The Sixth Sense

Not much to say, but…

…I thought I’d share this fun picture of our dog, Molly. She has just discovered the joy of sticking her head out of the window when we travel!

The only problem is that she’s too small to do it with out help!

Big News: Rachel is…PREGNANT!

I’ve been itching to share this for weeks now, but we decided to wait until we had the 12 week scan. Rachel is in her 13th week of pregnancy. We’re very excited! (And slightly scared!)

Rachel has been REALLY sick throughout this last 6 weeks and been off work for a lot of it. Thankfully the sickness seems to be starting to ease off which is good news!

Seeing the scan last Tuesday was a combination of weird, exciting, and surreal. It looked very much like an alien. But it was amazing seeing this little heartbeat.

The due date is the 6th February. It is already starting to feel like that is going to come round very quickly!

Here’s to a whole new stage of our lives!!

Check out the scan picture below:

Lovely time out at Chatsworth

We popped out to Chatsworth yesterday afternoon. Beautiful weather, great music, and our friends were alright too!

It was great to be outside, enjoying the rare sunshine. We’d decided to go as our friend Helen was playing music in the gardens. Really enjoyed the classical music, lounging on the grass, relaxing in such beautiful settings.

Our friends Lizzie and Jon and their boy William joined us which was great. Not seen them for a while. Had a fab ice cream too. They were getting through truck loads of the stuff with the gorgeous weather.

Here’s a couple of pics:

What do you get up to this weekend?

A great time in London

I’m on the train back from London now. Quite a bit of travelling in one day, but well worth it.

It was great spending time with Ellie, Gabriel, and Rhiannon who are really keen to start something to serve humanity in London.

I love spending time with passionate people who want to DO something and not just talk about. They are all very different but I could definitely see the start of a great team.

Exciting stuff!

On route to London

I’m on the train as I write this heading down to London. I will be spending several hours with some great guys looking to pioneer some innovative ways of serving humanity, fostering community, and generally change the world.

It’ll be great to serve these guys and see what they start to create. I’ll keep you all posted with the developments.

Obama in the UK

Something struck me as very interesting when thinking about Barack Obama’s forthcoming visit to the UK as part of his current world tour. It’s the fact that he is seeing Tony Blair and David Cameron, as well as Gordon Brown.

From what I can tell, in none of the other places he’s visiting is he seeing former leaders and opposition leaders. Why? Because he understands that Gordon Brown probably won’t be Prime Minister after the next general election.

Last nights massive loss in the Glasgow by-election added confirmation of the trouble Brown is in.

I suspect his days may be numbered.

What do you think?

Hmmm

Whilst I was away last week and not blogging, for some reason the number of subscribed readers to this blog increased. And, now that I’m back blogging, they’re dropping again!

Are you trying to tell me to shut up?!

Thanks.

Hancock (lessons in character)

We went to see the Will Smith movie ‘Hancock’ last night. I enjoyed it. It wasn’t a great movie, but was definitely entertaining.

It was interesting from a character perspective. We did a series called ‘Heroes’ last year at Mosaic and one of the things we covered then was that we all have super-hero potential. The problem however is often not a lack of talent in our lives which stops us becoming great, but a lack of character.

Seeing the transformation of Hancock’s character and the resulting change in how he used his super-powers was fun to watch and something relevant for us all in different ways.

So yeah, not a must-see movie. But if you have a free evening, then it’s worth watching.

Anyone else seen it?

I’m back

Well after a fun and relaxing week in Orlando, Florida, we are back. It was so good to be away having a proper break. Whilst we’ve done quite a bit of traveling this year, very little has been of the holiday variety.

I enjoyed having time to devour books without feeling like I should be doing something else! One book I picked up over the the States was ‘Screw it, Let’s do it‘ by Richard Branson. I read it on the flight home and loved it. I love his entrepreneurial, non risk-averse approach to life and business.

I found myself being stirred up to not settle for where I am, to keep stretching forward, and to not give up on ideas or hold back because something appears not to be possible or hasn’t been attempted before.

I thought it was funny that that Richard Branson is known as Dr Yes within Virgin circles! I love that.

I also really enjoyed Erwin McManus’s new book called ‘Wide Awake’. I particularly enjoyed the second half of the book and, specifically, a great chapter on focus. It was great because I resonated with Erwin as someone who, like me, struggles with the whole focus thing!

Ok, that’s it for now. I’ll catch up more during the week.

In Orlando

I can’t believe how quickly this week is flying by. We’re having a great time over here in Orlando though. It’s nice to be here having a proper break and not for conferences or training like our recent visits have been.

I’ve been enjoying the books I brought with me. Playing for Pizza by John Grisham was a nice light read. I read it in a day and a half. Good to Great by Jim Collins is a lot meatier but I’ve thoroughly enjoyed what I’ve read so far. I picked up Wide Awake by Erwin McManus over here too and I’ve really liked what I’ve read of that so far.

Oh, has anyone else seen Wall-E? We saw it the other night. I LOVED it!!

Ok, that’s it for now. I’ll be back to regular blogging from next week.

(If you want to check out the pictures we’ve been taking, a selection of them are available here: http://gallery.me.com/sam.radford#100143)