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Thursday, 29 November 2012
Wednesday, 28 November 2012
Guess What !!!
Its raining ...Still... Again ... in fact has it actually ever stopped .... like ever ??? I mean exactly when was the last time it didn't rain ... no honestly people ... has it always rained and I just imagined the SUN-shine??? Was that all just a DREAM???
Right ... I have ranted and I have raved ... so lets move on again ...
SO What's been happening ??? Well SON-shine (that's the only type of SON I seem to be able to get these days !!! LOL) has almost finished his final exams for 2012...can't believe it ... only 2 more exams to go and then we wait with crossed fingers and hope that he has passed Gr9 ... I think he has ... I've pretty much left him alone this year ... well since I started working fulltime I don't have the 'time' to be there as much for him ...and to date he's made me very proud ... he's managed to pass 3 out of the 4 terms ... but that only accounts for a 1/3rd of his final marks ... BUT I have faith ... I believe he can do it ... and I have given him a huge incentive too ... he has been 'hassling' me to get a tattoo ... so I've told him ... decent marks = yes to a tattoo !!! (Teenagers ... everything is a bargain or a negotiation ... mmm wonder what's gonna happen when I run out of those 'chips' ? )
And me ... we're doing all the things that a school does at the end of every year ... wow ... it's unbelievable the things that have to be done ... the kids in our school are all finished their exams and the teachers are running around frantically getting final reports done, planning for next year and such like. Sally & I - we have to do all sorts of stock takes ... count all sorts of crap - like old books, equipment blah, blah, blah ... cover all the new books for next year ... we're moving onto a new 'programme' so we have something like 3000 books to cover in plastic ... HOW EXCITING --- NOT !!!
However ... this week I have had a fond reminder of St. Joseph's ... the Gr4's have been responsible for doing the Nativity this year ... and as the T/A for the Gr4's it has been my job to organise the programme... get all the words of my favourite Christmas Carols, help out with their costumes etc. ...and as you all know I LOVE CHRISTMAS ... so with tonights performance the kids just brought the Spirit of Christmas right into our hearts ... it was really lovely ... I was very proud of them ...
Sally and I are also working on the Gr7 Prom ... well she's doing most of it ... I'm just there to lend a helping hand ... and of course my main job ... Photographer for the evening (Oh the proms this Friday by the way) ...which means I know what I'm going to be doing all weekend ... PHOTO EDITING !!! The theme this year is Island Party ... we even gave the kids a message in the bottle as their invitation !!! See sometimes parts of my job are being 'creative' ... and from tomorrow we're in the hall 'decorating it ' for Friday night .... The diversity of my life LOL
Oh and going back to Christmas ... I've started my Christmas 'Cre-ating' ... but of course I can't show you any of it as that would spoil the 'surprises' for those of you who read my blog who may or may not be thinking they're getting something from me this year !!!(sorry M have I lost you again???) BUT I will set myself a reminder to post photos of the creations once Christmas is over ... cos I'm liking this years ideas ... even if I say so myself!!!
Gonna go now ... so wanted this to be a quick post (ROFLMAO) me ... do a quick post!!! hell no I post just like I talk .... LOTS!!!!!!!!!!
Right ... I have ranted and I have raved ... so lets move on again ...
SO What's been happening ??? Well SON-shine (that's the only type of SON I seem to be able to get these days !!! LOL) has almost finished his final exams for 2012...can't believe it ... only 2 more exams to go and then we wait with crossed fingers and hope that he has passed Gr9 ... I think he has ... I've pretty much left him alone this year ... well since I started working fulltime I don't have the 'time' to be there as much for him ...and to date he's made me very proud ... he's managed to pass 3 out of the 4 terms ... but that only accounts for a 1/3rd of his final marks ... BUT I have faith ... I believe he can do it ... and I have given him a huge incentive too ... he has been 'hassling' me to get a tattoo ... so I've told him ... decent marks = yes to a tattoo !!! (Teenagers ... everything is a bargain or a negotiation ... mmm wonder what's gonna happen when I run out of those 'chips' ? )
And me ... we're doing all the things that a school does at the end of every year ... wow ... it's unbelievable the things that have to be done ... the kids in our school are all finished their exams and the teachers are running around frantically getting final reports done, planning for next year and such like. Sally & I - we have to do all sorts of stock takes ... count all sorts of crap - like old books, equipment blah, blah, blah ... cover all the new books for next year ... we're moving onto a new 'programme' so we have something like 3000 books to cover in plastic ... HOW EXCITING --- NOT !!!
