si's world

gosh..

2010-07-18T17:07:00.000Z

so friday is coming and im getting married. ready or not here i come.. lol.

moving up to Flitwick so more London based. So if you are around that area then do get in contact.

more later

i'm ready

2010-06-11T07:07:00.000Z

'm ready to see england lift that cup.

ok so we may not but a little belief in something we can't do anything about but knowing its happening.. well thats faith for ya.

so i say "wave ya flag" and "shout" for england.

just probably

2010-05-27T08:27:00.000Z

whoooo hooo..

so less than 2 months to go before i get married. unreal knew it would spin to this point soon but you think you are prepared.. well maybe..

so to prepare in many ways i decided to take up reading the Bible in 60 days. thats 20 chapters a day. 10 in morning and 10 in evening. Now i am enthusiastic about it now. but having read it a number of times i know there are bits that are study worthy not just over reading. so i wanted to get another overview on who God is and see his love shown so i could emulate this also.

day 5 and i've done Genesis (50) Exodus (40) and Leviticus (10). Not too late to join in the challenge.

im also continuing to rest and try and get some great sleep.. cause thats gonna change. sharing a bed again. well i like my space!! lol.

saw "Hot Tub Time Machine" (link is to imdb) yesterday. you know take it as a fun film and its a winner. nice to see a little bit of the 80's. did wonder if you could go back and change 1 moment in time what would it be. still this indeed is the best hot tub film ive ever seen. well maybe. its probably best if you remember the 80's.

last week had a shock the lady who takes the money from me (even though im there a lot of the time) at the Exmouth Harbour Car Park wasnt there and some guy was. I enjoyed always seeing her and laughing. She took the time to remember me and when my mum died always asked how i was. So i looked over at the guy as i was handing over the £1.50 and asked how she was. He said she had died that morning. that was it. oh and he was a little annoyed as it meant he had to collect the money. i was in shock.the most shocking part was i didnt know her name. having spoken soo often you forget to ask. almost an assumption. the evening on the disco wasnt my best. me and the barman were indeed in shock.

probably ought to sort out a ring today. probably..

would you use a tampon?

2010-05-06T16:07:00.000Z

let me be honest i've never used a tampon in my life.

but there is an issue out in the Kenyan slums. Not cleaning or being aware of health issues behind this can cause real issues for girls.

So friends of mine are orgainising a health awareness day in conjunction with all the work they do with the youth on the slums.

All they need is packs of tampons. In the UK this packet costs £1.19. Why not help us by providing the same amount?

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_s-xclick&hosted_button_id=C6K4H5KKUWKX6

thanks in advance

kick ass

2010-05-05T22:22:00.000Z

wow kick ass the movie was simply not really what i was expected.

lots of shocks and comic book violence without consequences. a boy wants to know why people arent superheros. so sets out to do it. then a side line of a father who is hurt by being locked up by a drugs scandal sets out to get revenge. hurrah.

wow. 2 hours and 10 and you are hooked.

lets be honest if you liked kill bill you will love this.

i feel im always moaning.

2010-05-01T20:04:00.000Z

seriously i feel when it comes to Doctor Who (the new season) im always moaning.

the last two episodes were ok.

SPOILER ALERT

I love the angels and to be honest they didn't disappoint in a longer episode. but to get rid of them through the time vortex was a little convenient also talking to Bob the Angel was rubbish. So tried and well it was a little trying.

river song. please i realised soon enough she is gonna appear in the last two episodes and be a main character. but that doesn't make us like her any more. ok i might be wrong and others might love her but now that we are gonna see her more.. and her annoying ness.. hmmmmm. and who did she kill. do we care.

so amy pond. oh my gosh. lets be honest she tries to snog the doctor and get him in bed. sure its the night before the wedding. she doesn't care. he snogs far tooo long with the excuse of being old etc. PLEASE.. then we get a repeat of the story line that its all about her and its been all leading to this moment. pls.

i have tried to like the new series... i have tried..

still a better day than to let a 45 min prog ruin it.

Then there was none.

