friends & food

I've said it once, and I'll say it again....I have some amazing friends. Friends that live close to me, friends that I see every week, friends that I have lived with, friends that live thousands of miles away across the pond...ahh I love them all.

Yesterday I got a lovely Christmas card from one of beautiful friends who lives in Canada and it made my day. Today I'm posting all my Christmas cards and letter to America/Canada (...I know, they are totally going to be a bit late in getting to them seeing as Christmas is next week, my bad!).

I'm so excited to hang out with my friends over the next two weeks during the Christmas/New Year season...OK, so I don't actually know just how much time I'll actually get to see them, Christmas is a pretty busy time of year...but it also a very food filled time of year...and friends + food = good combination, hahah!

And I'm blessed to have a job which always guarantees me Christmas day and boxing day off...perfect. Better than that in fact, I have the next 6 days off....SIX DAYS! And I only had to use 6 hours of my annual leave to get this....yesssssss :) Very excited for the next two weeks. Bring on the food and banter. 

Revelation Song

Worthy is the, 

Lamb who was slain

Holy, Holy, is He

Sing a new song, to Him who sits on

Heaven's Mercy Seat

Clothed in rainbows, of living color

Flashes of lightning, rolls of thunder

Blessing and honor, strength and

Glory and power be

To You the Only Wise King! 

Filled with wonder, 

Awestruck wonder

At the mention of Your Name

Jesus, Your Name is Power

Breath, and Living Water

Such a marvelous mystery

Holy, Holy, Holy

Is the Lord God Almighty

Who was, and is, and is to come, 

With all creation I sing:

Praise to the King of Kings! 

You are my everything, 

And I will adore You!

Ottoman

A few months back my Granddad and Grandma moved out of their farm house and into a little bungalow. A few of us went to go help them pack up some things and move them to their new place. 

As we were packing up all their things we came across toys that we used to remember playing with when we went to visit. We found my aunties old wedding dress which I tried on (....absolutely hilarious!). We found old photo's of my Granddad and Grandma, and of all my aunties and uncles as they were growing up (there were some serious hair styles going down back then). It was like talking a trip down memory lane.

Along with all these fun memories, and cool things that Grandma had collected over the many year they had lived there, there was also a LOT of junk. It's kind of crazy how much you can accumulate over the years! Thank goodness bonfire night was coming up when we did this...it was a decent bonfire once all the junk was piled up! I was kind of keeping my eye out as we were packing up all the things for a good find...something old that was going to be chucked that I could maybe bring back to life...and I found this...A very old, and very tatty and worn, ottoman...

And so this ottoman was added onto my 'project list'. I have to admit, it sat in the extension for a little while. I tend to get there project ideas, get all excited about them, buy all the supplies, do a little bit of work on them...and then leave it for a few weeks unfinished. But I just got round to finishing off this one! ...well, I think I might add a few finishing touches at some point, but for now I'm pretty impressed.

OK, so maybe it isn't the most professional of finishes, but still, I'm kinda proud of my little ottoman.