However ... this week I have had a fond reminder of St. Joseph's ... the Gr4's have been responsible for doing the Nativity this year ... and as the T/A for the Gr4's it has been my job to organise the programme... get all the words of my favourite Christmas Carols, help out with their costumes etc. ...and as you all know I LOVE CHRISTMAS ... so with tonights performance the kids just brought the Spirit of Christmas right into our hearts ... it was really lovely ... I was very proud of them ...
Sally and I are also working on the Gr7 Prom ... well she's doing most of it ... I'm just there to lend a helping hand ... and of course my main job ... Photographer for the evening (Oh the proms this Friday by the way) ...which means I know what I'm going to be doing all weekend ... PHOTO EDITING !!! The theme this year is Island Party ... we even gave the kids a message in the bottle as their invitation !!! See sometimes parts of my job are being 'creative' ... and from tomorrow we're in the hall 'decorating it ' for Friday night .... The diversity of my life LOL
Oh and going back to Christmas ... I've started my Christmas 'Cre-ating' ... but of course I can't show you any of it as that would spoil the 'surprises' for those of you who read my blog who may or may not be thinking they're getting something from me this year !!!(sorry M have I lost you again???) BUT I will set myself a reminder to post photos of the creations once Christmas is over ... cos I'm liking this years ideas ... even if I say so myself!!!
Gonna go now ... so wanted this to be a quick post (ROFLMAO) me ... do a quick post!!! hell no I post just like I talk .... LOTS!!!!!!!!!!
Monday, 19 November 2012
NOW... what the hell...
So here I am ... minding my own business (hahahah) and getting used to the signs of old age creeping up on me, the aches and pains ... the body moaning and groaning cos of the damp and the cold ... when BANG ... a pain in the left foot ... (OK I have a high pain threshold ...and I don't like doctors!!!) so I ignore it ... for a few weeks !!! as only I can ...until the ankle begins to represent something from Elephant Man ... and then I give in ... and go to see the doctor ...
Guess what ... I have torn the Achilles tendon in my left foot !!! W.T.F
Doc says to me "my guess is Mrs Bell that this has been a problem for a couple of weeks" DUH you figure !!! OK so my doctor knows me too hahahaha!!! Anyway .. Doc ... how does this happen ... he tells me it usually happens with athletes who haven't warmed up properly (ROFLMAO) or athletes that do quick sprints (hell yes that's me !!! practising for my next Olympic games) ... doesn't usually happen to lazy fat cows !!! But then again ... when have I ever been normal !!!
So the cure ... REST hahahahahaha ... guess my doc doesn't know me that well then does he ??? Oh and I also have to change my shoes ... try to get me a pair of shoes without heel or straps ... need to get some 'backless' shoes !!! (Hell yes another excuse for shoe shopping ....wahoooo)
And while we're on ailments and injuries ... on Friday SON-shine is in the garden ... enjoying the odd 20mins of NO RAIN ... me ... foolishly playing ball with Kleo ... SON-shine 'rocket launches' the rugby ball out of his hands into the air ...shouts "heads up" too late .... BOOOINK onto the top of my head !!! OMG I saw the whole of the Milky Way in that split second !!!and heard my vertebra CRUNCH together .... well that pain took away the pain in my foot for about the next 4hours ... and boy oh boy I woke up on Saturday morning with the stiffest neck EVA !!!
SO I used my son's 'beating and battering of mum' to guilt trip him into going shopping with me (sorry M am I being too random again???) mind you ... he did want to look for new rugby boots ... so it was 'nt all about ME ... and we got the Christmas shopping started too ... so overall a good weekend ...all be it a painful one !!!
Guess what ... I have torn the Achilles tendon in my left foot !!! W.T.F
Doc says to me "my guess is Mrs Bell that this has been a problem for a couple of weeks" DUH you figure !!! OK so my doctor knows me too hahahaha!!! Anyway .. Doc ... how does this happen ... he tells me it usually happens with athletes who haven't warmed up properly (ROFLMAO) or athletes that do quick sprints (hell yes that's me !!! practising for my next Olympic games) ... doesn't usually happen to lazy fat cows !!! But then again ... when have I ever been normal !!!
