This and that on a Saturday night

Well. Hello there.

Cape Town is HOT and sticky.

My DH and I had a yoga followed by a forest braai date scheduled for today but we ended up cancelling because he has the ManFlu. I went to get stuff for him at the pharmacy this morning and insisted that the pharmacist give ONLY medication that will knock him out all day. I wanted to take the kids for a swim but they were just lazing about and entertaining themselves and so we ended up staying home and just being lazy bums in the heat.

Anyway. Some randoms.

1. I treated myself to a Wimpy coffee yesterday morning and while I was there (I was reading btw…) I ended up eavesdropping the conversation taking place at the table next to me. There were 3 women and a guy at this table. Gosh, they were all soooo attractive! Just like those beautiful  Cullens from Forks.  The one girl was talking about the first time she fell in love. With another girl.  I found her story beautiful and painful at the same time. Her parents still don’t know that she is gay and it’s been nearly 5 years. I hope and pray that my sons will never feel that they have to hide who they are from me.

2. January is done and dusted.  To be honest, I can’t really remember the epic stuff that happened to me in January. Either because nothing epic took place (for me specifically) or because the heat is affecting my memory. Have I mentioned that I’m ready to move to a cold place?

3. I have been spending A LOT less time online.  This means that I get time to knit and watch mindless TV and read AND go to bed early. I am a natural-born night owl and it really isn’t easy for me to go to bed early. But. I force myself because I KNOW that if I get my full 8 hours then I’ll perform optimally the next day.

4. I’m looking for a hotel holiday. One that includes meals. One where I won’t pay the earth. I remember as a kid going with my parents on this type of holiday. As far as I remember kids under 12 were always FREE! Do these kinds of deals still exist or am I living in the dark ages? I don’t want to go too far i.e. not more than 2.5 hours of driving and I want to go during winter for 3 to 4 days.  Any ideas?

5. I watched 3^rd Degree two weeks ago for the first time in YEARS! IT was the show where they exposed a cold storage facility for labeling pork products and selling it as halaal meat. I found Deborah Patta to be very rude. I watched the follow-up to the show this past Tuesday. Oh my goodness. The person that she was interviewing wasn’t exactly the best person for that particular job but seriously. This woman is rude and common! She keeps interrupting the people that she interviews and I find it so annoying! It’s like she’s trying to provoke a reaction.  Am done watching her now.

6. My running club didn’t work out. Logistically it was proving to be a bit of a nightmare. Nevertheless, I found a different running club closer to home.  This suits my life a lot better. I do have to pay a monthly fee though and for the moment I’m prepared to do it.

7. I actually left home at 20:00pm this evening to do grocery shopping. I went alone and it was beautiful. Much cooler weather and I was home by 21:20. I really should do this more often.

Tomorrow I am taking the kids to church nice and early so we can be home by 10am (it’s going to be 37 degrees!) and I’m going to Dewaal Park in the afternoon for another free concert. Am rather looking forward to it.

What’s your weekend been like? What do you have planned for tomorrow?

Things making me VERY happy at the moment

1. Books. I haven’t read very many books in 2011. IT feels AWESOME to be able to do this again. And the reason I’m finding it so easy? Because I haven’t  been online as much. I’m  about to start “Committed” from Elizabeth Gilbert. I read the first chapter in January 2011 and then I got distracted. So distracted that I didn’t pick up the book since then. Well. I intend to finish it by next week.

2. Running. Oh my goodness. I was kind of forced to give up running when I started bootcamp last year – I simply couldn’t fit it into my life. I started again yesterday  with 4km. It felt like I was home. My legs are aching at the moment but it’s a good ache. Can’t wait for my next run tomorrow.

3.Alone time with my Boyfriend. Yesterday Laura blogged yesterday about couples who stop courting one another after a certain period in the relationship. I know MANY couples in my life who do exactly this. We have NEVER been the type of couple who don’t enjoy alone time – we crave it and there is definitely something missing if we don’t have it regularly enough. We were mostly doing 2 dates a month last year. We are currently re-looking at this and trying to do chunks of alone time every single weekend – even if it is a non-date weekend. It’s going to require us hving to pull some strings but we both want it and it WILL happen.

4. AWESOME Friend dates: I have been on 3 friend dates since the start of 2012. ALL of them have been STUNNING. I have LOVED connecting with people who I’ve been missing and there are more dates being set up as I type this. Am thinking of getting Skype. Then I can friend date my friends in the computer. What do you think? Do you have Skype?

