God makes beauty from ashes

All things considering, it started off as a really normal day. It was a quiet day at work, just a few days after Christmas and so many staff were away on holidays. I was having a great morning, catching up with my new friends at work and pottering about on reception, not having any stress and enjoying the peace and quiet of the office. Lunchtime rolled around and I realised I'd not brought the fresh roll Alun had made me for lunch. Argh. I remembered a few weeks ago that Alun had made me mac n cheese (one of my favourite things ever) and I'd brought it to work but then gone out to lunch and left it in the fridge behind reception. SCORE! Yeah I know what you're thinking: "OMG don't eat 3-week-old food, Janet. Ew!" But I was hungry. And hunger trumps logic easily. Any day of the week. So I heated up the mac and cheese, mouth watering as I watched it go around and around in the microwave, congratulating myself on how clever I am to have found lu...

Hey, I've heard the expression "if you don't use it, you lose it" and I think that's true in many cases. In this case in particular with my writing. If I don't blog for ages, it becomes difficult. So from now on - I'm going to write a blog every single day. Yeah. You heard me. Lucky you, eh? I think even if NOONE reads this, I can at least look back on a daily chronicle of my life for this year/next year which will be a pretty cool and very unique experience. Some days, I'll "write war and peace" as Marc teases me about...and Sue says my blogs are too long, too...and they're both right...but I'm not going to change :) haha. You'll get some amazing blogs, some rubbish ones, some really emotive, long and drawn out ones and maybe on other days, you'll just get a sentence. Or a photo. I need to figure out how to upload pics onto this. It would definitely make it more interesting. So. Today's Blog - MARTHA. Th...

Hey you, It's been a while, eh? As I get older, time seems to go so much faster and this year is no exception. I remember last year's Christmas like it was only a few days ago...and yet this year's Christmas was only a few days ago. Where does time go? How can I slow it down? Christmas this year was really lovely. Alun had to work in the afternoon but we got the morning together so it was great to spend time with him. Alun hates Christmas so every year is a struggle but I think every year that goes by, he hates it a little less. This year, we were both awake at 5:00am because I hadn't turned off my alarms for work so my phone woke us both up. "Presents?" Al asked. I could hear the excitement in his voice, even though he tries to hide it. I was so tired, though and it was so early. I wrapped my arms around Al in bed. "No. Too early" I whispered. "Go to sleep. Shh" Alun nodded. And giggled. And moved about in bed so muc...