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Monthly Archives: January 2012
Mavis is Back!!
3-27pm Yep! Mavis is back. We really really missed her this year. Last year, Granny was more able, so we didn’t miss her as much. Thank you Mavis for coming back!… The sunrise was spectacular… With the mercury rising to … Continue reading
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Sunday at the van Niekerks…
4-27pm It’s been a wonderful day of rest, although I have punctuated it with an amazing amount of music prep! With this week being a short week for me (I’m off on Friday), I need to get music prep sorted … Continue reading
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My “Other Mother”…
5-10pm We should all have a spare Mom! You never know when you may need one! 🙂 Aunty Wyn Beale mothered & mentored me when I arrived in Cape Town at the age of 18. I spent many many weekends … Continue reading
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Can you name the answers correctly to get to sector 15 of the geography bunker? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle
Can you name the answers correctly to get to sector 15 of the geography bunker? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle.
Fun Fabulous Friday 13th!
4-46pm Today has been a really great day! The show went off without a hitch (sort of)…if there was a hitch, it wasn’t serious! There’s seldom a show that actually is ‘hitch-less’! But nothing comes to mind! I left CCFm … Continue reading
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The God Who Sees :)
3-47pm This morning, as the Rise and Shine show drew to an end, I picked up “My Little Red Book” and paged through it and read on air an entry I made on 7th Jan. It came from Genesis 16:3 … Continue reading
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Wendy Update…
3-47pm I’ve just got off the phone to John Berry to find out how Wendy is doing. He says there is no change, but they have found out more about the condition. It’s known as Drug Induced Photosensitivity, caused by … Continue reading
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Sick House!
1-48pm Yesterday, after I left Wendy’s house, I went to the new Foodlover’s Market in Tokai. Stacey had raved about how big it is! Wow. She was not wrong. I stocked up on loads of fruit and veg. Before the … Continue reading
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Wendy Berry!
4-09pm Yesterday in church, an appeal was made for prayer for a church member and past presenter of Radio CCFm – Wendy Berry. She had severe polio as a child and right into adulthood, lived an amazingly full wheel-chair bound … Continue reading
The Flavour of the Day is….Vanilla!
2-08pm Not long after church, Valerie Gail arrived at our home to drop off a ‘thank-you gift’ of a muffin pan for 6 BIG muffins. She cleverly included VANILLA muffin mix! Stacey, who had also come to visit, set about … Continue reading
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Call me Scrooge, but it’s time to cut!
4-08pm Twenty years ago we had a day mom who looked after our children when I went back to morning’s only work. She was an elderly lady who lived over the road from us. Her name was Aunty Mary & … Continue reading
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My Day in Faces!
4-12pm I love the first Friday of the month! It’s the Rise and Shine Open Day and the studio is filled with CCFm listeners! Wayne was his normal exuberant self, so there was not a dull moment! Here are some … Continue reading
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What I Did Today (In Rhyme)
3-21pm What I Did Today … in Rhyme First I started with the Rise and Shine Show Holidays here, people sleep later you know Quiet and pleasant with music to please A happy 3 hours it was a breeze! Then … Continue reading
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Choc Fudge!
6-13pm Today was chocolate fudge day! Stacey posted a scanned image of a bunch of recipes from a newspaper in 1937! One of them was chocolate fudge. It seems it was before condensed milk got added to the recipe. It … Continue reading
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My Point of View…
3-50pm This really is my point of view, in that it is the view from where I was sitting on the patio working this afternoon! Then Granny came out to take a walk… And later, I went upstairs and tasted … Continue reading
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