Category Archives: Life

(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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

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 →

Both Jessica and Tamsyn did Trinity Guildhall music exams for the first time this year – Jessica went for the Grade 5 Recorder and Tamsyn did Grade 1 piano.  This was several weeks back and many practice sessions before that…. … Continue reading →

There lived a family, a fairly typical modern day family – a mother, her two children and a Wouter. Life was plodding along at a fairly normal pace and all seemed well with the world until the mother came home … Continue reading →

Last night was the arts and cultural awards ceremony at Fish Hoek High School for all grades. It was a fun evening, we were entertained by various short acts or musical performances by the students and the hospitality group made … Continue reading →

I actually don’t know where to start this story…. 2 years and 3 months ago I got married….I opted to revert back to my maiden name (not because there was anything wrong with Wouter’s surname – I hastily add – I … Continue reading →