| Sunday 31st December 2006 | |
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Relaxed
Most Of The Day |
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| Didn't do much all day again! In the evening we drove up to Nick and Fiona's place in Croydon. Got there about 8pm or so. They had a handful of people over and we had some food and drinks and played a game. We watched the London fireworks on the TV for the midnight celebrations which were amazing! We left about 1am and drove home. | |
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| Saturday 30th December 2006 | |
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Chilled
Out All Day |
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| Didn't really do anything all day. Tidied up the house a bit in the morning and then just chilled out. In the evening I went and meet Cooper who was down for new years. Meet up in the Druids for a couple of beers (Andrea dropped me off there and then she went home as she was tired). Then Me, Cooper, Alex and Chippy all went out to Buffet Island for a meal. That was a good night and great to out with the boys! | |
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| Friday 29th December 2006 | |
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Sarah And
Olivia Came Over |
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| Sarah and Olivia came over about midday. They were meant to come a bit earlier but they got a bit lost trying to find our house! It was good to see them. Then we had a very quick lunch and then went to the sea life centre with Dad and Mike. That was good. We were using up some free tickets we had that expired at the end of the year. When I got home Andrea had planned a surprise party for my 30th! There were loads of people there. Sarah and Olivia were back there. Clare and Dee. Juliet, Jamie and the kids. Dad Anne and Mike. Pia, Steve and Leila. Micah, Alex, Nick, Atkins, Minton, Stringer, Chippy. Sam, Lee and Emma. Helen and her boyfriend. That was at about 4.30pm most people stayed till around 8.30pm or so. Then it just me , Andrea, Dad, Anne and Mike. We played trivial pursuits. I had a really good day it was such a surprise! | |
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| Thursday 28th December 2006 | |
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Went To Seaford To See Helen |
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| Didn't do much in the morning. Around midday we drove to Seaford to see Helen from Andrea's work. We went out for a nice lunch. After that we stopped by the Sainsbury's in Seaford and then came home. Didn't do anything in the evening | |
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| Wednesday 27th December 2006 | |
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Went
Bowling In Purley |
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| Felt a bit ruff all day so didn't do anything. In the evening we went up to Croydon to go bowling with everyone. That was really good. great to see everyone. A few of us went out for dinner at a tappas place in Purley after that and then Andrea drove us home. | |
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| Tuesday 26th December 2006 | |
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Went To
The Marina Didn't do too much in the morning really, but around lunch time we went to the marina for a stroll. Meet Dad, Ian and April there as well and went for some lunch at the pub. Then we went back to Dads for the rest of the day. In the evening Anne and Mike came over and we played some games and did a quiz. We played taboo which was really funny. |
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| Monday 25th December 2006 | |
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Christmas
Day |
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| Woke up and Had a nice breakfast together and swapped presents etc. Went off to church getting there 10 minutes late. That was a nice service. Packed out the down stairs. I got a happy birthday mention as well. Then we went to Anne and Mikes stopping by Atkins's to pick up our present from her. Had a great time at Anne and Mikes. Juliet, Jamie and the kids were there and Dad and Clare and Dee and Ian and April. Had a lovely Christmas Dinner and then opened lots of pressies. IN the evening I had some birthday presents and we did a quiz as well. Excellent day. We left about 11.45pm. | |
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| Sunday 24th December 2006 | |
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Church |
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| Went to church in the morning. Dave Treener's Dad preached which was great. After church we came for lunch and packed up the car with the Christmas stuff. Then we both went to church early as Andrea was leading worship in the evening with Annie. While they were doing the sound check I went top Grubbs Burgers and got a really nice bacon burger. Yum! Then I helped doing welcome. Dad came to church and so did Atkins and her family. After the service we went to the Druids were Ian and April were waiting. Had a few drinks there and left about 10pm | |
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| Saturday 23rd December 2006 | |
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Relaxed At Home |
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| Just relaxed at home again today | |
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| Friday 22nd December 2006 | |
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Andrea
Didn't Go To Work |
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| Had a really nice today. Andrea didn't go to work so we had a lovely day just chilling at home. Tidied up the house and just relaxed really. | |
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| Thursday 21st December 2006 | |
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Did a
Christmas Talk At Lyndhurst |
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| Went to Lyndhurst in the morning to do the service. I did the talk which went well. Dropped in the bank on the way home and by the time I got home Andrea was home for lunch. Andrea was also able to come home early from work which nice. We went to watch the burning of the clocks with Dad and Anne and Mike which was good. We watched the parade from near the burger king and then went on the pier to watch the fireworks which were really good. We all went back to Dads for some wine and mince pies. | |
