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Category Archives: A Thousand Thanks
Mike’s Left Eye
It’s horrible when things happen to your body that are completely out of your control. That’s what has happened with Mike’s left eye. We went to the ophthalmic surgeon on Monday 20th November and since then the vision in his … Continue reading
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Two New Things
Today I’m posting an early blog because the two new things that have entered my life did so this morning! The first was the “Grueling Grid”. I call it grueling although the gym just calls it The Grid. It is … Continue reading
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Tagged Collagen, Gym, Sally-ann Creed
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The Water Leak That Wasn’t
Today at 8-30am, the plumber arrived and got to work along with the leak detection company to find our leak. They left at 1pm, none the wiser. In the end they concluded that it actually may be the water meter … Continue reading
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The Power of Team Work
As work has been so quiet, I’ve gone and got hooked on playing a word game on my cell phone. I play a lot with Riana and a couple of games with other friends. It’s called Words. Recently, I noticed … Continue reading
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“You’ve Lived Life Well”
What a compliment! Today, David came over for lunch and afterwards he was looking for a particular photo of himself from when he was about 5 or 6. This resulted in us taking out a whole box of photos and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek and sculptures, Fish Hoek Beach, Fish Hoek Shark Nets, Michael Fish Hoek beach
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A Work Day
Today we worked around the house. I did a lot of housework, a load of laundry and swept outside. I also did an hour of paid work and spent that time phoning applicants to find out if they received my … Continue reading
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Tagged Daniel, Housework, Motorola V360
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A Litre Lost Every Ten Minutes
Mike has worked out that our water leak is resulting in the loss of a litre of water every ten minutes! As a result the water is off for most of the day and the plumber is looking to see … Continue reading
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Chipping Away at the Chips
Today I spent another few hours at the other house. The pile of wood chips is getting smaller. It was this… Then it became this…. Now there is even less. A couple of faithful gardeners (Talitha and her Dad) have … Continue reading
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We Found The Water Leak
Today has been a productive day, albeit a day that has at times had me ‘out of kilter’. Mike turned the municipal water off coming into the house last night to stop the leak. So we had no water, apart … Continue reading
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Tagged water leak, wood chips, Zimbabwe
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Water Leak
In years gone by we seldom checked our water usage. We just did what normal people did…we showered at least once, maybe twice and occasionally in summer three times a day. We did dishes in large bubbly sinks of hot … Continue reading
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Mike’s Eye Issue
This morning, Mike and I left early and drove to Claremont for his eye examination. As he had not had any issues since Friday, I imagined that the doctor would have a good look and say all was well. He … Continue reading
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Headlines I Never Thought I’d Ever See
Today, as I checked the news sites on my cell phone, this is the one that really grabbed my attention. Certainly headlines I never thought I’d ever see… What I thought would happen is that Mugabe’s health would deteriorate and … Continue reading
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What Happens to our Brains When We Exercise
Today was another beautiful morning in Fish Hoek with not too much wind. We met Julian, David (and Jack) for breakfast at the Stag. It was long and leisurely with some interesting discussion. Eventually, we all went our separate ways. … Continue reading
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Aunty Wyn Makes 95
Yay! I think this may be her last birthday, but I have to say that she looks pretty good and only the Lord knows when exactly she will head off to heaven. Here is Aunty Wyn celebrating with her family. … Continue reading
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Washing Machine Issues
I woke early this morning and managed to get in an hour and a half work before we met with Julian for breakfast. After we got home, I fitted in another hour before going to gym. The view from one … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town Drought of 2017, water restrictions
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