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Monthly Archives: March 2014
T20 Cricket News! The Netherlands BEAT England
2-36pm Last week when South Africa took on the Netherlands, they had just been annihilated by Sri Lanka who beat them comprehensively. The Proteas, fresh off a win against New Zealand, went into the match with confidence and expectant of … Continue reading
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Tagged English cricket, Netherlands beat England, Netherlands cricket
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Dressed for Golf…Selfie
12-40pm A beautiful day dawned in Cape Town this morning. Overcast with a hint of drizzle. A whiff in the air of the possibility of some rain, but in the end, it all evaporated and and we simply enjoyed a … Continue reading
All Happening Right Now…
11-19am Mike & I have just got back from Living Hope, Capri, where there is a lot happening today as their open day gets into full swing. It’s on until 2pm. When we arrived, the great Living Hope Car Wash … Continue reading
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Tagged Living Hope, Living Hope Capri, Living Hope Open Day, South Africa
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The Choice is Yours…
1-09pm I’m gearing up for a busy week. Colour Conference is in a week’s time and we have the CCFM Medical Morning on the same Saturday, so I’m splitting myself between Colour and CCFm. Mike is playing in a golf … Continue reading
Missing Malaysian Air MH370 Scams
8-07am When I logged onto Facebook this morning, I saw this crazy clearly photoshopped picture of the so called missing Malaysian Air MH370 plane….www.thatsnonense.com made sure you know it is a hoax… It got me wondering how many other “missing … Continue reading
How To Make LCHF Seed Crackers
10-21am These are very moreish. Once you start nibbling, it’s hard to stop, but at least they are not laden with carbs. They only contain seeds and come from the book the Real Meal Revolution. The batch I made came … Continue reading
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Tagged LCHF recipes, LCHF snacks, Low Carb biscuits, Low carb crackers, Recipe for seed crackers
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One Of My Biggest Parenting Regrets…
1-54pm There is a saying that goes “if you knew better, you would have done better.” It’s true. If I had known better, I would have done better, but 20 years ago, the idea of sugar being highly destructive, toxic … Continue reading
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Tagged Parenting, Sugar is bad for you, Why eating sugar is bad
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Breaking News!
2-04pm The world’s media, over the last 2 weeks has zig-zagged from the South African High Court in Pretoria where an intense murder court case is under way to an extremely remote part of the Southern Indian Ocean where a … Continue reading
Colourful Weekend!
2-10pm Yesterday was one of those days! A public holiday, which I worked, but as my work ended at 9am, it felt as if I had the day off. Straight from the studio, I drove to Kalk Bay to meet … Continue reading
Danger Signs for Couples- Affair-Proof Your Marriage
8-23am Over the last two days, on Focus on the Family, we have heard a brilliant two part series by Dave Carder. It’s entitled: Friendship or Flirtation – Danger Signs for Couples. Here is the link for the online programme. Copy … Continue reading
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Tagged Dave Carder, Dave Carder's Infidelity Tips, Preventing an affair
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Justifying What I Said on Air the Other Day…
11-54 I have had almost a week to ponder what I said (some say controversially) on air last Friday morning after Focus on the Family had aired. The programme was on couples living together before marriage and all the pitfalls … Continue reading
Three of the Best Things I’ve Ever Done…
11-48am On this website under “About Helga” you will find the best days of my life. Hindsight is 20/20. It’s easy to look back and think “I wish I’d done this or I wish I hadn’t done that.” It’s easy … Continue reading
The Big Bang Theory
1-13pm Ha! Today as I scrolled through the CNN website, I spotted this headline… The article begins like this: (CNN) — “There’s no way for us to know exactly what happened some 13.8 billion years ago, when our universe burst … Continue reading
Where Is The Missing Plane?
1-59pm Last night Mike & I had a conversation as to what may have happened to the missing Malaysian Air 370 that went missing without a trace in the early hours of Saturday 8th March 2014….that’s almost 10 days ago. … Continue reading
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Tagged Malaysian Air 370, Missing Plane, Where is the missing plane
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