Tuesday, February 28, 2006

Bit of a let down

Ha ha. After the big build up my 15 seconds of fame didn't happen at all. "The Real Rain Man" stopped with Kim & Fran Peek in Oxford, the day before they came to Norfolk. It was an interesting programme, nonetheless and it was good to met them both.

One of the things that I do it post on B3TA.com -not a website recommended for those who are easily offended but there are some very clever and funny contributions. I do my best with things like this:

(based on David Hockney's "Bigger Splash")

Monday, February 27, 2006

Birthday

Birthday presents: 3 tubs of fresh olives, 2 jars of chutney, The Smiths complete songbook, and Kaiser Chiefs "Employment" songbook, a book token and this stained glass St Cuthbert's Cross.



Alice said that when she bought it in Durham cathedral shop the man said that Lawrence Llewelyn Bowen had written in the Independent that it is the must have accessory of 2006!

All this more than made up for a trip to the hospital to for some very private investigations - but everything was declared normal and nothing to worry about.

Just my 30 seconds of fame to look forward to tonight.

Sunday

Often people assume that Sunday is a clergy person's busiest day (if not actually the only day he does any work!). Clergy don't do much to dispel this myth because it means they can have a bit of peace and quiet and time with the family on a Sunday afternoon.
So, I spent the afternoon putting together a flat-pack wardrobe (which took the best part of three hours). We bought a set of bedroom furniture before Christmas, but one of the wardrobes had to go back because the holes had been drilled in the wrong place. It took nearly two months to have a replacement delivered.

This evening Mary, Eleanor and I went out for a very nice meal at Tootsie's - I had lamb souvlaki with Greek salad, and fruit and chocolate fondue. A nice treat to celebrate my birthday tomorrow!

Sunday, February 26, 2006

In the beginning...

What does a Vicar do at eleven o'clock on a Saturday night?
Start his first ever blog, of course.
The Church Times was saying that not enough clergy are doing this, so here goes...

On Monday evening at 9pm Channel Five is showing - some filming for the very end of the programme was done at St Mary & St Margaret's. I showed Kim Peek where we thought his great grandmother was buried.





I noticed this morning that the only snowdrops in the churchyard were growing next to this grave.