tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65449400342633354352024-03-05T08:44:24.542+02:00Working GirlCombine 175ml of nuttiness (do not lick screen if you are allergic) with 175ml of happiness. Add a sprinkle of life, a teaspoon of hope and a pinch of magic. Mix well and bake until golden brown and bubbly... this is me :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.comBlogger202125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-45741792994256588532016-08-16T13:52:00.001+02:002016-08-16T13:52:30.258+02:00There is fear in my heart.<div class="MsoNormal">
As a mother, I am constantly aware that I have a beautiful
blonde haired, blue eyed beauty and that the world is full of people who would
want to take her away and either sell her body parts or enter her into some
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Every single day I see posts on my Facebook timeline where
someone has tried to take a child out of a trolley at a shopping mall, or pick
up a child and walk off with them, or (the latest) smash car windows with rocks
and try to take babies out of their car seats. As a mom, I am constantly aware
of these situations and it’s driving me to the point where I just don’t want to
take Alice out on my own, and my mother is absolutely forbidden to take her
anywhere alone unless it is absolutely necessary. I can’t begin to tell you
about the soul destroying; sleep reducing nightmares I have about my child
going missing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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How do parents deal with the fear? Surely I’m not the only
one who feels this almost crippling fear that something is going to happen to
my child?</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-66696116256747259582016-07-11T13:18:00.002+02:002016-07-11T13:19:12.762+02:00Jumping ahead to the future...So, wow... Much has happened since June 2013, the most amazing (and challenging) of which has been the birth of our baby. Alice is 16 months old already, would you believe!?!?!<br />
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Wayne and I will be celebrating our 4-year anniversary in Pretoria this year, as his cousin is getting married. We've decided to turn the occasion into a family holiday.</div>
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-39499316507674521952013-06-14T13:43:00.000+02:002013-06-14T13:43:40.263+02:00I was asked to submit an inspirational story about myself at work the other day. If you're asking why, the best I can offer is that my company is a little odd... Awesome, but odd. Anyways, I put together a recap of the great "fat-struggle" that was my life...<br />
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Here it is if you're keen on some random reading...<br />
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Obesity in South Africa is on the rise. 70% of all women and 40% of all men above the age of 35 are overweight. Obesity is an ugly word; it’s a personal word and an offensive word. But it was also a word, which in 2007, you could comfortably use to describe me. At 27 years old I weighed a whopping 117 kilograms. Healthy diet and fitness regime were foreign concepts to me. <br />
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I’ve often had people ask me, how did you get to that size? The simple answer is that it’s easy. I was a fat kid, a fat teen and a fat adult. An average woman, who leads an average, healthy lifestyle will consume around 1940 calories per day. Now look at a Cornish pasty for lunch (776 calories), or two ham and cheese sandwiches (704 calories), or 5 cups of coffee a day (400 calories). Now add breakfast, dinner, snacks, juices and the total just keeps adding up.<br />
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My best friend visited me one day and told me about a diet she was on. She’d changed her eating habits completely and was going for weekly weigh-ins. Before I continue, I have to say that losing weight is not a physical thing, it’s a mental thing. Yes, you have to eat the correct foods in order to lose weight; but that’s not going to happen if you can’t get control of the hamburger or loaf of freshly baked bread hanging around in your head all day saying “eat me, EAT ME!” <br />
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So I started the “diet”. It was not a diet, not by a long shot. A diet is something you go on for three weeks, get bored with it, lose two kilograms and put on four at the end of it. This was a lifestyle change. R700 per month, two bottles of the most revolting medicine, a weekly injection to speed up my non-existent metabolism, and the healthiest eating plan I had ever seen meant that I was broke and grumpy (fighting constantly with the hamburger in my head). <br />
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I was blessed though. I had my best friend… Who would make me grilled chicken salads at lunch time and phone me to keep me constantly motivated. As the years and months went by I lost the weight. It took almost three years to lose the 48 kilograms that I lost, but it was worth every step.<br />
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Yes, over the past year or so I have put on a few more kilograms that I would like to, but that’s about to change. “Diet” and an exercise routine will see me back at 70 kilos, which is my goal and ideal weight.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-10706741241666168812013-06-14T13:35:00.007+02:002013-06-14T13:35:55.587+02:00Just so you know...... I <strong><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: x-large;">LOVE</span></strong> my husband. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-50846568742573869032013-06-11T13:28:00.001+02:002013-06-11T13:28:46.999+02:00They said what? Really? Are you sure?
