This weekend my friend Jo and her boyfriend Dan came to stay. Jo and I went to uni together and were housemates in Sheffield. She’s a fantastic friend and we’ve been through lots together. It made me really value friendship. Someone once said that you should stay in contact with people from every stage of […]

Deana posted these questions on her blog so I thought I’d answer them here. I enjoyed thinking about them. I think I learnt something new about me! Maybe I just reminded myself of bits I’d forgotten….
Four jobs I’ve had in my life:
1. Literacy teaching assistant with 11-16 year olds
2. customer service person on the phones […]

Yesterday, we had a spare afternoon so decided to take our books and walk to Starbucks. We have 3 Starbucks in Sheffield and this one is our favourite. We can see lots of Mosaic stuff happening there! It’s right in the middle of a lovely park and museum, the Children’s Hospital and the university. This […]

Thought I’d look for some pictures of sheffield and the peak district - it’s reminded me how much I love living here!

Chatsworth House (Darcy’s home in the new Pride and Prejudice)

Sheffield Town Hall and Peace Gardens

Sheffield Winter Gardens

Sheffield by night

Sheffield University

We’ll take some of our own […]

I’ve just been watching a TV programme called “Songs of Praise”. It’s on every Sunday evening and contains a church service, interviews, hymns etc. I often think of it as a poor communicator of what the church is meant to be and reinforces church as a religious tradition that isn’t relevant to the generation who […]

Just thought I’d have a go at posting. I’d only just got used to xanga but Sam assures me he’ll guide me through everything! We’re having a lovely weekend. My parents and both brothers were staying for my graduation so we got to spend lots of celebratory time together. It was nice seeing all my […]