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Thursday, 28 October 2010

Still Here ....

Yes I am still around .... another week and a half of hectic-ness

Just when I thought I had finished with all the helping out at school ... finished with the Gr7 play and thought it was safe to go back to my boring life ... (LOL)

"Jan ... do you have any ideas we can use for the Gr7 PROM ????" and whoops there again the mouth opens before the brain has time to engage !!!!

So for the last 10 days or so I have been ... making boxes, punching out flowers, planning invitations, adding ribbon, adding glitter (Sharon, no I have not forgotten the glitter LOL)

These are our table decorations ... still not finished, gonna add some feathers, the candles and probably a load more glitter ... more photos to follow ...


But it hasn't been all work ... had a little bit of fun ... went mad and changed the hair colour again ... decided on PURPLE SLURPLE this time ... well it went blue the first time Anne did it but we added a hint of pink and this is the result ... the back is a bit darker than my usual colour but hey a change is as good as a holiday !!! LOL

You can't really see the real colour here ... but I'm really loving it !!! (don't you just love the pose???)

Otherwise I've started making some of my Christmas pressies (that's working out to be a slow process at the moment !!! maybe if I was spending more time at home and less time at school doing Prom stuffs :-0 )... OOOh and went for a visit to the annual Christmas House ... 1st day (Tuesday) was a bit disappointing ... but had to go back again Wednesday cos I'd ordered something ... that was a bad idea !!! They had added way more stuff and SO I ended up spending wayyy toooo much (AGAIN) ... really HAVE to get that bigger house built now just to put up all the Christmas Decs LOL !!! (not my fault I loves Christmas !!!)

School Papercrafting class ... got the kids making a 2011 Calendar and they are loving it ... hopefully will get some photos this week ...

Think I mentioned the camera is sick ... Paul took it back to UK with him ... hoping it gets fixed ... I am sooo missing it :0

Just gotta mention ... tomorrow at school, we are all wearing Black & White ... supporting THE SHARKS who are playing on Saturday in The Currie Cup final vs W.P. Sharks are sooo gonna whoop ass ....

AND Kelsey is playing in an exhibition rugby match at school tomorrow that SuperSports is going to be filming as HOPEFULLY part of their 'run up programme' to the final on Saturday ... he's a bit P'd off cos he's not on the SHARKS side ... he's on the W.P. side ....(hope I'm making sense ???) Coach split the kids into the 2 sides Sharks & W.P. ... and they are playing against each other tomorrow ... for fun ... but actually there's some serious competition going on between the boys !!!! Not sure who I really have to shout for ... but I know who we'll be screaming for on Saturday ...

Got a seriously social weekend ahead ... watching The Currie Cup final Saturday ... then we're off to a Halloween Party Saturday night ... ghosts & ghouls etc ... Kelsey is chuffed about being invited to a party by a bunch of High School kids !!! (especially the hot girls LOL) and Sunday we got a 'Christmas Craft Fair' ... first of many being advertised ... NO I'm just gonna visit them as a customer ... too much like hard work to be doing them !!! maybe next year LOL...

Gotta knuckle down to some tough studying ahead ... final year end exams starting beginning of November ... aaargh ... exam pressures :-)
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Monday, 18 October 2010

So ...

Found them but they are stuck on the bottom now ????

Sorry folks don't know how to fix this ????

Asked for help from Blogger BUT !!!
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OOOOOOh NOOOOO

W.T.F ... Now I have lost all the information on my side bar .... that's photos... all my books I've read ... all my quotes .... my counter .... the lot


I knew I should never have tried to fix this f.....ing thing

I HATE THIS F#$%ING BLOGGER ¬!!!!
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Don't know ???

Don't know what's going on with the blog page .... nothing seems to be in the right place but hey !!! at least you can read all my goings on ???

Wonder??? Have blogger changed things and not told ME ??? LOL

Please be patient .... Huston we have a problem !!!
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T.G it's a new week...

and the last 3 weeks are finally over .... why???

