Hobbits and Lions and Little Easter Chickens

Currently living all-a-lonesome in Lancaster, but I'm loving it :) I'm here to do my dissertation and it's going quite nicely. I expect the stress and panic to set in around this time next week, so i'm enjoying the peace while it lasts! The boys are both with their families for the holidays which gives me free run and reign of the house. Naturally, it's spotless and the heating is never left on at rediculous times.

On Saturday we had Community Cinemas at our church showing The Lion The Witch and the Wardrobe on a big (enormous!) screen, with hotdogs and everything, as an evangelistic event. I think it went really well and i enjoyed the film more than when i saw it the first time (despite all the little ones running around constantly - it was just like church normally so i didn't really notice them!) I fixed up my own Aslan specially for the occassion. He's been living in my church since July and has been loved so much that his fur was falling off and most of his mane gets re-strewn around the church every week. Now he looks much more stately and brave again. Not sure what i'll eventually do with him. I still don't want to end up putting him in a skip.

Last night I had neighbourhood prayer group in which we made Easter cards for the street. It was so lovely to sit around with tea and cake and crafts and get to know each other better - normally it's: go in, pray ferociously (or as ferociously as possible) for an hour, share communion, leave...which is exactly right, but it was still nice to invest in the street and each other in a more gentle way too!

Also i'm reading The Hobbit - i've started it so many times and never finished, but i will this time. This copy has beautiful pictures!