My Own Countdown

This blogspot hasnt had anything written in for a while, I had planned this page AGES ago but due to the fact we were waiting until the 12 weeks to announce our news I didnt put it on.....however, with the problems we had I kinda forgot about this until mum reminded me!!!

So here it is.....a ticker to count down the days until our darling baby will be born.... now the first countdown is my estimation, the second one is the date the hospital has given me (about a weeks difference) but as we all know, the baby will come when he or she is ready, not before and not after!!!








The blog will probably cover some pregnancy moments now..... once Paul's pulled his finger out and scanned the latest scan for me I'll put it in somewhere!!

Angels

Ive always figured that there are Angels that look after us. I believe that God has the Angels to keep a watch on each and everyone of us and yes I believe we each have a Guardian Angel.

I read a book about people's Angel experiences and it really was a revelation, Ive never had an 'Angel' experience (at least not that I know) in the sense that Ive never been in a real situation where Ive needed them.
Now I know that we musnt 'worship' Angels, that's what God is there for, and that might be why when things are going wrong my first thought is to pray to God...which is great. Now though I'm of the mind that there are some things that the Angels can help with instead of God, and yeah I believe that that is what God wants. We all know from the bible that these Angels are Gods servants and they do exist. They are there for the benefit of us mere mortals.

On Saturday night I was in on my own and decided to have a hug with my Guniea Pig Archie. Now Archie has been poorly for quite a while. We think he had a stroke which he started to recover from but this last week we've literally been waiting for him to die as he's not been eating etc and looked ill.
So as I said I picked him up and it was only then that I realised he really was in a bad way. He couldnt stand up, he had weepy eyes and nose and he was very cold. He did try to eat a banana but just couldnt muster the strength.
Now at this point I was feeling so guilty, why did I not take him to the vet in the week and have him put down? I'll tell you why.... I thought he was that bad that he would simply slip away peacefully and as he didnt seem to be in pain I was happier with that concept.

Now though I was in tears, I wanted to take him to the vets there and then (but they would have been shut) then I remembered something Id read in my Angels book about asking them to help, and pets had also been mentioned in the book.
I decided I had nothing to lose. I asked the Angels to help guide Archie to Piggie Heaven, I could see he was trying to stay alive but honestly for what? He needed to give up his struggle and let himself go.
During that night Archie died peacefully. I honestly believe it was the help of the Angels guiding him up.

I hope people dont think Im mad.... Archie was only 5 months old and although we loved him I wasnt devestated by his death. Im not a psycho who cant carry on with life cos the guniea pig has died! At the same time though I am so thankful to the Angels and of course God who guided him to a better place..

My Dull Life

I feel I have to apologise to anyone who reads my blog (which probably isnt many people if any) but I just havent had anything to say really and have been so unbelievably busy with this and that... so I havent written anything...

I expect this is going to become a place for me to only write when I feel the need and not everyday as I originally planned....I suppose it shows I have a life that I havent got the time to write anything, but then sometimes we do need to slow down and pace ourselves.... Im thinking Im gonna start to do this, I have to really...start taking things a bit slower and resting more!!

Thought I might say something quick about my choice of links on the right hand side..

The army is obvious, it is my church and is a very important part of my life..
Reflexology website cos Im doing it and I want everyone to want some so they'll pay me loadsa money to give them treatments!!
And The Hypermobility Site because this is a condition that I suffer from, I dont moan about it (no matter what Paul says!!) but I often think people need to be more aware of things..

Take Care

What's important?

There seems to be so many people who really are living in their own world and not focusing on the 'bigger' picture...

I see so many of these people in my daily life, now dont get me wrong Im not 100% perfect (almost but not quite!!) and I have a good moan about things as much as the next man but negativity seems to be so rife within our society today. I know so many people who don't ever seem to be happy and I genuinely feel sorry for them.

What ever happened to looking at the positives? Yes bad things happen and are happening not just in the world but for some of us in our own lives but for every bad thing can we not honestly say that there are twice as many good things?

And my biggest peeve...why oh why do we only pray when things are going wrong???? Should we not also thank God when things are going right? Human nature I suppose, when things are going great you love life and what it throws at you, when things are going bad you blame God...how can there be a God if he's letting this happen???
Only answer I can give to that is where there is good there is also evil, and evil has a way of getting in when you are low.
God gave humans the gift of freewill and we need to remember that.

As time goes by

Last night my loving husband Paul managed tomake me feel so great....why? Cos he pointed out my first grey hair!!! I didnt believe him, thought he was winding me up as I always wind him up about his many grey hairs....

So...... he pulled it out and sure enough there it was, as bold as brass (or should I say grey!!) I just dont understand????? My parents both went grey later in their years..... so WHY do I have my first grey hair now??? Im supposed to take after my dad more than my mum...Now dad for those who know him know that he is just starting to go grey now (at age 54!) his dad (grandad) has only now just got a full head of grey hair.....at age 85 (or there abouts!!)

It made me realise just how precious time is and how it goes past so fast... we really do need to take life as it comes....
Time went sooooo slow before I was 18, then as soon as that day came it went so fast (anyone else find this) and now Im 24...ok yeah still young in the scheme of things but Im at a stage where I dont know the latest 'cool' bands and I dont understand most of the terminolgy that kids are using nowadays..... wow I never thought Id say that but I do feel so old sometimes...

Do I wish I wasnt? Nope not for one minute.... Ive lived a great life so far and have learnt many thngs....I have some life experience and I can use this to educate those younger than me...something which I enjoy doing and I hope they in turn appreciate it....

Me and my blog!!

After seeing my cousin Lucy's blog I decided that I too would do one.....Simply because there are things we do in life every day that have meaning and purpose, and sometimes we just dont take the time to actually sit down and think about them.

It's an opportunity also for me to write down things that are happening to me and my family, we have a lot of friends all over the world and I am ashamed to say that I dont always stay in contact with these fantastic people as much as I would like, there just doesnt seem to be enough time in the day... so by giving these people this address they can log on as and when they want and keep up with the goings on in my life. (I must add now that not every day will involve a religious theme - this isnt about composing 'words of life' or anything, it's just me being me and looking at what is going on around me). I also wont be offended if noone decides to read what I write as that is each person's choice....

I dont think I will write anything more today as I am sat at work with a stonking cold feeling sorry for myself and my brain isn't functioning enough to think of anything witty...plus I should probably get back to my work!
I will finish with this though - is something I was sent via email and I thought it rather nice to share..

Happiness keeps You Sweet,

Trials keep You Strong,

Sorrows keep You Human,

Failures keeps You Humble,

Success keeps You Glowing,

But Only God keeps You Going