Date Night...

Keith and I went out last night... first time in absolutely ages that it was just him and me. We went to go see.....

And then went to Spur for supper... yummy yummy ribs and I rounded the evening out with icecream and HOT chocolate sauce.... mmmmmmmmmmm.

Was a great time out and something we need to do more often.

The movie was brilliant... the songs sure brought back memories from my childhood... mainly of driving to Rustenburg to take my brother back to boarding school and we would listent o ABBA there and back!!! And of course Pierce Brosnan is just such a dish to look at that it didn't matter that he couldn't sing all the well... didn't spoil the story at all... and boy did he look funny in that last scene after the title... hehehee

Have you booked????

If not why not.... hehehe.

Okay so I hear you asking me.... "what must I book for"... well that is a good question.... it's for SCRAPPINK... the wonderful scrapbooking event of the year... even more fun to look forward to.

I'm going to be a volunteer (doing that again!!) for this event and I'm so excited about it... so please rush out NOW and go book your ticket. They've even reduced the price to make it more affordable!

AND best of all... all the money raised will be going to Breast Cancer Awareness.... such a brilliant cause.

A-week-in-the-life Class

I just received a newsletter from Ali Edwards and she is doing a online class sort of thing next week on her blog that I think I'm going to try very hard to do... check this out.... http://aliedwards.typepad.com/_a_/2008/09/join-in-a-week.html

Yesterday...

September the 24th is my Mom's birthday... and now it's a public holiday too (Heritage Day) plus for the last few years it's also become National Braai Day.... so we had the day off work yesterday and got to spend it together as a family!

Happy Birthday Mom.... here is a pic of her cutting her birthday cake which I made... (yummy microwave Chocolate Cake ... recipe courtesy of my friend Judi)
And then we all walked around to the Boma restaurant for a very yummy lunch... huge selection of everything and we all ate way too much (no supper needed!) The rest of the day was spent getting acquainted with the new addition to the family... little Gemma who is now 5 months old.... and of course lots and lots of pics were taken (around 71 on my camera alone!!!)


And now for the awh cute moment... Aaron and Gemma getting to know each other better...


So that's me for now... we had lots of fun and laughter and it was a good day to be together.

Commenting does pay off

I read Jacki's blog last night and discovered I WON.... yip I left a comment on her blog and she pulled my name out of the hat (okay random integer helped!) and now I'm going to have 3-5 of my photos digitally edited to make me look G-O-R-G-E-O-U-S!!! hehehe


Today is BANDANA DAY... and I'm wearing mine... go to http://www.sunflowerfund.org.za/ and find out how YOU can help too...

Spoke to my little guy on the phone last night to find out how his day had been... and had a quite giggle to myself instead..... he told me all about Poppa putting up brackets and Granny doing the washing but couldn't remember what he had done. He did say that he watched the picture changy thing (ie digital picture frame that my brother had given my folks as a combined birthday-christmas present) plus the cinderella movie... he seemed happy (like always) so I think on the whole it was a good day.

Today I reckon pandemonium exists at their house seeing as Shaun, Denise & Gemma got back from East London last night and Veronica arrived from Cape Town... Aaron is very excited to be seeing his cousins again... I just just imaging the NOISE that's going on and I really don't envy my folks with that houseful.... good luck! And tomorrow we get added into the mix too... it's Mom's birthday, heritage day and braai day all wrapped into one!!!

Right back to work for me now... catch you soon.

Faith...Family.... and news

I absolutely LOVE the verse in Hebrews 11:1 all about faith... and when I found Stephanie Ackerman (who does RAK doodles) had done that particular verse I just had to add it to my blog... sure hope she won't mind.

Now on to news of the weekend... had a rather quiet and relaxed one... that's how it felt but it was busy-ish. Did the usual laundry chore... started on Friday afternoon and continued on Saturday... now must do the ironing! yuck yuck!

Saturday Aaron and I joined my Dad at his SAG Train meeting.... stands for Saturday Afternoon Group... hehehe... at the Pretoria Show Grounds to see a model train layout... we had such fun...

And... look who we found lurking.... THOMAS!!!

