Things to celebrate

Last week we had two reasons to celebrate. Firstly, this little baby Turned 4. Birthday cake made by Gorgeous Man, candle placement by the Gorgeous Girl. She’s growing up very quickly. This was taken for Spring Festival at her school. The other celebration in the house was the news that Gorgeous Man is now officially [...]

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A birthday and a finish

Recently a certain Gorgeous Man had a big birthday (starts with a 4 and ends with a 0). We took the opportunity to head away for the weekend. We stayed in accommodation with some interesting recycled decor. There was no electricity, so at night we used these lamps and solar powered lanterns. I don’t know [...]

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He came bearing gifts

Gorgeous Man is back in the country. He arrived very late Monday night. This week has been about getting life back in order and playing with my new spinning wheel. It came in a big box, that was opened for inspection at the airport by SARS. That would be the South African Revenue Service. There [...]

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Is it wrong…

Big news first: I’ve ordered a Schact Ladybug spinning wheel. Gorgeous Man will be bringing it home from the USA at the end of October. The universe wanted me to have this wheel – the dealer is walking distance from his hotel.  He assures me he is able to get it home. Is it wrong [...]

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A drive in the country

The Western Cape of South Africa is a stunningly beautiful place. Where we live there are high mountains that meet the sea. I can see both mountains and oceans from my window while I’m working. However, there are also large flat areas that in spring have marvellous displays of wildflowers. We recently took a drive [...]

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Breaking Radio Silence

Thanks for the welcome back comments. I’ve been too tired and exhausted to reply to you all, unfortunately. I have to admit that I felt very, very low when we first arrived back in South Africa. The jetlag, combined with a bad cold and really not wanting to leave Australia all contributed. I’m feeling much [...]

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New habits

I hate buying clothes. I loathe it with a passion. I can never tell if something looks good, or if it’s going to match the rest of my wardrobe. So what usually happens, is that every once in a while Gorgeous Man comments that I have nothing to wear and heads into a clothing store [...]

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New Things

I hope everyone had a Happy New Year’s Day. I don’t have any resolutions for 2009 other than to move more and to spend some time being creative every day. I Thought I’d show you some new things today, what with it being a new year and all. Gorgeous Girl has a new pair of [...]

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Should I be worried…

…that Gorgeous Girl has twowords: ‘Daddy’ and ‘Gone’, but still won’t say ‘Mummy’? The Gone is said in relation to food and bottle more often than it is in relation to Daddy, but even so… It’s been a hectic week. We’ve had some changes in the care for Gorgeous Girl. The girl that has been [...]

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Yes, I do believe I can bend the space time continuum, why do you ask…

So today I put Gorgeous Man on a plane for the USA. He will be gone for a fortnight a week in the USA roughly and then a week in Toronto, Canada. I even managed the drive home on the very scary freeway in a new car OK. There was one heart stopping moment, but [...]

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