Perry's Blog

I decided to sell my Drawing Board, drafting machine an adjustable stand on eBay to make room in our bedroom.I don't sell a lot of stuff on eBay, but this was quite successful and I was very happy with the outcome.When the fellow rang to organise… more »

Our trusty Festiva was nearing another registration and the clutch was getting pretty desperate and so we asked ourselves the question: "Would it be better to get the clutch done and keep the Festiva another year (and get the house paid off); or would it… more »

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Lent, like Christmas and Easter, comes around each year; knocking on the door of our busy lives, challenging us to fasting, penance and alms giving. Challenging our faith to be real. This year I am challenged to turn my back on my selfishness and with… more »

This year we've been overcome with the realization that we needed to separate our sincere Christmas wishes from the ubiquitous XMas Newsletter. So, we've dived into that wonderful swimming pool of minimalism, boots and all, and come up with what may b… more »

Last week we had Nathanael's 21st birthday party, because he'd turned 21! I've just finished putting the pages together, so you can read about it here, and make comments to this post if you like! Thanks to all those who helped: couldn't have done i… more »

I was on my way home from work the other night (a little bit later than usual as I was finishing... well, I can't tell you what because it's for Nat's party so it's still secret), the train carriage had a large group of young people all obviously going o… more »

Simply: It was the most beautiful "big" Mass I have ever been part of! But back to the very beginning, like the Stations we weren't intending to head down to the Mass either. Not sure exactly why... maybe the crowds, maybe "big" Masses often don't do… more »

We decided very late to attend the Stations of the Cross: the night before to be exact! Originally Sandi was going to be a volunteer at the events (so would not have been in a position to attend), but that never progressed; so she ended up with the… more »

World Youth Day sort of crept up on us... we'd put our names down to host some pilgrims some time ago, there was some "training" and information nights and then, suddenly it seemed, they were here. We ended up hosting a couple of young men from Poland… more »