?? Wow, it's seems like it's been forever since I have written anything....

Well, what has been going on with me? I hear you ask.... well in 3 weeks I will finish my college course! That's pretty big, isn't it? I will be a fully qualified child care worker.... is that not freakin' awesome?

Tonight, I am going out with several friends for a friend of mine's birthday... well her birthday was on Wednesday but the party is today. We are all going swimming which should be fun and then back to church for more fun times!

I have been having very many fun times lately, my life is picking up again, which is awesome!!

Anywho, I gotta go... swimming will be soon and I have to figure out how I'm gonna get from the changing rooms to the pool without being seen :P

From C-Bag xx

Worst night ever......

Ok, so I just got home from my church service to find my mom waiting for me. She was just sitting there, all normal and stuf when out of the blue she told me a shocking piece of information..... we are going to have to move house!!

If you've read my previous blogs, my mom and dad are getting divorced and he is refusing to leave the house. In retaliation, my mom has no choice (she says) but to uproot herself, my brother and I to a different location to escape my dad. I am really worried right now because I'm not sure where we're gonna live but we are staying at my grandmother's house until we can find somewhere else. It's gonna be extremely cramped and I'm not sure how long we will be there! All of our stuff is going into storage and I am just so upset... I know that it's just a house, but it's my home... you know?

I just wish things could go smoothly for me sometimes, grr!

Anywho, rant over!

Bye xxx

Child of divorce...

Hello ladies and gentlemen and welcome to my latest blog entry! This isn't the easiest of things to say but my parents are getting divorced. I am officially entering the land called 'Children of Divorce' and I plan to stay there!

My mom and dad have been in a tough place for a while but he's never been a good husband or father anyway! As I sit typing this, they are arguing about it. Yup, right now they are having the verbal equivalent of a wrestling match... it's pretty brutal!

Right now I'm just so thankful that I have a great family at church and that I have God! Without him, I would seriously be in a dark place right about now!!!

Anywho, that was just a quick one to get some stuff off my chest!

Love from Chatters xxxxx

Something in the water....

Well, once again howdy from Chatbag Land! How art thou??

Anywho, I haven't blogged for a while! A lot has been going on recently so I haven't thought about blogging at all. So here's an update!

I am soon to be a child of divorce, which probably won't be too fun! My brother's more upset than I am cause my father and I have never really seen eye to eye so I'm just trying to be there for him!

I had a rough week last week and had major headaches! But I'm great now so that's cool! I also have a LOT of college work to finish but that shouldn't be a problem!

I decided that I should have a new motto as well..... I decided on this one:

"Every cloud has a silver lining"

I think it's a good one to have anyway!! Also this week, I had a real eye opening experience! After a good chat with a close friend I realised how foolish I've been this last week! I tried to solve my problems on my own which was so stupid cause I have God to help me!

He is always there for me and I have made a promise to NEVER forget that again! My family at church also helped me which I am truly thankful for (you all know who ya are :D)!

Right, now onto some amazingly happy news! Lots of people are pregnant, yay!!! It's babies all around at the moment, there must be something in the water!!!

So here's a list of people that I would like to congratulate!!!

• My wonderful cousin Michelle and her partner!
• My great friends Janine and Stephen!
• The awesome Timbrell twosome, Natalie and James!
• Super special awesome Mr. and Mrs. Tonka!
• And my close friend Ruth and her partner!
  

So there you have it!

I'm so happy for all of you, you are all great people and deserve the extra family members :D

Much love from Chatbag
xxx

How great, how awesome is He??

Hello again fellow bloggers, how art thou?? What's happening... and stuff!!

Anywho, so last night was my church's monthly prayer gathering (which of course I went to) and I was just so amazed by everything that went on! I mean, seriously.... last night I felt so in touch with God and I really felt his presence among the congregation which was such an amazing feeling.

I did tons of praying last night and was really happy because it really felt like God was listening to not just my prayers..... but EVERYONES!!! Which totally blew me away!

There is a lot of stuff going on in my life right now that I thought I needed to cope with on my own but turns out that I really, really don't!! When I sat down and really prayed about it, I realised just how many people I could turn to that would help me in a heartbeat... like firstly God! In a moment of clarity I realised that God is always there for me... and that I, among many others, am always on his mind... I was the one who had forgotten about him!