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><strong>*NASTY LANGUAGE WARNING*</strong></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’ve come to the conclusion that book reviewers (not all,
and yes I’m generalising… bear with me here) are bullshitters… or liars… which
of the two, I’m not sure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">My cousin wrote a book on parenting; a topic which he knows
nothing about. The reviewers gave it positive feedback. Said it was enlightening... amongst other things. Look, I got through around 30% of the book (unfortunately it was
free on the Kindle store, so I opted to download it to see how “great” the book
is). The book is crap. Sorry Daniel, but there’s no other way to put it other
than, it’s crap. Really crap… </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The book is, essentially, badly written, full of typos (have
we never heard of spellcheck?), a sad excuse to complain about his ex-girlfriend
and his (non-abusive) alcoholic father. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">At the end of the day, he made some stupid choices, and
decided to have a cry about it in a really, really awful book, instead of doing
what the rest of us would do… man-up and move on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Sorry Daniel, you get a 0 out of 10 rating from me.</span></div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-2368375087127858632013-04-07T19:43:00.001+02:002013-04-07T19:43:25.788+02:00Fast Forward...... to <span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"><strong>April 2013!</strong></span><br />
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Wow, I knew I was behind in my posts, but I never realised that the last time that I stopped by was in 2011! Holy snackwich!<br />
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Ok, well... Big changes have happened between then and now. I got married! I finally found Mr Right, and I actually don't know what life was like before I met him.<br />
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I also changed jobs. Not such big news, but definitely a positive in my life.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-61461669825695782202011-12-20T08:04:00.000+02:002011-12-20T08:04:38.419+02:00Hello? You still there?Gosh it's been forever since I posted on this thing. Big things are afoot in the land of Ash; it's all very exciting. More updates to follow as soon as certain events have rolled around.<br />
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In other exciting news... Maxine is half way through her pregnancy... Her baby is due on the 9th of May, if I'm not mistaken. It's all very exciting :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-72578811518612084362011-12-07T18:27:00.000+02:002011-12-07T18:27:03.489+02:00Counting Blessings...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FOHI6OFfEMygqCzT8SPRt5-G3tZIShRcDoqoPArXP-L4v8wT4pZSQ2_cJ9Ck_4Sr_8GNGavi0FINKKYDRrrseu-kDFEDNSVScYEox9J7A8JB4R-er0uJBX4aSqFicxa13jqWV5I3SRQZ/s1600/Love.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="198" mda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1FOHI6OFfEMygqCzT8SPRt5-G3tZIShRcDoqoPArXP-L4v8wT4pZSQ2_cJ9Ck_4Sr_8GNGavi0FINKKYDRrrseu-kDFEDNSVScYEox9J7A8JB4R-er0uJBX4aSqFicxa13jqWV5I3SRQZ/s200/Love.jpg" width="200" /></a></div>I count my blessings every day, times two, for my boyfriend.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-28305780095899639912011-10-12T09:56:00.002+02:002011-10-12T09:56:41.156+02:00*sigh*<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsqfi4bAvZP7YuTzVoNAVJ8tqhco7TZoGp6ibxJ6OPLej3W-kO_k4IkGwaDtV6Sq3GBHoMebDgx553590KQfAB4Egdq-nEI6pzf8lbxx533vgWLvH2P9En80r7COjT28GGPCBwIUHwtq6/s1600/sad-cat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgsqfi4bAvZP7YuTzVoNAVJ8tqhco7TZoGp6ibxJ6OPLej3W-kO_k4IkGwaDtV6Sq3GBHoMebDgx553590KQfAB4Egdq-nEI6pzf8lbxx533vgWLvH2P9En80r7COjT28GGPCBwIUHwtq6/s1600/sad-cat.jpg" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-51272674110098651462011-09-27T09:20:00.000+02:002011-09-27T09:20:46.635+02:00Transcending into the madnessOK... so I've got my first trans-party with the trans-hippies on the 15th. I've decided that I'm going to take my fire toys and flowlights and hide behind them all night. I'm even hunting for a tie-dye t-shirt, which is hippie camo :P It's on the 15th of next month, and I have to say, I am looking forward to it :) This is like home territory for Wayne because he used to DJ at these things, so at least I'll have him with me :) Fun fun :)<br />
