Two thousand and nine was weird. It started really badly but it's ending really well on many fronts. It started in Austria and it's ending in the UK.
Many bad and good things happened in between,but isn't it always like that?  It is, sometimes it all just strikes harder.
Well, we'll see what 2010 brings.
I have just reached this totally overrated age of 30 and I am intending to enjoy it as much as I enjoyed my twenties. It just goes so fast!

In brief, I kind of sorted next year in London with my MA and consequently an internship in a translation company so it shouldn't bring any surprises like "oh, watch me move to New Zealand or similar". Although who knows what will happen anyway.
I am in a happy relationship with the boy I love. I am happy with the MA I am doing and the work that I am doing, too. I am happy I got back in touch with someone I really missed. I have nothing to complain about and I promised myself I will limit complaining to a necessary minimum. This is my new year's resolution. I will do my best to be a better being next year.
And I will make it all enjoyable! :)

Happy New Year everyone!

The following have all appeared in church magazines so let us thank God for church ladies with typewriters.

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Next weekend's Fasting & Prayer Conference in Whitby includes all meals.
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Sunday morning sermon: 'Jesus Walks on the Water'
Sunday evening sermon: 'Searching for Jesus.'
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Ladies, don't forget the rummage sale. It's a chance to get rid of those things not worth keeping around the house. Bring your husbands.
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Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our community.
Smile at someone who is hard to love.
Say 'Hell' to someone who doesn't care much about you.
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Don't let worry kill you off - let the Church help.
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Miss Charlene Mason sang 'I will not pass this way again,' giving obvious pleasure to the congregation .
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For those of you who have children and don't know it, we have a nursery downstairs.
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Next Thursday there will be tryouts for the choir. They need all the help they can get.
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Irving Benson and Jessie Carter were married on October 24 in the church. So ends a friendship that began in their school days.
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At the evening service tonight, the sermon topic will be 'What Is Hell?' Come early and listen to our choir practice
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Eight new choir robes are currently needed due to the addition of several new members and to the deterioration of some older ones.
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Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.
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Please place your donation in the envelope along with the deceased person you want remembered.
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The church will host an evening of fine dining, super entertainment and gracious hostility.
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Potluck supper Sunday at 5:00 PM - prayer and medication to follow.
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The ladies of the Church have cast off clothing of every kind. They may be seen in the basement on Friday afternoon.
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This evening at 7 PM there will be a hymn singing in the park across from the Church. Bring a blanket and come prepared to sin.
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The pastor would appreciate it if the ladies of the Congregation would lend him their electric girdles for the pancake breakfast next Sunday.
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Low Self Esteem Support Group will meet Thursday at 7 PM. Please use the back door.
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The school drama group will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church hall on Friday at 7 PM. The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
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Weight Watchers will meet at 7 PM at the First Presbyterian Church. Please use large double door at the side entrance.
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The Associate Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday: 'I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours!'

I've stupidly double booked myself with going down to Plymouth so can't make it.

Have a Roast Turkey and Pudding all paid up for going for a pint if anyone is interested.