Category Archives: ollie

TBTE20070913

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Back to work tomorrow. As in properly back to work – wearing the collar and such like. (Which is more of an indicator of mental attitude than anything else). So I’m feeling just a little glum – it’s been quite a long time since I’ve had 3 weeks off and I’ve got rather used to it! I do enjoy the work, though. Mostly. The positives vastly outweigh the negatives. It is me.

Some random thoughts:
– the vocation is to God not the church
– I have to keep faith with what I have received
– speak the positive don’t respond to the negative
– I’m pushing on an open door
– God wants more from me

– fall in love with the process

Can’t sleep

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Do you ever get those nights when the brain won’t switch off? I’m having one of those (it’s now 1.43am). Done some constructive work at least – sorting out hymn choices for the next month or so – but I thought I’d share a gratuitous Ollie picture taken yesterday afternoon. He was very, very tempted to give chase! (look closely across the water)


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So, Freddy Shepherd. Here comes a man who can finance some explosive growth for the Geordie nation’s favourite barcode army – and who won’t do it unless you sell him your shares – and you say ‘get lost!’ Hmmm. I know you don’t care about popularity but you are supposed to have NUFC’s interests at heart…

I have to say, I think this is all very healthy for the long term health of the Premiership (ignoring Peak Oil led depressions, of course). Many more clubs shaping up to be serious contenders – the league as a whole will get much stronger and attract the best world wide talent – obviously room for lots of positive feedback.

As I’ve said elsewhere, if I were Arsenal I’d be a bit worried.

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Last week we had the exceptional high tide which caused a number of the shrubs at the high water mark to be unusually inundated – meaning that much seaweed has been left behind on their branches. I think this is a good metaphor for psychological baggage, when we can’t let something go that has no on-going place in our lives.

“Hey, you! You need to get that seaweed out of your branches!”

And one nice piccie of Ollie.


Back at my desk…

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…but not yet fully back at work. That cold/cough/flu bug thing which I have been fending off all last week descended with a vengeance on Friday morning, and I have spent much of the weekend either asleep or curled up on the sofa under a duvet watching series three of ’24’ (I’ve got about six episodes left!) I suspect I shouldn’t have spent so long in the rain on Friday taking Ollie for the walk. Walking him is one of the things that I have really missed over the last few days – surprising how quickly it has become part of my routine. Poor him – he keeps on coming up to me wagging his tail expecting me to play, and I just don’t have the energy. Still. Should get the collar back on tomorrow – both dog collars, that is.

Meanwhile, here’s a piccie I took earlier, in lieu of TBTM: