Author Archives: Tanya

“Jou Ma se Detour”

Posted on 09/27/2008 by Tanya

Standerton – detours and no road signs – recipe for getting lost. And we did get lost. Tried asking a bloke meandering down the road how to get to Vrede – he looked a bit nonplussed, waved his arms vaguely … Continue reading →

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Eating out

Posted on 09/26/2008 by Tanya

Jeff took us out to dinner the two nights we stayed with him, the first night we tried a new Portuguese restaurant – literally around the corner from him. Nicely decorated, service was good and the food was nice. Jeff … Continue reading →

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“Where the streets have no name”

Posted on 09/25/2008 by Tanya

The trip has been somewhat hectic so far – a lot of driving around – well it took us 15 hours to get to Rustenburg having left Bellville at 4 in the morning – we spent the evening chatting with … Continue reading →

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Things that scare in the night…

Posted on 09/23/2008 by Tanya

I’m pretty sure that when one is sitting with one’s child on one’s lap at 2:00 am because she’s battling to sleep and her coughing is keeping her up and the only way she seems able to get some sleep … Continue reading →

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Catch up post

Posted on 09/22/2008 by Tanya

Murphy struck over the weekend, Saturday morning I was up really early – partly because I couldn’t sleep anymore and partly because I had to be off early to assist with a training course that had been arranged for some … Continue reading →

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What to do if this happens to you…

Posted on 09/12/2008 by Tanya

Ever been in the situation where you were entrusted to sell a motor vehicle, which you’d been driving for several years but was still registered in your mother’s name, you then lost any buyer details you might have had and … Continue reading →

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Summer is almost here… yay!

Posted on 09/12/2008 by Tanya

 I took this picture on the way to work this morning – what a pleasure to be able to drive without the incessant rain, although the weather man tells me it is going to rain on Sunday again. *sigh* Salivary … Continue reading →

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Is it ever going to stop raining?

Posted on 09/10/2008 by Tanya

I am so heartily sick of the rain, it just keeps on coming – day after day after day. Enough now! There is one thing I will not miss when we move into the Fish Hoek house (okay apart from … Continue reading →

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Blogs…. & the pressure to perform

Posted on 09/09/2008 by Tanya

On the side of my blog there is this nifty little widget (hang on lemme quickly google to make sure I’m using the word correctly) Amazing what you learn…. did you know that a widget amongst other things is…. Widget … Continue reading →

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Some days are more *red bull* days than others

Posted on 09/05/2008 by Tanya

Today is one of those days. It all started last night at precisely 20:46 when I checked my phone during a lull in proceedings at the Simon’s Town Choir Festival (primary school choirs in the local area getting together to … Continue reading →

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