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Written mid day Monday 10th December 2012

 

I am thinking of running a series of pictures of Christmas trees, here is the first example.            I keep missing a few days of posting so this is a quick catch up, I have been very busy with lots of different things

Saturday night my Symphonic Band played a concert at my Church, my first "Christmas" event of the year. As I was in effect the host this meant I had to set up, move the platform around set up chairs, while my wife and daughter prepared mulled wine and fruit juices, mince pies and "nibbles", decorated the tree etc. I also had to introduce the band and plug the appeal. The evening was a great success, the band and audience both enjoyed themselves and we raised over £450 for the food box operation we run. All very good but by the end we were all a bit drained.

• Sunday and I found I was on rota for both morning and evening services, due to the timing this left little time for much else apart from having lunch. I find that of all the different roles I have in the Church family that praying for others can be one of the more draining, so yesterday we made a point of praying for each other after we had prayed for others, I think this is a good thing and we shall continue to do it.
• In amongst all this I have had to arrange three pieces for the Brass Band for tonight's (Monday's) rehearsal so we can perform them on Saturday, they are only short pieces but it all takes time, I have completed the arrangements but still have to print out the parts.

In short a very busy, but progressive time. I also expect to have a lot of work on (which is good) as tomorrow I will be seeing one of my consultancy customers about taking on a period of office cover which would mean two days a week for a few months. This would be a big change in the way I work, but would give a much needed financial boost and some useful security.