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFquq5P_Dd7iCFLB6IdCtECQl7b-Zta-fWFyAIsFSjuIkd3AuTMzgQls-jY-4dIR0F_Arup1j4svYD1Zt5lbIr8LiEMCZ0q0wdQVPEaeye1DJummKrsUi6soy51Ua7jGjdKTp0WAkJgTi/s1600/little-heart.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; cssfloat: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" kca="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoFquq5P_Dd7iCFLB6IdCtECQl7b-Zta-fWFyAIsFSjuIkd3AuTMzgQls-jY-4dIR0F_Arup1j4svYD1Zt5lbIr8LiEMCZ0q0wdQVPEaeye1DJummKrsUi6soy51Ua7jGjdKTp0WAkJgTi/s1600/little-heart.gif" /></a>1. It's my and Wayne's 4th monthaversary! It's been a wonderful 4 months with my bean <br />
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-43193081526813027682011-09-26T14:33:00.000+02:002011-09-26T14:33:25.797+02:00A fun weekend all roundI don’t know about your weekend, but mine was just far too short. Other than a minor hiccup on Saturday afternoon (Wayne and I were both grumpy… He was suffering from cigarette withdrawl symptoms and I was suffering from stomach ache, so I went home and left both of us to our own miseries) we had a lovely weekend.<br />
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<strong>Saturday</strong><br />
Cupcake Day! Mom and I went to a cupcake decorating course out in Everton. Fun was had by all! We decorated 6 cupcakes each. Zolita and her mom, Zola, showed us various techniques from mixing icing to creating grass. She also gave us cupcake embellishments which she had already made up. Those were made of plastic (sugar-paste) icing and are actually relatively easy to put together by the looks of it. As soon as mom has a decent mixer again I’ll be baking. Watch this space for my own designs.<br />
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I’ll be organizing a mixer for my mom for Christmas. Going to buy her a Kenwood Chef and hopefully not put myself in debt until the cows come home because of it, but we shall see.<br />
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After the course I headed over to (a very grumpy) Wayne’s place. Shame, the poor bean seems to have acquired back ache. He called me later in the evening to find out what pills he must get from the chemist, sounding like he was on the verge of tears, so my irritation levels dropped instantly. After rattling off a list, he popped to the chemist and then came over for dinner, took his meds and went home. Poor thing. He needs to go to the chiropractor and get run over with her steam roller. <br />
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<strong>Sunday</strong><br />
A very late start to the day and well, to be perfectly honest I woke up and put on a video game and well… that was me for the morning. I arrived at Wayne’s place at about midday and we popped to Galleria for a round of glow-in-the-dark putt-putt. That was fun! Look, we both suck, but I did manage to kick his bum at it, so my competitive side was stoked. We really should do it again, but in a big group with friends.<br />
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We spent a fair amount of time wandering around Galleria, after which Wayne did some grocery shopping; topping up on the basics.<br />
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And that was my weekend. Not a bad one all round actually.<br />
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My Cupcake Creations!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In the garden!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bug putting eyes on her "dog"</td></tr>
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</tbody></table>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-89598140011704910392011-09-15T17:11:00.002+02:002011-09-15T17:11:37.650+02:00Loooooooooooong dayWell, yesterday was an adventure. It turned out to be a very long day ending in me not having enough money to pay for the parking at the airport. Thankfully, my <strong><span style="font-size: large;">awesome boyfriend</span></strong> came to my rescue. It’s a long story, and one that I’m just too tired to tackle at this point. The painkillers I took last night have left me tired and grumpy the whole day. I can’t wait to get into my bed tonight… Tomorrow I will tackle all the bits and pieces that I should have tackled today, but just didn’t have the brain power to.<br />
