Category Archives: Life

Take one culinary challenged wife, one recipe taken off husband’s website and the rash statement ‘shall I start supper?’ and you get….. a curry to die for, literally.  Alright, so not literally, no-one died, except perhaps a few taste buds … Continue reading →

from the in-laws (having invited ourselves to lunch) I played with the camera a little and took this shot of the sunset.  Pretty, huh?    [btw lunch was damn fine too, I’ve never had waterblommetjie bredie before. That’s what happens … Continue reading →

This time in Paarl, hosted by the Wynland Gym Club. It included the two top gymnastics clubs in the Western Cape, ACS and Wynland.  Let me tell you, those girls are *good*, seriously good. The Judges were merciless with their marking, … Continue reading →

I know I said my last post was my last post today, but I had to write about this.  School raffles – bane of my life, I despise them, actually it is more like an all consuming hatred of them.  … Continue reading →

“But, I’ve never come first before, Mom” was Tamsyn’s refrain when I chided her ever so gently for her rather loud excited chatter as we left the Braun (her club)  Inter-Club Gymnastics competition on Saturday.  “You can be as excited as … Continue reading →

Life has a habit of getting in the way of doing things, reason why I haven’t updated the blog in awhile is because of life.  You know, the general run of the mill stuff that happens and before you know … Continue reading →

Tamsyn participated in an inter-club gymnastics competition on Saturday, hosted by ACS at Edgemead Primary School.  Poor kid though had an awful competition, started out badly with her performing first on the bar and getting a score of 7.10 – to … Continue reading →

The other day I took photos (at the Scrapbook convention) and they really didn’t turn out well at all.  Was most disapointed, so I asked Wouter to check the camera settings just in case I’d managed to screw them up … Continue reading →

Words to strike fear into the heart of even the bravest of Moms, alright perhaps only the domestically challenged brave Moms, or in this case, perhaps just me.  Class cake sale at school – something I have gone through with … Continue reading →