Also, I realised I had my family... my brothers and sisters through God!!!! They will always be there for me and I know they will help me through my problems!

Side Note: I want to thank Ste and J9 for all their constant support, they are so precious to me and I love them muchly... thanks for praying for me also :)

So to wrap this very long blog up, God is awesome and I love Him lots!!!
Peace out!!!

Really, really

Ok, so hi guys again.... sorry I haven't blogged in a while but I haven't really had all that much to say that's important! So how are you all? Good? Great!

Ok so not a lot has been going on really... just chillin'... workin'... churchin'... you know the norm!
So last week I had some information about my placement in my gap year! You know... the one I told y'all about in my first blog?

No? Ok I'll remind you! I'm going to Japan for 6 months to work in a hospital and I'm doing it through a charity called 'Lattitude'. Look em up, they're awesome!
Anywho, so I was send a booklet entitled, 'Volunteer Handbook' which I read through and some other info like FAQ's and a letter about when I'll get the full details on my placement!

This incident TOTALLY freaked me out a little... (Did I just pull of an oxymoron sentence?) because it just made it so real! Like, really really real! I mean.... before it was just a dream you know? And now it's like... real and its kinda weird that I'll be leaving all my friends, who I love very much behind and going to a distant place where I won't see them!

However, I will still have God with me because he will never leave me! And I will still have the Internet... ah trusty Internet! I can blog to them... yay!

So ...... oh yeah and I almost forgot... this Sunday is like... Easter Sunday! At our church (which is Oakham Evangelical Church) we have lots of fun and exciting things going on like a morning service, a family service and an evening service which will have things like sketches, puppet shows, live music, drama, dance and many more things going on! So that should be awesome... would be swell if any Christians reading this would pray that it goes well and stuff. That would be sweet!

Ok, so I'm gonna go now cause its like... kinda late and I'm kinda tired!

Laters xxxx

Newsflash.... update? Ah whateva!

So hey its me again... obviously cause it's my blog duh! (Honestly... I can be such a tard sometimes)! Anywho... I am at placement this week which is always super fun yet monotonous (impressed with my big word... cause I sure am)!

So on Saturday I went to this thing at St Matthew's Church in Tipton called 'Just Music' and it was really cool! I really enjoyed just gathering to worship with other peeps who just love the dude upstairs (that's God in case you were confused).....

I am also wearing gloves in my house right now which is odd to everyone but me! My hands are never warm... it's odd. Any theories?? Post comments :P

Yeah also stayed at Claire's house for her birthday celebrations and stayed up way too late but has awesome fun!!!! Rob and Matt stayed too and we played Mario Kart and Mario Party and poker.... then watched Bill and Ted's Bogus Adventure.... how weird is the Grim Reaper right???

Well I'm off... sees ya soon fellow bloggers

Peace xxxx

Hello fellow bloggers and welcome to my latest entry..... firstly, how are all of you? Cause let's face it, it would be rude of me not to ask wouldn't it? So today has been kinda fun as instead of doing tons of boring lessons at college, I went to the Black Country Museum (it was a college planned activity so if you think I'm slacking take it up with them).

At the beginning of the day we weren't allowed to even go anywhere by ourselves (I mean, what are we... 12?) but after about 12 o'clock they let us do whatever we wanted which was cool. The first half of the day kinda sucked but after that we totally livened up! We went to the fun fayre and the coal mine, which by the way was totally tiny and un-stand-y-up-able in (was that even a coherent sentence... ah well)!

It was very interesting to see all the different houses and such and I also saw a silent movie which was really cool and totally hilarious (it was Laurel and Hardy so.... fun times)!!!!

After my time at the Black Country Museum, I went to church to practice with the puppets (which I am terrified of by the way). Surprisingly, I am starting to feel more comfortable with them which is cool as the fear of puppets is an odd fear to have.

(Side note: I also hate clowns and stuff that looks human but isn't)

Anywho, so now I'm just chilling at home which isn't the slightest bit interesting at all so.... peace!!!

Weekend blues

Hey guys! So the weekend was blue... very blue! Maybe that's because I went to see Birmingham City v Spurs the weekend. It was my very first football match and it was awesome! The atmosphere was electric and Birmingham won so that was cool!