5. Decluttering. This is going slowly (I really battle with productivity in the heat) but it’s going. So far I have done my the kids clothing, toys and books. We are going to be painting their room soon (hopefully this weekend actually). Even my DH has jumped onto the bandwagon and he’s sorting out CD’s and DVD’s and his books and tools! This makes me VERY happy. My bookshelf which is currently an eyesore for me is also going to be sorted this weekend. BTW have I mentioned that I’m doing The Happiness Project this year as part of my goals? I am in January and I am boosting my energy. And decluttering. I will blog some more about this tomorrow.

6. Covering of school books. Have I mentioned how much I LOVE doing this? My son’s teacher is sooooo clever. She doesn’t send all 20 million books at once. She makes them do some work in the books first and after about 4 lessons in that subject the book comes home so I can check out my sons work so far AND cover the book. Isn’t that exciting? It’s like I get to stretch out this thing that just thrills me so much.

7. Swimming in the sea. Oh my hat! Endorphins like you would not believe. I’m trying to do it at least once a week in the summer  –  I did it this past Saturday and it was BRILLIANT! My DH and I went alone (so cool to go to the beach and NOT have to watch and run after kids who are FEARLESS at the ocean) and afterwards we went out for steak because I was having a SERIOUS red meat craving.  I sat in a restaurant with very little clothing and BIG HAIR. It was FABULOUS and our BEST date of 2012 so far. BTW…I need some more date ideas. What kind of stuff do you do with your Boyfriends? Am trying to break away from the movies/dinner/coffee shop thing. Would LOVE some new ideas. Please share?

8. And an old favourite: Knitting. Even though I am knitting holes in my stuff lately, I am STILL loving it. On Sunday I started a headband using something called the dimple stitch. I felt that I was having to concentrate too much so I pulled it out after about 4 rows and redid it using a combination of double ribbing and good, old-fashioned stocking stitch. MUCH better. Even though it doesn’t look like the picture.

So how are YOU? And what’s making you happy at the moment?

 

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This and that on a beautiful, rainy Monday

Due to various reasons, I have not being blogging much – a combination of me being a lazy bum in the heat, some issues with my computer and working through some other things.

I didn’t waste any time though. I have been helping child 1 to settle in for the new year – for some or other reason he appears to not have it together even more so than usual.

I have been knitting even though my stuff seem to have holes in them – not sure what that’s about – I blame the heat for EVERYTHING.

I have been reading and LOVING it soooo much. I have no plans to buy any new books this year and I’m only reading whatever is unread in my house.

I have been watching mindless TV on occasion, movies with my DH and I have been friend dating. So much of fun!

But, I am missing this space. So I’m back today with some randoms:

• Yesterday  Child2 ran across the road (after me). Luckily the driver of the oncoming car saw him running towards the pavement and could stop in time without swerving. I don’t even want to think what could have happened if he was driving any faster. I heard my DH shouting and turned around to see him running after our boy. I walked back into the middle of the road. Picked him up. Held him tight. I was shaking like a leaf and I cried all the time because I knew that things could have turned out sooooo differently. That child is VERY fast. Even I can’t keep up with him sometimes and I’m a lot fitter than my DH. He appears to have no  concept of danger. This freaks me out. Like A LOT.
• I went to UNISA on Friday to see if I could register. Due to reasons beyond my control, this will only be possible in the next semester. I was disappointed but I must say that I’m proud of the way I handled it. Fact is, it is what it is and it just means that I have a few months to do something EPIC before registering in June.
• I fought with some service providers last week. Seriously. It’s a new year and I won’t be tolerating poor service in 2012. I am going to Hello Peter ALL OF THEM!
• I have been doing a bit of a declutter around the house. It’s going WAY too slow for my liking. Again, I’m blaming the heat. I really can’t be productive when it’s this hot and I’m more than ready to move to a cold place.
• I am finally going to run at the club tomorrow. I had planned to start last week but I had a nasty blister on my foot that needed to heal first. I am looking soooooo forward to this.
• I’ve not read many blogs lately. Am slowly catching up with reading and commenting but I ended up marking a lot of items in GR as “read”. Those crafty ladies post A LOT!

Anyway. That’s me for the moment. How are you? How is your Monday treating you?

Ten on Tuesday

1. A fantastic thing has happened these past few days. I am not sure if I can blog about it yet and will apply within for the necessary permissions. I will say that 2012 has started with a bang for someone in my house.  I will hopefully blog about this by the end of the week.

