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Tag Archives: Granny
Oops! I Fell Fast Asleep!
4-16pm I intended to this blog more than an hour ago. But, somehow, my eyes just drooped and it’s cold outside and warm in bed, so I just dozed off and it turned into a deep, more than an hour … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Bible verse, Granny, Singapore, Vivocity Mall
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A Headache, A Cake & The Travellers…
3-31pm The headache belonged to my head! I laboured through the entire morning with pounding in my head. Why I don’t take something for these things right at the start of them, I don’t know! Amazingly, it is now subsiding…I … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Bible verse, David, Granny, lemon sponge cake, rain, Riana
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Caught Red-Handed!
1-54pm I have to admit that it was a pretty irritating home coming today. First, with my garage key still in the mail, after Stacey inadvertently took it with her when she left, I couldn’t get into the house through … Continue reading
Something Dodgy On The Ceiling…
2-45pm This is a bit of a crazy day. I’ve had loads of work to do and then in the middle of it all, I had a call from a potential tenant for Adrian and Stacey’s flat. I dropped what … Continue reading
Posted in Day to Day Blogs
Tagged Best Husband In The World, Bible verse, caring for the elderly, damp, Granny, marriage;, skin cancer, stitches
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Back to Normal – Back to Different
2-57pm After a leisurely rising this morning, we cleaned and packed, intending on missing the “end of long weekend” traffic. We said good bye to Rooi Els, just short of high tide, with huge waves crashing against the rocks… The … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian & Stacey, Bible verse, God's Grace; God's Love, God's provision, Granny, Home, Rooi Els
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What to buy an 88 year old?
2-15pm I’m sitting at the Blue Route Mall Mugg and Bean doing show prep and now my blog. I have left Granny over at Medicross, where about now, she will be taken into theatre to have that nasty malignant lump … Continue reading
That’s The Thing With Granny….
4-26pm ….she is so unselfish. When we told her we were going away for next weekend, she said, ‘that’s good!’ Then Mike told her there would be no one to look after her at home, to which she replied, “I’ll … Continue reading
Plucking Up The Courage To Tell Granny…
2-49pm Yep! That’s what I’m doing this afternoon! I’m plucking up the courage to tell Granny that she is going to Nerina Gardens next week. It is only for 4 nights, but I still feel a bit like I’m ‘sending … Continue reading
We Are Different, We Are The Same
1-12pm The dichotomy of life – the vastness of contrasts, the intimacy of similarity. I started thinking about this today as I was driving to and from Somerset West. It began when I was listening to Focus on the Family … Continue reading
Posted in Helga's random thoughts
Tagged acceptance, God's Grace; God's Love, Granny, Music, reflections, salvation
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What Does The Bible Say About A Woman Who Finds A Good Husband?
3-40pm Today has been a good day! Tuesday’s shows are always full!I got the coffee right this morning… It was goo-ood! After the show I wrapped up music prep up to Thursday, in between reading the news at 5 to … Continue reading
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Tagged Granny, husband, marriage;, mist, Music, radio, sushi
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