Monthly Archives: July 2008

Sometimes, drinking after a hard day…. feels so good

Jessica was meant to have a couple of friends come over Saturday night for a sleepover, unfortunately right at the last minute they cancelled. I’m fairly sure I felt worse about the situation than she did, and in a moment … Continue reading

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Territory wars…

Spikey came back the other morning, Sunday morning to be exact at precisely 3:02.  I know this ‘cos my alarm clock told me. I then proceeded to spend the next ten minutes staring out the window, camera at the ready waiting for … Continue reading

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And the monster under the house is…

A porcupine (picture courtesy of wikipedia). Usual story, went to the loo at some really early hour of the morning, got into bed and the noises started. Peaked through a gap in the curtain, nothing. Got back into bed, hubby … Continue reading

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No wonder we’re so cold…

Yup, snow on the mountains. I took this picture from Boyes Drive, on the way home Friday. Not often we get to see snow so relatively close by. Weekend happenings: Wouter organised to pick up the jacuzzi, we would have … Continue reading

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I can cook, well sort of…

I cooked. Now I could leave the post just like that, those two little words – after all, what more is there to say?  I’m pretty sure those two little words strike a modicum of fear into W whenever I utter … Continue reading

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Locked out…

I often claim that it takes a great deal of effort to be as ‘loskop’ as I am, which if truth be told is my way of making myself feel better. Pretty sure no-one really believes it. I apparently left … Continue reading

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It’s freezing and p…ing down!!

I am sat in my hobby room perched on one of those red plastic – store-all type boxes, draped over which I have put one of the landrover mattresses and I am freezing my tushie off. I was bright enough … Continue reading

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Yay, one year today :)

Having waxed lyrical yesterday about my new Eee PC, let me rather give updates on the house. (Oh just so you know, I bought W the Gun Digest, comes out every year – makes choosing presents for him a doddle … Continue reading

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So, so very spoilt

It is our first anniversary tomorrow…7 July. For those who don’t know us, we have had a somewhat unconventional relationship… started by meeting in a chatroom on the internet (less jaw dropping these days than say seven years ago), six … Continue reading

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