2. I am going back to Weigh Less as soon as I get paid. I have avoided that scale long enough. I suspect it’s going to swear at me proper. Best I start preparing myself.

3. I have also decided against going to SSISA for the FANTASTIC, VERY EXPENSIVE running programme. WJ advised me to go to a running club with a good beginners programme. She motivated her reasoning really well and it does certainly makes more sense from a financial point of view to do this. Am starting next week at a running club close to work.

4. I have decided to sign Child1 up at SSISA for their kids exercise programme. They have a really nice, very reasonably priced programme for his age group which takes place EVERY DAY! Even though he does Judo once a week, I feel that he is not doing enough exercise. It’s in the area and the aftercare lady will take and fetch him which helps a lot.

5. I have spent the past few days making LOADS of spreadsheets. All related to 2012.  Money. Social. Crafting. Birthdays. Gifts. Food. Menus. Budgets.   Am feeling rather organised at the moment. After the book covering frenzy of the coming week, I plan to walk through each room. Armed with a black bag. I suspect I will be met with some resistance from the hoarders in my home.

6. I STILL have the Christmas tree and all other Christmas paraphernalia up. I wanted to take it down last week but Child 1 objected. Apparently he had the BEST CHRISTMAS EVER and would like it to stay up ALL YEAR. Told him I’ll leave it for another week and that’s it. It WILL come down by Saturday.

7. I am going to register at UNISA next week. Haven’t quite figured out how I will pull it off yet. But, it WILL happen.

8. I am becoming somewhat annoyed at service providers in SA. Why don’t these people return my calls? Why must I first display my gangster manners before they move the earth for me?  Seriously. Do they want my business or don’t they?

9. I would LOVE to go and see Sting and Michael Buble this year but those tickets are super expensive! Sjoe.  I know I can save for this but it feels so wrong to spend that amount of money on a few  hours of entertainment.  Is my guilt about spending what someone earns in a month on a concert somewhat misguided?  Is it justified? Am I just being cheap? Would you spend R700 on a concert ticket? Why am I struggling with this?

10. I am in the market for a printer. I need for it to be able to print things like photographs and all those printable-type things that I have pinned. I was thinking of one of those all-in-one jobs that can scan and fax as well, though I suppose I don’t really need a faxing facility. What would you suggest I get? Any ideas on this one?

Right now my kids are taking it easy (have done bath and supper and packing of bags for tomorrow) and my DH and I are about to label a million items. I will take a break in a bit to comment on some blogs.

In the meantime you can tell me how your day went and what’s happening in your life?

Chat later.

x

 

 

Six on Sunday

1. This past Wednesday I went on  Friend Date. With Sally. We met at the Mugg and Bean and had coffee. I had a scone, she had a muffin. We chatted non stop. And we knitted, knitted and knitted some more. It was fantastic and I had a really good time. I shall be doing lots of friend dating in 2012 all in the spirit of nurturing friendships.

2. Last night I went to Shayne’s Birthday party which was FABULOUS. The food was delicious, the wine was divine and the company was just beautiful. My DH even had a great time. Shayne is so pretty and so much fun and Polly is even more gorgeous. Just want to eat her!  AND I met Lisa-Marie who is even more gorgeous in real life. How lucky am I to have met TWO stunning bloggers in one night?

3. Oy. I am rather late with Christmas gifts. I am not worried though. If you are a kid, you will get your gift on Christmas day. If not, you are getting yours a bit late. It is ALWAYS fun to get a gift after the occasion though? Am I the only one who really doesn’t mind receiving gifts AFTER the occasion?

4. I was telling Lisa-Marie last night that November and December have been horrible for me. I spent loads of money fixing my car, I got burgled and seriously inconvenienced, work was a nightmare, my DH was working all the time and busy losing it with every little thing and my friend left. At least December is nearly over and 2012 is on its way.

5. My DH and I are hoping to go to Kirstenbosch on NYE. We went last year and had a brilliant evening in the company of Johnny Clegg. This year we are going to be hanging out with Prime Circle and Elvis Blue and we are rather looking forward to it. What are you doing for NYE? Do you do NYE?

6. Operation Camping Trip happens tomorrow. I spent today shopping and cleaning and am practically all packed – just a few things to add in the morning. Tomorrow we go and buy a car licence (we forgot about this and we are nearly past the grace period) then we go and fetch the tent and then we are off. My nerves are shot. Seriously. Please light a candle and think of me during this time. I fear I may lose my sanity.

