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Storm Damage and Breaking Ground
Last night’s storm was pretty significant. This morning when I left for gym I was surprised by some of the damage. There were a number of trees down and a lot of debris on the road. We ourselves had our … Continue reading
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Tagged Building on a mountainside, cape town, Cape Town storm, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens
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Discombobulated!
Today has been a great day but I am feeling discombobulated. My diet has gone haywire. With all the exercise I’ve been doing, I’ve been craving carbs and SUGAR (horror of horrors)! Today I decided to get back to basics. … Continue reading
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Tagged cape town, Life in South Africa, Truffles
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Dinner Deluxe
Last night we had quite a dinner. Dinner Deluxe indeed. To get the idea, here’s the definition of deluxe… With it being Mike and David’s birthdays, Julian decided to treat us to one of the most spectacular restaurants in the … Continue reading
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Rich Days
Woke up this morning and as we went through our regular routine, I thought to myself these are rich days. Mike and I chatted about what we were reading in the Bible and I told him some of the stories … Continue reading
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Never Give Up
I’m sure I’ve probably written about not giving up before, but I was reminded of it today as we were watching the qualifying rounds to the winter Olympics. Something incredible happened back in the 2002 winter Olympic games when Steven … Continue reading
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Warm, humid, restful
That sums up today! Warm, humid restful. Very little seems to have been done today, but thinking back I did achieve some things. I went to gym and ran 5km in 35 minutes and 56 seconds. I did a few … Continue reading
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Visiting the City Centre
Mike and I had reason to go into Cape Town this morning. We went early and it was so quiet. What a treat to wonder around the city centre and enjoy the beauty of the Mother City. Parking was easy … Continue reading
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One Place I Want To Live
I said to Stacey today when I was on the phone to her that I feel at times that our lives are in a bit of a state of flux. With the road being built around us – behind us … Continue reading
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Tagged Attitude of gratitude, cape town, I love Cape Town, Theft
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Learning To Be Happy Wherever You Are
My world of speaking to people extended recently to a number of others living in different countries….all eager to move on. The South Africans I speak to are jittery about the future of our country. The crime gets to them. … Continue reading
34C in Cape Town
I woke up with a start – a car was skidding – there was the screech of tyres on the road before a horrible sounding thud concluded what was clearly an accident on the road behind us. I got up … Continue reading
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Tagged Autumn in Cape Town, Berg winds, cape town
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Busy Day
Mondays are the busiest day of the week. After the weekend, there’s loads of emails to catch up on. I’ve done 9 hours and are still not yet finished, but I need to stop. 🙂 #272 of my 1000 thanks … Continue reading
Family & Friends Time
Tweede Nuwe Jaar in Cape Town – “Second New Year” first celebrated for the minstrel carnivals when the slaves were given off the second day of the year. It’s not an official public holiday in South Africa, unless the 1st … Continue reading
The Video of our Helicopter Trip
So this is a short blog. All it contains is a 3 minute snippet of our helicopter trip over Cape Town which we did on Saturday 29th October 2016. This is important to note because if this will one day … Continue reading
The INCREDIBLE Beauty of Cape Town
When I was 18 and moved to Cape Town, one of my early wake-up noises outside Somerset Hospital nurses’ home was that of a helicopter. In the early 1980s, cargo ships saved money by not coming into port, choosing rather … Continue reading
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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Tagged A Thousand Thanks, Attitude of gratitude, cape town, Jane Eyre
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