That's lovely squiggle

Squiggle, the words baptism and christening tend to be interchangeable. Our church does use the word baptism and on the Church of England website it says:

"

In baptism, we thank God for his gift of life and publicly acknowledge his love. In the Anglican Church it is common to baptise young children; this is sometimes known as christening.

Baptism is a 'sacrament' (holy ritual to symbolise grace) in the Christian tradition that is traced back to Jesus himself being baptized in the river Jordan."

The difference I suppose between the C of E and Nonconformist churches I suspect EL.  As a Baptist, although I attend an evangelical church nowadays which does hold baptism services, we tend to think of baptism as full immersion believers' baptism and we tend to regard the sprinkling of water as a christening.  As I said, semantics.  We don't muck about in the Baptists though, under the water you go , as Jesus did when He was baptised by John The Baptist.

Some of the C of E churches in Gloucester do have the facilities for full immersion for baptisms but ours doesn't. It has been know for baptisms to take place at the local swimming pool and even in the River Severn.

Oh noooo!  Is this the future? I just got a spam text, trying to interest me in some unclaimed inheritance

Squiggle, as you can guess it is a scam:

http://www.actionfraud.police....lf/inheritance-fraud

A few months ago I had a letter from a "banker" in Hong Kong saying that a relative had died in a hiking accident in mainland China and the banker was holding a large of money which the relative had past to him for investment. If I didn't make a claim for the money it would go to the State - he offered to go 50:50.

How much?

I am used to getting these spam emails - my favourites are the ones from Nigeria, but don't say they are going to start texting us too.

My my, squiggle did I tell you how you're looking great lately? I've got fresh pj's on and I'm waiting for a pizza delivery

I wish I knew where they get the mobile numbers from.

I'm going for a bath and will get my PJ's on after X Factor. I'm recording Downton tonight.

Enjoy your pizza.

 

Goodnight all, see you tomorrow.

Sweet dreams yogi, hope you're enjoying the early night

Good morning everyone

 

It's still raining here and hasn't stopped since late yesterday morning. It's persistent but moderate at present though it's forecast to get heavier later this morning. It's supposed to stop sometime this afternoon.

 

 

Good morning everyone, we've had a lot of rain here, now we're getting heavy showers, well it's a bit of a change.

 

Why thank you Summer, preens a bit, clamps padlock on purse   The height of decadence fresh pj's awaiting a pizza delivery, all you need is a blazing log fire and that would be the height of luxury.

Morning 
Weather here awful, windy, cold and rain. terrible day for granddaughter and co travelling down south for their holiday 
Got the medical centre at 11 for a check up, need to get my skates on! 
Have a good day and hope to catch up later  

Good morning everyone. Weather is wet and cold, up here. Haha Squiggle, good idea to padlock your purse, now that you have your big inheritance to look after I might go for a look round some clothes shops today - then again, I might not. I hate clothes shopping! Fingers crossed the weather improves for your granddaughter's holiday, Skylark.

Skylark, I hope all goes well for your check up and that the weather improves for your grandaughter's holiday

 

Good.. Ooh it'll turn noon before I finish this post.. So, good afternoon It's a bleak, cold, wet, miserable day here and it's not due to change until tomorrow. I'm pleased we took my mum out to the beach yesterday because its not an option in weather like this! Skylark I hope everything goes smoothly at your check up today and hope the little one & co. have a safe journey

Oh dear I didn't quite make it after noon did I

Well said Summer, me too Skylark

It's just about stopped raining after about 25 hours. I've been out and the roads are rather wet with very large puddles in places. On the way I sat a police car parked in the middle of a junction and I guess they were getting ready to close one of the roads which I know is prone to flooding.

Anyone else a fan of Gareth Malone?  I just watched the first episode of his new series Sing While You Work - really enjoyable.

I haven't heard of him squiggle, what does he do..? Be careful & safe out there you two in the south west

Summer, the weather has eased up here though is a touch windy. The worst of the flooding in Gloucestershire has been in Cinderford, Coleford and Dursley but not in Gloucester.

 

The BBFC have passed a film for release on 23 November. It's a German film but has been dubbed into English. I have no knowledge as to if this is any good or if it will get a wide distribution but it may be of interest for Skylark's granddaughter (and of course Summer ).

Summer, have you never heard of the Military Wives Choir which had the No. 1 Christmas record?  Gareth Malone is the guy who started the choir, here is a clip of their hit

 

Hope there is no flooding where you all are.

It's still wet, cold and windy up here.

Skylark, I hope all was well at your check-up.

Looks like the horrible weather is heading your way Yogi, Skylark and Summer, hope you are going to be OK, looks like might be best to stay in if you can.  Skylark, hope all went well.

I hope no-one is affected by the horrible weather.

 

I blame Nadine for all this ever since she split

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/19701459

I don't suppose they'd go for it though    

Ooh yes I've heard of the military wives choir I thought they were created by a wife though well, well done him I think El has posted a clip or something that I can't see on the app, I will go lookie on safari..

Santaaaa!!!!!

Good morning everyone. Weather is wet, cold and very windy. I hope it's better where you all are. @ Squiggle's pic.

Good morning everyone

 

At present it's dry here and a mix of cloud and blue sky. It's breezy and there is the posibility of showers later. Rain expected overnight. I hope the weather improves for all those where the weather is dreadful.

 

at squiggle's picture. Sometimes at the bank if the cashier asks "is there's anything else I want" I reply "Yes, could I have a million pounds"

 

Morning all x
Weather here wet and windy.
All went well at check up, thanks. Got soaked on the way back though  Couldnt get back on yesterday the computer is in sons room and he had friends in. He was off work because of high winds . 
Nana sent text to say weather awful where they are, they couldnt have picked a worse week  
Thanks El, will keep an eye open for that film, she loves the cinema.
Hope the weather isnt too bad where you all are  

Good morning The rain hasn't stopped all night long and we've got floods here! I got to work alright but poor mr summer took 2 hours to do a 30 minute drive. It's lightened off and is brighter now, lets hope the water has a chance to subside now Skylark I'm pleased your check up went well, how are you feeling today? Yogi, stay in if you don't need to go out today Squiggle and el, things look more promising down there on the weather forecast, I hope it's all true for

Good morning everyone, no chance of the weather improving down here.  The nasty weather in the north is now going to do a U turn and head straight back again to give us another going over.

 

How horrible for Nana and your granddaughter, I hope the forecast is for improvements.

Weatherwise Gloucester seems to be not too bad compared to the rest of you. It is blustery here and there has been a light shower and there are likely to be more to come. Rain is forecast for the early hours tomorrow morning but not at the same level as elsewhere today. Local forecast is indicating around 10mm which shouldn't cause serious problems.

 

I think the weather improves locally for the rest of the week.

 

It's getting worse, half the roads on my way home are closed, could be an interesting drive home tonight

Oh no, Summer, it sounds like you are getting it bad down there. I hope you and Mr Summer get home without too many problems.

The rain hasn't been too bad today, although it is still windy and really cold. I think it might be worse over on Skylark's side of the country.