So the cure ... REST hahahahahaha ... guess my doc doesn't know me that well then does he ??? Oh and I also have to change my shoes ... try to get me a pair of shoes without heel or straps ... need to get some 'backless' shoes !!! (Hell yes another excuse for shoe shopping ....wahoooo)
And while we're on ailments and injuries ... on Friday SON-shine is in the garden ... enjoying the odd 20mins of NO RAIN ... me ... foolishly playing ball with Kleo ... SON-shine 'rocket launches' the rugby ball out of his hands into the air ...shouts "heads up" too late .... BOOOINK onto the top of my head !!! OMG I saw the whole of the Milky Way in that split second !!!and heard my vertebra CRUNCH together .... well that pain took away the pain in my foot for about the next 4hours ... and boy oh boy I woke up on Saturday morning with the stiffest neck EVA !!!
SO I used my son's 'beating and battering of mum' to guilt trip him into going shopping with me (sorry M am I being too random again???) mind you ... he did want to look for new rugby boots ... so it was 'nt all about ME ... and we got the Christmas shopping started too ... so overall a good weekend ...all be it a painful one !!!
Friday, 16 November 2012
Evolution ...Africa style !!!
That’s it ... I am officially suffering from W.A.D..... WEATHER AFFECTED DEPRESSION!!! I woke up this morning and discovered WEBS growing between my toes ... and this bad ‘croak’ ... this ‘pissing’ rain is turning us all into amphibians!!!!
They said on the radio this morning that the average annual rainfall for our area over this past 3 month is usually 95mm of rain ... we have had 135mm of rain JUST IN OCTOBER alone !!! Now do you understand why I think I’m becoming an amphibian???
Between that and the lack of bloody electricity on this fecking complex … we are becoming nocturnal amphibians!!! Today was the perfect example ... sun was shinning when we woke ... 6am the power went out ... it was out for 5hours ... only came back on at 11am ... the sun did'nt even last that long !!! 3 hours before the mist rolled back in and now you can't see your hand in front of your face !!! BUT we still sitting with the doors open cos it's so sticky hot !!!
Anyway why bother complaining about things that one has no control over ... but you know me I just have to have a moan!!!
WOW can you believe it another month has gone by!!! And yet again another HECTIC month...
Once the UK visitors (Paul & Martyn) left us ... we were back into our routine ... and this term Kelsey (although he said he was going to have a break from too much sports!!!) decided he was joining the Touch Rugby Squad AND Water Polo ... so yet again EVERY day bar Friday he was in training until 4pm and until 6.30pm on Tuesday and Thursday ... now what I’m about to say will probably make me a bad mother... but it has been sooooo nice having my afternoons to myself ... especially when I finish work at 2.30pm and I didn’t have to collect him till 6pm some nights .... Managed to get a bit of reading done... and some ‘sorting’ of ‘stuff’ ... but it hasn’t lasted ... now the stress levels are up ... we are 1 weekend away from starting year end exams !!! Grrr RRRrrr ... and having a “know it all” teenager in the house!!! AAAaaaarrrrggggghhhh!!!!
Not having rugby on weekends has also been bliss ... to actually have my weekends to myself has been nice ... well not actually having the weekends just to myself ... but not having to be on the side of a rugby pitch for several hours during the weekend has been nice ... although I still have to be Mrs Taxi ... between mum and Kelsey!!! But at least there are no deadlines and no definite plans, and it’s all socialising LOL...
OH! OH! I just have to tell you ... I have re-discovered my MOJO ... YES ... you heard it right!!! ... I’m a born again Crafter ... and why all the excitement and enthusiasm I hear you say ... well ... Last week Saturday I attended a WOW (Words of Wisdom) Workshop ...( I know some of you are seriously going to be rolling your eyes right about now) ... and this workshop was on ‘something’ that I have tried my hand at before .. Art Journaling ... and BEFORE ... I just didn’t get IT ... but I don’t know whether it was the venue, the people, the teacher or maybe just IT was the RIGHT TIME... But WOW is most definitely the right word to use.... I came out of that workshop ... REJUVENATED, REVIVED and “enlightened” ... the teacher Sharyn ... she just seemed to be able to find the right buttons to push ... and now all I want to do is journal and paint and colour and craft and make pretty ...BUT as The Princess of Procrastination ... even though I am very motivated!!! I am still able to find oh sooo many reasons why I can’t be doing more!!! BUT one day when I’m retired!!!! LOL
My 1st WOW page ...