Well the grade 7's (Kelsey's year) school play has finally come to an end and maybe, perhaps, hopefully we can all get back to some sort of organised chaos instead of the dis-organised chaos we've all been experiencing !!!!

Last week it was costumes, shows, costumes, more performances, make-up, make-up, performances, hats, head gear, accessories, performances, changes, additions, more changes more performances and even more additions ...... aaaaargh !!!!

(Sorry no photos at the moment... my camera is at the camera doctor in the UK - Paul I hope you have remembered to send it in !!! BUT one of the other mum's has kindly offered me a set of her photos ... so as soon as I get a copy you'll get bombarded ... and you'll be able to see all the costumes etc. that I have been involved in for the last month !!!)

AND NOW ...... PEACE & QUIET !!!!

Yeah sure ! ... now I have to get my A. into G. .... I missed last weeks Scrapbooking class at school ... actually ... completely forgot about it ... only remembered when the kids came to find me in the costume room .... ooooh naughty naughty .... but I gave them some head gear to paint and they were happy LOL ... but have to get sorted for this week ...

Gonna start this term with a 2011 Calendar ... they have to cut and decorate it all up ... will post photos as we go ... (I hope with the phone camera LOL)

AND I have every intention of MAKING my Christmas Pressies for all, this year ... have, what I consider some fabby dabby ideas ??? whether the recipients feel the same way ??? T.S.B if they don't like em ... I do LOL ... maybe I'll just keep them all for me ???

We had a relatively quiet (as in stay at home) but noisy weekend ... let me explain ... Saturday Cyndi, Robin & Jason came round to watch the rugby with us, the Currie Cup Semi-Finals ... Bulls (our arch enemies) vs Sharks ... of course we won !!! ;-) BUT the game was delayed 40mins due to BEES !!! yes you read it right ... there was a swarm of bees over the stadium and they would not start the game till the were moved !!!! then it started to rain ... it lashed it down so most of the spectators were soaked but the game still went ahead.

We spent the afternoon screaming and shouting at the TV ... as you do, it was a pretty intense match!... which made the dogs hyper !!! and it was like a mad house in here ...but rather enjoyable :-)

Thankfully Sunday was spent relaxing and lazy ... did nothing, went no-where !!! Just watched the rain !!! and more rain oh and did I mention the rain ??? Guess what? It's our rainy season LOL

Found it really strange getting up for school at the normal time this am ... the kids went into school late last week due to the evening concerts ... so when 5.30am arrived this morning I just wanted to turn over and go back to sleep ... well would of if the little shit of a puppy didn't start with her nonsense !!! still waking me through the night !!! loves a 3am wee !!! ... but the sun was shining this morning so that was a good enough reason to get up anyway ...

Started ploughing through the loads in the washing basket ... and then while I was out at the line ... the weavers in the big tree started going mad ... screeching and squawking !!! I'm like W.T.F and I look up to see a Kite circling the tree ... I'm thinking shame ... nature !!! one of those poor mummies is gonna loose a chick when suddenly I realised the kite was turning round and swooping towards the ground ... what??? there's Kleo the puppy stretched out on the cool grass about to become Kite food ... I ran at the damned bird flapping my arms and screaming like a demented woman .... anyone seeing me would most definitely have called the funny farm !!!... Can you believe it ... she was almost snatched up by a bird of prey ... yes she's small but hell not that small ???

But I suppose if you're hungry ... nothing like a fresh fat puppy dog eh? ... Africa is such a hard harsh continent LOL
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Tuesday, 12 October 2010

HELLO!

It's me ... yes I'm still here !!! In body anyway ... just forget the mind thing ... that went a long time ago !!! LOL

Maybe! just maybe! after this next week of absolute madness and chaos I will be able to get back to some sort of normality .... or NOT. (was I ever normal???)

