UK Holiday 2012...

Day 1... so slept like the dead last night ...it was awesome not having to get up 3 times thru the night to let the dogs out ... even more awesome waking at 5am and it was already daylight ... but these English folks don't start moving about till after 8 !!! WTF ... half the day is gone by then !!!

I had fun watching the street wake and get moving !!! It's really strange the things you miss/get used to ... living on a complex in SA you don't see a soul from 1 day to the next ... so I enjoyed sitting with my cuppa this morning watching the kids walking to school ... the rows of houses that had cars on every driveway till about 9am and then there were none !!! Strange the things we notice or not !!!

Weather was very unpredictable this morning ... when I woke I could see across the valley ... then by the time I went in the shower thick clouds had formed and there was even thunder & lightning. The boys were out by 8.30am ... got me breakfast that was supposed to be an Egg McMuffin but seems McD's here is just as bad as SA side and we ended up with a sausage one ... I can't stand the taste of the sausage ... so breakfast was a couple of hash browns instead ... have to mention I'm sure they're bigger here !!! (the hash browns I mean)

Fashion watch today: normal jeans, patterned t-shirt and denim jacket with black Crocs on the feet... well I was only going Tesco shopping !!!! But one still has to look respectable ;;; what ???

Tesco's shop took 3 hours ... and that was the small one here in Clowne where half the shelves were empty ...so you can imagine how long it's going to be when I go to the 'beeg' one in Ches-vegas !!! But had a really good 'mooch' around ... of course HAD to check out the latest books and while I was standing there 'observing' I noticed that a lot of ladies were picking up this set of 3 books by E.L.James ...apparently they are being talked about everywhere ... so needless to say I had to have me a set ...apparently not books for the prudish !!! Classed as Romance, Suspense & Erotica !!! Hell yes ... gotta have me some of that !!!

After my luxurious food shop I dashed home between showers, unpacked the groceries ... did'nt have to worry about space as the kitchen was empty ... went through my pile of mail ... craft catalogues etc.... ooooh luverly stuff ... and then climbed the stairs to the computer room... before I knew it the boys were in and it was talk of dinner ...

We went for a Carvery at The DeRhodes ... cheap but really good wholesome food ... you should have seen the pile on SON-shines plate ... and NOW the boys are plonked in front of the TV ... me thinks K has won the battle and he's playing games ... P is slouched on the couch playing on his I-phone .... happy families !!!

Really loving the fact that its 10pm and it's still light outside ...

So ... we're off again ...

Just have to mention this .... I HATE THIS NEW BLOGGER !!!

Right now that that's out of the way ... the suitcases are standing at the front door... mum & dogs have been dispatched to Ginger-Ricki's ... and now we're waiting for our lift ... The Moodley is taking us to the airport ... and the time is just dragggggggggging ...

Oh in case you don't know where we're off to ... it's our annual UK vacation ... 3 weeks back home, in my own house ... playing Happy Families again ... I plan to get lots & lots of shopping in ... see some of the oldies ... maybe make some newbies ??? and generally have a relaxing (and by the sounds of it) ...wet time.

Happy to be leaving the cold SA winter behind, although the days are really lovely ... the temps are still getting up to about 22'c here in KZN ... but the mornings & nights are chilly and I won't miss the DARK 5.30am wake ups ... well not for the next 3 weeks anyway !!!!

SO ... how did the last couple of weeks go ??? Fast ..is all I can say ...

School Rugby season is finally over ... we had a great Finale' ... our DERBY day ... and thankfully our U15's didn't let us down too badly ... they didn't win but they didn't loose either, drew 5-5 ... and the boys all brought tears to my eyes before the match as everyone of them wore something pink ... FOR ME ... I'm gonna miss that team ... it was probably the last match those boys will play together ... next year we don't have an U16 squad so the boys then play in Open's ... which means they could be spilt up into any one of the 4 teams in the Open Section !!!!

Son-shines school report wasn't bad either ... in fact I'm very proud of him as he did it ALL himself this term ... so I'm very pleased with the results ... he's not ... he had set himself some very high goals ...which isn't a bad thing and he's now committed already to achieving those he didn't reach by the end of the next term ... that's all I can ask ... is that he keeps doing his best and striving for more ... that he never gives up ...

Work has been ... just work ... I've only been there 6 months and already I'm thinking "mmm, maybe this is a mistake" LOL ... we're just never happy ... but I have gotten used to the money now ... so i guess I have to 'grin & bear' it !!!! Missing all my crafting and have a few of my customers moaning because they want me to do 'stuff' with them !!! Oh well ... feels good to be in demand LOL ...

And that's about all I can add to my blog for today ... maybe I'll have lots of fun and exciting things to share on the home-side ...

OH oh ... yes ...I did it ...

OK I’m going to start out by saying SORRY to all (LOL) my Blog Fans.... yes I haven’t updated the blog in like ....months ... and now the complaints are pouring (ha!ha!) in ...

BUT hey do you want me to give you the truth or the excuses ???

The truth ... I just haven’t had the time ... or since blogger changed to this new format ... the inclination to work it all out...

The excuse... well ... um ... I’ve been hectically busy ... it takes time to compose such literary works...

I’m sure most of you knew Paul was here for the Easter break ... it was awesome having him home again ... although neither him nor SON-shine wanted to go to the beach with me!!!( Not going to let either of them forget that in a hurry ... I mean the fact that I wanted to go to the beach should have been a shock enough) But it felt like a short holiday??? I think the fact that Easter weekend was at the end of it didn’t help ... Kelsey literally went back to school on the Tuesday after the Easter weekend !!!

In April I also had 4 photo shoots in a row ... so I was kept hectically busy with those ... taking the pics was one thing then all the editing ... In fact I was soooo busy with that I had to give ‘delay discount’ LOL !!!

In May we have one of our biggest fund raising events at school where we work our asses off ... and so most of May was taken up with that .... Working late ... working weekends...working, working, working...etc. etc. Etc.

And then its SON-shine’s RUGBY season ... so its matches every weekend and I think this season has been the hardest cos just about every match is an away match ... so it’s up early ... driving here there and everywhere ... and then my Sundays are spent trying to catch up with shopping (for food!!! although I have to say I have been a bit naughty with the clothes shopping too!!!) cleaning, sorting and even sleeping!!! ... The getting up at 5am 6 days a week is taking its toll on this ‘aged’ body of mine LOL...

O! Oh! I did do 1 extremely exciting thing this past month.... I went completely mad and did The Karkloof Canopy Tour (.http://www.karkloofcanopytour.co.za/)... what’s that I hear you all say??? Well I swung through the trees like a monkey on a wire(the official name for it is Zip-Lining) !!! YES just a wire!!!And at times I was over 30m above the trees!!! CRAZY!!!! Or what ??? But a serious adrenalin rush and YES I’d do it again!!!

Check out this crazy chick !!!!

And SON-shine ...

Whoa ... check how high I am ... feeling giddy just looking at this ....

We saw, we did, we conquered ...

The Crazy GANG ... Noreen, ME, June, Kelsey & Irena....