Category Archives: Life

A little while ago I was awoken early one morning by the sound of a cockerel crowing and not just one random cock-a-doodle-doo – but about an hour’s worth of doo’s. Naturally later when it was officially time to wake … Continue reading →

We have these very fancy lifts at work… you punch a number in… it tells you which lift to get into and voila it takes you to your floor – well that’s the way it’s supposed to work. This morning … Continue reading →

I had just written a lovely long post – informative, witty – little snippets of information and then the pc hung…. and naturally I hadn’t saved any of it. I couldn’t be bothered to try and re-create it… blame a … Continue reading →

I survived my first day at my new company. I came home brain dead (shut up Wouter), exhausted and completely incapable of stringing a coherent sentence together – but I had a blast.  Haven’t a clue who all the people … Continue reading →

Well let me assure you it isn’t traffic. Admittedly this was traffic from Hell…. the type of traffic where you sit and sit and sit, not moving an inch for what seems like ages and just when you think all … Continue reading →

competitive kids, even if they’re only competing with themselves. Tamsyn got her school report today – she phoned me completely bummed out by her grades – figures she’s let herself down ‘cos they’re not that good. Go figure. :-)

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 →

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 →

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 →