Gutters!

Helped out at my church this morning. Saturday mornings are usually Skype dates with Sarah, but this morning we pushed it back a bit so I could give a hand with the working bee. So headed down there at 8am and helped the fellas. Was great fun clinging to the back of the ute as Peter Garton raced around, then racing his brother Dave to see who could yank the most of the gutter brackets off. I got smashed!

Then good ole Brendan rocked up and we got some roofing screws from Bunnings to fix some loose sheets of tin, and ripped two rust old ones off the walkway roof completely. We'll replace them some other time. A couple of the ladies brought some smoko and we stopped for a bit...then back to it and cleaned up and dumped all the old guttering and tin, packed up and headed home.

What a fine way to spend the morning! Just some good male companionship and banter as we all worked together to do something worthwhile. Churches don't do enough of this sort of thing any more, and I worry that it's only ever on the church building or property. Why do we so rarely lend a hand when anyone else is doing some chores around the place? Hmm, well not to whinge, but to work! And set a good example is the best option. God help me always be a good example, and not forget to serve others.

Jewelery Shopping??

I'm looking for an engagement ring. Planning to ask my sweetheart, the beautiful Sarah Venn to marry me by mid October. So I talked to her about styles and such.

She likes princess cut (square) diamonds on a yellow gold base. So I've been looking around the local Jewellers here in Rocky...and they keep offering stuff that is way out of my price range. My budget is between $500 and $1500 for the engagement ring, and willing to negotiate up to about $2200 for a matched set of engagement plus wedding ring. Does that seem cheap? Or exy? See I really have no experience buying jewelery at all. I've only bought her trendy stuff before, spur of the moment style. Anyways...gotta keep looking...:)

Surprisingly...this is a lot of fun! I've heard some fellas groaning and telling horror stories about finding the perfect ring, and about how their girls dont like it for this or that reason. I'm having a rad time looking and learning! :)

Wondering about rings

I want to marry Sarah Jane Venn. I've decided to ask her to marry me, and now I'm looking at rings. I asked her to look at some designs for a hypothetical ring. She sent me these two. Now I need to decide which and look at budgeting, etc.

http://www.goldenet.com.au/solitaire-ring-engagement-14k-yellow-gold_E110Y.html

http://www.goldenet.com.au/three-stones-ring-engagement-14k-yellow-gold-3mm-0.24-carat_E107Y.html

I'm excited, and nervous, and cant wait!!

God help me :)

Upper Stoney

Went camping with my lovely at upper stoney Ck on Friday...stayed till Sat afternoon.

Awesome spot, nice views and quiet area. Really liked it. Had some great talking time.

Bad stuff. Didn't pray hardly at all. Almost forgot about God. Almost did IT. We got very close, and things almost got completely out of hand. But God was there still, and He took some rather drastic efforts to ensure that we couldnt get it done. :) Most humbling moments of my life.

Then it was down to the beach for a rest and revive, fish and chips and then home. Thank you Sarah and Father for a wonderful day.