Author Archives: Chris
The Carbon Fast – Day 1
So today’s challenge in Tearfunds material is: Remove one light bulb in your home and live without it during Lent as a reminder of what you’re doing. My first decision was ‘Which light Bulb?’ it took me a while to work out which light bulb would be the biggest sacrifice for me in the … Continue reading
The Carbon Fast – Tearfund Lent Campaign
For Lent this year Tearfund are running a Carbon Fast Campaign. It’s a suggestion from them to try and make an impact, however small it may be, to use this time of Lent to affect a tangible change on the lives of those around the world who are worst affected by climate change. Each day … Continue reading
Day 5…We did it!
Well this is the final day of the challenge. I can’t say it has been a good day. Health wise my circulation began to go very strange yesterday. This intensified today and by the afternoon my hands and feet were blue and white. This was followed by a near fainting episode and back pain and … Continue reading
Day 4
Well day 4 and I feel much less angry today. In fact I don’t even feel hungry. I made breakfast ate half and couldn’t stomach it. Made lunch ate half and just looked at the rest. Thought about dinner couldn’t bring myself to eat it so didn’t even make it. I have had a lot … Continue reading
Day 3
Day 3 and I don’t have much to say. I’m irritated, grumpy and may vomit if I eat another bean. Here’s Dave’s day: Day 3 and still hanging there! Actually, a much better day than yesterday, only minimal headaches and toothache. I stopped being lazy and made my lunch last night, 30g rice and 30g … Continue reading
Day 2
I woke up this morning feeling quite good, not too hungry. I put off breakfast until about 8:15 (an unusual move for me I usually eat as I wake!) my morning was good. As I work from home I am alone a lot. I hate this at most times of the day but today with … Continue reading
Superbowl XLVI
Tonights the night of Superbowl XLVI (46 for any non- Romans reading this!) – I know a lot of folk in the UK couldn’t care less about NFL, but I love it. I’ve only missed 4 live Superbowls since 1998 (not bad given that they air around about midnight UK time!). This year will be … Continue reading
Day 1 (and counting….!)
Well we are nearly through our first day of the challenge! It started out well with 20g of porridge and a nice glass of water. That wasn’t too different from my normal start to the day(perhaps a lot less than usual). Lunch and Dinner consisted of 30g of rice and 60g (cooked weight) of beans. … Continue reading
Tearfund: Rice and Beans Challenge
Hi this is Chris’ wife Linda Hoskins. For the next week any blogs you see here will be written by me. Starting tomorrow myself and our friend Dave will begin the Tearfund rice and beans challenge. The basics of this is to bring more awareness to ourselves about those who are going through severe poverty. … Continue reading
Aberdeen Roughnecks
I’m very excited about tomorrow afternoon. It marks the first training session of the new American Football Team in Aberdeen – the Aberdeen Roughnecks. I haven’t played American Football properly in almost 11 years, so I’m looking forward to getting stuck in! When I played before, I played quarterback and cornerback. I’m not sure where … Continue reading