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Category Archives: A Thousand Thanks
Yesterday
Yesterday I had a heart filled with gratitude. This week I’m going to interviews which are exhausting. I don’t do the interviews. I meet and greet teachers who have applied to teach overseas and they arrive at a hotel for … Continue reading
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It’s How We Are Made
Last night as I sat on the plane on the tarmac at OR Tambo airport and the its engines roared and it began to race down the runway, I prayed a little prayer for safety. As I did so, a … Continue reading
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Tagged A Thousand Thanks, Eternal life, Heaven
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Johannesburg
A quick blog from Johannesburg where I spent the morning at interviews and am now chilling for a few hours before heading to the airport to return home. What I learned from this morning is that we had prepared our … Continue reading
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The Hat
My hat it has three corners, three corners has my hat. If my hat had not three corners, it would not be my hat. Julian picked up this hat at a charity shop and bought it for David because he … Continue reading
Bacon Wrapped, Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts
Wow, it doesn’t get better than this for an easy snacky kind of low carb treat. Bacon Wrapped, Cream Cheese Stuffed Chicken Breasts: 1 boneless skinless chicken breast 2 tablespoons cream cheese 1 tablespoon green onion, Chopped 2 pieces bacon, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bacon recipes, Banting recipes, Banting snacks, Eating LCHF
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Seasons
I’ve been thinking about seasons…how each person who treads the earth goes through different seasons. Some of them are lengthy – others are seasons of school or university. Then they move onto other things. This week and next are seasons … Continue reading
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A Difficult Morning
We all have days like this. When we woke up this morning, there was the ongoing issue that had not yet been resolved of the insurance claim we needed to put in for the stolen laptop. We had gone to … Continue reading
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Tagged Floyd McClung, God is sovereign, Irritating days
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I Will Never…
I think this is a phrase that needs to be moved from my vocabulary. I remember using it about 21 years ago when my older brother was talking about new amazing technology that was about to happen. It was a … Continue reading
Overwhelmed By Work
Over the weekend, I started to receive A LOT of email. It poured into my work email inbox and just didn’t stop coming. Yesterday afternoon I got stuck in but to my dismay the system on which I work was … Continue reading
An Act of Kindness
As much as there are scoundrels in the world, there are far, far more people who are kind and generous. We encountered one of these yesterday. Knowing about the loss of my laptop, this person stopped by with a gift … Continue reading
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Tagged God's love, kindness, Kindness and truth, Treasure
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Courgette and Cheese Flapjacks
This is a wonderful simple recipe to use for breakfast, lunch or a light supper. Serve with salad, fried mushrooms, or vegetables. I love it. Multiply the ingredients as this recipe only feeds one. Ingredients 2 eggs 1 large courgette … Continue reading
3 Years Since Granny Slipped Away
It’s hard to believe it’s three years since Granny (Mike’s Mom) passed away. This morning as I mentioned it to Mike, from our bedroom window we saw a beautiful rainbow. God’s promise of never again will He flood the earth. … Continue reading
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Tagged Eternal life, Eternity-thinking, Glimpse Into Eternity, Granny
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The Great Seed-Growing Experiment
Mike loves to watch You Tube. In his you tubing, he encountered a fantastic way of growing plants from seed and decided to give it a go. It all began with a tiny little eensie weensie blue broccoli seed… To … Continue reading
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Backwards and Forwards
That has been the motion of today – backwards and forwards! We are rebuilding our working lives one card at a time! It was off to the traffic department first thing this morning to get temporary driver’s licences and apply … Continue reading
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