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| Wednesday 20th December 2006 | |
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Worked
From Home |
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| Did a few bits of work from home today but it wasn't too busy which was nice. I went to the dump in the morning to get rid of a load of stuff. And put up the chair and footstall that I'd got in Ikea on Tuesday. Dad popped round in the afternoon to pick up a few bits. In the evening we went over to Dads for pizza. Clare and Dee also went and we all had a good night. | |
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| Tuesday 19th December 2006 | |
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Good Day
At Work |
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| Work was pretty good today. Not too much to do. We also got some pressies of boxes of chocs etc form some suppliers which was nice. At lunch time I went to Ikea to buy the chair and footstall for the baby's room. They didn't have the cushion in stock so I'll get another time. I was quite busy at the end of day really so didn't get to leave early at all. Still had an OK journey home though. After dinner I went over to see Dad at his new house. He seemed OK and everything was looking good there. | |
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| Monday 18th December 2006 | |
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OK Day At
Work |
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| Had an OK journey to work. Work was OK . Not too many people around though as Sam, Renee and Iris are all off until after Christmas now. Had a good day though. At lunch time. Me, Alison, Esther and Andrew went to lunch with the guy who will be our new boss in mid January. We went over to the Harvester which was OK. Seems an alright kinda guy. After work I checked into the B&B and was so knackered that I had a sleep for a bit. Then got ready and went out to Jonathan's for dinner. That was a really nice evening. There a couple of people form Gabriel's work there as well called Mark and Lucy. Didn't get back from there until about 11.45pm in the end. Also Dad moved into his new place today at Brighton | |
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| Sunday 17th December 2006 | |
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Church In
The Morning |
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| Went to church in the morning and then came back and had a chilli that I'd made the day before. Very nice! Didn't do too much all afternoon really. Went to the evening service which was the candle light service. That was really good. There was a good crowd and it was a great service. Steve Brady did the message. We did teas and coffee after the service. As it was a shorter service we still got home in good time. | |
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| Saturday 16th December 2006 | |
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Anne Came
Over |
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| Anne popped over for an hour or so in the morning which was nice. She helped me move some of the bits out of the baby's room ready for the fitter in the afternoon. I dropped Andrea in town about midday as she was having a hair cut. Shortly after I got back the carpet fitter turned up to fit the carpet in the baby's room. That didn't take long and looks really good. I then moved a few bits back into the room. In the evening I popped out to the shops at the bottom of the avenue to get a few bits and saw some kids nick a crate of beer. Then I went to Sainsbury's as that shop didn't have everything I needed. Got back and cooked dinner as we had Anne and Mike over for the evening. Mike helped me move a couple of bits back into the Baby's room as well. | |
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| Friday 15th December 2006 | |
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Went To
Homelys To Take Service With Andy, Jenny And Anna |
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| Left the house about 9.40am Went to the post office and and then went on to pick up Jenny O'Brien and then we went and got Anna before going on to Andy's. After praying there we went into the Homely s to do the service that went went well. Didn't leave until gone midday. Then Jenny, Anna and Me went to starbucks for a coffee and saw Dave Treener in there so we had a coffee with him which was great. Didn't get home until about 2pm. Didn't do too much in the afternoon just a bit of tidying really. Andrea came home a bit early again which was nice and then I went to Sainsbury's to get some bit s and we made stuffing for Christmas which was good fun. | |
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| Thursday 14th December 2006 | |
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Dad Came
Down |
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| I was going to do some door 2 door with Andy but he wasn't very well so missed that and then Dad came down about 10.15am He dropped some stuff off here and then we went over to see the house again and ask a few questions about things. That went OK. We came back here and Dee came about midday and we all had some lunch together. Then Dad went and Dee did some more decorating work in the spare room. In the afternoon I went to the post office and drop some stuff to my accountant. Got a text from iris asking me to a do a little so came home and did that. Andrea came home from work a bit early and we went to Carpet Right and bought a carpet for the spare room. In the evening we watched `Flightplan` which was OK but not all that. | |
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| Wednesday 13th December 2006 | |
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Cable TV
Was Installed |
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| The Cable TV guy came round first thing to install that and then I went to the dentist to have 2 fillings that wasn't too bad. After that I came home and did a bit of tidying and worked from home. In the afternoon I went to Sainsbury's and did a bit of shopping and in the evening we had our home group Christmas social. That was good. We all took food and sang some carols etc. | |
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| Tuesday 12th December 2006 | |
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Good Day
At Work |
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| Had another good journey in today. Had a good day. Didn't take a lunch break as I was busy busy, but I left early and went to a shop in town to take some clothes back for Andrea. Had a good journey home. | |
