Change is the only constant!

Wow, my tool bar is working and I can do pics etc. So, lets get going as its catch up time!! It's been a month since I last blogged and I realised how much I miss it!!

I am praying that one day I will have my own laptop and access to internet so that I can start again!! In the meantime, I have downloaded these amazing little "tags" from the Cathy zielske sight and I can print them out and journal everyday or once a week. It has become a hands on approach which I love and I don't have to be frustrated about not being able to get onto internet etc!! A win win and I can scrap and glue mu pics on the reverse side!! great stuff!!

It has become a journal of my "things that make me smile"and "things I am grateful for" that I jot down which I foind so refreshing!!

Row leaves for Hong Kong tomorrow which is very exciting! My Mom is here while he is away and the girls are so loving spending time with her.

I have soooo much Bible school work to do and will be working until late many nights I am sure! I so enjoy getting my brain to think again.

Things that make me smile...

my mom took out her false teeth and showed the girls

Row is going to china - wow

Ugly Betty dvds from video store

late nights watching "Brothers and Sisters"

Today I am grateful for...

choices

gardening

making a new beautiful duvet for my Mom

words of wisdom from a sister

D.I.Y. projects in the house

sewing

jogging on Kommetjie beach

choosing a new book at Wordsworth

the smell of my girls skin

Rowan laughing

toblerone

a new stove

Bruno scratching mussels off the rocks at Kommetjie and eating them

the blessing of sight!!

family

O.k so I could go on - yup, I love to ponder on the blessings of this incredible life!! I will miss tapping away at the keyboard and blogging( what a great word - blog) I will try catch up when Row is back from China town!! On the weekends maybe!! Yup- weekends it is!!

Chat soon xxxx

These are the days...

I woke up this morning with this song in my head - "These are the days of our lives..." as one day rolls into the next.I think queen sings it!? Anyway - it's been hot, real hot, damn hot. Really stunning - we were on Kommetjie beach from 7p.m. until just after 8p.m.last night and yup, incredible!!

I will probably blog over the weekends as I just don't seem to find the space at nights at the moment. I am sure during the hols I will blog more often. My task bar is not working so no pics or video clips!!! Also I cannot change my layout os sidebar as the page keeps on saying error?!!

Row is off to Joburg until Thursday so I have organised a movie for myself on Wednesday night. Cool!!

Things I am grateful for...
I actually walked outside and saw a shooting star!!
the sound of a microlight going over our house
I have been in a micolight - amazing!!
We have a keyboard and I am going to learn to play again!!last time was when I was 9yrs
Talor has a watch and is learning to tell the time - and asks us what time it is - all the time!
Hope is making up songs on the keyboard
trotting on Suzies horse - my bum hurts today!!
listening to music on my mp4 player as I walk on the beach
beetle - juice( not sure of spelling) a huge star in our galaxy!!

Come and listen

I have redesigned my daily life over this weekend as I was taking on too many things and I just couldn't fit it all in to my day. I had to do the whole prioritise thing and Row and I chatted and this week is is the test.

I have stuck to biggest priority my girls and all the busy after school activities. Then there's Bible School, reading and essay - lots of time needed! The stunning books I get from Joy still, are selling really well and keeping me very busy.

My life is full!!!

Today was incredibly hot and Talor had a full day of gym then straight to dancing. Hope had a play date at our house which was fun for her. She loves to socialise like her Mom - and always needs more time to play!!

Today i am grateful for...
David Crowder Band
girls in bed early! for a change
e-sword on my laptop!
quietness and Row home
dusk
excellent health of my family

Obsession

It is totaly confirmed that I am slightly mad about just being on the beach. Always have been - I used to spend copious amounts of time growing up down on a fabulous beach with loads of friends at Amanzimtoti, Natal. then my folks moved to Knysna when I was still studying and I used to fly down and yup, get browner by the minute.