How was your long weekend?

Filing for bankruptcy

I have tried my utmost to avoid this feeling.

I have the most stunning spreadsheets detailing gifts and card lists.

I am being clever and intentional about my social affairs. I am making plans to see some bloggers who don’t live in Cape Town. I have declined every other social invitation except for a wedding I’m going to next week. Really, I am here all year  - why is it that some people MUST see me now? This time of the year??

I am making an effort to keep my house clean and continuously declutter bit by bit as I go along.

I am not doing as much exercise and I miss it. I just can’t fit it in at the moment.

I have made decisions about what is not going to work for me this year i.e. buying Christmas cards as opposed to making them, skipping the advent calendar thing – kids didn’t even care,  putting up the tree a bit later as opposed to RIGHT NOW. The jury is still out on whether we will do a carols by candlelight somewhere.

I am being clever about making of gifts.  For purposes of time management and cost effectiveness, all the girls are getting the same thing and all the boys are getting the same thing.

I am not spending much time on Twitter and FB as I know that these take large chunks out of my time.

I have a timetable for what needs to be done every single night. I stick to about 95% of what is on my timetable.

And yet, I am feeling completely overwhelmed.

I feel stretched – my DH is working A LOT of hours so I’m essentially a SINGLE MARRIED MOM at the moment.

I am exhausted – even though I’m going to bed earlier.

I feel flat and somewhat despondent. Because of money. There ain’t no bonuses this year so I must essentially make one month’s salary stretch over 6 weeks. I don’t live above my means AT ALL and I have no desire to keep up with the Jones types. Yet after food and petrol I still don’t have money. Well. As of now I am living it up because it makes no difference anyway.  That budget can go and fly a freaking kite!

I feel anxious and unsettled in my home – I am afraid that someone will break into my car or my house again.

I am feeling frazzled – my world appears to be spinning.

I am going on leave within 10 working days and I have about 6 weeks worth of work to catch up before then. I am NOT going to be working on Saturdays or after hours in order to do this. And I still have to train someone to do at least SOME of my work and handover.

I am feeling stupid. Just last week I left this comment on Tania’s blog about how well  I was coping and today I wanted to run to the island and lie in the sun with my Mojito because it’s just felt like too much.

My DH keeps thinking that he is going to die of a heart attack any minute now. Not sure what this is about – it’s not covered in the 5 stages of grief.

I’m having issues with my tummy. When I go to the loo then NOTHING HAPPENS! Sorry if that is TMI. My tummy is bloated and it looks like I am 5 months pregnant.

I miss my Mommy who is very busy at the  moment. I miss my work spouse who made office life somewhat bearable for me. I miss my Boyfriend who is working VERY hard and dealing with his own issues.

I went to buy myself a top yesterday to wear with my jeans and strappy high-heeled sandals for my work function this coming Tuesday and nothing fitted me properly. Everything made me look FAT!  Then I fitted on one last top that I LOVED! It suited me perfectly and made me feel pretty and sexy. However I forgot to check the price before going into the fitting room. When I saw that it was R299 I nearly lost it! Seriously. R299? For one little top! Are they bloody MAD? Ugh. I just walked out of that shop!

So. As of now I am surrendering. I give up. I am raising my white flag. I am calling a truce with my feelings. With the world. With December – have I mentioned that this is actually the worst month of the year for me?

I hesitated to publish this post. I usually LOVE this time of year and I’m really not a grinch. Promise. It just felt wrong to publish this. Everyone is just oozing happiness and cheer on their blogs right now.

I keep thinking that I am meant to be preparing for Christmas – the birth of Jesus. To me this means slowing down, taking the “stuff” out of Christmas. Why does it feel like I am not even getting to that? Surely THIS (i.e. what I’m feeling now) cannot possibly be what He wants?

I am going to the pharmacy now to get two products. Something to help me along in the loo AND something to help me sleep. Then I will sleep. Then I will wake up in a few hours. I don’t know what I will do after that but ALL the measures that I’ve put into place to help me to avoid these feelings are NOT BLOODY WORKING so SOMETHING has to change.

I don’t know what yet. Hopefully I will dream something up. Sorry for the whine.

