Tag Archives: A Thousand Thanks

Don’t Be The One To Complain

Don’t be the one to complain. That was what Mike said to me the other day. We have joined the other neighbours and complained to the authorities about the endless dust from the building site behind us and Mike is … Continue reading

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This is Powerful

Yesterday as I paged through my iblog posts, I discovered this. Too good not to put out there again. Thank You Author: TD Jakes Dear God: I want to thank you for what you have already done. I am not … Continue reading

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My Life In Cheques

Now that work has slowed down a bit, I have more time to do some catching up with cleaning out. One of the things that has been getting on my nerves is a couple of bags of papers that need … Continue reading

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Dust

These days have been marked by an enormous amount of white dust which is settling in our garden from the building site behind our house. With summer here, the weather dry and the south-easter fresh, clouds of grey sandy dust … Continue reading

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Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

I’m finishing the final 4 part of giving thanks when you are in the thick of it, using the acrostic THANKS. The whole article is here. I have been in the thick of it in that the amount of work I … Continue reading

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6 Simple Ways To Give Thanks In The Thick Of It

This morning Ursula put this on our whatsapp group and it’s too good not to share. I’m not sure who wrote it so I put it through a plagiarism check and this website came up, Ungrind.org They have the whole acronym … Continue reading

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Two Steps Forward – Three Steps Back

That’s how I have felt about my afternoon activities. It means I’m going backwards. I’m working on a fabulous project and am filling interview slots but today I’ve knocked off the list more than I have put on. That’s where … Continue reading

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How Wrong Can You Be?

So yesterday we were plunged into a degree of misery. Mike ordered two water tanks and made the R5000 payment into Nel Tank’s bank account. Mike had done a bit of research. They are a South African company, founded in … Continue reading

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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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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

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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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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

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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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