JUST HAVE TO MENTION ... a new addition to the Clan .... Kleo-Puppy of the Bells ... PMSL
Am I cute or what ?....
Aaaaaaw
Sweet ....
Introduced to Big Sister ... did'nt go too well and still not friends !!!
(and NOT my idea!!! Paul saw this advert for these puppies ... said they looked just like a baby Indi ... Kelsey & him phoned ... and before I even had a real chance to object or even think about it they were dragging me off to see them .... NOW 3 things I just have to mention ....

1. I am a SUCKER ... for puppies ... mum said she just knew that if I went to see them I would not be coming home empty handed.

2. Indi is a Rotweiler cross Alsatian ... (Kleo's mum was a Daschund Slut PMSL) ... this new puppy is a Daschund cross Sharpei ???? SO how are these 2 dogs anything alike ??? But it was the colouring that got us there ... Does that make her a Daschpei or a Sharschund ??? LOL ...

3. Kelsey paid for her ... so legally that makes her HIS puppy BUT ... who is she keeping awake all night? Who's feeding her? who does she follow everywhere? AND who cleans up after her?

Are you seeing a pattern here ???

We took her up to Aunty June's to introduce her to the other dogs ... well seeing as how Aunty June always ends up looking after our dog (s now) when we go away ... !

Looks a bit like 'David & Goliath' ...
Shadow & Kleo ... he's in love all over again !!!
Impersonating a koala bear LOL...
Just look at Bella's face ...
Bella & Kleo ... can't decide who's scared of who here ;;;LOL
A boy and his dog !!!
But isnt she just toooooo gorgeous for words ???
So Paul has left us AGAIN ... he's back in the UK now... Firstly ... Ann I'm sorry I forgot to make your 'order' but I promise to have them ready by his next visit ... Christmas ... if you still want them ??? (I remembered them today as I was desperately searching for red snake eyes !!! more about that later)

Last week Kelsey went back to school so Paul & I got some 'alone' time together HA .... first week back was Entrepeneurs Day ... spent most of our free time making 'stuff' ...will add photos to next posting ... then rest of week it was painting props and helping make costumes for the Grade 7 end of year play ... 'Oh Brother' ... (and Oh Brother is exactly it !!!! )

Been helping out at school all this week so far and it looks pretty much the same now till the show is over ... 1st performance tomorrow (Wed am and an evening performance ) 2 shows on Thursday 1 am for the school and an evening 'Supper Theatre' style and then Friday night Finale with a 'Supper Theatre' style ... I'm kinda helping out dressing up ... well seeing as how I sort of ended up with the responsibility of the 'head gear' for the cast !!!!

I'm afraid I won't be bombarding you with too many photos ... my camera "she is sick" so Paul has taken it with him for repairs (please don't let them f'... it up )
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Monday, 4 October 2010

WHAT ????

4th October already ??? Just can't be ....

Another whole week of not blogging ... been able to FB but not blog ... OK had a good enough excuse ... we went up to POLOKWANE to the Reserve ... to visit Nan & the kids ...

The journey was uneventful but as we got closer and closer I got this pain in my chest ... seeing Nan for the first time since Ben died was incredibly hard, but going out to the house was even harder still ... I felt like he was there in every room and round every corner. Kelsey also felt very uneasy when we first got there ... in fact we all did...

FACT is ... it will never be the same ... we just have to admit it will just be very different from now on.

Nan is coping as best as she can ... "baby steps" sweetheart :-( (our thoughts and prayers are with you every minute of every day :-)

Russell and Nicola are growing up so fast ... Nicola is doing very well after her accident ... Nan showed us her X-rays and it was amazing how she had broken her jaw ... Nicola sat and told Kelsey how she had actually fallen off the 'stoep' ... apparently she had been climbing up the back of one of the chairs and it had toppled forward sending her and it crashing to the floor, (only about a 2m drop !!!! )

