For us who don't like housework....

Two brooms were hanging in the closet and after a while they got to know each other so well, they decided to get married.

One broom was, of course, the bride broom, the other the groom broom.

The bride broom looked very beautiful in her white dress. The groom broom was handsome and suave in his tuxedo. The wedding was lovely.

After the wedding, at the wedding dinner, the bride-broom leaned over and said to the groom-broom, "I think I am going to have a little dust broom!!!"

"IMPOSSIBLE !!" said the groom broom.

Are you ready for this? Brace yourself; this is going to hurt.

"WE HAVEN'T EVEN SWEPT TOGETHER!"

Oh for goodness sake... laugh, or at least groan. Life's too short not to enjoy... even these silly little cute..... and clean jokes

Sounds to me like she's been "sweeping" around!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The countdown is on...

Yip it's only 4 more sleeps till convention... okay 5 if you're a delegate... but for me Friday is the day.... So the heads up is IT'S GOING TO BE FUN... the kits I've helped pack are gorgeous, the colours are so pretty and the excitement is climbing. If you haven't booked yet, I'm sure there are still a few places left... so go to http://www.scrapbookex.co.za/ and book asap.
And then of course the rest of my week will be spent finishing my entry for the paper craft competition.

So please if you are at the convention come and see my entry and if possible vote for me... I'm still trying to make a castle, need to do a sleigh and reindeer (x2), and cooking pot, a whole bunch of trees & leaves and then still assemble it all... all before Thursday evening... ouch... what have I let myself in for?????? Oh and inbetween all that I've still got to work each morning, go to bible study tomorrow, do shopping and my brother is coming to stay for the week... life will be VERY hectic this week... but fun!

Chat again when I get a chance.

Casual Day

It's Friday and today is officially Casual Day... Aaron's school went all out for this and sold the stickers to raise money for Casa Do Sol School and all the kids went to school dressed in civies this morning. Well before we left home it was time for pics too so here are we all dressed for Casual Day... enjoy.

And this last one is just for fun.... hehehe

Aaron was playing with my camera and zoomed in to take a photo of Mommy... now you can see me in all my glory... hehehehehehe

Speaking Japanese

You know those emails that keep doing the rounds... well I got this one yesterday again and decided... what the heck I'll answer it here and now you can add in your 10 cents worth too!! SO...

Fill your name in Japanese (refer to table below) and send it to all of your friends to show how crazy it looks...

A - ka B - tu C - mi D - te E - ku F - lu
G - ji H - ri I - ki J - zu K - me L - ta M - rin
N - to O -mo P - no Q - ke R - shi
S - ari T -chi U - do V - ru W -mei
X - na Y - fu Z - zi

So here's mine..... CATHY = Mikachirifu

hehehehe.... now you know what to call me in future... hope I remember and answer!

Pleasing a little boy

It's amazing how little it takes to make a little boy happy. Last night was Survivor on tv... the one night that Aaron is allowed to sit up late and watch tv. Anyway early in the day we had been grocery shopping and I had bought some microwave popcorn, so Aaron asked if we could have a treat while watching Survivor.... "put all the lights out, eat popcorn with sugar on and was Survivor like at the big scream".... well that's what we just did... him and me cuddled up on the couch with the lights off (except the kitchen light so we could see what we were doing!) and with a big bowl of icing sugared microwave popcorn to share while watching the intrigue of the team reshuffle on Survivor.... just like as if we were at the movies!!!

I sure hope that it will always be this easy to make my little boy happy.... it's the small things that count!

Blog Award

I've been noticing these "blog awards" doing the rounds of a few of the blogs that I visit and was wondering if I was EVER going to be lucky enough to get one and then last week Michelle so kindly said she had left me a little something on her blog for me and there it was... my reward.

So now here's what I have to do....follow the rules... hehehe.

The rules are simple:
1 Make a blog post where you pass the award on to seven blogs you like and
2 Post a comment at their blog to tell them about the award!

Well I reckon my seven blogs will include some return visits to some of my loyal readers and then a few extras, so here goes:
1. Jacki JvR
2. Sophia
3. Michelle
4. Desire
5. Ro
6. Lara Cousins
7. Rachel Scholtz

Enjoy visiting all these blogs (and thanks to them for visiting here!).

Spring has arrived

Yip it's the 1st of September today so officially it's SPRING... just someone PLEASE tell that to the weatherman!!! It's cold and blowing up a storm today.... poor little guy went to school in civies today dressed as if it's WINTER... hehehe. What happened to that lovely spring weather we had last week?? Well I don't think we've EVER had a 1st of September where it's been HOT... so reckon this is just par for the course.


And then to prove even more so that Spring has arrived we got our first Clivia flowers in our garden this weekend. We've had this plant for over a year now and this is the first time EVER that it's had a flower... so here it is in all it's glory.

And just an update on the "sick patient" (as Aaron calls me!)... I'm still coughing and spluttering! Went back to the doc on Friday as I was no better and got yet more meds... have been inhaling Karvol all weekend but the cough still does not want to disappear. Am having yet another day at home! Next course of treatment is xrays to see why my sinus aren't clearing and then possibly scrapping my sinuses surgically.... no thanks I'd rather cough!!!

Well off to rest a bit more... cough, splutter and cough some more. Enjoy your spring day wherever you may be!

M.I.A

Just in case you wondering where I am.... I'm home sick in bed! Yip that achy feeling I had last week turned into a nagging cough by Saturday and then on Sunday I really felt yuck! Went to the doc on Monday and he diagnosed Sinusitus and Pharyngitus... ie... snotty nose, cough and no voice! Well I'm now resting, taking my pills and getting better so not sure when I will be around to do my usual commenting on my friends' blogs or even get to read them. Hopefully before the weekend.

It's done...

Well after a bit of dithering about trying to find a new template or design my own I decided to go for the template... and rather like this "grungy" one... mainly because it's still blue... my favourite colour. Added in the brown colour for a hint of chocolate... yummy... reckon I best go find myself some to munch now as a reward.

The plan has begun...

I turn 40 in less than three months (see my ticker to keep track!) and as I want to take a train ride for my birthday with ALL my friends and family I thought I had better get planning asap. So feelers have been put out to the train people (www.friendsoftherail.com) to find out the prices and now I've sent an email to my friends and family to let them know so that we can book the date and finalise numbers. You see this is the problem when you have a birthday at the end of November... people get busy with exams, Christmas parties and the like so I thought I'd get in early and book them up... hehe. So if you didn't get an invite and really want to join me... comment here and I'll make sure to include you (and apologies if I missed you!).

So now the count down is on and the party can begin soon soon.