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Category Archives: Games Helga plays!
This Happened Nine Years Ago
It is always a very significant day in the life of parents when their daughter gets married. For us that happened nine years ago today. The 20th June 2009 dawned bright and clear. Despite it being winter, the sun rose … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian and Stacey, Family, Words with Friends
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WW2 in HD Colour
Jess and Gerrie (my niece and her husband) came to Cape Town for Christmas. Gerrie set up Netflix on our TV – from his Netflix account. He has left it for us to use, so now we have Netflix and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fish Hoek Beach, World War 2
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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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Tagged Sunbeam Nursery School, Teamwork, Words
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Raise Your Children Like This…
There is one thing that Andy Stanley said yesterday about how he and his wife Sandra have raised their children that struck a chord with me. It’s such a great objective to have in mind if you have little children. … Continue reading
The Games Mike & I Play
So a couple of weeks ago Mike & I went and bought a few fruit trees which he planted in pots. There’s orange, lemon, fig and guava. They are baby trees and are going to take some years to bear … Continue reading
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Tagged Humour, Making marriage work
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Celebrating David
Oh dear. Today’s routine was blown out of the water. We went to bed at 10pm last night. I woke up around 4am, got up and did some work. Went back to bed and overslept because, of course, Mike’s alarm … Continue reading
Emotional Rollercoaster Ride…
3-07pm The last 24 hours have been something else! Just after I posted yesterday’s blog, Mike phoned from the office. “I have some news,” he said. “Okay?” I said. “I’ve heard back from the Ladies Christian Home and they have … Continue reading
Can you name the answers correctly to get to sector 15 of the geography bunker? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle
Can you name the answers correctly to get to sector 15 of the geography bunker? | Online Games & Trivia by Sporcle.