I have a feeling Hope is going to follow suit as she spends most of her days in her costume, even on a day like today!! I saw a friend walking VERY briskly along Kommetjie and listening to her ipod. Great idea - and then I spoke to a friend today who has taken up jogging and she was telling me how addictive it is (like blogging) no, not quite the same?! Row is LOVING his early morning(5am - he has moved to the girls bathroom to get ready instead of blinding me awake with our bathroom light!!!) gym session. Yup, the look on his face proves yet again - we are made to do exercise and get addicted. So - I am going to step up my non existant exercise regime and begin with regular, brisk ( ipod attached to ear and songs blasting) walking on my beloved Kommetjie beach. I might even begin with some slow meditative breathing exercises. No, man that for over 40's and I am NOT THERE YET!!!

Today I am grateful for...

soft little hands holding mine

Talor watching "Father of the Bride" and then saying she wants to wear white takkies with her wedding dress??? - this too shall pass

listening to our wedding video and hearing my dad's voice praying over us

a cuppa strong tea and paging through two new magazines with little interruption

the sound of soft rain

singing in my ears...

My girls both came home today and could not stop singing! Hope had this cute little song about, "catch a falling star and put it in your pocket..." with all the actions and cute little voice. Talor then sang all the way home in the car with loads of actions. This carried on all afternoon in between her bird project and scrabble and playing "on, on". Into the bath, yup, it continued.

Here I sit at a friends watching the 80 Academy awards, and more singing and yes the beautiful girl who played Edith Piaf, La Vie en Rose just won Best Actress. amazing. My girls will probably never win an oscar but in my heart they are winners - all the way!!They rock my world, and today very loudly!!!

Today Iam grateful for...

I love music!

Talor wants to be a singer when she groes up???

so many great movies to see!!

watching "The Notebook"with Row

gardening

kommetjie beach again - the sound and smell

the book of Ruth - amazing

In a flash!

Where did the week go? I just checked when last I sat down to blog and cannot believe it was Monday night!! Well the week at a glance and a bit of a blur - it has been incredibly hot and the only way to cool down our house is to open the kithchen door but then the wind is so strong it blows the "hell" out of everything. Anyway its worth it for fresh air. You gotta love living in Cape Town!! Big news this week is my bestest friend from Durbs and hubbie are relocating to Cape Town!! Oh, what fun that will be - we did fine art together and are definitely on the same wave length about loads of stuff. Our good friends b @ c are reconciling their marriage and working all things out which is FANTASTIC news!! Row's Mom is looking at a B @ B in Robertson and we are going to take a look at it next weekend. Yup, quite a week!!! Row has taken the girls for a dip in a friends cute little jacuzzi/splash pool and to fetch a whole car load of slabs that they have very generously given us. The house is so quiet and I am sitting on my bed and the sun is streaming through my window onto my feet. Simlpe pleasures are the best!!

Things that make me smile....

I sploke to Talor's teacher about an issue we have and she has very nicely sorted it out

I had the most amazing hair wash/massage and colour on Wed at nina's

we swam in Suzies pool early thurs evening, it was warm and soooo much fun

swimmng and water is like a vitamin to me

I bought a "loofah" plant this morning from Beau - it actually grows into a loofah that you use to scrub your back/body etc?!

bournville dark choccie

I have been planting and digging in the garden - fantastic!

Catching up!

So I am still trying to print my essay for tomorrow and still have to read the whole of Deuteronomy by tomorrrow and I am still feeling rather chipper. Things do change! I just walked outside and yup, looked up at the sky, wow it is pretty amazing tonight!! Hope is coming down with a cough and we are all looking forward to this weekend as both girls have a Mid term break - great I get to sleep in!!!No school Thursday and Friday - we will do some beach things if the weather is good.





Today I am grateful for...


reading with the girls in Talors class as the Room parenting program kicks in


the look on Talors face as I walked into her classroom and stayed to help out


realising my child reads damn well!


my sense of humour is back


the girls are getting little fish in bowls as pets - oh boy!!


I scrapped a page which is soooo fabulous I am going to frame it - linked to my essay for bible school


little bits of scrap stuff


Cathy Zielske layouts again - incredible!!


Shakespeare with friends, picnic and laughter


helping a friend go through a marriage crisis

teaching adults how to read and write - amazing!!