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Category Archives: A Thousand Thanks
This is What Retired People Do
Well this is what retired people (who work from home) do! This morning, Mike and I woke up at some ridiculously early hour – like 4am. We chatted a bit (mainly about trying to figure out how much daily Euro … Continue reading
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Tagged Cape Town dam levels, Retirement, Telkom service
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A Lovely Family Day
As today ends, I have to say, a lot of gratitude fills my soul! Hanging over my head has been the month ahead bringing with it the unknown in regard to teaching applicants who need to attend interviews in Cape … Continue reading
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Tagged 30 seconds, Helga's Work
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These Wonderful People Are Here…
Yay! Stacey and Adrian arrived for the weekend. They came early and we all went out for breakfast which was great. This afternoon Stacey and I went shopping and when we got home, the house was alive. David was at … Continue reading
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The News From The Police
This morning I spent ten minutes on the phone to Detective Mazingi from the Fish Hoek police station who informed me that the (amazing set of) fingerprints taken off the broken window of the cottage matched one of the people … Continue reading
I Lost Every Single Document & File
Today was actually going along quite well. I finally got into the book-room and started sorting out the bits and pieces that were in it. I vacuumed it thoroughly (taking great care not to upset the vacuum cleaner and I … Continue reading
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The Good Things About Today
(Massive) breakfast at the Foodbarn Deli. Two walks. Nearly seven hours of work My computer did not bomb out once and #397 of my 1000 thanks – news about a friend who has been struggling lately and has received some great … Continue reading
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A Betwixt & Between Day
Today has been one of those iffy kind of days where I tried to make things go well and they went off-kilter anyway! Mainly related to my computer which froze five times! It was so disruptive! Then the alarm people … Continue reading
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She Said Yes!
So this is an easy blog to do. On Saturday when Corey sent Morgan on a treasure hunt to find him. This is where they ended up…on Lion’s Head with him down on one knee… Closer look… Popping champagne… Sealed … Continue reading
Unexpected (But Short-Lived) Illness
Yesterday I started getting some flu-like symptoms and so had a very early night. While I was just about to fall asleep, Mike came upstairs to announce that he was really, really nauseous. That is such a terrible feeling…horrible waves … Continue reading
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Tagged Sea sickness tablets
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If you want to see Helga have a tantrum….
There is one thing in my house that gets on my nerves. It drives me nuts. It causes me to have a tantrum every time I use it. It’s stupid, inefficient, dirty and annoying. It’s badly made, unstable and causes … Continue reading
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We Sleep Better Tonight!
It has been a really busy day, but there was something that happened that was so very helpful. The company I work for was updating their system and said that we could not work online for the duration of the … Continue reading
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Mike’s Reason for Feeling Down
This morning when Mike woke up he was feeling very down. When I asked him why, he said that yesterday when he had gone to get some supplies, he had ended up down Lekkerwater Road in Sunnydale and stopped by … Continue reading
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Sorting Security
It is an amazing thing when something is weighing on your mind and heart and you open the Bible to read and the verses are just so encouraging and appropriate. That was my experience yesterday and today. Nehemiah 8:10 For … Continue reading