Good Night.

x

10 things I learnt this week

1. I often forget that I live in SA and I become complacent (to the point of naïvety) about my surroundings and my security.
2. When someone invades your private space, scratches in your stuff and steals your things  you feel violated. Exposed. Almost dirty in a way.
3. Being the victim of a crime can make you go a bit nuts or rather, have a bit of a wobbly.
4. Impromptu visits to friends during the week are awesome. Especially if there are snacks and lovely wines involved.
5. I really am too old to socialise on a week night.
6. I have more pride issues than I care to admit and I need to work on this. Isn’t it amazing someone had to steal from me in order for me to realise that?
7. There are some (actually MANY) fantastic, generous, giving people in the world. They totally make up for the 1% of peasant criminals who ruin things for the rest of society.
8. I am utterly and completely blessed. Out of my socks or  however they say.
9. Men and Women are different. They process things differently and there is a lot of truth to that hunter-gatherer theory. One would think that I should know this by now but I guess no one is ever too old to learn.
10. God is faithful.

What did you learn this week? Any fabulous insights that you want to share?

 

 

Random updates on a Spring Day

Happy Spring Day!

As is tradition in Cape Town, it rained today! Showers of blessings are on the way and we will probably be getting more rain. I really hope we get lots and lots of rain this month. We have had the most brilliant winter ever (cool and warm, sunny days) but this does present the possibility of water restrictions in summer. Not ideal at all.

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I have written a number of posts these past few days. Six in total. I believe that the posts that I wrote are well-written and VERY diplomatic. I haven’t published any of them as they have the potential to become offensive and inflammatory and I am not in the mood for people who are going to take things the wrong way and leave explosive comments. In other words, I am avoiding conflict because quite frankly I have enough drama in my life and I am feeling a bit fragile at the moment. Do you write posts that you don’t publish for fear of it being misinterpreted?

************************************************************************************I I was incredibly moved by this post that Cat wrote. PLEASE consider yourself extremely blessed if you don’t have to deal with a child who has challenges because it is pretty damn challenging and fulfilling and just KAK all at the same time. When I was done reading her post,  I wrote up something on how I eventually accepted my sons ADHD. I had tears streaming down my face as I realised how far we had come. Will publish it early next week because it simply doesn’t work for Spring Day.

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Remember this post where I mentioned how I thought that magazines were a waste of money? Well. I bought a magazine the other day. For the crafts. And the recipes. For the first time EVER in the history of me buying a magazine, I feel that I have received my money’s worth. It took me hours to get through that magazine and I have looked at it every single day since then. I am trying not to feel old and weird about the fact that it was a YOUR FAMILY magazine

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I had planned to buy myself a Kindle or some form of E-reading device this year as my birthday gift to myself. For the moment that’s on hold, because I have no idea how I am meant to buy books without a credit card. Any ideas on this? Anyway. I have decided instead to buy myself a laminating machine. I have seen many crafty projects that I want to try which require laminating and I will probably laminate/label every single item in my house! You cannot begin to imagine how excited I am about this purchase. My entire family are shaking their heads and don’t know what to make of me. First knitting then running now laminating? I am either going off my rocker or getting so very old…

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I have struggled with my running. My body feels heavy. My legs feel heavy. I feel so thirsty ALL THE TIME! Yesterday I finished a full bottle of water (500ml), not even halfway into my run. I am not sure what to make of it. I wondered whether it could be my new running shoes? It could also be because I haven’t been vigilantly watching what I eat. It could be because I am PMS’ing. For now I am playing it by ear.

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Remember this post where I spoke about how tired I was ALL THE TIME? Well, I figured that it was part of PMS. After I had that time of the month I was fine and my energy levels were back to normal. I have felt THAT fatigue for the past few days again. I still haven’t bought the vitamins but I am considering an iron tablet with that multivitamin in the Clicks range.

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I had a horrible morning with my Tween boy. On Spring day! Ugh. I was just nasty and told him that he is a filthy pig!  Isn’t it wonderful that I don’t allow any form of name-calling in my house and yet I call him names? What a brilliant example I am. Such a fish wife Mama. He couldn’t find a certain item of clothing and was making us late. I walked into his room (to help him) and wanted to VOMIT! All I could smell was socks. Is this an ADHD thing or are boys really this filthy? He was in tears and I felt really bad. I did apologise to him earlier. And I made him clean that room.

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How has your week been so far? Did you have a good Spring Day?

