It’s 8-22pm and I find myself sitting at my desk this evening….not tucked up in bed with my laptop. It’s way too hot. Today has been warm and sunny. At one stage the temperature outside was 29C – startlingly hot for mid winter. Truffles has arrived on my desk and while not exactly interfering with my typing, she is one paw away from stomping on my keyboard.
She’s a crazy cat as I’ve put a top of mine right next to her (the pink shirt on the right of her). Usually, she will like to sleep on it, but now she is looking at it with distaste and complete dissatisfaction that there is something in the way of her recent favourite spot. I’ve taken it away now, but still she prefers to stay as close to my keyboard as possible. Her leg is hovering on the ‘end’ key and with a little more pressure, my cursor will soon be following Truffles’ direction instead of mine! She must enjoy my company, for in a few days she will be shipped off to the cattery for a couple of nights as we are going to visit Stacey! (She’s now settling down on my mouse pad!)
Julian and I walked from Fish Hoek to the new Harbour Bay Mall for breakfast this morning. Mike met us there. With the sunny weather, the view was spectacular…
Afterwards we went to look at a house our prospective builder is currently building. We have got some good ideas from this home and also learned what we don’t want. We are edging forward and Mike will soon complete his version of the plans and they will be ready for the architect. Mike is trying to ensure there will be no ambiguity. I think Mike and Julian sort of live in a state of seeing will be believing. They are not 100% sure our grand design will get off the ground. It looks like it may but only when the plans are passed will they be more optimistic on our attempt to build a house on a mountainside! I am eternally optimistic and cannot believe that God would have given us this gift and a number of signs along the way and then it not be done.
During a phase of uncertainty about whether to build, I went looking at other houses looking for signs as to whether we should build or sell and buy something else. I encountered an estate agent who insisted that building at Echo Rd was absolutely better than buying (the house she was trying to sell)! Furthermore, if I needed a sign, what came next could not have been clearer. The second estate agent in attendance asked me where the house was and when I told him, he cheerfully told me that his Grandparents lived there in the 50s. He went onto say that a crazy incident happened in 1959. When he told me, I was gobsmacked. The story was published in the Cape Times on November 12, 1959. Simon, the estate agent said he would send me the article. I quite expected him to forget, but a week or two later, this arrived in my inbox…I mentioned it in May last year, so you may remember it.
Quite a surprise! Fortunately no one was home at the time. Clearly the massive boulder got sorted, because the toilet is fixed and they added a shower which was helpful.
God willing, our new house will be built and we may get to move in 70 years or so after the above event.
#731 of my 1000 thanks is for this little piece of history. I am amazed that on a random Sunday, I encountered someone who had a relative that lived in this particular house. God knew. I have no doubt, He will direct our path!
I took Julian to the airport this afternoon. He comes one more time at the end of the month and then hardly at all in August as his business partner is going on holiday and he will need to hold the fort full-time.
I’m going to need to wrap this up. I have peered into my work inbox and have a pile of work waiting for me. I either must get an early night and tackle it first thing tomorrow morning, or I must do some now and take some of the pressure off.
Proverbs 12:25
Anxiety weighs down the heart, but a kind word cheers it up.
Yay for kind words!
These are the days.
Keep the smile going.
God bless you.
In His Grip,
Helga xx 🙂