2010-04-07T11:09:00.000Z

a laugh is sometimes at the heart of what is missing in life. people dont stop and just laugh at themselves or at situations that could need a little lift.

so easter has been and gone. twas a great time with my dad, my sister and jason, my brother plus dawn her children and my children. the house was well... packed. dad said he loved the noise.. though at times maybe too noisy... lol.

saw paranormal activity. well it works really well as it builds on repetition then adds another level each time. amazing. i can see how people dont sleep. but come on. why didnt they shut the damm door..lol.

finishing my week off at dawns house. its not easy trying to share families. hmmm something to work hard on.

kids move to bristol this week. times are a changing. hmmmmm. not easy either.

final week thursday

2010-04-01T00:05:00.000Z

Maunday Thursday is today. So we have a look at the Last Supper.

Preparation is not my strong point. but here is Jesus preparing the disciples for him to die. honestly they had no clue. i would have been in the same place. not wanting change enjoying the company i have and the lifestyle id been living.

Change had to take place the end had to come. But im never organised enough and never prepared enough.. So its probably a good day to stop and see if im ready for easter break.. my kids up to my dad's. he's not well. i'm really not prepared for food or driving etc. so ho hum...

Don't miss out on seeing the final night that Jesus was not only preparing his disciples but maybe say something to us....

The Lord's Supper
17On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples came to Jesus and asked, "Where do you want us to make preparations for you to eat the Passover?"

18He replied, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The Teacher says: My appointed time is near. I am going to celebrate the Passover with my disciples at your house.' " 19So the disciples did as Jesus had directed them and prepared the Passover.

20When evening came, Jesus was reclining at the table with the Twelve. 21And while they were eating, he said, "I tell you the truth, one of you will betray me."

22They were very sad and began to say to him one after the other, "Surely not I, Lord?"

23Jesus replied, "The one who has dipped his hand into the bowl with me will betray me. 24The Son of Man will go just as it is written about him. But woe to that man who betrays the Son of Man! It would be better for him if he had not been born."

25Then Judas, the one who would betray him, said, "Surely not I, Rabbi?"
Jesus answered, "Yes, it is you."[a]

26While they were eating, Jesus took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying, "Take and eat; this is my body."

27Then he took the cup, gave thanks and offered it to them, saying, "Drink from it, all of you. 28This is my blood of the[b] covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. 29I tell you, I will not drink of this fruit of the vine from now on until that day when I drink it anew with you in my Father's kingdom."

30When they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Jesus Predicts Peter's Denial
31Then Jesus told them, "This very night you will all fall away on account of me, for it is written:
" 'I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep of the flock will be scattered.'[c] 32But after I have risen, I will go ahead of you into Galilee."

33Peter replied, "Even if all fall away on account of you, I never will."

34"I tell you the truth," Jesus answered, "this very night, before the rooster crows, you will disown me three times."

35But Peter declared, "Even if I have to die with you, I will never disown you." And all the other disciples said the same.

final week wednesday

2010-03-31T08:09:00.001Z

You know what i miss sometimes having enough cash to buy the things i want. then i manage to find cash to buy perhpas what i dont need.

Amazing that over a time period you can build a credit card up to the point where you really arent paying it off. Rubbish. Most of the stuff you have bought on it is probably just lying around not even used. or you just bought food or crap stuff that you said 'its ok i'll pay it off'. well that's what i did.. and to be honest ive lived by cash over the last 5 years. hard as it is you start to then appreciate what you have and what you can afford.

Jesus Anointed at Bethany
6While Jesus was in Bethany in the home of a man known as Simon the Leper, 7a woman came to him with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, which she poured on his head as he was reclining at the table.

8When the disciples saw this, they were indignant. "Why this waste?" they asked. 9"This perfume could have been sold at a high price and the money given to the poor."