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BTW! It costs <strong><span style="font-size: large;">R105</span></strong> – one way – to get from Marlboro station (on the outskirts of Alexandria township) to the airport on the Gautrain. Can you spell R.I.P-O.F.F!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-22256432583270364842011-09-13T16:53:00.000+02:002011-09-13T16:53:30.914+02:00Adventuring we will go...I'm off to Johannesburg tomorrow. Here's hoping I don't get lost in that dismal city. Catching the Gautrain to Sandton. Wish me luck!<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSW9Dh-HcnGNIEh-E4HSijGR12vDDpw2ZjLdzN2AxlTGIOaj7v0M_Bj0Iu7GpSiKGvlhSB3OQC5f1DWqTiRB8ctLq2CknYXYU6w6_G0N10heRsdFl0UyivxVTmdzrWWCG82NHMomSk5f0/s1600/GT.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="256" rba="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSW9Dh-HcnGNIEh-E4HSijGR12vDDpw2ZjLdzN2AxlTGIOaj7v0M_Bj0Iu7GpSiKGvlhSB3OQC5f1DWqTiRB8ctLq2CknYXYU6w6_G0N10heRsdFl0UyivxVTmdzrWWCG82NHMomSk5f0/s400/GT.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-63331985691270070012011-09-13T09:40:00.001+02:002011-09-13T09:42:09.166+02:00Absolutely amazing!It seems that sculptures have been popping up around the libraries in Scotland.<br />
Read the story, it's absolutely wonderful :D<br />
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<a href="http://community.thisiscentralstation.com/_Mysterious-paper-sculptures/blog/4991767/126249.html" target="_blank">Mysterious Paper Sculptures</a><br />
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Ok, so the movie...<br />
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<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1641117/" target="_blank">Alex Pettyfer</a> (John Smith) was very much under my radar until I watched <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1152398/" target="_blank">Beastly</a>. He's not a bad actor at all. Look, he's no Nicholas Cage or Sean Connery, but as far as the young, up and coming actors go, he's definitely one to watch. <br />
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Ok, so John Smith and 8 other kids are from another planet, Lorien, which was destroyed by another race of aliens called the Mogadorians. These kids were all referred to by a number. As the other "Numbers" were killed off John grew stronger and came into a set of powers called Legacies. Each child apparently has different Legacies. He is guarded by a Cêpan (warrior) called Henri (<a href="http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0648249/" target="_blank">Timothy Olyphant</a>). <br />
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Ok, back to the movie... Look, I've no interest in running through it play-by-play. I'm not a movie reviewer, I'm just here to tell you that you should watch the movie. Yes, it does have a bit of a love story attached to it, but that's ok. It's not a soppy, gooey movie like the dismal Twilights. <br />
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The action scenes in the movie were fun! And well, any movie that has a Chimera in it will already earn 10 brownie points in my life. How cool was Bernie? Unfortunately Google is not offering up a decent image of him in his Chimera form for me to post.<br />
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<em><span style="font-size: x-small;">*Courtesy of Wiki</span></em><br />
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Telekinesis — Like John, she can move objects with her mind. It is not told how developed her strength is.<br />
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Invisibility — Six can make herself invisible. She manages to sneak around outside the school despite the numerous Mogadorians outside. Six can turn people invisible just by touching them; however, this is limited to only a couple of people. John's grandfather had this power.<br />
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Elemental Manipulation — Six can control the four basic elements: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. She can apparently mix these powers together, shown when she makes a storm appear in the final fight.<br />
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Ok, well that's all I have time for today. The movie is definitely worth a watch, and I'm going to see if I can get the books too. I think they'd make a great read. I'm off to spin poi with my boy :P<br />
