That Summer Update

It seems I've sucked at keeping up my blog this year, There have been many times I've thought about writing my blog but the motivation wasn't there. Today I am off work and have a completely free day so I am forcing myself to write my blog because I actually do enjoy it, it just takes time. 

I last updated you in March, it is now August! When I last wrote I had just got my job, I am now 4 days away from finishing my job. I am one month away from going to university, I've had driving lessons and taking my second theory test in a week; I've been wild camping on a beach in Wales with some great people, I've attended a friends wedding via live stream, been on a lot of walks, had our first gathering-in-the building church service, summer is almost over, and just this weekend we had Limitless Festival 2021 (online again). 

Talking about all of this in detail will take too long. Instead, I am going to talk about only the highlights.

5th April

Liverpool light show trail.

So many cool pieces of art using light. 

 

June/6th of June

Our friend got married and First Sunday back in Church.

We sadly couldn't be there for our friend's wedding but we got to join in on the live stream. 

We had our first Sunday back in the church! It is honestly so good to be back in church, meeting as a church and being with my people! Praise the Lord! We also had some nice warm weather in June.

2nd July 

Wild Camping

This was honestly one of the best weekends of this year. The people I went with were so much fun to be with. We had such a laugh playing games around the campfire, eating food and going to bed ridiculously late, all curled up and squished together in our sleeping bags, on the sand. 

 

  

5th July

Alton Towers

My first time going to Alton Towers. My sister and I wanted to go before I head off to Uni so we went just us and my Dad. My favourite was definitely the Wicker Man. We sadly missed some of the roller coasters we wanted to go on, but I guess it's just an excuse to go again. :)

8th July

University Tour/Nantwich Visit

I got to go see my uni accommodation and get familiar with my university again. It honestly made me so excited to move and get started. It is scary but exciting. 

 

6th - 7th July

Limitless Festival - Gather//Pray//Go

Day one started with an 11 o'clock morning session. Then we got to have some fun and gather together, so for our gather activity, we made mocktails which were actually so good. We would continue our games later before the evening service, but before that, we painted some rocks and went out and prayed over them as we hid them around Newsham Park ready for people to find and be encouraged by. After the evening main session, some of us decided to stay up and watch the Late Night prayer session which was so nice to finish off the evening with some prayer and reflection.

 

Day 2 was an earlier start. We left the house around 10 o'clock to meet with City Church so that we could watch the main session together. As we walked up to City Church we prayed for our community and prayed for anything that God set on our hearts. It may have been a rather wet walk, but we didn't let that ruin anything for us. Day 2 I think was my favourite, it felt amazing to be able to gather with another church, pray, play games and have fun. God did some amazing things that afternoon during our prayer time. The evening was amazing too and I can't wait for next year when, praying to God, we actually get to gather ALL together as one big massive church. 

 

Now you're all caught up with me I guess. I am going to try to write one more blog post before I go to university in September. I will also be trying to keep up my blog while I'm at university. I do really enjoy doing this. It's mostly for me to see my life through the years, even if my old posts are so cringey 😆.

Thank you for reading my not so interesting life ;)

BeeBee

xxx

We've made it this far, we can make it further.

The World is dying, but I have hope! I know that might be a bit of a depressing way to start this blog, but I wanted to let you know, whoever is reading this, that the world may feel as though it is ending, which it probably is, but God is still on the throne. We may not understand why any of this is happening, I can admit that I am a little annoyed at God that this is happening, but He knows what he is doing, he knows that we can make it through this otherwise he wouldn't have put us through this. There is still hope. Don't lose hope, help is on the way.

So, what have I been doing to get through this time of uncertainty as we go back into yet another lockdown? Not much honestly, but I thought I'd share some art that I've done recently. We also did a bit of pumpkin carving. My cats are always the joy of my day, family time is always great, playing games, going on walks, getting coffee, watching movies together. Then apart from that, I've been binging some of my favorite shows on Netflix and feeling festive ready for the Christmas season.

 

 

 

 

I would love to hear about what you have been up to to get through these sucky times. Have you taken up a new hobby? Have you had zoom meetings with friends once a week? Or have you just been in bed watching your favorite shows to make you happy? Whatever it is, just know that it's one day at a time and we've survived this long.

I find myself having to remind myself that it is one day at a time because otherwise, I get super stressed and angry at the world. I don't need to worry about tomorrow for tomorrow will worry about itself. All that should matter is what I do with my time right now.

I praise God for getting me this far. He is the one who has been keeping me steady and actually enabling me to have the energy and motivation to get up each morning.

Anyway, I'm sort of rambling on now, I hope this has distracted you or entertained you for a minute or so. Thanks always for reading.

BeeBee

xxx

Life out of Lockdown??

Well, I would say that we are basically out of lockdown now. I mean, I've definitely been out enough for it to be like life is a little back to normal, but then again, it definitely doesn't feel like life it's 'normal'.

July has finished and August has begun, to be honest, I am quite excited for August, I've got a few things going on, including my brother arriving today, to live with us until he finds a place of his own. We are also going camping in a few weeks, I get to see one of my best friends for her birthday garden party and I've got Limitless Festival Online. I am devastated that we can't go to Limitless Festival this year, but hopefully, God will make it special anyway.

So, what happened in July? Well, we visited the Crowders again (The people with lots of pets that I talked about in the last post), but not only did we go and spend another day with them, but a few of us went and stayed/pet sitted for them while they went on a mini holiday in their caravan. It was a lot of fun, plus I got lots of pets for a few days. We should also be pet sitting for them again this month.

 

In June I painted and gave my friends personalized paintings for their birthdays. We met up for a socially distanced picnic and it was a lot of fun, we are hoping to do it again soon. It was so good to catch up and talk about what life has been like for each of us during lockdown. It was also such a weird experience getting the bus and having to wear a face mask for the whole journey, it was such a surreal experience and a bit upsetting that this may be permanent life now.

 

I love these guys so much and I hope I get to keep them in my life for a long time to come. I wish them all the happiness as they each prepare for Uni in these next months. (Rachael couldn't make it to the picnic so she isn't in the pictures, but I sent her her painting).

I've been on quite a few walks with my family during this time of coming out of lockdown. We've been to a few different locations, but each one has been equally scenic and beautiful. 

 

 

 

One last thing that happened in July was, we got to meet up with our Cousins, Aunties, and Uncles. It was a bit of a rainy walk that we took together, but it was a whole lot of fun, even if we did end up going round in circles because the path around the lake was blocked.

 

To keep me occupied in between the 'busy' days, I've been painting, painting my nails, exercising, looking for jobs, spending time with God, or watching entertainment.

That's basically my July summed up. If you would like, you can tell me in the comments about what life has looked like for you as we slowly come out of lockdown, have you been busy? Are you still trying to stay isolated? Are you back to work? Have you been able to see friends and family?

Hopefully, we will stay out of lockdown and there will be no second wave - if people stay sensible 😉

That's all for today, I'll be back either later this month or next month with a new update, we'll just see what happens. I hope you are all well and have enjoyed these little monthly quarantine posts, if you haven't enjoyed them, well then, don't read my blog 😝 Anyways, byyee.

BeeBee

xxx