10Aware of this, Jesus said to them, "Why are you bothering this woman? She has done a beautiful thing to me. 11The poor you will always have with you, but you will not always have me. 12When she poured this perfume on my body, she did it to prepare me for burial. 13I tell you the truth, wherever this gospel is preached throughout the world, what she has done will also be told, in memory of her."

this woman gave to the one she loved no matter the cost that others perceived. sometimes you have to spend in the right areas of life no matter what others think.

final week tuesday

2010-03-30T08:07:00.000Z

imagine this parable is about us and our relationship with the owner.. would we have done any thing different?

The Parable of the Tenants
33"There was a landowner who planted a vineyard. He put a wall around it, dug a winepress in it and built a watchtower. Then he rented the vineyard to some farmers and went away on a journey. 34When the harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenants to collect his fruit.

35"The tenants seized his servants; they beat one, killed another, and stoned a third. 36Then he sent other servants to them, more than the first time, and the tenants treated them the same way. 37Last of all, he sent his son to them. 'They will respect my son,' he said.

38"But when the tenants saw the son, they said to each other, 'This is the heir. Come, let's kill him and take his inheritance.' 39So they took him and threw him out of the vineyard and killed him.

40"Therefore, when the owner of the vineyard comes, what will he do to those tenants?"

41"He will bring those wretches to a wretched end," they replied, "and he will rent the vineyard to other tenants, who will give him his share of the crop at harvest time."

its easy to look and make decisions based on what we know. but some of the time why don't we stop, listen and hear perhaps what's going on around. then perhaps decisions we make would in fact be really quite different.

final week - Monday

2010-03-29T07:17:00.000Z

Jesus at the Temple
12Jesus entered the temple area and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13"It is written," he said to them, " 'My house will be called a house of prayer,'[e] but you are making it a 'den of robbers.'[f]"

14The blind and the lame came to him at the temple, and he healed them. 15But when the chief priests and the teachers of the law saw the wonderful things he did and the children shouting in the temple area, "Hosanna to the Son of David," they were indignant.

16"Do you hear what these children are saying?" they asked him.
"Yes," replied Jesus, "have you never read,
" 'From the lips of children and infants
you have ordained praise'[g]?"

17And he left them and went out of the city to Bethany, where he spent the night.

i love optical illusions. but sometimes they are really frustrating. you look but you cant see it for looking. Sure hindsight is a wonderful thing. But dont miss out on whats happening right in front of you today. take a moment to breath, take in the reality. you might just be surprised.

simon

not a great week.

2010-03-28T22:18:00.000Z

ho hum..

not a fab week for health. 3 days in bed and just exhusted. Still on holiday after working the salon on Good Friday for a week. Going up to see me dad with my kids. be good to catch up with him.

so another sunday and i figured that at least if i update this once a week it will be read. mind u this also goes to facebook directly so if you are reading this there then dont forget a whole world awaits at nomisonline.org.uk lol.. well maybe.

spent sometime this week looking at Facebook and how to develop fan pages... been working on eea21 and putting up videos etc. so go take a look.

might start doing video blogs if ya interested let me know in the comments section.

ho hum back to work in the morning.

today was Palm Sunday.. the start of the week of change.
Matthew 21
The Triumphal Entry
1As they approached Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, 2saying to them, "Go to the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt by her. Untie them and bring them to me. 3If anyone says anything to you, tell him that the Lord needs them, and he will send them right away."

4This took place to fulfill what was spoken through the prophet:
5"Say to the Daughter of Zion,
'See, your king comes to you,
gentle and riding on a donkey,
on a colt, the foal of a donkey.' "[a]

6The disciples went and did as Jesus had instructed them. 7They brought the donkey and the colt, placed their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them. 8A very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road. 9The crowds that went ahead of him and those that followed shouted,
"Hosanna[b] to the Son of David!"
"Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"[c]
"Hosanna[d] in the highest!"

10When Jesus entered Jerusalem, the whole city was stirred and asked, "Who is this?"

11The crowds answered, "This is Jesus, the prophet from Nazareth in Galilee."

Soon the crowd would change and the people would lose the passion for their king...
Take a moment to make sure you're not saying one thing with one hand and doing the opposite in another.

