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a quick update and question about Music.

Simo — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 14:31:01 +0000

It just hasn’t made it onto here yet!
Just over a week ago Gill and I went to look round our first Collage, St Johns in Nottingham, the collage had a really good welcome and we were made to feel very comfortable and happy during our visit, it was also good to catch up with some old friends who are currently studying there. I have got to sort out going to look at a couple of other places before making a decision (all of course assuming I get accepted for training anyway!)
Last week I was away for two days a Depth a retreat for youth and children’s workers from the Oxford diocese. We had led sessions looking at leadership and time to reflect and discuss the issues raised. It was a very beneficial couple of days on so many levels.
On top of all that of course has been the wonderful snow, a chance to go sledging and build snowmen with the kids which was great. On the down side though it did mean I missed my monthly visit to one of the youth groups which was a real shame.
A question to finish which came up at the retreat when we were having a bit of fun:-
We were talking about what songs you could have on a list of inappropriate for a part of youth and children’s workers, so what would be on your list?

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Frosty the snowman

Simo — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 15:25:00 +0000

Well after lunch I took some time out, we went for a bit of a walk and tried some sledging (well bin baggin really as we don�t have a sledge!) this didn�t work well but we did have a good few snowballs which was good then got home and built a snowman, photo evidence below, although it was again taken on the phone so not great level of detail, like you can�t see it has legs and feet but hey!

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Current view from my window

Simo — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 10:43:00 +0000

I just looked out and saw it�s snowing quite heavily again so thought I�d take a quick picture to share with you all.

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Cold calling

Simo — Thu, 08 Feb 2007 15:46:00 +0000

The post below now seams even more out of date as it refused to post yesterday, so sorry about that, I have put a proper update at the bottom though!

Now I know I�m not the first to comment on the snow but I thought I should write something, after last years debate about snow on certain blogs, and the lack of snow we got in Faringdon, this morning we were greeted with a good 5 or 6cm, we then missed Zac�s school being mentioned on the radio as closed and so we got him to the school late to find out it was closed but hey, the picture is the phone box outside his school, as I�m sure some of you know I am a bit of a fan of phone boxes so this was a great opportunity, unfortunately I only had my phone with me though, I am currently working on saving for a digital camera but the one I like is around the �1000 mark, the problem with having worked in the trade before becoming a youth worker I suppose, I won�t be happy unless I know it will give the kind of quality I am used to getting from decent film etc.

Update: well this morning not quite so exciting, one child at pre-school but older son�s school still not open, he�s got the joy of shopping. I was intrigued y a notice as I arrived at pre-school this morning though it read �warning slippery ice� this got me thinking, is the a non slippery form of ice? I�m also feeling guilty as I didn�t get the time yesterday to help the boys make a snowman and I feel I should have made it so I hereby apologise for my bad parenting.

Update 2: just looked out the window and despite all the forecasts we seam to be having more heavy snow at the moment, maybe I can build that snowman after lunch?

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