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Monthly Archives: July 2012
I Get To Live An Extra Day!
4-09pm A full and fabulous Wednesday…oops! No! It’s Tuesday! I keep thinking it’s Wednesday, so I get to live an extra day! 🙂 The show went well, with Wayne in between 7 & 8. How am I using my time … Continue reading
Granny’s Trip To The Plastic Surgeon…
2-57pm The main job I had today was to take Granny to see the plastic surgeon about digging deep to take out a squamous cell carcinoma from her left cheek and then make a flap to cover up the hole! … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town sunset, Imhoff's Farm, squamous cell carcinoma, sunset
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It Felt & Smelt Like Christmas at the van Niekerk’s Today!
2-45pm Christmas in July. We didn’t plan on it, but today, with Julian visiting from Jo’burg, this is the last Sunday main family gathering we will have for more than a year. Adrian & Stacey are fast approaching D-Day. They … Continue reading
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Mike’s LONG Saturday Job Card…
3-27pm “Okay, you can stop now”, I said. “I’m not finished yet,” he replied. “I have to complete that.” He was talking about the final job on his job card for today! So many things have been going wrong at … Continue reading
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Tagged blocked drain, broken window, home maintenance, husband, plug points, pruning vine
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Pushing Granny Around…
3-25pm I have left my cell phone in my car and Julian has my car, so until he gets back, I am without today’s photos. And I took such a lot! The one that I really wanted is what I … Continue reading
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We Are Different, We Are The Same
1-12pm The dichotomy of life – the vastness of contrasts, the intimacy of similarity. I started thinking about this today as I was driving to and from Somerset West. It began when I was listening to Focus on the Family … Continue reading
Posted in Helga's random thoughts
Tagged acceptance, God's Grace; God's Love, Granny, Music, reflections, salvation
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Stranger In The Home…
3-20pm A lovely sunny day! Off to work on Winning Worship Wednesday. The show was full and busy and fun. Jason was in with me from 7 to 9am. Tomorrow he’ll do between 8&9am as I’m off to a function. … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs, Prose
Tagged God is Watching, stranger in the home, tramezzini, tv
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Snapshots of my day (and night)
2-50pm With the rain a thing of the past for a little while, the lingering cloud made way for a spectacular sunset…
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Cape Town sunset, God never changes, Kalk Bay, Photo of the Cape Times
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The Wheels of Life…
3-28pm Today has been a relaxing day. I didn’t have quite the slack attack of last Sunday, but close! 🙂 It has got to this time of day and I haven’t taken a single photo. I could have taken one … Continue reading
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Tagged life cycle cartoon image, old age, The Hiding Place in Fish Hoek, wheels of life
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“Not surprised,” said Stacey, “rather impressed!”
1-59pm YaY! We bumped into Stacey in the Mall today. “Stacey!” I said, ” I want to knit!” “No problem,” she replied, “I have just the thing! I can bring it around.”
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Tagged british passport application, faith, knitting, On the round
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So I Got All Excited Today….
….then I opened the DHL package…
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Tagged british passport application, free gift, lemon curd, lemon sponge cake
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Let’s Start With Last Night…
3-30pm Last night was fantastic. To start with the sunset was spectacular and after I’d taken a pic or two, Mike & I headed down to the Mall because the iron broke! We needed a new one. When we got … Continue reading
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Tagged flm longbeach mall, hiding place, richard montez, sunset
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Speaking With Our Eyes, On Madiba Day
2-47pm A glorious start to a beautiful day. Riana sent me this photo of the sunrise at Fish Hoek Beach…stunning… Wow! This is where we live! The show went well this morning with Jason Pretorius making his amazing presence felt … Continue reading
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Tagged beach, eyes, If He Said It, Jason Pretorius, madiba day, semantic dementia
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12 054 Days Ago…It Was An Ordinary Day That Changed My Life
1-36pm 12054 days including 9 extra days for leap years = 33 years today!!! That’s how long ago I came to faith in Christ! It was difficult for me today to remove the smile from my face and suppress the … Continue reading