Christmas eve?!

Just doesn't feel like Christmas and I feel like I've been surrounded by the Christmas environment for too long - especially working in next - it's been Christmas since October there. I can just see that Christmas will come and go before I feel in the mood. I remember when I was little and I just couldn't sleep at night and I use to leave milk and cookies for Santa and a carrot for the reindeer - even when I knew they didn't exist. Then when I'd wake up in the morning, at some nasty early time, I would look at the bottom of my bed and see a massive sack of presents and I'd start poking them and working out what they were. Then I'd run into my parents room and wake them up and wait impatiently till they sort themselves out and watch me open my presents on their bed. Then after that I'd take them down stairs and play with what I had and watch a DVD that I had got. Then I'd have to wait till everyone was up before we could open the presents in the stockings hung above the fireplace but I had too older brothers who were so lazy and didn't get up till the afternoon - which kinda sucked bcuz I was up at 7am waiting. When they were up we opened those presents but took it in turns and watched everyone. Then we'd talk and spend some family time together and maybe open the presents from under the tree from our friends. Then we would have some Christmas dinner and pudding and find 20ps inside the pudding thing (forgot its name). Then later on when time had passed we'd bring down the presents to each other and then Mum and Dad would give us all the family presents and that's when the main big presents come down like a guitar or kareoke machine or bike or computer. Then we'd watch some Christmas TV like a film and then maybe play some games. It was great how we spread out Christmas and stuff and spending time together - it was the part I loved the most.

I'm grown up now and being as I'm the youngest it feels like the novety of Christmas is fading- this is my last Christmas as a child, kinda depressing. I'd rather exchange my Christmas for someone who'd appreciate it more and just spend time with my Lord, my King, my Saviour!

After 17th Bday meal!

After 17th Bday meal at mine!
Originally uploaded by messyessy76.

As becoming tradition now, a bday pic of a group of mates! Don't you think it looks all christmasy hehe! I love my mates!Thankyou for being there guys!We just need a sign over us saying happy holidays hehe! X

"Speed limit 17"

^^Quoted from the lovely card I received from Matt and Fran for birthday on Tuesday. I have now reached the age of 17 and there are more things that are legal for me to do...Don't know what apart from I can now DRIVE. I had my first lesson yesterday and it was so cool. My instructor is really nice and I learnt about the controls and stuff and had a little drive round the block. It was amazing. I got some really funky presents off my family and mates. Thanks guys!
Also on my birthday- Tuesday just gone-I had to do a concert at the town hall. I was singing with my choir and there were some really cute little kids singing to, but I had to sing with band and choir, a song that I had wrote called "Tears this Christmas". It was so cool singing it even though I was really scared. I focused the song about all the injustice that have happened recently - kinda like a band aid song someone said but the point to my song was that Jesus came and that with the love He showed us, we can show it to others.

Well anyway, I just finished work and I'm so tired and I have too much school work to do it's something like 20 essays for 2 weeks! *FAINTS* Xxx

It doesn't sparkle, it shines!

Life is so good!! Especially when you go from one day of being kinda down and low to everything that you could ever want all in an hour! The first good thing was was that I was asked to do a morning shift at work- which is good because I could really do with the money. The next thing was that I got a text off my lovely friend Mat G who is getting baptised tomorrow and he asked me if I would baptise him...we don't know if I'm allowed yet but I felt soooo honored being asked, I've never baptised anyone before and well obviously it won't just be me. THEN, I got home and told my mum all this exciting news and she asked if I wanted a birthday present early- normally I'd want to wait but I had this feeling it was going to be something awesome- and oh wow it was! My parents weren't going to give me driving lessons til I was 18 but my mum said that she'd let me have them and that all I had to do was phone the man up and tell him when I was free...so my first driving lesson is on the 8th Dec - 2 days after I turn 17! HOW COOL! Seriously you won't believe how much I want to drive.

Life is great and it's my bday in 4days! And in 4days I'm singing a Christmas song I've wrote at the town hall..ah nerve wrecking! God you're so cool, you truly bless us and love us!