Mark is married to Jo and is a 23 year old youth and schools worker based in South Cave (near Hull). Mark spent 4 years as a youth worker in Peterborough whilst studying for a degree in youth work & ministry with Oasis.
Whilst Sundays’ in lent don’t count I will still be sticking to my lent things on a Sunday so I guess that means I’ll actually end up with 40-something blog posts and whilst today’s post is edging closer to being posted on Monday I thought I’d blog…better late than never! Over the last week I’ve [...]
Archive for the ‘Randomness’ Category
Day 4: Murder!
On February - 20 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
I’ve realised that so far I’ve failed to blog but my weekend’s been busy, had Joel and Vicki to stay Thursday and Friday and Caroline arrived this morning and this evening we’ll be out and about in Hull. However I have just enough time for a quick blog and will therefore lower the high quality [...]
Blog Update!
On February - 3 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Long term followers of my blog will know that I’m always tweaking the theme of the blog and trying to make it more user friendly. With my previous template update back in September I began to include social networking links plus some ‘featured posts’ containing posts that I thought were more worth reading than others. [...]
Twitter Lists
On January - 30 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
On Twitter you can make lists and follow them…I never have but I’m on 5 lists including ‘Youth Ministry’ and ‘Youth Workers’ which is always nice to be on but my favourite list that I’ve been included on comes from Mark Tuma It’s always encouraging to be an ‘actual person’ – follow me on twitter
A Few Weeks In Pictures
On January - 18 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Having spent quite some time working out why photos weren’t uploading properly from my mac and solving the problem I thought I’d post some photos from the last few weeks…click them to see full size…or head to ‘Photos’ and look at the albums! Enjoy
The Youth Worker’s Office
On January - 13 - 2010 ADD COMMENTS
Whilst I wait for my printer to print some Safeguarding Leaflets for volunteers I thought seeing as I haven’t blogged for a while and now I’m back working in the office now heating is restored I’d blog a guide to the youth workers office! A brief guide for what is maybe the dullest blog post [...]
Jo’s gender change?
On December - 7 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Has my fiance changed her gender or has the person who sent me the e-mail (header pictured below) just decided that Jo is a blokes name and I’m therefore their gay youth worker? haha! Disclaimer: I am definately straight, Jo is a female and this post is very much tongue-in-cheek
A Present From Royal Mail
On November - 30 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
So this morning I went to pick up a parcel that I missed on Friday and whilst gone missed another! That perfect example of sod’s law aside in my post this morning I had an unexpected delivery in the form of this little critter…no idea that it is or why it was clinging to my [...]
Update
On November - 17 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
It’s been ages since I last blogged proving once again that my blogs come in mass or not at all…which probably means I’ll think of loads of things to blog in the next few days. Veggie Update! I’m in the last week of my veggiexperiment and next Monday I can eat meat again however other [...]
Veggie Update…
On November - 11 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
2 and a half weeks into my experiment and I have managed to not touch meat and I havn’t really missed it, actually the most difficult thing is the lack of fish and chips (not that I have it often), walking past the shops is horrible…it smells so good. I think the biggest challenge of [...]
Wii Fit Plus
On November - 6 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Back when I was living with the Pummells before they departed to New Zealand I experienced a Wii Fit and my little Mii experienced some tough exercising and some running injuries from the comfort of my home (the running injuries were also experienced by the real me!) and alongside this games such as Shaun White [...]
Bowling for Soup Live
On October - 26 - 2009 2 COMMENTS
On Friday night Jo and myself headed to the 02 Academy in Sheffield to see Texan punk-rock band Bowling for Soup who were being supported by The Leftovers, MC Lars and Zebrahead. I first saw Bowling for Soup live when I was 17 in Norwich and they were infact my first gig so seeing them [...]
Veggiexperiment
On October - 24 - 2009 4 COMMENTS
A while ago Goywonder whose blog I read set himself 2 targets, firstly to give up alcohol for 6 months and secondly to blog everyday, those targets/experiments have since finished however they got me thinking. Alongside this thinking of blogs with challenges I seem to know more and more people who are vegetarians and I’m [...]
Off, off & away!
On October - 12 - 2009 1 COMMENT
I’m off on a Schools Work training week with Scripture Union this week so will probably be away from blogging…I have no idea if the conference centre has WiFi but I’ll be taking my Macbook just in case! I’m sure I’ll have plenty to blog on when I return!
The Invention Of Lying
On October - 10 - 2009 ADD COMMENTS
Last night Jo and I went to see ‘The Invention of Lying’ in the cinema. I went to the film largely because of Ricky Gervais being the writer, director and main actor in it so held high expectations as we entered the cinema to catch the start of the film (and the Orange adverts which [...]