Christmas without her
To my dear Annatjie, Yme, Jacques and Wouter
Christmas time, a time of family, presents, love and laughter, but also sadness.
Someone with a vibrance as big as Natasha leaves a huge hole. The first Christmas without her, feels surreal like soon she will phone to discuss presents or get excited about gifts for the kids.
She loved spoiling them, Rachel and...
Cherry Picking
We went cherry picking on Sunday. It is the beginning of cherry season but the kids leave to Pretoria on the 8th and we wanted to fit it in before they go. It is quite a long drive and it made me grateful my mom talked me out of driving up to them for Christmas. The colder windy day gave me the perfect excuse to wear my new hat I knitted for myself. I so... Product Review: Hipp Organic
I was asked by Kate from Brand Bakery if I would like to be involved in the launch of Hipp Organic Baby food here in South Africa. I know the brand from when I was in the UK and was delighted to be involved as Titus was just going onto solids.
So it was to great excitement that the box was delivered to our house
We got 4 boxes of banana baby porridge, 2... Recent knitting projects
I made a shawl for Rachel’s birthday which I realize by some huge over sight I have not yet blogged about! ( Note to self: Blog about Rachel’s Party) This was the first shawl that I have made and was rather chuffed how it came out. It is the Sunny Days Shawlette from Nurturing Fibres
I then made one for my Mom’s 60th Birthday. Both Shawls... The power of Twitter
My little sister is going through a tough time at the moment and I so wanted to give her a hug and take her to coffee and do the things that big sisters do, but with her being in London and me being in Cape Town I felt a bit helpless.
Then I suddenly thought, if I can’t deliver coffee to her maybe I could tweet and ask if someone on twitter would be... 29 Day Giving Update
Day 6 Saturday: Pot Plant for Chantel
Day 7 Sunday: Chocolate cake for the car guard
Day 8 Monday: Kid sitting for a friend who needed blood tests
Day 9 Tuesday:Phone call to my Gran who is 92 and gets very lonely
Day 10 Wednesday: Posted a knitted shawl for my sister and a dinosaur tracksuit top for my nephew
Day 11 Thursday: Gave my friend Catherine who... Pudding Party
I love pudding!
Are you like me and get to the end of a meal at a great restaurant and feel really sad if you don’t have room for pudding? I know there is a separate pudding stomach but sometimes one can not give the pudding the due attention it deserves as the full food stomach is limiting the experience.
To honor all things sweet and the fact that... Rainbow Hair Phase 1
Ever since I saw this picture on Pinterest I have coveted rainbow hair
The problem is that it will be hard to get these bright colours over pink. I decided that I would do this for my wedding hair (not that The Geek has asked yet, but all in good time). Seems like a good idea to plan it for a big event, as it would be impossible to maintain for long.... Can giving change your life?
We went to the exclusive book wharehouse sale last weekend. I received an email about it but was not sure I wanted to be up at the crack of dawn to be there by 7am; Titus decided that we would be awake by 5:30am so there was plenty of time to get everyone ready. We did not get there as early as we should have and waited in rather a long queue, with 3 bored... Everybody Hurts Sometimes
I was in the bathroom getting dressed after a shower when I heard R.E.M “Everybody Hurts” playing from the dinning room.
I was immediately transported back to my res room in university. I remembered listening to this song, broken hearted over unrequited love. You only learn through these painful experiences, the lessons life has to teach. At the... My Sponsors
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