Simon

and a week on

2010-03-21T22:54:00.000Z

you know a week can pass by very quick.

this week having driven around like a mad man.. surely not i hear.. rehearsed again for the play im in April called Murder in Company. then gave two ladies a blow dry.. they left happy. which is a hurrah.

then had the children for the weekend. with a wedding disco thrown in between and now its nearly Monday. whoo hoo.

Blow drying looks easy. Seriously i watch the salon people do it all the time. nice. they are quick and make it look very simple. and you know what it is.. but its all finger and thumbs at the moment for me. holding a brush a hair-dryer (that's switched on) and (more i hear you say) clips to hold the hair back.. ONE day i tell ya... ONE day i will get it right..

Rehearsals are going well. tickets are sometime soon. SO me playing a part of an electrician and in love with a woman old enough to be my mum. then a death occurs. someone is electrocuted. come on.. the clues are there.

Now the kids over the weekend.... a whole heap of fun. loved it. put a bumper on a car that is going to be scrapped. RUBBISH. but a shinny new hire car is coming.. whoo hoo. we watched movies, visited our friends Irve and Nicki and their children. then off to a sunny disco.. to which one of my decks stopped working. a fight broke out and a girl asked me did i remember her.. nice.

So back to work. few changes to come and all will be revealed.

you know easter is coming soon. a reminder that death is not the end.

mothers day.

2010-03-14T16:16:00.000Z

well its mothers day and like many others who share the same its been a tough ole day. you know i know it will be easier next year and perhaps the next but the first is always the tough one.

days are to be remembered and each day to be made the most of. so go do it. take a photo of you and your mum, laugh together, cry together enjoy the moments youve had and look for great moments to come.

my books are selling. wow. well ive now sold 2. yeah.

last night went to bed at 730... (that was a long time ago the previous time i did that) and got up at 730 this morning. all rested. boy i must have been tired. missed a party that i wanted to go to but bed was calling...

so days are counting down.. lots still to do.

loving lost at the moment.. whoo hoo for whitworth..

why not leave a comment at www.nomisonline.org.uk

wow weeee

2010-03-11T17:08:00.000Z

wow.. so there we go.. one book sold and a few more to go..
Simons Place at Amazon if ya fancy a look please.

oh and if you would love me to wash and blow dry your hair that would be fab. Need some models..

dont all rush at once.

simon

i've some books to sell on..

2010-03-10T13:10:00.001Z

Hi.

I've some books I want to sell before i get married. Yeah Dawn wouldn't be too keen if i bought a load with me.

So I've put the books below with a link to amazon with whom i am selling them with. Please money raised will go to the Hospice my mum died at to help them.

My Mums Story

The books are here..
Simon's place at Amazon

Many thanks in advance for helping the hospice.

simon

oh my

2010-02-09T23:28:00.001Z

you know if i want to advertise my place to you id tidy up and show you the best.

on sat i visited the college formally known as Dunstable College. Please. if they really wanted me to come i was going to have to be impressed.

the college website is brilliant http://www.centralbeds.ac.uk/ and you are taken in by what could only be described and thought through and well organised. i wanted to be a part of it.

However on the day i turn up and things are slightly different. NOT only did it take over an hour to find. Not a sign. Ok thats a lie there was a sign (it just so happened to be on the inside of the gate where you only saw it on the way in). But no signs on the main road or anywhere useful!

the buildings looked like lock ups from the 70's, rough and used and a little sad.

finally we arrived into the main lounge reception area. a comp drink was offered (yeah you win me by refreshments) mind you we then had to find the refectory. seriously i tried every door. oh dear... losing me again.

eventually we got invited up to a small welcome talk by this guy who had 3 mobiles and a slighty laid back attitude (not a problem). His opening comment "why are you coming here? Our ofsted report was not great and if you dont believe me Google it." By this point im reaching for my mobile to check this out.. "we've had to change our name because no one liked Dunstable College"

i want to leave at this point.

"But if you do come here you wont be allowed to leave"

I standing ready to leave... lol

honestly he'd won me over.. not to come.

hurrah.. best talk ive ever heard

its never to late to say sorry

2009-11-20T08:10:00.000Z

you know its said 'keep short accounts'. this year has been a reminder of that on a ad hock basis. Death seems to be there all the time but because it doesnt effect us directly we somehow ignore it. So i am trying to live in the light of that. having sober judgement and trying to be wiser (never gonna be really wise).

