UM .... a whole month ???

Oooops a whole month has passed me by and not one word on here .... ooops ... big OOps ...

All I can say is I have been busy ... busy ... busy .... hectically busy !!!

December started on the run and it has only calmed down now !!!!

Firstly ... A Merry Christmas to you all and a Happy, Peaceful and Prosperous New Year !!!!

I'm kinda working backwards for December ... so thought I'd better wish everyone now before I get into all my doings and forget !!!

We had an absolutely wonderful, fantastic ... and brilliant Christmas... We spent it as usual at June's ... with her providing her usually wonderful Christmas Eve dinner, we all slept over at her house ... the Gembicki's, The Bells, The Barkers and The Archary's (14 of us) Christmas morning saw yet again an abusive pile of presents ... we must've all been good this year as Santa was kind to us all and the day was made only better by the fact that it didn't rain ... not 1 drop and the sun shone all day and it was a beautiful day ... Temperatures rose to mid 30's ... perfect Summer weather !!! We swam, we ate, we drank and we were Merry ... we slept some and then did it all over again !!!!

So onto a bit about what I've been up to in December ...

Well my Christmas Craft Day at the beginning of the month was a huge success ... made extra special by the fact that BFF Nan arrived for the weekend to visit ... but actually to help me out ... and I couldn't have done it without her !!! Boy that weekend (2nd-4th) was probably the busiest I've had in a loooong time ... Starting with Nan arriving .... rushed back from airport to change, down a cuppa and then off to Primary School to do Prom photos ... it was a bit of a culture shock for Nan LOL ... we crashed into bed dazed and confused by about 2 am ... we were up at 6am to pack the car for the workshop day ... worked our way through that, had so much fun and eventually had a chance for the 1st glass of grape juice by about 6pm ... crashed into bed by 10pm ... we couldn't keep our eyes open any longer !!! and it was up early to take Nan back to the airport cos unfortunately she could only get a flight at 8am !!! But she did have to drive back from JHB to Mokopane after her flight landed that side ... so it was probably better for her :-)

Then it was last week of school ... another weird week with short days and different hours ... and with me hectically organising the printing of the PROM photos, extra copies, more prints... more copies ....aaargh it was all a blur !!!!

SON-shine broke up 7th December and Paul finally arrived on 8th December, Primary School only broke up 9th December ... once Paul got here we then decided the plan of action for the rest of December ... 16th December in SA we have a public holiday and as it fell on a Friday it made it a long weekend ... so we decided what the heck ... Paul wanted to take his car for a nice long drive so we packed up the car and off we went up to Polokwane to visit Nan & the kids .... well I had seen Nan only the week before but we hadn't been up there since the September before (2010) and it was time for us to visit (oh and I needed to get away from the wet miserable weather in KZN) ... we had a fab weekend (4days) ... were rejuvenated with the peace and the heat of the bush ... was lovely to see Russell, Nicola, Andy & Lorraine... and of course Nan ... we all still missed Ben, it felt like he was all around us ... keeping an eye on us, perhaps that was why it felt so peaceful up there ...

We picked Granny up from JHB on our way back ... so mum is back with us in KZN ... sounds like she had a great time in JHB ... not so sure she is happy to be back here with us though ... but it was her choice ... she said she had to come back cos she wanted her things ??? Not going to go any further with that !!!

And now I think I'm up to date ... Christmas is done & dusted ... I'm really looking forward to the New Year ... I have a feeling that 2012 is going to be a really great year for us ... already there is so much to look forward to ... my new job, SON-shine is excited about going back to school, back as a grade 9 !!! second year of High School !!!

OH! by the way he Passed his exams with flying colours ... 5 distinctions and 1st in his class for the term again that makes it all 4 terms for the year, so I guess that would make him 1st in his class for the year ??? we are all extremely proud of him ...

And by the look of his school calendar already !!! we have a really, really, really busy 2012 ahead of us !!! I know rugby is from 11th March till 3rd July ... so I've already cancelled Easter with everyone LOL