Week 37/52: Things I know

-My friends in the computer are Rock Stars. I love them. A LOT.

-My Tween boy has truly benefitted from OT. He even gives hugs now! This   is HUGE as his tactile sensory issues have never allowed him to be     affectionate. He was the type of child who never liked being held and once he started walking we could not touch him in any way without first asking permission. Well. Nowadays I don’t have to ask for hugs. He dishes them out freely and accepts them without resistance. Only from my DH and I though. Everyone else MUST ask. Including my 4-year-old who just takes everything without asking!

- I miss running.

- I hate boot camp.

 - I miss yoga.

 - I love learning new musical instruments.

 - Roald Dahl is a phenomenal children’s author. I cannot believe that I only discovered him as an adult when I started buying his books for my kids!

- Writing children’s literature is NOT AS EASY AS IT SEEMS!

- My hair needs to be straightened, highlighted and cut because it is currently DISGUSTING!

- It is not in my little boy’s best interests to change schools right now. He is thriving and it would be an injustice to him to move him. The move will have to wait until January.

- I love people who are funny without realising it.  Few adults can get away with this but kids are AWESOME at it. LOVE IT!

- The media sometimes gets things wrong and because of the fact that we often forget this, I do think that we are sometimes too quick to judge a situation. I hate when that happens.

- Having your Dad request your friendship on FB is awkward. Even if you love him lots and have nothing to hide. It’s just weird and I don’t know how to handle it.

 

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August update

I have just come from an impromptu movie outing. My friend invited me this afternoon (he won some tickets) and we saw a movie called Retribution which is a South African thriller. It’s the first local movie that I saw in this genre and I have to say that it was not bad at all.

Anyway, this is how I did in August:

Social

Movie date with L this weekend. – DONE. We watched Super 8.

M’s birthday lunch on Sunday. Complete her gift. – decide on something to knit tonight – DONE, though my knitting flopped and I ended up buying her something.

TBT opening on 14/08 - DONE

Tween B-Day on 13/08 (finalise party arrangements by Friday) - DONE

Jewish museum with Tween 20/08 – Not done. I later found out that this museum is closed on Saturdays and I’m not keen to do Sundays.

Breakfast date with N on 27/08 – Postponed. I ended up going to that Womens Breakfast.

Gosh, I was so social this past month. LOVED it!

Health and Fitness:

Go back to WL to see where we are at. – Not done. Going back at the end of September. I blogged about that here.

Run 4 times/week – I did 3 times a week because my Saturdays were just too busy.

Register for Gun Run – not done. Changed my mind about this race – am not in the mood to run with such a big crowd.

Run 2 races – Women’s Day Challenge on 09/08 and another one on 21/08. Shave off 2 minutes from previous time. – I did the Womens day race in excellent time. I didn’t do the one on 21/08 because it was cold and rainy.

Home:

Sort and then file/toss ALL paper which has piled up all around the house. - DONE

E-file. – Not done.

Banking changeover - DONE

Kids:

Work through summer clothing and see what can still be worn. – Still busy. Nearly finished with Tween’s stuff. Still need to do Toddlers stuff.

Work through all books and toy boxes. AGAIN! Eish. – NOT DONE

Go buy a potty this weekend. Some people are apparently fully potty trained at school and insist on nappies at home because there is only a toilet and not a potty. – NOT DONE. And I drove past Baby City at least 3 times this past month. Kept on forgetting to stop.

Other:

Read 2 books – I read one and I’m nearly done with the other one.

Finalise Christmas gift list. – Done.

Book for Love Languages talk in September – to be done by the end of the week. – Done.

WordPress – is it just me or is WordPress rather unfriendly to non-techie types? – Started. Got annoyed. Stopped. Will try again in Sept.

Sort out LinkedIn profile once and for all. – Not done.

Make some jewellery with SIL – evening of 20/08.- Done. We did it on 27/08 though because she was away.