Monthly Archives: June 2012

3-25pm I’ve decided that from today, I’m going to have something fun or something funny on my blog. When I woke up this morning, I showered and washed my hair, dried it, made our bed, climbed back in, turned on … Continue reading →

3-19pm Thursday & today PJ & I decided to meet for breakfast after the show to discuss some CCFm things. As it’s school holidays, he had the time. So just after 10am we went down to Casa Labia and sat … Continue reading →

3-10pm I try to do it every day…embrace the day – but Enjoy Every Day??? Is it really possible? I think some days are easier than others. Today it was easy! YaY! An easy day to enjoy. I think the … Continue reading →

2-52pm It’s certainly not called the Cape of Storms for nothing! They warned of strong winds and heavy rain, but I didn’t anticipate that it would completely blow one of my bedroom windows out of its frame. The day began … Continue reading →

2-59pm I’m trying to renew my British passport which expires next week. Ten years ago when I had to do it, I walked into the British Consulate, with my forms and photos and old passport and paid the fee over … Continue reading →

4-05pm It’s been a month since Granny’s older sister, Aunty Helen died. She would have turned 90 in a couple of months. When we were told, we immediately decided we would not tell Granny. I was concerned about her reaction. … Continue reading →

3-16pm Wasn’t that a fantastic duel between New Zealand and the Baby Boks? To have it on home soil and in Cape Town too, just made the whole event just so amazing! Jubilation at Newlands. The Baby Boks Rocked… It … Continue reading →

2-24pm I felt like a kid this morning! I did. It all began when, on the way to work at 5am, I stopped at the bus stop  to pick up my regular two passengers. Leonard has been joining me for … Continue reading →

1-36pm I am still smarting over losing TWO minutes of on-air time this morning! It could have been more, but let me console myself and convince myself it was only 2! I left the studio with a track of music … Continue reading →

3-30pm Today we hit an all time record for smsses received on the Rise and Shine show. Usually I get in about 100 regular show sms responses. The most I’ve ever got for a competition is about 470 for a … Continue reading →

4-36pm A sunny day with an interesting start. Into the studio with Wayne as my co-host and Josh Kilgour came in to work shadow. What a nice guy….oodles of personality, brimming with youthful confidence and not afraid of anything! Be … Continue reading →

4-41pm A great start to the week with beautiful showers, giving way to a sunny day! You’ll see the photos as you scroll down! The show went off well. I had a profitable time after the show in doing music … Continue reading →

4-21pm Today we decided to go along to the church David attends so that at least Mike & David could be in church together on Father’s Day. Last night I prepared a stew for Mike and it stewed for half … Continue reading →

3-11pm Mike’s late Dad, Pieter Johannes van Niekerk, did a lot of research into the van Niekerk family tree. He managed to trace the male line of his branch of van Niekerks all the way back to 1671. Nineteen years … Continue reading →