Yep – I have a ‘boss’ who now blogs also!
One of the convoluted situations I find myself in is that I work as the director of Forge WA, but to do that I am employed by Scripture Union (long story!) where the guy who is in charge of me is Dave Boldy. Poor bugger, having to look after me!!
He’s just started recording some of his thoughts here. Check it out and say g’day. He’s a good bloke!
After last Saturday (Thank God for Sam) one of our neighbours, a bloke I’m really enjoying getting to know, asked if I would do his kid too. (Actually I have a couple of others to ‘do’ now…)
This Saturday will be Ricky’s ‘thing’. Its not a christening… its not a naming ceremony, its a… well we don’t really have a name for it, but it will be a time for family and friends to come together give thanks for Ricky’s life and commit themselves to walking with the parents and family as they raise him.
My job is just to say a few words and pray for them and Ricky. I feel really privileged to have been asked.
We’ll be meeting in the local park for the afternoon with barbecues and drinks and then in the evening old Aussie legend, Darryl Braithwaite is putting on a public concert for Brighton residents.
As I met with Ricky’s parent’s tonight, the dad told me he wanted to install all my light fittings for me – ‘you supply them and I’ll fit em…’
Generous hey?! Its feels really good to be making some great new friends!
Just finished watching the final episode of Billy Conolly’s British tour – the one where he drives off naked – not a pretty sight!
The bit I liked was where he said that as a white heterosexual male he is one of the only groups of people that can be ridiculed and persecuted without fear of reprisal.
So true – don’t speak even jokingly incorrectly about women, gay folks, other races etc, but say what you like about us WASPs and we have to cop it.
Seems just a bit hypocritical if you ask me…
If you’re easily offended then click out now because here are Billy’s 13 things he hates about people…
1. People who point at their wrist while asking for the time….I know where my watch is pal, where the f**k is yours? Do I point at my crotch when I ask where the toilet is?
2. People who are willing to get off their arse to search the entire room for the TV remote because they refuse to walk to the TV and change the channel manually.
3. When people say “Oh you just want to have your cake and eat it too”. F#$king right! What good is a cake if you can’t eat it?
4. When people say “it’s always the last place you look”. Of course it is. Why the f&*k would you keep looking after you’ve found it? Do people do this? Who and where are they?
5. When people say while watching a film “did you see that?”. No tosser, I paid 10 quid to come to the cinema and stare at the f*&king floor.
6. People who ask “Can I ask you a question?. Didn’t really give me a choice there, did you sunshine?
7. When something is ‘new and improved!’. Which is it? If it’s new, then there has never been anything before it. If it’s an improvement, then there must have been something before it.
8. When people say “life is short”. What the f&*k?? Life is the longest damn thing anyone ever f&*king does!! What can you do that’s longer?
9. When you are waiting for the bus and someone asks, “Has the bus come yet?. If the bus came would I be standing here, Knob head?
10. People who say things like ‘My eyes aren’t what they used to be’. So what did they used to be? ears, Wellington boots?
11. When you’re eating something and someone asks ‘Is that nice?’ No it’s really revolting – I always eat stuff I hate.
12. People who announce they are going to the toilet. Thanks that’s an image I really didn’t need.
13. McDonalds staff who pretend they don’t understand you if you don’t insert the ‘Mc’ before the item you are ordering….. It has to be a McChicken Burger, just a Chicken Burger gets blank looks. Well I’ll
have a McStraw and jam it in your McEyes you f@#king McTosser .
Glad you didn’t click!?
For the last five days Danelle has been at a conference in Sydney and my primary job has been to look after the kids. My other three paid roles have come second!
Prior to her leaving we spoke about it as a ‘problem’ that we needed to deal with as best we could. It actually was a bit of a problem as I teach Thursdays and Fridays, however friends took the kids for us on those days until school was over.
The other time they were all mine…
I think we were all concerned for how things would work out – could I handle the two kids? Could I still get done the stuff that I needed to?
Over the five days I got nothing of any consequence done – but I made a discovery. I love being with the kids! Now that’s not new to me – but often I have been with them while I have been trying to get other things done. For the last 5 days I decided that if I got nothing of my own jobs done it wouldn’t matter.
We spent 5 days having a lot of fun together and while work is piling up, I said to Danelle that I reckon it would be good for us to do this a couple of times a year. She goes away for a few days and gets a breather from the kids and I stop work and just hang out with them.
It wsn’t what I was expecting, (I thought I’d be tearing my hair out) but its a great discovery to make!