A bit of this, a bit of that…

• My Tween is having a birthday next Saturday. To date, I have made zero party arrangements. He wants to go tenpin bowling/ice skating/ to a games arcade/to the movies followed by a Spur outing. See what I have to deal with? A Tween who can’t make up his mind. I guess I should be happy that he at least has his guest list sorted?
• I am in the market for running shoes. Looks like it’s going to set me back by at least R1000. Eish. I am fainting already. I understand that running is high impact and that if my shoes are not proper then I can injure my hips/shins/ankles/knees. Honestly. What would someone in the townships have done to get a pair of running shoes? I have checked factories and it looks like it will set me back by about R750. Maybe I should do barefoot running?
• After the drama/trauma of the past two weeks our routines are finally starting to normalise. My DH is not sleeping too well. And I’m out of Rescue Remedy. Best I go get some ASAP.
• I just love Sally’s Gifting Challenge and am having loads of fun with Christmas Gift planning. There will be knitted gifts, home-made candle gifts, hand-made jewellery, home-made cookies in some funky, recycled packaging and maybe even some home-made lotions and fizz balls. Martha Stewart is my new BFF and I am also enjoying this crafting website at the moment. Am getting so excited as the possibilities are endless! Please share your favourite craft blogs? Going to start playing on Pinterest just now as well.
• I received a gift from a fabulous blogger and went to fetch it yesterday. It’s a book that I’ve wanted to get for a while and was planning as a Christmas gift to myself –  The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Can’t wait to get stuck in and have cleared my schedule for the weekend so I can read!

How has your Tuesday been?

5 things I learnt this weekend plus 5 little updates

Kids parties are exhausting and there is a VERY good reason I don’t take both kids by myself. Managing 1 times ADHDer and 1 times Toddler on a sugar high is no fun at all.

Family can be strange sometimes. Everyone could see that I was struggling a bit but no one thought to offer me even a 10 minute break so I could grab a snack. I went home starving. Another reason I never do this on my own.

Knitting is like riding a bicycle. I started knitting on Saturday night (Sally is doing a knitting challenge if you are interested in joining) and I briefly consulted with Google to cast on stitches and to purl. After a while it came back to me and it was all fine. I am LOVING it. Here’s a pic that I took when I got to work this morning. I’ve gone much further since then.

Don't you think it's just so pretty?

Sometimes it would help if I didn’t actually believe every single thing I read on Unisa’s website. I really should phone first and make sure that what they are saying on there is all true. I went there on Saturday morning and they were closed, even though the website said that they operate on Saturdays during registration period.  According to the Security on duty, the Saturday thing only starts this coming Saturday. What a waste of petrol!

I LOVE that I STILL enjoy just hanging out with my DH after all our years together. He is just so much fun!

Five Little Updates:

I got a totally unexpected gift yesterday from a gorgeous and oh-so-funky friend in the computer. Don’t you just love when stuff like that happens? It completely made my day. Thank You for first moving me to tears and then making sure I had a smile on my face for the rest of the day. x

My Toddler had his first proper Speech Therapy session last week. He was AWESOME. There has been a marked improvement and somehow I am feeling so much better about this. Most of what he speaks starts with “I want….” or “Joel wants…” or Joel no wanna ….” I love that he tries to have a conversation with me. He has caught on to the concept of saying Grace before meals and has taken it even further. I give him a banana, he says Grace. I give him water, he says Grace. I give him a sandwich he says Grace. He even said Grace before eating birthday cake on Saturday at the party. I think he is just sooooo cute and for the first time ever I can truly say that I am enjoying him.

The woman who looks after my tween boy in the afternoon has arranged for him to go to a holiday club at a church in the area. Holiday club is from 9 – 12 and she will fetch him and watch him for me till I come home. FOR FREE. Gosh, I am just so blessed!

Yesterday morning I went to do some grocery shopping and saw that Hyper had banana loaves fresh out of the oven for R10.99. I love banana bread and of course I couldn’t resist. In the evening I made custard (from scratch because I had lots of milk with tomorrow’s date on) for the first time EVER and we had it with banana bread. It was STUNNING! Is there anything better than a warm, sweet pudding on a cold winters night? Happiness really is in the little things…

I started with some proper exercise today and OH MY HAT,  I nearly died!  A woman at work is a PT for Adventure Boot Camp. She is taking some of us to walk, run, walk, run around the Common three days a week FOR FREE and DURING WORK HOURS. This is right up my alley. She is a SLAVE-DRIVER of note. I am feeling OK at the moment but suspect that I’m going to be in pain by Wednesday or so. But, I love that she pushes me.

That’s it for today. I hope that you all have a fantastic week.x