Tags: spider, wibmeet, Wales, Lent, Christian Aid, Swansea, Count Your Blessings, Christianity
Date: 26 March 2007 21:19:28
Today it was over to Swansea to see the lovely Alice (plus benjamin obviously). We had a lovely day - first of all to the seaside (at Caswell, where benjamin demonstrated his rather good jumping fully clothed into the sea technique), where we had lunch (b didn't have too much of his, but he made up for that by scarfing food from both me and Alice! Especially the olives, what good taste that boy has. I didn't get into olives till I was in my 30s). Then while b was reclining and sleeping off lunch, Alice and I had a quick walk along the cliff path at Rhossili (which I'm *sure* I've been to before, I'll have to dig out my old photo albums and hope there's not too many hideous pictures of me in leggings in amongst the mid-90s pictures where Rhossili, if I was indeed there, will be found). Then we had a quick scenic drive round Gower and a detour to take a peek at her wedding reception place, and then we went to nessa's and Ian's and heathcliff's for tea, where we were joined by lemly and another friend of theirs who obligingly took photos for us. My pictures of all these various adventures will appear next week sometime when I'm back to my own computer. It was lovely to meet everyone, I really enjoyed myself.
Tomorrow I'm hopefully finishing off the marking - hooray! So normal moaning service will resume then no doubt.
Here's a couple of Count Your Blessings to be going on with, copied from the long list further down the page:
Monday 26th March 2007
Every month more than 2,000 people are killed or maimed by landmine explosions. Most are civilians who are killed or injured long after hostilities have ended.
Give 20p every time you return to your home safely today.
Tuesday 27th March 2007
In Bangladesh, it is estimated that a million people are forced out of their homes each year by river erosion. Many can never return.
Give 20p for every insurance policy you have.
What's this in aid of? Count Your Blessings is a daily Lent plan to help raise funds for the work of Christian Aid.
[PS My Hero: HD has just ejected a spider from the living room. It wasn't as big as Smudgie was, but it was very scuttly, in that 8-legged way they have, so I was a bit pathetic and made him catch it and evict it. I wish spiders were cuter - I like the idea of them, and I know they're good and eat bad bugs and whatnot, but they're still scary.]