Sunday 8 July 2007

Long time no blog...


…So here we are to redeem our poor efforts at keeping our little piece of cyberspace up to date. What’s to report? Well, firstly Mark is just beginning to settle in to his new routine as a postie for the Royal Mail. Hazel is loving her new role as a social therapist, and all in all things are surprisingly ‘normal’ for us at the moment. Even as I write this, mark is watching through the kitchen blinds as a few lads off the estate vandalize our garage with some illegible slogans in a tasteful black gloss spray paint. I never thought that I would one day consider it ‘normality’ to have my property vandalized. Hmmm… with all this action on the estate, It’s good to have a bit of a change planned in, and with 5 weeks to go until our Uganda trip we really have something to work towards. We’re going with fellow Sale Moorians Jez, Janet and Joseph Green. Also accompanying us are 4 girls from the area, aged 12-18, and we’ll be meeting our good friend Sam out there too. Our destination is the Kampala children’s centre, and we’ll be filling the time with all sorts of antics from decorating to dancing, and all that’s in between.

An awful lot has happened since our last blog update (far too much to go into details now) but here are some headlines of recent events, just to wet your appetite:

• Marks truck stolen, never to be seen again…

• Mark and Hazel have en-suite bathroom… … In the living room!

• Mark Finds Long lost friends whilst on post round… (this one is miraculous, we’ll have to tell you about it some day)

• New neighbours…

• Hazel applies for MA…

• Youth alpha in the local high school is a great success…

• Hazel and mark learn circus skills from OAP clowns…

• Strange visitor arrives from London… … on a SCOOTER(!) – is she mad?

• Best friends tie the knot (Pete and Paula we LOVE you)…

• Friend rescues a family of baby mice…

• Genesis finally gets the go ahead to use shop…

If you want to know more about any of these top stories, just ask. Much Love, until next time,

Hazel and Mark x x x