These 2 Ramble topics are related...as I LOVE holidays!

I've just spent a week in Alcudia, Majorca with Lucy, my Mum and my Nan - The 4 generations! It was REALLY lovely - Warm - No work - Special times with my family. My Nan (My Mum's Mum - Me and lots of my friends fondly refer to her as Nana Pat even though her name is Mary - She had short hair and a Pat Butcher mac which earnt her this nickname!) is the light of my life - Words can barely describe how much I love her. She epitomises hard work - She manages her finances so wisely and she totally utterly adores her family - She has 2 girls - My Mum and my Aunt and she lives for them - She's been married to my 'Grumpy Grandad' and seen through the commitment she made to him and her family with a smile and a joke and, on the odd occassion a profanity which always causes a lot of amusement and sometimes a little offence!! She always ALWAYS puts other needs before her own - ALWAYS - at her own expense most of the time. My Grandad is ill and in hospital and will more than like go into a home - I pray that, somehow, despite various illness' and dementia, he realises how very lucky he is to have such an amazing generous woman in his life who's sacrificed so much to take care of him, especially recently. I HAVE to hope that his marriage to my Nan and his life as a parent has all been in 'the plan', he couldn't have ever told you anything about his family - I'm not sure he knows what his own daughters do for a living and where they live and couldn't name any of his Grandchildren or Great Grandchild. It's a HUGE shame. Depiste this, I still pray, mainly for my Nan and I am so fiercly protective over this wonderful woman - I would do ANYTHING for her and I pray that she's enjoying the rest whilst he's being cared for in the hospital and can devote some time to herself, I think she's earnt it!!
Went off on a tangent there but you get the picture!

We have a Great time away and onto the next thing which, next weekend, is the Big Church Day Out weekend - Me and Lucy are going along with other people from my church and, this will be the third year we've been and the first year we've done the whole weekend complete with camping :) It's ALWAYS brilliant with amazing Family fun and terrific worship with AMAZING acts from all over.

Things I love - In no particular order - God, Family and Friends, Music - My life has a soundtrack - I can relate pretty much every memory I have to a song and just love singing and dancing - I don't think this will EVER change - I have THE most eclectic mix on my iTunes EVER - From Dolly Parton to Kanye West to Fun. to Matt Redman to Take That. To say it's slightly Bipolar would be an understatement! - The water - I LOVE the sound of water on a beach - I LOVE swimming - especially when you can have a dip on holiday to cool off - The amazing relaxation to be sought in a warm bath with lovely smellies and then being wrapped in a warm fluffy towel before dozing to sleep - Day-time naps - I call them 'Nana Naps' and I have them most weekends when I've not got Lucy as she's at her Dads - There is a routine around these - I put on a 'slow' film I've seen many time and I get my snuggly fleecy blankie out and I crash on the sofa - BLISS! - Weddings - LOVE weddings - LOVE seeing my friends happy and having a dance and embracing the happiness of sharing such special times with friends and family. Reading - I read EVERY night - In 2 parts - I have my little time when I pray specifically and I read some of my Bible and I write in my journal - Sometimes I don't do all 3 but I spend that time with God and it's very special and important to me. Then I read before I nod off - Like my taste in music it's a little random - I LOVE reading Autobiographies and 'Real stories' - Also a bit of chick lit - Also some Dean Koontz or Lee Child - I have about 5 books 'on the go' at the moment so it can be mood dependant which one I pick up on an evening!!

Sufficiently 'Rambly'? I think so!! x