Sunday was spent at church in the morning and then we drove through to my folks for lunch, to look through their 1000+ photos of their 3 week holiday through Namaqualand and finally left Aaron there for his two week holiday! Yip 2 weeks... I have a break... I got to sleep till 6:30 this morning............. sooooooooooooooooo nice and needed!

Going to see a scrapping/school friend this afternoon... Theresa... and then it's home to do that yucky ironing and finish reading my murder mystery.

So that's me in a nutshell for today.... catch you soon.

ps... got pics yesterday of the newest addition to the Sanders family.... little Kaylin Catherine Wehrli born on 23 August to Thomas and Heather (Keith's younger sister). Congrats to the proud parents.

My kind of exercise programme....

Exercise Routine


If you're over 30, you might want to take it easy at first, then do it faster as you become more proficient.
It may be too strenuous for some.


Always consult your doctor before starting any exercise program!

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That's enough for the first day. Great job.

Have a Chocolate.

So true... and it is!

Your Blog Should Be Blue

Your blog is a peaceful, calming force in the blogosphere. You tend to avoid conflict - you're more likely to share than rant. From your social causes to cute pet photos, your life is a (mostly) open book.

What Color Should Your Blog or Journal Be?

This past weekend... report back

Having worked till after midnight on Thursday to finish my competition entry I still had to get up early to get Aaron to school and then get myself to Sandton Convention Centre by 8:30 to help with packing the goodie bags for the Scrapbook Convention.... had such fun all day.... here I am in a room full of goodie bags just before lunch.

The afternoon I was part of the team that handled the registrations and in one of the quieter moments I went and set up my competition entry. Here is my complete model.... entitled "Once Upon a Time".



This is a close up of the castle that I spent the whole of last week rushing to finish. You can also see the dragon on the drawbridge and if you look extremely closely you will see the princess up in the tallest tower!

Here is the knight coming up the pathway to fight the dragon and rescue the princess...


These are the fairies of the autumn leaves forest...
Here are clips of me throughout the weekend....

1. My school friend Theresa.... you were very brave to come having just had a major op... but you did great girl

2. Jennifer and her daughter Mallory... from Around the Block

3. Celine Navarro.... what a fun class and awesome lady... Merci

4. Kelly and her friend Cydnee from My Minds Eye

5. The group of volunteers in our class... we were such a good team... thanks girls for sharing this experience with me

6. Jenni Bowlin and her husband ... a lovely class

7. Margie from Making Memories... such a card.. and we were all given an open invitiation to visit her when in Utah... such a nice gesture

8. My absolute favourite person... Stacy Julian.... I even wore miss-matched socks on Sunday in honour of her!

9. Last but not least my blogging buddy Jacqui... it was great doing this weekend with you.

There were two other teachers.... Kah-mei and Rachel with whom I didn't get photos :( but they were the absolute best teachers tooo!

And then the final news of this weekend is.... I didn't WIN the paper competition... this entry did...
.... but I did get a FREE ticket to next year's convention... so reckon that was prize enough.... hehehe.
All the late hours and Saturdays working before hand were worth it.... even the sore back and aching feet. I spent Monday sleeping (after taking Aaron to school that is!), and feel a bit more recovered now.

Speaking of Monday..... Aaron was soooooooooooooooooo excited yesterday.... the Grade 1s, 2s and 3s all went on a bus trip to the National Botanical Gardens for the day... here is a pic of my boy on the bus... his first bus trip all by himself!




And so that was the busy busy weekend... hope that tells you what I was up too...
ps.... I also got to meet Tracy, Sophia and Jacqui in person.... sooooooooooooo nice!

The final countdown

Well in less than 24 hours.. yip LESS... my model must be finished..... ouch!!! Or rather HELP!!!! I'm almost but not quite finished the castle... mainly just got the flags to stick on the turrets... but there are lots of them! And then I must still make 2 reindeer as well as a forrest of trees... and THEN assemble everything. HELP someone I think I've bitten off more than I can chew and I don't have enough hours.. or hands. Oh well will see how far I get and that will have to do then. Will take pics and let you all see my hard work once it's done.