Tuesday, January 15, 2019

The changing world (296) Oct-Dec 2010

Oct 1st D&co here.
2nd      Ruislip Lido with our visitors and Littles.
3rd      Elissa wants a sister. Paul Vounikov baptised.
4th      Wart frozen with pain at Ealing Hospital.
6th       Carpenter non understairs cupboards. Heard Paul Clowney clear of cancer - bit it must have returned.
8th       Osteria del Portico farewell meal for Jennifer Reid.
9th       Hauxton for Hannah's 7th.
10th     Camden. Pete H OK. At lunch met MTW team. Walk in Regents Park. Only one local plus church workers in evening which does not bode well.
11th     Session and deacons on budget.
12th     Town Hall CPPE focus on dementia. Not a lot learned.
13th     20 out of 33 Chilean miners rescued. Funeral of Ali, Iranian taxi driver from 65.
14th     All miners rescued.
15th     Practice at IPC for Sarah C's wedding.
16th     Sarah and Rory's wedding was really a blessing. Party in evening with Tessa and Shan Shan too.
17th     IC preaching. Levy in Portugal. Rebecca Pfenning and Liz Harris to lunch.
18th     Found Chuck is really Alvin.
19th     Only IC and I at early prayer.
20th     Hammersmith cardiology wants me to have 24 hour monitor again.
21st     David and Marcia Jones staying.
23rd   Shopped Westway centre with K.
24th   PL good on Jacob and Laban. To Leapers.
25th   National Arboretum. Impressed by Shot at Dawn.
26th    Excellent talk on Stafford history at mayor parlour. Saw ancient charter and maces.
27th    At Richmond took Dorothy to Weatherspoons lunch. Harrogate
28th    Skipton. Truman statue. Grassthwaite.
29th    Skipton grave. Grahams. Stockton. Simon and Ruth with L"Abri links.
30th    Settle. Kendal. New Inn Yard up 52 steps to a small flat with no wifi. Supper at Cartmels. Shish with Ian Bainbridge. George from 69 now in a home. I had tried to see if he could be taken into care before but was told only if he was a danger to himself tor others. Social services visited and took him into care after a fall. We were to find he had cut his family out of his will so they were to stop visiting. He was leavings money to charity. I doubt if there was any for with the house sold all the money would have gone on his care. It was over six years before he died. I did visit on a couple of occasions but did not do to his funeral. A sad man with a personality disorder.
Nov 1st Howtown. Stainton. Keswick. Ambleside.
2nd        Have rain. Museum of lakeland Life.
3rd         garaged over sands. Barrow. Coniston Water. Rain.
4th         Shap. Rain all day.
5th         Tarn Hows. Cockermouth. Still signs of last year's flood.Creator Moor.
6th         Home on a glorious day.
7th         PL good Jacob and Laban. Took K for MRI Clementine Churchill Hospital. Did Ps 22 at HIRC
8th         Session prayer heard from Adrian of plan to buy out Simon.
9th         Bush defends water boarding. Deb to Wyema's 60th.
10th       Half AGM well attended.
13th       Charing Cross Road tobacconist did three new pipe mouthpieces. CSSI meeting South ealing with Aloe Vera snake oil selling.
14th        PL on Jacob leaving Laban andHeb1.
15th        Down.
16th        Early prayer. William and Kate Middleton engaged.
17th        Down.
18th        Took K,D, R to Persian Palace.
19th        Deb cooked for us all at Littles with J&co hear too.
20th         Party for J&D but no other guests.
21st         IC on Phil, PL Deb 1.
23rd        Resumed citalopram. Nikides staying.
25th        Session.
27gth      Down.
28th        D Jones encouraging. Did Ps 62 at HIRC.
29th        Nikides leave. Down.
30th        Did Christmas letter.
Dec 1st   Good IPC prayer. Down.
2nd         1' snow.
3rd          Down.
4th          Started Christmas cards. Uxchoir carols.
5th         Down. Anxious. PL on Jacob and So Great salvation.
6th         Crysotherapy at Ealing not so painful this time.
7th         Down spite an Ashes win.
8th         Down.
9th         Ditto.
10th       Nikides treated us to Urban Karahi.
11th       J&Co and D&co to Littles for Bethany's 11th birthday. Irrational neighbour thinks they own the road.
12th       EPCEW Chelmsford preached Ac 20 at elder installation than idolatry.
13th       K Shaftesbury carols. Session. Concern over relationship with Amir.
14th       Early prayer at IPC. Down.
15th       Stopped in Lee Rd (or so I thought) to buy fish and chip supper and returned to find no car. Reported it stolen.
16th       Down. No ne2s of car.
17th       Very down. IPC mens party great as before.
18th       4" snow. Sang outside Sainsbury's but Dean hal carols cancelled.
19th       Locked out of TVU. Back to our chapel. Poor attendance at evening carols due to snow. Anxious.
20th       Going to work in frost found I had left the Yaris in Empire Road, not Lee, five days ago. No tickets on it as the snow saved me from wardens. Felt a real idiot but relieved.
22nd       Down. Still travel chaos.
23rd       Down. Anxious.
24th       J&co arrived.
25th       PL on Christ, real, royal , rescuer. Down. Snow on ground.
26th       J&Co at Littles. Deb cooked. HIRC.
27th       J&co back home.
29th       England retain Ashes. D&co arrive.
30th       Littles round for Sunderban Indian take away in honour of Ade's birthday. Deb in Cornwall.
31st       To Hauxton. Petrol from 121.9 to 129.9/L.



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