This time last year as most will know, a call came out from the chairman of Great Yarmouth Town FC to help the club he'd naively taken on in the summer of 2011 - Now i could slaughter him with vicious words along with manager Mike Derbyshire but i won't...I've done all that and more and to be honest it was a waste of energy, just as GYTFC is...Yes we as a family did our bit to save the club and without our appeal through twitter and social networks, i'm sure the club would have gone to the wall...However the club survived and progress was being made slowly but surely.
One year on and after numerous headaches and heartaches i've now stepped away from the club i've loved with a deep deep passion all the time i've been here in Great Yarmouth...i've made it known to all i won't be back and it really is the end...However you never know what the future holds and i'll say this...If i'm to return i'll return as chairman of the football club and i'll take the club as far as is humanly possible because the potential is there and with the right people in place GYTFC can move onwards and upwards...under the current regime its going nowhere...NUFF SAID.
Moving on to family life...Its been a tough old year for us here at monkeyhanger mansions...money has been very tight as it has for most...we've had to sacrifice a hell of a lot this past year and thankfully we've scraped through...Jayne has had to take on full time work or face losing her job, awful position for her but she's adapted well and now thoroughly loves her work and working in a very good team that were awarded for their hard work and dedication to customer service..Quite an honour and something i know Jayne was very proud to receive...its also great that Victoria has progressed well at school and too received awards for her work and a special award from the bishop of thetford for her work in religious studies...one very happy child & 2 very proud parents...As for me in catering, its been a bit of a naff year..all was looking great in the summer working up at Caldecott Hall & plans were in place to progress the business through the winter months...Sadly due to what i can only call naive management and the failure to fully dedicate to the business and not money money money and greed it all went tits up, the bomb went off and yours truly decided after 27 years in kitchens that enough was enough and the boots went in the bin signalling an end to my time in catering...Yes it hurt to walk away from something i was truly passionate about and something thats been part of my life for so long.
Now for a few plusses...Anyone who really knows me knows i'm plain crazy about my music..Reggae, Soul, Jazz....all kinds of stuff but mainly REGGAE...The music has always been there for me, good times, bad times, sad times and when i've felt at my lowest points its done something to me, its lifted me, kept me positive and brought me back up with a smile on my face.
You all know from my previous blog how through music there was the most amazing night in London in november...Thankfully i've calmed down since then after all the highs and i've learned so much..I now know it was my destiny to be in London on that weekend, i know GOD had plans for me and through the music and the gathering of truly beautiful people i met it was then that GOD came through and through his messenger he passed the energy and fire to me to go out and do my best for the music, my family, my community & beyond...I made my promise and i intend to stick to it no matter what.....Getting back home after our trip i was what can only be described as an emotional wreck...i have never ever been so overcome by emotion in my life..it scared me because i seriously thought i was losing my mind...All the love coming our way as a family from those in and around the music business was overwhelming and very humbling...Anyway here i am with the world once again at my fingertips - i have an awesome support network of friends, a band waiting to burst onto the music scene in a big way in 2013 and its one scary scary thing to think what might happen...BUT IT WILL AND ITS GONNA BE BIG BIG FUN.
Only remains for me to wish each and every person who reads this blog post a very merry christmas & an awesome 2013 filled with more positives than negatives....Last word goes to Audrey Scott as it did last year on new years eve when i said goodbye to 2011 & hello to 2012 on Facebook.....THIS IS AND WILL ALWAYS BE THE BEST LOVERS ROCK/REGGAE SONG IN THE WORLD EVER & TO HAVE THE GREAT SONGSTRESS SING IT ON THAT SPECIAL NIGHT AND SING IT FOR ME IS TRULY HUMBLING AND I GIVE THANKS TO ALL WHO MADE THAT SPECIAL MEMORY POSSIBLE........GOD BLESS X
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