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Monthly Archives: August 2012
A Debate Is Raging…
3pm A Debate is Raging…. A debate is raging on the Rise and Shine show (mainly between PJ & I) about the many smsses we get and whether or not we should be mentioning all the names of those who … Continue reading
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Tagged cricket, jacques kallis, Rise and Shine, SMS Debate
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A Headache, A Cake & The Travellers…
3-31pm The headache belonged to my head! I laboured through the entire morning with pounding in my head. Why I don’t take something for these things right at the start of them, I don’t know! Amazingly, it is now subsiding…I … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Bible verse, David, Granny, lemon sponge cake, rain, Riana
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Caught Red-Handed!
1-54pm I have to admit that it was a pretty irritating home coming today. First, with my garage key still in the mail, after Stacey inadvertently took it with her when she left, I couldn’t get into the house through … Continue reading
Something Dodgy On The Ceiling…
2-45pm This is a bit of a crazy day. I’ve had loads of work to do and then in the middle of it all, I had a call from a potential tenant for Adrian and Stacey’s flat. I dropped what … Continue reading
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Tagged Best Husband In The World, Bible verse, caring for the elderly, damp, Granny, marriage;, skin cancer, stitches
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Back to Normal – Back to Different
2-57pm After a leisurely rising this morning, we cleaned and packed, intending on missing the “end of long weekend” traffic. We said good bye to Rooi Els, just short of high tide, with huge waves crashing against the rocks… The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Bible verse, God's Grace; God's Love, God's provision, Granny, Home, Rooi Els
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Caught in a Storm
2-04pm What were we thinking? This morning as we saw the sun shining, Mike said, “Do you think we could walk to Pringle Bay today?” “Yes!” I replied. So at 11am we set off. There in the distance was our … Continue reading
Battening Down The Hatches For A Stormy Night
2-51pm They tell us RAIN IS COMING. The north-wester has been howling all day, but it’s expected to pick up to 75km/hour in places between Cape Point and Cape Aghulas. That’s a bit of a breeze. So here in Rooi … Continue reading
26 Reasons Why We Have A Fabulous Marriage by Mike & Helga van Niekerk
2-08pm 9th August 1986, I walked down the aisle at Cape Town Baptist Church and at about 2-30pm, we said, “I do!” 26 years have passed. That’s 9497 days – 227928 hours. We can confidently say that there has not … Continue reading
Richard’s Gift…
2-47pm We are about to leave for our 4 day anniversary break, but I thought I’d post my blog before we leave, so I have time to sort out internet connectivity while we’re away. Today we (Mike & I) received … Continue reading
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A Night On the Floor In The Passage…
3-35pm We have been living in this house for 23 years and that was a first! I slept the night on a mattress in the passage, just outside Granny’s door. I could have slept on the floor in Granny’s bedroom … Continue reading
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What to buy an 88 year old?
2-15pm I’m sitting at the Blue Route Mall Mugg and Bean doing show prep and now my blog. I have left Granny over at Medicross, where about now, she will be taken into theatre to have that nasty malignant lump … Continue reading
Awake At 2am
2-37pm IN the middle of the night I heard a message come through to my cell phone. I got up and checked too see if it was anything important and it absolutely was not! But now I was awake. I … Continue reading
Facebooklessness…
12-29 There’s a new word for you! I’ve been off FB since 8pm on Wednesday night. At midnight tonight my first “FB Fast” ends. It’s been quite interesting seeing my response to no facebook. Initially, I didn’t miss it at … Continue reading
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That’s The Thing With Granny….
4-26pm ….she is so unselfish. When we told her we were going away for next weekend, she said, ‘that’s good!’ Then Mike told her there would be no one to look after her at home, to which she replied, “I’ll … Continue reading
Devil & The Duck
Devil & the Duck There was a little boy visiting his grandparents on their farm. He was given a slingshot to play with out in the woods. He practiced in the woods; but he could never hit the target. … Continue reading