I have gone back to college to be greeted by OFSTED (if you don't know what that is... look it up) which is sooooo fun! On the plus side, however, the tutors have decided to give us the day off tomorrow so that's pretty sweet! I can use that time to get some work done and get a lie in, so that cool!

I have decided also to let myself get carried by God more! I sometimes forget that I no longer have to do things in my own strength, which is a difficult concept to wrap my head around. I have been so used to feeling like I have the weight of the world on my shoulders that its odd to have that suddenly lifted. I also feel that I should stop worrying about little things as it just makes me feel crappy and it's not a feeling I like!

Well, the time has come for me to say fare-de-well so.......
Fare-de-well xxx

Cause you had a bad day......

Well howdy doo fellow bloggers, and how are you this fine day?

Sorry I haven't blogged in a few days I got a tad pre-occupied with stuff (i feel so ashamed). Anywho, day 3 of my silence went o.k and I managed to complete it without uttering a single word... I'm so proud of myself! I stayed at church a little too late for my parents liking, however, which resulted in something vaguely resembling and episode of Celebrity Death Match (without the celebs)!

Well, anyway after that little episode I went to placement (which is where I go to for my childcare course). I think it's safe to say that the last two days have been the suckiest....... ever!

The teacher I am normally with was ill and the learning support (helpful as she is while shes there) wasn't in either which left me (17 year old student) and supply teacher (woman that couldn't tell the difference between her head and her arse) teaching a class of 30 kids!

So, after these brilliant two days I have decided to use the only thing I know that comforts me in these situations...... two very tasty men.

One called Ben and one called Jerry! Man that ice cream is tasty! Yeah... I've run out of stuff to say..... peace!

Day 2: The Middly One

Well I am half way through the second day of my sponsered silence and so far I'm doing ok! I'm actually amazed at how I'm doing as I thought I would be itching to talk by now and I'm not.......

Anywho, its the panto reunion tonight (for people who have no idea what I'm talking about we did a pantomime at church and all the cast and crew are gathering to watch it) which should be really fun.... although again communication will be a tad absent on my side but oh well.... I have my trusty notebook with me so all should be well....

Well I gotta go and get some college work done.... fun times for me!!

From 'The Not So Talkative Chatters'
xxxx

My first ever blog.... on Day 1 of Silent Gal!

Well hello there!
And a very warm welcome to my blog! This is my first post so bare with me if its really random and there's a lot of stuff on it!

There is so much stuff going on I probably won't bore you with it all... but here's one that is pretty interesting (to me anyways)!

I started a sponsered silence today which will last 3 days. People who know me have already commented that it will be impossible for me to do it as I like talking too much :) but I'm gonna give it a go! What is it for? I hear you ask, well I shalt tell thee! The silence is to raise money for a trip I'm going on. I am going to a land enriched with culture and beauty. A place filled with geisha and very advanced technology and also the very proud home of the Pokemon Museum... yes you guessed it, its Japan!

I am very excited about it as I'm going to do something pretty worthwhile. I'm gonna be working in a hospital for 6 months which should be really interesting!

Anyways, back to the silence! It's a little weird not being able to talk and makes you realise how hard it is to communicate without speech! I got up this morning and tried to explain to my mom that I needed a new toothbrush from under the sink. So I start banging on the stairs, right, to try and get her attention but shes in the kitchen, washing up and watching GMTV on the t.v!
SO, I bang somemore and she FINALLY comes to the foot of the stairs and says, "What's the matter, Amy?" So realising I couldn't just ask her for the tooth brush I try doing some sort of movement that resembles me brushing my teeth with an invisible toothbrush, hoping she will understand what I'm trying to tell her.

However, at 6 in the morning when I haven't quite woken up yet, my limbs aren't quite working properly so instead of 'me brushing teeth' my mom gets something entirely different (which I don't feel comfortable disclosing :P)!

Then after that minor fiasco, she leaves for work and starts reminding me to turn the heating off, turn the lights off etc..... and shes doing actions with the words! It was like she thought because I'd stopped talking, I'd lost the ability to understand or comprehend human speech!

So the moral of the story is....... don't take things for granted because you miss them when they're gone! Stay tuned for day 2..... oh the joy!