5 things I'm loving...

5 things I am loving at the moment:

1. The tash has gone, long live the tash!  Yes I survived Movember.  Yes I grew a tash.  Yes it did have a ginger tinge.  It was impressive enough to raise £170 for prostate cancer charity (for which I'm very grateful for support).  Yes you can still give if you want to: http://tinyurl.com/623lh2. But no the tash did not stay and my top lip is bare once more.
2. Despite being half American I had never ever celebrated thanksgiving before.  Well that was until last saturday when we hosted a thanksgiving dinner with 3 other couples for an american friend of Deb.  My only association of thanksgiving is sweet potato with marshmellows so I had to make it.  I was shocked that it turned out that something that seeemed sooooo wrong turned out to be soooooooooo deliciously right and that by the way the dish disappeared everyone else agreed.
3. New kid friendly but also great adult food cafe discovery of the week is a chain called Giraffe. Discovered when saying a farewell lunch to australian friends of ours heading back to Oz after spending 7 yrs and 2 kids later in europe (they were only going to stay for 2!).
4. My running has kicked up a gear and I've upped my standard run from 8 to 10 miles at a time.  Averaging about 1hr 30-40.  I've signed up to do the Edinburgh marathon at the end of May and pressing on with training even when it's c-c-c-c-cold outside!  (you can follow my progress on facebk as i've just installed a widget which supports mapmyrun.com the site where i log my training).  I've also dropped to my lowest weight in yrs, just over 12 stone or 176lbs.
5. Finally advent is here the season of weight and preparation for christmas and as well as having my own fantastic handcrafted advent calender full of chocolate (thanks Deb!) I've also written a couple of posts for deep church site:  Let the wait begin and What if God was one of us?

    So what are you loving at the moment?

Comments

[Brunettekoala]

Are you and Jason going to be coming up to Edinburgh? Bring your families!! Make like a holiday of it! It would be so cool to actually meet you all in 'real life'!!

And, obviously, Edinburgh is the place to be...! A good number of people from MBC ran the marathon this year to raise money for Christians Against Poverty.

[brett jordan]

1. reaching the end of my regular 'through the bible in a year' thing... as i reach galatians, i know that christmas is nigh!

2. checking through last year's resolutions, and preparing next year's

3. spending time writing christmas card messages, trying to make sure that what i write is pertinent and edifying

4. knowing i'm going to have a few days of downtime, eating, drinking, sleeping, chatting with friends and family

5. being old enough to know that next year will be the usual mixture of confusion and blessing

[Kate]

I'm loving getting ready for Christmas and anticipating people's reactions to the gifts I bought them! And I'm loving making memories and traditions of our first Christmas together :-) Merry Christmas!!

[Kate]

I'm loving getting ready for Christmas and anticipating people's reactions to the gifts I bought them! And I'm loving making memories and traditions of our first Christmas together :-) Merry Christmas!!

[Paul Mayers]

Thanks bk, i'm bringing Debs but the kids are staying at home :)

[Paul Mayers]

thanks brett :)

[Paul Mayers]

merry christmas to you too kate :)