A beautiful hymn

Spring is here and yesterday in church we sang lots of beautiful songs all about God and His creation. And the one that was really special was a South African twist on an old favourite...

All things bright and beautiful

All creatures great and small

All things wise and wonderful

The Lord God made them all.

The aloe and the vygie

The hoopoe and the dove

The mielie lands around us

They tell of God's great love.

Chorus

The cattle in the cow shed

The horses in the stall

The sheep upon the hillside

Proclaim God's love for all.

Chorus

The cosmos by the roadside

At Eastertide appear

The dolphins in the deep blue sea

Declare God's wonderous care.

Chorus

The raindrops in the gutter

Sweet music to the ear

Bring hope and joy and comfort

With drought no more to fear.

Chorus

Aren't those words just stunning?

ps.... I have been very bad at blogging (according to my standards)... but I will soon soon get photos up (from August and this past weekend)... so just please be patient. I even have a tonne of photos to post on our school blog which I haven't got too. And my google reader just keeps piling up and up... but I will get there and try and comment too.

Happy Spring Day

It's the first day of SPRING and the first day of September.... happy and joyful.... and the weather is just perfect today too. Enjoy the sunshine.

I might just have to do this....

Will you join me????

EDITED: Just read the terms and conditions... unfortunately they won't post any prizes to South Africa so reckon I won't be entering the contests but might just do some of the other stuff for fun!

My name in lights

Sooooooooo I took the plunge last week and applied to be part of a sketch design team... at NUTS ABOUT SKETCHES... and I made it!!! oooh I am sooooooooooo excited. Now I really will have an excuse to scrap! There are four (sometimes 5) sketches each month... so starting in September I will be "world famous".... okay maybe not but it is a start!

googled by mistake

I wanted to browse my gmail account and clicked on Google by mistake... only to be surprised again by a new logo... how cute is this one...

Maybe we should all do some star gazing tonight to remember this invention.

Just an update for you all while I'm here... Aaron went back to school today... I think the kids were all happy to be back. The two boys in his class who had the swine flu are all recovered and back at school too, so things seem to be back to normal.

I don't even have any scrapbooking layouts to show you this week as I haven't scrapped since the last lot I posted. I signed up (with my free ticket) for the Scrapbook Convention in September and again they are having a paper craft competition... and I suddenly decided this weekend that I am going to enter.... so I'm busy making stuff... eish talk about a deadline! I only have four weeks to get it sorted before I have to have my entry form in. And yes I will take lots of pics to show you what it looks like, but you'll have to wait till the end of September to see.

Off to check my mail now, and then it's back to work.

A friend of mine?

Go check out The Girls Loft - it's run by Margie Romney Aslett and her daughters.... it's a kit club who do ship to South Africa... I definitely would love to give them a try. AND bonus.... they're doing a give away!

btw... Margie is friends with me on Facebook and follows me on Twitter.... she is a really fav of mine!

Please pray...

for Aaron and his school mates. We got a letter yesterday to say that his school will be closing from Thursday and open again next Tuesday because of the flu. Two of Aaron's classmates have been confirmed with swine flu. There are another 17 pupils and 2 teachers with it as well... This in a school of just 350 pupils. Very scary.

To realise...

To Realise the value of a sister/brother

Ask someone Who doesn't have one.

To realise the value of ten years:

Ask a newly divorced couple.

To realise the value of four years:

Ask a graduate.

To realise the value of one year:

Ask a student who has failed a final exam.

To realise the value of nine months:

Ask a mother who gave birth to a stillborn.

To realise the value of one month:

Ask a mother Who has given birth to a premature baby....

To realise the value of one week:

Ask an editor of a weekly newspaper.

To realise the value of one minute:

Ask a person Who has missed the train, bus or plane.

To realise the value of one-second:

Ask a person Who has survived an accident.

Time waits for no one.

Treasure every moment you have.

You will treasure it even more when

You can share it with someone special.

To realise the value of a friend or family member:

LOSE ONE.

Remember...

Hold on tight to the ones you love !

My weekend scrapping

Oh I love it when I can scrap and get lots done. This first one I did on Thursday afternoon

and then on to Saturday... and here is what I spent the day doing....

And so 5 more down, only 68 left to do in my 2007 stash!

I didn't scrap yesterday as we went out for lunch with the whole family to celebrate my aunt's 60th birthday... which was in June! So it was great to see my cousins again and just have a lovely lunch.... and no apologies from me for the three helpings of pudding I had... each one was delicious!

A new busy week lies ahead.... piano lesson and grocery shopping today starts it all off... hopefully I will be able to squeeze in another page or two of scrapping too. And don't forget to dress warmly if you haven't heard.... there is another cold front on it's way.

Take a poll

Yes a POLL not a pill... hehehe. My dear scrapping friend Retha is doing a new venture and is wanting to find out about crafters in South Africa... so please go and take this two second poll and help her out.... http://apps.facebook.com/opinionpolls/index.php?pid=1249914585

Thanks a mil.