Smurf Yeah!

I just have to blog about a crackin' night...

The evening in question was Friday 1st June.

It all started off at about 5pm when Chris and I were barbequing for about 30 Chinese people in our back garden. Yup, you read that right. Chris and I were barbequing.
So these 30 or so Chinese people were all guests of Sheila's (who's house we live in). We decided we would BBQ for Sheila so she could entertain the Chinese with such classic BBQ games like the egg and spoon race with golf balls, not eggs and the three legged race. Ohh, what a hoot of a time they must of had! Welcome to England, ey?!

Chris and I had to leave at 6pm though as we were going into Manchester to catch the Hope Revolution tour (www.hope-revolution.com). Blush, LZ7 and thebandwithnoname were all playing and I really wanted to see them and to support the girls, especially after a great Big Deal week in Cheadle Hulme High the week before (that might be a story for another blog). We had a cracking time, rocking out to thebandwithnoname, singing along with Blush and jumping up and down to LZ7. We rocked the party, no diggidy.
I had a great chat with Jess after they had performed and got to chat to Lucy a bit too. Jess was telling me bits about what they had been up to during the week as part of the Riddle of Life in Manchester (www.unexpected.org.uk/media). The work all week sounded great and the gig just topped things off superbly. I'm telling you guys, if you want opportunities to share your faith and get actively involved in quality Christian ministry, just take a look at Manchester. The Message (www.message.org.uk) and the Bible Society (www.biblesociety.org.uk) are just two organisations actively working in Manchester but there is much, much more going on here too. All of this is just one of the reasons why I've come to love Manchester.

But on with the show...

After we had said cheerio to the girls after the gig, Chris and I headed to Matt and Phred's jazz club (www.mattandphreds.com). We had been before but seeing as we were just up the road at the Hope Revolution gig, we thought we'd pop in. We didn't stay too long but what we saw and heard when we were there was just brilliant. I've really gotten into jazz over the past year or so and getting the chance to catch it live is always great.

On the way home though we felt a bit peckish. The clock struck 11.30pm (it didn't really strike, I don't think clocks really strike on the half-past) and we decided to go to Tesco and get something. Surprise of all surprises, we bumped into Laura, Chris' sister. She had just finished work and we had no idea she'd be in Tesco! We decided, seeing as she was rather peckish too, that we'd have a BBQ. We were inspired by the Chinese earlier and so decided to get some BBQ items and head back to our's. We were eating our burgers with cheese and BBQ sauce as the clock struck 12.30am. It was delightful.

The rest of the evening/morning was fairly uneventful. We just looked at paddling pools on www.argos.co.uk and threw a mango over the house to each other. I didn't hit the sack (meaning bed) until the clock struck 2.30 in the am. It was one of the best nights I've had in a long time and right now, the only way I think it could be topped was if I was to go to north America in less than two weeks.

It's just as well that I am going to north America in less than two weeks! Smurf yeah!