Paul, Kelsey & the kids got to enjoy Ouma & Oupa's pool on the first day there ...
We didn't get to spend as much time as I would have liked with Nan, unfortunately she had to work ... but her new job sounds great ... This meant however we did get to spend a lot of time with the kids which was nice ...
Kelsey, Russell & Paul did the 'man things' like bow shooting and 'monkey hunting !!!' Sadly Nicola had a bit of an upset tummy for the 1st couple of days,and she was feeling a bit 'flat', so her & I spent a lot of time doing 'quiet' things(baking muffins which I burnt :-( and her watching Princess DVD's and me reading !!! It was so beautiful and peaceful up there)

Nan's mum's found out that her turtle had laid some eggs... check out these baby 'Leopard Turtles'....
Some other wildlife we saw whilst on our safari ... Giraffe.
Blou Wildebeest.
Bush pigs ...
AND the elephants ...
I finally got to see the cheetahs in the wild ...
The baby rhino that was rescued a couple of months back ... now running amok at the office and chasing the girls ...
We did manage a 'hike' up the mountain though !!!! only us idiots would choose to do that when the temperatures soared to 40'c ... got some lovely photos, although because of the heat it was very 'hazy' ...

Nan's place from the top of the mountain behind the house ...
The front gates to Nan's place ... At the top of the mountain with the kids ...
Kelsey & Me at the top of the mountain behind Nan's place ...
The hike DOWN the mountain ...
Nan had organised us all a game drive on Sunday, including her parents ... mum was with us but she opted not to go on the drive (now her staying at home is another story I won't put to print ) ... we ended up taking as very slow and extremely dangerous drive up the 'Gorge' to the top escarpment .... they have a landing strip up there !!!! and we went to the Extreme 19th Hole which is shaped like the African Continent ... NO we didn't go up to the T-Off of the extreme 19th ... you need a chopper for that !!!

However Nan asked myself, Paul & Kelsey to join her on Wednesday to take Ben's ashes to the top of Hanglip Mountain .... We were very honoured to be part of this extremely sad occasion, and Ben knew I always wanted to fly in a Helicopter, but I would rather my first time had not been so sad ... BUT it was also an incredible experience ... Nan thank you so much ...
A stunning Sunrise on Wednesday ...
The view from the TOP of Ben's Mountain ... so beautiful Farewell Bushmen Ben ... always loved ... never forgotten.
Nan wishing you farewell ...
Paul wishing you farewell, Ben (he left you a smoke...)
So peaceful & beautiful at the top of your mountain ... Ben
Ben's Mountain ...
After our Helicopter flight we went to the golf course for breakfast...

Me & Nan with Ben watching over us ...
Paul & Kelsey with Ben keeping watch over them ...
Kelsey has promised that one day, when he's older he will CLIMB the mountain (because it is possible with permission from the reserve) and go and visit Uncle Ben.

I can't put exactly into words what I am feeling right now ... about the loss of Ben and the pain that my soul sister & best friend Nan is going through, I just want her to know that we will be here for her ALWAYS ... NO MATTER WHAT...

Just had to share this with you ... it's very unusual to see a Barn Owl in broad daylight ... this young lady lives in the roof of one of Nan's neighbours ... she was upset because they were moving things around in the roof and she was disturbed a bit ... Hanglip Mountain ... R.I.P Bushman Ben, see you next time we visit ...

Our return journey to KZN was also thankfully uneventful ... bloody hot ... especially as we hit PMB ...


We left Nan & the kids on Thursday ... we had to be back home by Friday cos we had tickets to the rugby on Friday Night ... Sharks vs Leopards ... it was Jason's Birthday so we were invited to join Cyndi, Robin, Jason & family. Of course the Sharks chowed down on the Leopards ... we beat them 63 - 6 ... but a fun game ... and the Sharks kept playing right to the end.... I think Paul enjoyed his first live rugby game at The Shark Tank ???


Just have to mention the unpredictability of our SA weather at the moment ... Friday night at 10.30pm the temperature on the patio was 28'c !!! (Today ... pissing down with rain and only 17'c.

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