Day 273: We Found A Waterfall!

The past 2 days have been great! Yesterday Sarah, Fin and I road tripped down to Carnoustie to stalk...I mean watch Hugh Grant playing golf, and then we stopped in at Stonehaven on the way home to have a fish supper on the beach in the last of the sunlight. It was so good getting to hang out with them both for the day.

And then today I ended up at theirs for lunch, and then we went on the hunt for a waterfall that Sarah and Dave had been to before. It was called Burn O' Vat, out near Ballater. You need to climb through a small a mini rock tunnel type passage thing to get to it, which made it even more exciting!

The fact that the weather has been incredible the past 2 days was the icing on the absolutely delicious cake!

Oh, I forgot to mention we also saw Andy Garcia at the golf yesterday too. You know, the bloke who's the bad guy in Oceans Eleven...it was exciting. We probably walked past a few famous golfers too, but didn't have a clue! Movie men are far more exciting.

Day 272: The Day I Saw HUGH GRANT!

Here he is folks...Mr Hugh Grant, at the 18th hole on Carnoustie Golf Course. This was after he landed his ball in the stream...he just left it there as well...I should've brought my fishing net!

It was worth the wait I think!

Day 271: Burger King Babes

A few of the girls and I went along to Burger King at the beach tonight, just for the crack. Oh, and Iain came too. He was lovin the girl chat! Here's a photo of the lovely ladies, with their empty chip bags in front of them. Ha. Thanks for coming girlies! Although I'm realising that the original idea was to take advantage of the strangely warm September evening...but we didn't actually spend any time outside enjoying the warmth!

Oh well...I guess seeing Hugh Grant's backside, while playing golf, in the Carnoustie sunshine tomorrow will have to do.

Day 270: I Love Autumn

I do not, however, love getting migraines!! With the help of a new migraine relief drug I was given to try, I made it in to work when I would usually have needed to climb in to my bed...but unfortunately the drug just prolonged the usual symptoms! I was only at work for about 15 minutes and ended up driving home during the nausea phase. Not fun.

I went out to take this photo at sunset. Loved the way the sun was still just peeping over the houses and hitting the leaves on this tree. It was such a lovely autumn evening :)

Day 269: Super Dark Bench Monday

You'd think I'd have managed to get a Bench Monday photo this afternoon, during my very nice trip to the beach at Newburgh in the beautiful sunshine, but no. There was an extreme lack of nice benches where we were! Lots of birds, and seals/otters/whatever, but no benches! There was a rather nice sunken boat in the bay...but it was just a little too far from the shore to take Sam.

Instead, I took my Bench Monday photo at about 10pm, after a delicious meal at Rustico's in town, with some lovely people, to celebrate Catherine's 21st Birthday! It was so dark that the camera couldn't focus, and I had to do a 25 second exposure. Ha! And even then I brightened it up in Photoshop. It was amusing! They then tried doing the Can Can...

Their kicks were too quick for the camera to capture, so instead they just look like ghosts! Ha.

I also had a few outside entries for Bench Monday this week, from my wonderful sister Sarah and nephew Finlay, and my dear friends the Lipps...

Thanks guys :) I love getting Bench Monday photos. Puts a great big smile on my face!

Hope you all have a good week, especially those of you who are starting back at Uni :) Enjoy!

Day 268: New Reading Notes!

I haven't had daily bible reading notes for a few months now. I'm so rarely near the shop in the town centre to buy them these days. Which is a shocking excuse considering I'm pretty sure it would be very easy to set up a yearly order for them online, and get them delivered to my house! Then again, come to think of it, I don't think I had been enjoying the last few issues...so that's perhaps why I didn't try harder to get more.

I have been getting the UCB notes sent to my phone FOR FREE every day for the last few months though, so that's something. They've been incredibly fitting and helpful the past few weeks in particular. I love it when the lesson for that day is guidance for an issue you were actually struggling with the day before, so you're able to start your day feeling stronger about how to act on it!

But, getting it sent to my phone isn't the same as having a physical booklet to read. I scroll through it all on my phone each morning before I get up, which is great! Because usually I would do my reading last thing at night. But I don't bother looking up the bible passages that go along with it, because it would take away from my "Got to get my hair looking perfect before work!" time. Which is a complete joke because it's always a mess.

So, anyway, Mum decided to order me the nexts issue of reading notes that are sold at our Church book stall. They're not what I have been using for the last few years, so we'll see if I like the way they're done. If not, perhaps it'll motivate me to order physical copies of the UCB notes. And then I'll need to find out whether I can wake myself up 15 minutes earlier each morning, because it really is a great way to start your day! I wonder if I could get an audio version for the car, and I could listen on the way to work...so I don't miss out on sleep. Ha. Shocking.

Ok, woaw. Long blog post tonight! Hope you've all had a lovely weekend. I sure have! Apart from a minor mishap this afternoon, but we don't need to dwell on the past. Ha.

Day 267: Note - Kindcardine Castle is NOT open to the public.

I had a lovely picnic lunch, in the chilly wind, with Sarah, Dave, Fin, and Claire at Drum Castle this afternoon. The plan was to go to Kincardine Castle originally...but, after an encounter with a very pleasant gentleman, they discovered that it wasn't in fact for open to public visits. Good times!

I'd tell you more about my rather busy day, but it's incredibly late, and there's a high risk of me not being able to get myself up in time for Church tomorrow!