Mind you on the other hand i would love some things to quicken up. Like when we were children when birthdays seem so long away, when christmas seemed forever and the desire that these things would indeed come quickly and then stay forever. I love living at Weycroft. But wouldnt mind living life with someone else.

So Friday has arrived and it comes around again. Today is pasty day. Every friday i take £2 from my tip jar and buy a pasty. I'm becoming a creature of habbit.. Well even more so.

Why not like others have leave an annonymous comment or you could say who you are.

happy Birthday bex

2009-11-17T07:55:00.001Z

Happy Birthday Bex. 12 today. unreal. love ya x

no no no no and no.

2009-11-13T23:18:00.000Z

could it be me or is it just a dream.

finally internet is sorted and now we move on to new computers and a nice fat server. trying to convince that i would like one as well. Weycroft moving on wards and up wards.

beth is wanting an ipod touch. so ive told her, as my dad told me, that she would need to pay the remainder after it being a christmas present and a birthday present for the next 100 years. hmmm.

work has decided we all have to be fairies on christmas eve. hmmm NOT amused. but Alex has come up with an idea to be a Fairy Liquid Bottle.. lol nice. just need some plastic....

2009-11-12T23:25:00.000Z

unreal. actually not funny all the way through. but worth watching if ya want to.

but what was the movie..?

awhhh

2009-11-01T21:01:00.000Z

love groundhog day. showing again on uk tv (ok edited) and brilliant. unreal that im watching something ive got on dvd. lol. i'm sure we do that time and time again!

just finished a weeks holiday which is cool. had the children for 5 days and dad also. i'm please he came down. he never really goes anywhere but now seems to have the confidence to get on the train and with the help of the dog and the brilliant people at the stations he got assisted down. whoo hoo.

so we did the ole trip to Weymouth and Portland. saw Exeter Quay and then some of taunton. well we saw a lot of taunton trying to find the harvester. lol. never trust a sat nav.

dj'd last night at the Ley Arms. twas good although the start stop nature of the evening was a little difficult. Plus i did get to judge the pumpkins. lol.

then spent today recovering for another 8 weeks of work. lol.

seriously if you want a set on ya hair then do let me do it or a french plait or finger wave. yarr..

so should i watch austin powers 2 or go to bed..

its easy to complain

2009-08-24T08:16:00.000Z

oh life oooooooooooooh life.

this was my sunday...

nice click for google map

Another great night on tv

2009-08-22T21:58:00.000Z

So with another great night on tv i have to ask what am i going to do.. lol.

Start with facebook. An obvious choice of time wasting with Farm Town and Pool plus a little mini golf. Bored.

So i move on to X factor. Ok it was fun. I dont mind the crowd. Till you discover its actually the other contestants who didnt qualify. I read the article Lauren put out via the BBC website. A long ole day to Not be noticed.

Then i was indeed sucked in by the good ole Cube. Oh my YAWN tv. Like with all these programmes what could be over in 5 mins lasts an hour. quick flick to Micheal on 1. I hate when channels over kill a comedian or actor or someone they have to fill the channels with. But to be honest i like him as a comedian. stuff ive seen of his what funny, observant and not majorly rude.

After some of this i hit Derren Brown on Channel 4 being sucked in by his latest advert (what youve not seen it...) i have to know if im missing something. lol

So now watching episodes of his ive not caught up with. nice.

work looms for tomorrow with a drive to exeter to bristol to exeter to saltash to dorchester... hmmmmm. maybe.

survival time

2009-08-09T14:57:00.006Z

being as the weather is lush we.re
out in the grounds surviving! Well the shelter has been built. The camp fire
readied. The ground prepared to sleep on. Yeah. So its another week of my
holiday and just wanted to create memorable
moments. Whoo hoo. Lets hope it doesnt rain. Check out the updates via twitter/facebook.