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| Monday 11th December 2006 | |
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Good Day
At Work |
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| Had a good journey to work today. Not too much traffic around. Iris and Esther were off on holiday so there wasn't really many people around. Had a good day though. Went for a walk with Fiona at lunch time which was nice. I left work a bit early as I'd got there early and so had a good journey home. didn't do too much in the evening | |
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| Sunday 10th December 2006 | |
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Church Went to church in the morning. Really good service. 3 girls got baptised and Dave Treener preached a really good sermon. After church we went over to John and Lisa's for lunch which was really good. Jenny and Simon came as well. At about 3.30pm we left and drove to Dad's as we were going to the Marie Curie Cancer Care carol concert at the Caterham hospice where mum went. That was good. After that we went back to Dads for a bit and then drove home. It was the last time I'd go to our old house. |
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| Saturday 9th December 2006 | |
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Paul and
Lisa Came To Brighton For The Day Didn't do too much in the morning but at about 1pm we went to Brighton station to meet Paul and his girlfriend Lisa. They came down to Brighton for the day. It was a really nice sunny day so we took a stroll down to the beach and sat outside at the Fortune of War and had a few beers. Then we went for a pizza and then a few more drinks. They got a train home about 7.30pm and I dropped Andrea at home and then went to church for the PST prayer meeting. We were meant to have a short meeting after that but it didn't happen in the end so I just came home. Watched `Casablanca` which was really good |
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| Friday 8th December 2006 | |
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Went
Christmas Shopping |
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| I went to town to do some Christmas shopping in the morning which was reasonably successful. Andrea came for lunch again. In the evening we put the Christmas tree up which was looking a bit bedraggled and wrapped some presents and wrote some cards. | |
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| Thursday 7th December 2006 | |
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Took Car
In For A Service |
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| Took the car in for a service early and then went to the doctors for our maternity type appointment. That went well. He was supportive of us having a home birth. Dad came down to drop some boxes off and clear our drain. Andrea came home for lunch. Dad left mid afternoon after dropping me off at the garage to pick up my car. We were both knackered in the evening so didn't do much | |
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| Wednesday 6th December 2006 | |
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Car
Wouldn't Start |
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| Went to the Community and Voluntary Sector Forum's quarterly meeting today with Larissa. My car wouldn't start at all so she and picked me up which was nice. The conference was OK I spoke to handful of people about doing some database work for them. We ended up going to the first session which was a bit dull really and then a chatted to a couple more people in the break and then went along to one of the other sessions after that. That was a bit better than the first one. Then got the bus home and did some world vision work. In the evening we went out to the Druids to meet up with Sally, Minton, Atkins, Chippy and Alex. Had a few drinks there and then we went into town and went into the Bath Arms for a quick drink before going into Casa Don Carlos. That was a really nice meal meal and Chippy paid as a Christmas treat! Nice one! | |
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| Tuesday 5th December 2006 | |
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Worked |
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| Another long day at work. Car still playing up. Had a reasonable journey home. Just had a chilled evening in | |
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| Monday 4th December 2006 | |
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Worked |
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| Had trouble getting the car started today but got there eventually. Went to work. Was a bit of a long day. Not many people were in and Iris was away. At lunch time I went to McDonalds with Fiona. After work I went back to my normal B&B. Watched `Die Hard` on the laptop and had a pizza. | |
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| Sunday 3rd December 2006 | |
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Lucas's Christening We left about 10am to go to John and Vicky's little boy Lucas's Christening in Reading. Had a good journey up there and arrived slightly early so we went to a local next and had a look round to kill some time. The service was in a small church of England church. After that we went to t bar in a sports centre that they had hired out. It was a really good do and was great to catch up with Darren and Kim at the do. We left about 5ish and went to McDonalds before driving home. Got in about 8pm and packed a bag etc for work tomorrow and had an early night. |
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| Saturday 2nd December 2006 | |
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Men's
Breakfast |
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| Friday 1st December 2006 | |
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Went To
The Dentist |
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| Had a dentist appointment first thing to put a filling in. That went well. Then came home and did some tidying up and cleaning. Andrea came home for lunch. In the afternoon I went to Asda to do some shopping. Didn't get back from there until late as it was really busy. Andrea cooked a curry for dinner and after we'd watched east enders we went over to Atkins's. That was good. Her lounge is looking very posh now. Minton and Helen were there and we had a really good evening. | |