Jon Jolly

my life and youth work…

Entries Tagged ‘Personal’

MIA…

Wow! I really can’t believe that I haven’t posted on here in 4 weeks! That’s the worst gap in the four years I’ve been blogging. If there are any readers left out there, I’m very sorry.
Life has been really busy recently which has taken me away from the internet. Obviously Kirsty’s pregnancy has been a [...]

Youth Work and Social Media: Boundaries and Guidelines

There’s a great conversation happening over at UK Youth Online about practical steps for youth workers to take while interacting with young people online.

Most people are taking the view that to ensure accountability and transparency, workers should have a different profile or login for work and personal.
I’m interested in this debate as I currently [...]

Unfocused

photo credit: Demi-Brooke | photojournal
Posts have been pretty sporadic here recently which kind of reflects my state of mind at the moment. What with Kirsty’s morning sickness, exams this week, trying to find a new car, and a whole shed load of summer activities coming up, I feel a little unfocused.
I plan to have [...]

Inspirations

This post is a response to Dave talking people who have had a significant impact on him personally. I originally planned to write this a while back, but never got round to it and Dave’s been nagging in the comments!

So here is a short list of people who have had a huge impact on my [...]

Christmas Eve

I’m finishing wrapping up the presents in front of the fire and Kirsty is making her world-famous Brownies in the kitchen. I’ve been asked to give the all-age Christmas address at church tomorrow morning so am putting the finishing touches on what I plan to say. Something about Chocolate Sprouts I think!
Enjoy your day tomorrow [...]

Keep on running

Just before we went on holiday, Kirsty and I took advantage of an Apple Back-to-school promotion and bought a Macbook for her and a new iPod Nano for me. Then while on holiday, I picked up one of those Nike+ for iPod sensors in the hope that I might actually use it to start getting [...]

No posting

Hi all,
Just a quick apology for the lack of posts recently. It’s been a busy old time and I’m now taking a well deserved break on a Thai beach.
Normal service will resume shortly.

Babies and Cakes…

Our good friends Ryan and Anna have finally given birth to their first child, whom they’ve named Bethany Hope. I’m really looking forward to meeting her soon. Congratulations guys!
Oh and I’ve just made a great chocolate cake with real chocolatey chunks in! Kirsty’s very happy.

7 Years!

Today is our 7th Wedding Anniversary! I can’t believe it’s been that long, where did the time go? Kirsty and I were talking earlier and it’s even been 2 years since we celebrated by going to see U2 live in Dublin.

We’re not doing much to celebrate today, just going out for a meal tonight. Here’s [...]

Your Identity in Photos

Rosie has challenged people to sum up their identity in just four photos from their library. I found this pretty tricky and i guess my choices would change over time. I’m not going to explain each one, so take them as you like:

So, what photos would you use? Pete, Dave, Dan, Ruth, Kirsty, Mark, Sam, [...]