mood: geeky music: none, 'cos work's boring.

ooh, lookit, new posting interface! that shows how long since i used livejournal...

i've got a website! it's very exciting. i bought a domain and everything. check out www.matteaston.net!

the only problem is i don't have anything to put on it...

mood: hopeful music: none

we've just heard that farrah's sister, serena, has got cancer again. this is a bit of a bummer. she really doesn't want to have chemotherapy again, and we don't believe she should have to. we believe God is calling us to pray for a miracle, so she can be healed and not have to go through the nightmare treatment again.

if you are a person who prays, would you please find time to pray for serena; pray that she would be healed by God, and quickly, so she doesn't have to suffer the ordeal again. pray for strength for her and her family, and pray for faith in all of us to believe God can heal her. if you want any more information, do get in touch with us.

thanks.

mood: cranky music: ms jackson by outcast

it's raining. england is yukky.

*sulks*

mood: bouncy music: adams family theme tune (in my head)

we went to wild wadi today. it's a water theme park and it was so much fun!! we went round loads of slides and flumes and there was this huge slide called the jumeirah sceirah (read "scarer"). we had to climb for ages to get to the top and it took less than 10 seconds to come down again! you come off the slide at one point and fall through the air! re-entry into the water was rather more painful for men than women, if you get my drift... according to their advertising you go up to 50 mph, which is crazy!

seriously, it was so much fun. and little harry enjoyed splashing in the pool, and almost enjoyed the swim-seat we bought him. he went with us round the lazy river and enjoyed that too. we've had such a great time here, and we're not looking forward to our return to the frozen wasteland of surrey!

mood: artistic music: none

i've uploaded some photos from dubai using picasa. farrah's put them onto facebook too; if you look at her profile you should see them. let me know which you think is better!

Dubai November 2006

mood: complacent music: none, sadly

hi guys. seeing as i linked livejournal from facebook, i should probably link facebook from livejournal. not sure where to put this, so i'll post it for now.

mood: bouncy music: only fools and horses theme tune

i saw a turtle today!we went snorkeling and saw cuttlefish and angel fish and a reef shark and barracuda and a puffa fish and so many others! then we saw this turtle! it was so amazing, a beautiful animal and lovely to watch. we followed it until it dived deep at the edge of the reef and we couldn't see it any more. i love turtles!

mood: happy music: none, except the sound of happy babies!

hi geezas! greetings from sunny dubai! farrah and i are out here visiting my sister elle, her husband ben and their little son harry. he's gorgeous! we're not sick of him yet after three days ;o)

it's a bit muggy here but very warm, and much nicer than the -2 degrees we had in england last week! enjoying having a holiday from work, it's our first proper holiday since the honeymoon over a year ago. but then, our friend paul pointed out that last month was his first proper holiday since his</emph> honeymoon 12 years ago, so we musn't complain!

just signed up to facebook as well, it's really good. can't believe they give you unlimited photo storage! no more flickr, i reckon. took me a while to remember my oxford alumni address, though. oops.

it's really funny, i had a prophetic dream a while back. it was about sitting here in dubai typing my livejournal on elle's computer. i was confused at the time because i hadn't yet signed up to livejournal, but now it makes sense! not a particularly helpful prophecy, i guess, but good to know God still has an interest in me!

mood: awake music: none, but i'm gonna put some on now you've reminded me.

had a nice trip to glasgow this week. seemed to go quite well, and fixed all problems before i leave, so we might have some happy clients! yay! decided glasgow isn't the nicest part of scotland by quite a way, but the hotel i stayed in was quite pleasant, and the client payed for my food and drink so i had fun...

very nice to be home though: two nights feel like a very long time. still recovering from the 5am start on wednesday and the 6 and a half hour airport/aircraft experience getting home on friday. yukky.

played djembe at reroute this morning. reroute is the worship service for the youth in our church in woking. first time i've played a djembe on stage, but it seemed to go well. very good to see so many kids meeting with God.

mood: apathetic music: "not ashamed" by delerious

ok, so maybe i don't paste very often...

a lot has happened since the last post, about a month ago! we've moved into our new house, i got a raise, farrah got a bonus, we've painted lots of things, been to ikea twice, got a new worship pastor at church, i had my birthday, seen some old friends and some new friends, booked tickets to dubai, planned work visits to glasgow and carlisle, and some other stuff.

i think this journalling thing only really works if people read it and post comments. otherwise i feel i'm wasting time, really. i guess i need to make some online friends to make it more fun. problem with being married is that i can't really spend many hours on the internet!

i'm really hairy today. i could take a picture to show you, but you'd all get scared.

raaagh. i'm sleepy.

mood: exanimate music: none, because my ipod has no power :o(

jo's moaning that i don't post enough, so here i am. i don't know what she means, i posted less than a week ago! some of us have work to do... honest.

errr.... cheese.

incidentally, we were painting our new spare bedroom (that is, my sister and brother-in law were painting and i was supervising), and we noticed a llama on the wall. they get everywhere, you know. it's amazing how many llamas we've bumped into since moving to woking. must be the beast to be around here. now that the paint has dried, the llama has faded away, sadly, but he'll always have a place in our hearts.

in geeky news, i've nicked an old computer from work and i've put linux on it. i've always had a vague fascination with linux, and it seems to be good for a web server, so when we get into our new house i think i'll set it up and put websites on it and stuff. now i have a linux machine for messing about with, a pc for playing games on, and a mac for actually using as a computer. mmm, geeky.

happy now jo? what does "exanimate" mean anyway?