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Monthly Archives: March 2013
Living Up To Other’s Expectations….
9-37am As I woke this morning, the main pleasure I felt was the wonderful realisation that I didn’t need to get up early! Working the Easter holidays meant that I have had to get up with the alarm clock 6 … Continue reading
13k walk/21k run/Adrian & Stacey head for Saigon
2-06pm That’s what our family has achieved over the last 24 hours. First Mike and I did a 13km ramble through Silvermine, which was a great way for us to walk and talk without any form of technology getting between … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Ho Chi Minh City, Pink proteas, Silvermine, Two Oceans Marathon 2013
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Hanging out with Granny and her friends…
1-22pm Today I went into CCFm and did the Rise and Shine show. I just loved it. Quiet and meaningful. After the show, I headed into town to see Granny. I went with Julian last Sunday and wasn’t able to … Continue reading
Catching up on some zzzzz
2-39pm I’ve had some sleep debt…a couple of nights with not enough sleep, so today, I did things differently! Right after a busy, upbeat Rise and Shine show, I left CCFm and went home! Of course, the roadworks were initially … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Butternut & Sweet Potato Soup, Easter, Kalk Bay roadworks, Truffles
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Tired!
4-03pm That’s about it about today! TIRED! I woke up WAYYYYY too early. Tossed and turned and then eventually got up earlier than usual. Went through my usual routine, and was at work by 5-08am! From the show, I did … Continue reading
Our Children Are Not Puppets We Can Control
3-30pm Tuesday dawned and a beautiful sunny day it has been. Today was one of those days where you wake up and remember it’s going to be an easy day! And easy day it was. I went off to ‘work’ … Continue reading
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Tagged Clovelly Golf Club, Kalk Bay roadworks, Relationships, Treasure
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Eye to eye with a venomous Black Mamba!
4-33pm Sometimes the day takes an unexpected turn – that was what happened today only it was a slithery, scaly course of events that had me eye to eye with a venomous Black Mamba! The day was nicely planned. Off … Continue reading
Then We Had A Picnic…
3-07pm It’s all in the pictures! Yesterday afternoon, Julian, Mike & I went for what was supposed to be an hour long walk. We parked on Ou Kaapse Weg, on the Cape Town side of the turnoff to Silvermine Village. … Continue reading
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Tagged Earth Hour, Fish Hoek Galley, Fish Hoek Methodist Church, Granny, Picnics, Silvermine walks
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Socialisation Experiment Goes Wrong!
2-59pm So there I was sitting quietly in the lounge. Mike came down and picked up Truffles and took her upstairs. The next thing I knew, it sounded like a herd of elephants galloping across the roof of the house. … Continue reading
The Owl & I…
6pm This is a late blog, because I’ve been out all afternoon. This last week, I bought a Groupon voucher to the Eagle Encounters at Spier! Julian arrived from Joburg this morning and so at lunchtime we drove to Spier. … Continue reading
Prof Tim Noakes Himself Would Have Raised His Eyebrows…
3-21pm There’s one thing I’ve learnt about eating Low Carb High Fat and that is you don’t need to go overboard! It was one of the mistakes I made when I first started in October last year. I went a … Continue reading
Creating New Habits….
3pm After the hour with Prof Tim Noakes in the studio yesterday, I figured one way to try shift the last 3 or 5kg I’d like to see go was to change a long standing habit…fruit and yoghurt breakfast. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Albino squirrel, cape town, Changing habits, LCH, LCHF, The Gardens
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Tim Noakes Tuesday…
1-24pm Today we had Professor Tim Noakes in the studio for an hour. He always has something new, interesting and thought provoking to tell. Keeping up with the latest news from the scientific arena, today ‘The Bliss Point’ came up. … Continue reading
“Really Stupid”
2-13pm A rainy day in Cape Town…lovely to have the fresh air and cooler weather. After the show, which was crazy busy this morning (more than 200 smsses!), I did show prep for the week ahead and then left for … Continue reading
Inside Helga’s Closet….
1-35pm It’s been a fabulous weekend. We have done some more cleaning out. I even cleaned out another bunch of clothes. You have to try it. It’s so cathartic….cleaning out all the unwanted, overworn, old, tatty, unused, too small, too … Continue reading