Old school friends

Well after a year of planning the day finally arrived and we got to meet... Theresa, Karen, Bobbi and I met for lunch today.... was ABSOLUTELY awesome... and besides the general "what have you been doing?" sort of questions... it was almost like we had met yesterday.... such fun.. lots of laughter. So girls, when is the next one???


Theresa - 1983 at Rabboni on Sunday School Camp

Karen & Cathy - 1986 at Boksburg High

Theresa, Karen, Bobbi & Cathy - Today


And then also, what about all the other old school friend out there... would still LOVE to get in touch with some... like Isabel Pereira, Dawn Skinner, Catherine Stone, Hazel... and a few others... I also wonder what happened to so-and-so from school or what is this one up to or what ever happend to that one.... would really be great to hook up again.... hint hint! I've included some of my old school photos here for a trip down memory lane too.. hehehe


Std 10G - last day of school 1986


Charmaine, Karen & Isabel

Sean Hugh (Head Boy) and Eve Woodhouse (Head Girl)

Std 10G - doing PT


Wow time does fly when you're having fun. Guess we are all getting on in years.

Guess what???

I got to cook in my new oven last night!! yippee... first baked meal in FOUR months... okay so it was only fish baked in the oven but it was DELICIOUS.... will be doing a whole roast tonight for hubby's birthday dinner. Kitchen progress is being made!


This was Aaron this morning... showing his t-shirt that he got from Uncle Dean when he had visited Canada last month... showing true support for his heritage.... now just to get a South African one to show our BOKKE support for the rugby final on Saturday.

More pics

I arrived at Aaron's school to fetch him this afternoon and found that they had printed photos from the mini walk... both from Saturday and from Monday when the kids redid it.. or at least those that hadn't walked on Saturday. Not often I get such lovely smiling pics of my boy lately... usually end up with a funny face or smirk!

The latest...

Okay so I suppose I should blog about things on the day it happens but I don't always get there... so here is some of the latest happenings in my life:

Aaron's nursery school had their fundraiser on Saturday... a mini walk... around two blocks... well compared to last year where Daddy had to carry him most of the way... this year Aaron was soooooooooo keen that he RAN most of the way... hehehe... and even managed to finish first.. champion. Here he is with Matt another friend from school.

The overnight rain didn't even put a damper on the event... we managed to walk and get back to enjoy coffee and cake before heading home as the first raindrops fell... and then the heavens opened!

Our other news of the weekend is that we now have a floor... yip all the tiling got finished... and two days after it looks good... both Keith and I remarked how nice the tiles look... I really really am looking forward to getting back into my kitchen!

And now on to my latest gripe too.. GETTING STUCK IN TRAFFIC... urgh! I'm not a happy traveller this week... it's been a nightmare just getting to work... a trip that normally takes me 25 to 30 minutes has been taking between 60 and 70 minutes... not pleasant!! Today was a bit better it was only 45 minutes... hopefully the traffic will settle down a bit soon and get back to normal... whatever normal it!

Okay so now some HAPPY news... I've managed to increase my number of friends on Facebook.. and actually have made contact with two who live in Australia... been lovely to see photos of them and the families and catch up on their lives a bit.

The only other project I've got going at the moment is planning the Ladies Fellowship Tea for our church... left it a bit late I think to try and get a speaker... but we endeavour.

Okay so that's it for now... will keep you posted! hehehe.

Convention Photos

Gayle & I... all dressed up and happy before the day started!
All the helpers... this was us waiting for the room to open up (about 6:30 in the morning) so that we could get organised
Our first class was given by Donna Downey... my absolute favourite scrapper! Here is Nicki, myself, Donna and Gayle before the mad rush began.

This was our last class on Saturday... Retha from Scraptifity (my local scrap shop!) and the Comstocks from Cosmo Cricket... lovely couple.... their range of papers rock!

And of course there was Wilna Furstenberg toooo... a South African now living in Canada... very inspiring in her style of scrapping... and our own celeb in that Wilna is a Creating Keepsakes Hall of Famer and also Making Memories Idols winner.

So there you have it... or at least some of the photos from our Scrapbook weekend (8&9 Sept 2007).

Frustrations

Urgh.... it is BAD when things frustrate one... and today just happens to be one of those days.... I'm trying to pay an acocunt via internet banking but the one time password feature is not working as it is still set with my old email address and the call centre can't deactivate it as they don't have my ID number loaded on my profile.... urgh!! And ofcourse now the bank is CLOSED....



Oh and the other frustration.... we've had the tiler here all weekend working on tiling our kitchen floor and the passage floor... well he didn't finish in the two days he said it would take, and now he has been here all day today and hasn't even finished in the kitchen, never mind started the passage!! Looks like it will be another week at least before the tiling is finished... urgh!!



Well at least I can say that I managed to scrap over the weekend and last night when I was scanning my layout I worked out that in the last two months I've scrapped 40 pages.... wow did that make me feel good! Will eventually get them updated to the web...