Have a great weekend all!<br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="345" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/g5djHG3hPu0" width="560"></iframe>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-53623209668737513452011-09-09T13:59:00.000+02:002011-09-09T13:59:30.690+02:00A pinch of salt, a dash of ... biltong?Today's What's for Dinner recipe is biltong and pepperdew loaf. It sounds both strange and delicious and seeing as my boyfriend loves biltong I thought I'd give it a bash this weekend.<br />
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If you'd like to tackle the recipe yourself, click the link below:<br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.whatsfordinner.co.za/recipes/biltong-and-pepperdew-loaf-recipe/1541" target="_blank">What's for Dinner - Biltong and Pepperdew Loaf</a></span></strong><br />
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And in the spirit of Friday, here's a video to get you in the swing of the weekend :D<br />
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In other news - here's a few photos of Barry at Fire in the Park the other night :)<br />
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Fire in the Park last night was lovely. It did start to rain at one point, but by then Wayne and I were so tired that it was time to go home anyways. I took a good number of photos of Baz, which I am going to use to put together an article for Robyn's Fire and Lights blog. The article will be entitled something along the lines of Shooting Poiple. Hopefully one or two of them came out alright! I must check the settings on the photographs that I took of Rayson, and maybe use some of those images too. Will see how it goes. Baz was in "cute mode"... friendly, funny and just enjoying himself. I love it when he's like that and just want to squeeze him. He really is a lovely guy. I hope his new girlfriend is awesome. Wayne didn't spin fire or play drums, which I think made his heart a little sad, but his violin exam is on Monday and if he damages himself then he won't be able to do it. So no fun was had by my bean unfortunately :( Poor thing. At least he brought his friend Dave with and they had a bit of a chin-wag. Martin was in "teacher mode" which meant that I got 6 weeks worth of poi lessons in the space of 2 hours. I'm not complaining though, I learn a great deal when he's in that mode.<br />
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I'm so excited for Wayne about his violin exam. He's been practicing like a demon and although I've only ever really heard him play once, he's doing very well. If nerves don't get the better of him I'm sure that he will rock that exam, and in 9 years or so I will have a boyfriend (or a husband, who knows) who plays violin in an orchestra. How cool is THAT!?! He's such a talented bean :) I love my bean :)<br />
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Tonight is the night market in Toti. I'm going to see Robyn, but I won't be staying for too long. I'm just too tired. This has been a very long week of late nights and I want an early one.<br />
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On a random side note, should you be at the Gateway shopping centre this weekend you can go to the <a href="http://astrologyandpsychicfestivalsa.co.za/" target="_blank">Durban International Astrology and Psychic Festival</a>. Ya, take it with a pinch of salt hey, but it looks like it could be fun. Katia wants to know what colour her aura is, LOL :P<br />
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That's me... Over and out :)Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-74495337592736722432011-09-08T09:50:00.000+02:002011-09-08T09:50:06.057+02:00SKYLANDERS!Oh my GOODNESS! I found what I want for Christmas! *insert crazy wiggle dance here* <br />
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<a href="http://www.skylandersgame.com/" target="_blank">SKYLANDERS</a><br />
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Ugh, sad face and sore heart.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06365972991668023249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6544940034263335435.post-58073629866750247132011-09-05T17:14:00.002+02:002011-09-06T17:55:56.962+02:00This has been...... A very long Monday.<br />
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