Thierry

To many it isn't important. And to those who it is important it is advisable to maintain perspective. But Thierry Henry scoring the winning goal for Arsenal in the FA Cup 3rd round was a beautiful moment and reminded me of the joy of life.

I am so very blessed. A wife who I do not have enough superlatives for. Friends and family who love me just the way I am. A roof over my head and clothes on my back. Some rock n roll in my ear. And Mr Va Va Voom returning for The Arsenal.

Tonight as stage two of the diet kicks in and I do some physical exercise - Tuesday Night Football - I shall be ala Sir Thierry Henry!

Now to work on that beard...

Only joking my love!

The Biggest Loser

So... diet... hmm... oh dear...

But it's not all bad news.

Having seen my weight balloon like a *insert own simile* and with the announcement at work that The Glee Club (don't ask) were doing a version of that bastion of enlightened television The Biggest Loser my diet is kicking in again.

The 10 quid entry charge with the potential of winning all the entry fees for the biggest weight loss combined with the attached picture showing I'm now hitting the scales at 14 stone is some pretty good motivation.

So no snacks, no chocolate, no donuts, and normal sized portions. Did I mention no chocolate, oh ok. And exercise. Football on tuesdays. Runs on thursdays and the weekend. Plus if possible Wii fit and Just Dance/Zumba on the Wii.

I feel skinny already.

And fit and ripped and raaaaa!

No actually I feel hungry. Where's the snacks?!

Wife's Away, Band Will Play

Today, my beautiful wife gets her Christmas present from her mum. The present (which I am endeavouring not to be completely jealous of) is a shopping trip at Westfields.

Right now I'm 'drowning' my sorrows in yule logs! Only joking, I'm really pleased for her. Will be a lovely daughter mother day with retail therapy! I am eating the yule logs though!

So today while the wife is away the band will play. This afternoon for the first time in too long the band is getting together and playing. I am tres excited. Going to try out a new guitar pedal as well!

Rock on!

New Years Eve Eve

Today, Friday 30th December, new year's eve eve, and the wife and I are off to a wedding.

Genuinely excited.

Full of hope and expectation.

Not even gonna think about my weight.

That might change when I try and button up the trousers!

Family and friends are such a blessing. Had the joy of spending three consecutive days 'having Christmas' and it was lovely. Good food, great company, presents.

Wife has just got out the shower which means I must up up and away and get ready for this auspicious day.

Post Diet Blues

I've come to two conclusions.
Firstly why the diet has failed - eating chocolate, donuts and other 'bad' things because work has been for want of a better word 'sucky'.
Secondly I am suffering post diet blues.

These two things side by side make for a certain amount of mental confusion. Work sucks, feel bad eat chocolate, feel better but then realise that diet isn't going so well therefore feel bad. Eat chocolate, feel better. Go to work, feel bad. Eat chocolate feel better, realise diet isn't going so well therefore feel bad.

As quitting my job isn't really an option I've decided to go for a different strategy.

Haven't quite worked out what that is yet though. Going to ponder it over a nice cuppa tea and a Chocolate Orange.

Ramblings about Hard Times and Good Intentions

A very dear friend blogged recently about some of their recent travails. I found the blog to be challenging, inspiring and sad... I also read an interesting article relating to Tim Tebow which also challenged me http://t.co/Qg9bGbwN

Both of these got me thinking about how open I am, about how I share my faith, how I interact with the world around me, about how I care for my brothers and sisters.

I love my parents so much, they aren't afraid to ask 'awkward' questions which really when I think about it aren't awkward at all. They are concerned for my spiritual wellbeing, so they do what they can. I want to be a bit more like that. I want a bit more Jesus in my conversation, otherwise what is the point of all this? Hiding 'my' light under a proverbial bushel!

I also want to be more prayerful and a bit more encouraging.

So if I ask you a seemingly awkward question my apologies. And if I'm not being very encouraging or gracious feel free to point this out to me. The road to ruin is paved with the good intentions of many a man, however without good intentions there isn't the possibility of doing good. It is my utmost desire to make the most of these good intentions and hopefully 'ruin' will be but a long lost memory.

And darling if you're reading this I've put some washing on and will do the washing up this evening as promised.

Love and Sex

Why does love and sex seem to always be portrayed as sex and then if you're lucky maybe love, but if not then go get some more sex elsewhere...

Now I'm trying not to be too judgemental here but I do think that this isn't necessarily the only interpretation of the way relationships work. And it'd be nice if more stories showed a lil bit more variety to relationships.

Or maybe I'm just crazy and fell in love and then had sex.