Can you believe it ... but Kelsey has only 13 more days of school this year then he goes to Grade 10 ... I have 17 days of work and I have completed my first academic year LOL and ONLY 38 days till Christmas !!! 27 more days till Paul arrives (again) ... time is just going by sooooo fast . Been soooo busy trying to organise and sort out all the plans for Christmas ... who's going where ... who we gonna see for Christmas etc.etc.etc.
They said on the radio this morning that the average annual rainfall for our area over this past 3 month is usually 95mm of rain ... we have had 135mm of rain JUST IN OCTOBER alone !!! Now do you understand why I think I’m becoming an amphibian???
Between that and the lack of bloody electricity on this fecking complex … we are becoming nocturnal amphibians!!! Today was the perfect example ... sun was shinning when we woke ... 6am the power went out ... it was out for 5hours ... only came back on at 11am ... the sun did'nt even last that long !!! 3 hours before the mist rolled back in and now you can't see your hand in front of your face !!! BUT we still sitting with the doors open cos it's so sticky hot !!!
Anyway why bother complaining about things that one has no control over ... but you know me I just have to have a moan!!!
WOW can you believe it another month has gone by!!! And yet again another HECTIC month...
Once the UK visitors (Paul & Martyn) left us ... we were back into our routine ... and this term Kelsey (although he said he was going to have a break from too much sports!!!) decided he was joining the Touch Rugby Squad AND Water Polo ... so yet again EVERY day bar Friday he was in training until 4pm and until 6.30pm on Tuesday and Thursday ... now what I’m about to say will probably make me a bad mother... but it has been sooooo nice having my afternoons to myself ... especially when I finish work at 2.30pm and I didn’t have to collect him till 6pm some nights .... Managed to get a bit of reading done... and some ‘sorting’ of ‘stuff’ ... but it hasn’t lasted ... now the stress levels are up ... we are 1 weekend away from starting year end exams !!! Grrr RRRrrr ... and having a “know it all” teenager in the house!!! AAAaaaarrrrggggghhhh!!!!
Not having rugby on weekends has also been bliss ... to actually have my weekends to myself has been nice ... well not actually having the weekends just to myself ... but not having to be on the side of a rugby pitch for several hours during the weekend has been nice ... although I still have to be Mrs Taxi ... between mum and Kelsey!!! But at least there are no deadlines and no definite plans, and it’s all socialising LOL...
OH! OH! I just have to tell you ... I have re-discovered my MOJO ... YES ... you heard it right!!! ... I’m a born again Crafter ... and why all the excitement and enthusiasm I hear you say ... well ... Last week Saturday I attended a WOW (Words of Wisdom) Workshop ...( I know some of you are seriously going to be rolling your eyes right about now) ... and this workshop was on ‘something’ that I have tried my hand at before .. Art Journaling ... and BEFORE ... I just didn’t get IT ... but I don’t know whether it was the venue, the people, the teacher or maybe just IT was the RIGHT TIME... But WOW is most definitely the right word to use.... I came out of that workshop ... REJUVENATED, REVIVED and “enlightened” ... the teacher Sharyn ... she just seemed to be able to find the right buttons to push ... and now all I want to do is journal and paint and colour and craft and make pretty ...BUT as The Princess of Procrastination ... even though I am very motivated!!! I am still able to find oh sooo many reasons why I can’t be doing more!!! BUT one day when I’m retired!!!! LOL
My 1st WOW page ...
Oh and we have a new material shop in town … I know you can all stand back up again … yes ME and Material … well after Sally very kindly taught me how to make simple elasticised top trousers (we had to make them for the school play) I decided maybe it was time for me to ‘have a go’!!!… AND Sally has been getting a new sewing machine … well … we have been ‘inventing’ new clothes … Sally has been sewing and actually again as P of P … I have been buying the material … and I have been buying yet more material!!! As only I can!!! Not 1 stitch has been sewn by yours truly YET!!! But I will … one day when I’m retired!!!
Can you believe it ... but Kelsey has only 13 more days of school this year then he goes to Grade 10 ... I have 17 days of work and I have completed my first academic year LOL and ONLY 38 days till Christmas !!! 27 more days till Paul arrives (again) ... time is just going by sooooo fast . Been soooo busy trying to organise and sort out all the plans for Christmas ... who's going where ... who we gonna see for Christmas etc.etc.etc.
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