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Category Archives: A Thousand Thanks
This Too Shall Pass
I don’t know if we said ‘this too will pass’ too often last year when the drought began to have a serious impact on the city of Cape Town. Some didn’t really want it to. There were people who found … Continue reading
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A Night Drive
It’s the first time we have decided to drive home from Swellendam late at night, but it actually worked very well. Mike had slept in the afternoon so he was fresh. He’s a night owl so generally wakes up after … Continue reading
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Tagged CapoXProductions, David, Noordhoek Common
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Heading Home
We have had two wonderful days in Swellendam. We have just loved hanging out with Elsie, chatting to Adrian and Stacey and seeing Adrian’s Dad as well. Our plan was to leave at 5am tomorrow morning, but we have decided … Continue reading
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Elsie Time
I was awoken by Mike early, early this morning. The alarm had gone off and I hadn’t heard it. I hopped out of bed, dressed and at 4-38am, we drove away from the house and headed for Swellendam. Surprisingly, there … Continue reading
CCFm’s 25th Birthday Banquet
This evening Mike and I went to celebrate with Radio CCFm at a lovely dinner held to give thanks to God for 25 years on air. Radio CCFm first went on air on 1st September 1993 as Radio Fish Hoek – … Continue reading
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Getting My Emotional Act Together
I was shell-shocked and overwhelmed when I got out of the orthodontist’s office yesterday. Today is a new day and with it came with a more settled view of the next 18 months of gruel and more direction to move … Continue reading
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Orthodontic Journey – I Need Braces
Good grief. Nothing is as easy as it looks and it always takes longer. That’s the takeaway from today’s trip to the orthodontist. This is going to be a long drawn out journey with loads of visits down the M3 … Continue reading
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Of Weeds and Work (and Truffles)
Okay, the weeds are a now a pain. The more I take out, the more there seem to be! I took out a few hundred today. The wheelbarrow is now overflowing with them and yet there still seem to be … Continue reading
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Tagged Andy Stanley, Truffles, Weeding
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A Quiet Sunday
I’ve probably had a lot of these, but believe it or not, I’ve never titled a blog A Quiet Sunday. It’s the first one. I woke up quite early this morning (around 5ish) but went back to sleep and fell … Continue reading
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Yellowtail for Dinner
Today has been a good day – it’s been a balanced Saturday with something good around each corner. I began the day by being first in the door at gym this morning. It was like walking through sludge I was … Continue reading
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Truffles is Better
This evening Truffles looks almost back to normal. She is her old snooty self. Such a relief. Earlier I was thinking she was about 80% better. Now I’m thinking it’s about 90%. She’s eaten a lot today, but still not … Continue reading
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What I Was Doing In The Front Garden At 2-30am
It is a most bizarre thing to be doing in the middle of the night and yet there I was on a balmy Thursday morning at 2-30am outside in the front garden in my pajamas and my slippers. I had woken … Continue reading
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Tagged Gardening, Is Truth Dead?, Ravi Zacharias, Truffles, Weeding
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Home Maintenance
Today it was a pleasure to come home and find scaffolding up against our balcony and Courage varnishing. It looks so much better… #917 of my 1000 thanks is that the balcony has been varnished. Last time, I did it. … Continue reading
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Truffles is Sick
Yesterday I noticed Truffles wasn’t eating. Last night I asked Mike if he had seen her eat anything and he hadn’t. Not only was she not eating, she was hardly drinking as well. As a result she was slow and … Continue reading
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Quickest Gumtree Purchase Ever
Stacey has been wanting to buy a camp cot. I said I’d put a message on Facebook, but I didn’t get round to it. Today at 16:28, she sent me a Gumtree link for a camp cot in Fish Hoek. … Continue reading
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