Author Archives: Tanya

Hot Jazz…

On Sunday we had the pleasure of going to a jazz festival held at the Maynardville Open Air Theatre.   Little did we know when we said we’d go that Sunday was going to be one of the hottest days Cape … Continue reading

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Whoohoo….

Would you look at that sexy beast, isn’t she cute? Just shows you how excited I was about getting another car (that’s my story and I’m sticking to it – I will deny any allegations made regarding my inability to … Continue reading

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I want to wail… why me?

Late this afternoon I was driving along the M3 listening to Cape Talk when I smelt an odd smell, did a bit more sniffing and the vague thought struck me that it smelt electrical. A few minutes later smoke was coming out … Continue reading

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Bonding over icing and jellytots

“Mom, I’m bored” “Mom, I want to do something with you” “Mom, I’m booooooored” *sigh* The problem with a bored 10 year old – they don’t let up.  So I suggested a few things having established that said bored 10 … Continue reading

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Weekend round-up…(and a bit of catching up)

(Rather a lot of catching up actually…. ) Tamsyn had her cast off on 19 January and seems to be coming along nicely – of course the poor child was scared to death when her doctor came at her with … Continue reading

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My witticism knows no bounds

I have *once again* been called to task over my abysmal blogging. The lack thereof, that is, not the actual content.  The content (in my opinion of course) tends to be full of humour, anecdotal in nature and has the … Continue reading

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Welcome to 2010…

Evidently I need to check my blog more often – just had to wade through 152 spam messages – whoever decided to initiate the ‘have you heard this joke’ or ‘here’s a good joke for you’ way of spamming a … Continue reading

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R.I.P (I think)

There was a time when I was on top of current affairs – I could hold my own in a conversation – be it Magabe, Malema or Manto related. Then I was able to tell you the number one hit … Continue reading

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What a trooper

Tamsyn had her foot operation yesterday. For the last three years she’s been having problems with her left foot, so much so that she had to give up all physical activity for the last year and a half. We’d tried … Continue reading

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Oh Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree

As the youngest member of the family is due to be out of action for six weeks, we figured we’d trim the Christmas tree early this year. Armed with a xmas cd, the box of decorations and the tree – … Continue reading

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