Glenshee

Well i was up in Glenshee a few weeks ago and it was superb. I loved it. Perfect weather conditions since it didnt snow while we were there but it was still totally covered in the nice crisp white stuff which actually ended up being ideal for building igloos and sledging ramps. Yes that's right. IGLOOs. We built one. ------>

Quite a significant one at that... Helen and i could both stand up in it... and we could almost both stand full up in it while we were in there together!

Was a great weekend. Nice to get away from here for a wee while. Even if it was only a weekend. Group bonded pretty well too which was really good. Broke down some of the clique barriers that we'd unintentionally formed. Such a good atmosphere all round really. And one of the girls who came up to the weekend with us, who wasnt a Christian at the time, became a Christian on the Sunday night after the weekend so that's just amazing! Praise God!

In other news i've got a sore back... and though i dont know exactly what caused it, the more and more i think about it, the more i think that perhaps it was the landing after Sandy and i went down the "ramp" at the weekend together. it was fun at the time... tho i do distinctly remember Sandy shouting in my ear just before we came off the ramp "ooooh this is gonna HUUUUUUURRRRRRTTTTT!!!!!!!!!!" *and he was right!* So yeh, i feel like i need a good thumping or someone to walk over it and crack my spine a bit... Is rather irritating.

i got today off so that's really nice. Its Helen's birthday so i have her party to look forward to tonight. At the Mount Sydney. So just up the road... quick exit for me if necessary but i dont know that i'll really need it. Am sure it wont get too out of hand with her parents being there in the background... its after the party that things could get "interesting".

Anyway, gonna go eat something cos actually i havent eaten yet... and i'm quite hungry.

would you like cream on your hot chocolate?

Is it really wrong for me to ask that question??

Apparently so... according to my boss. Got another row today for asking people if they want cream. (yes another, cos she has told me before) Cos apparently "our hot chocolate / mocha / milkshakes come with cream. It says it on the menu." .... so instead of being polite and courteous and asking if people really do want cream on their drinks they just get it with cream unless, of course, they specifically ask not to have it.
I actually dont understand why libby has such an issue with the whole me asking if people want cream. It takes what? an 2 extra minutes to check and it doesnt make the drink price any less and actually you enhance the customer experience / satisfaction because you actually take into account what they want rather than just spilling out a whole heap of standard drinks. But no, i'm not allowed to ask... (but i probably still will cos its in my nature to be a little stubborn and to try to be helpful to my customers.... especially when they actually cant really read the menu board very well anyway cos it is a greenish/grey colour on a black background which no-one actually really pays any attention to!)

*rant over*

My ideal frenzy line-up

Have been thinking about this topic for a few days now and have come up with a fairly substantial list of bands / folk that would make my ideal frenzy / concert line up. The list goes something like this - tho not in any particular order of preferrence (i shall also mark whether these bands were at frenzy 05 / are (hopefully) at frenzy 06)

1. Starfield (frenzy 06... hopefully!)
2. David Crowder Band (frenzy 05 and 06 - YAAY!)
3. Delirious? (frenzy 05 and 06)
4. Tim Hughes (frenzy 06)
5. Matt Redman
6. Nichole Nordeman
7. Newsboys (frenzy 05)
8. Sporran Again (frenzy 05 and 06)
9. Jennifer Knapp
10. Switchfoot
11. Yvonne Lyon
12. DC Talk
13. Jars of Clay
14. Third Day (frenzy 05)
15. Chris Rice

please feel to leave comments about who you'd like to see on there. I realise that i'd have to have more than one day to get the full effect of them all but hey, it'd be nice. I also accept that DC Talk no longer exist as a band and therefore would be unlikely to be able to make it... but i can dream!