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Flood zone...!
We experienced a weekend of unpredictable weather, bright sunshine interspersed with thunderstorms, lightning and dramatic cloud formations. While away from home visiting Jerome on Saturday afternoon,...
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When I returned home with Robynne last night, this being the first time since the big mop up after the flood, I was expecting to have a few problems to sort out. Bradley had been collected by his dad...
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Living without Mom
My mom, Merlien Ann McNab, passed away on Friday, 22nd February 2013 at the age of 70. Death caught her by surprise, as she had her weekend planned out. I had a fairly longish chat with her the...
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A lot has happened...
since my last post of last year on 30th October.We decided to move to a new rental (out of the floodzone) because of all the problems with the old house. Robynne and Marco had in the meantime decided...
View ArticleChallenges of Moving House
Moving house was accomplished in a few different stages, which served to make the whole process a little challenging. The one benefit is that all the houses are in fairly close proximity to each other....
View ArticleOut in the wilds...
With the Big Move accomplished on the long Easter weekend, I was pottering around on the Easter Monday, slowly unpacking boxes and relaxing. I was down the garden at the washing line, hanging up a load...
View ArticleRainy Saturday.....Peace!
To me that means the freedom to sit at the computer with Kittykie on my lap.Its cold this weekend. The unusually (for Jhb) heavy rains have ushered in the Winter cold. I've plugged in my oil heater for...
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Happy 23rd Birthday, Dael!
My eldest son, Dael turned 23 years old today! I can't believe it has been 23 years already and early this morning, the thought crossed my mind that at that moment 23 years ago, I was awoken from a...
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The next step...
On the Saturday, 27th April 2013 my daughter and her boyfriend of 3 years, Marco, became engaged. Yes, I'm a mother-in-law to be. I didn't know a thing about it at the time. I hadn't been...
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Putting Down Roots
Halfway through the fourth month of sharing a living space with my love and we are enjoying each other's company. We move around each other as dancers...I cook and clean the kitchen, my man makes our...
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Time to write again
Just please don't expect any pearls of wisdom from me. It is too close to the end of the year after a long hard year filled with changes and challenges. From the time my mom got sick last year in...
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An ending and also a beginning...
The view from my houseToday my house transfer was registered. It now has new owners. A young couple just starting out. It served its purpose, to provide a safe base for me, my kids and our pets. We...
View ArticleDogs in Johannesburg in Danger of being Put Down
Urgent!! Please watch. All the dogs at Irwin Animal Rescue Centre NPC are in danger of being put to sleep if we don't react now. No adoption fee for March and April just so that these doggies can find...
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Just to let the Interwebs know....
I'm going to be a granny in October! My daughter Robynne is pregnant with her first baby, a little girl. Bittersweet in that my Mom missed being a Great Gran by a short 2 years and 8 months. She would...
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Momcat and the furkids
It seems from browsing through my Blogger reading list that blogging has gone off the boil. Fortunately some of the bloggers that I follow have been dedicatedly posting all this time that I have been...
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Nearly a Granny...
The Countdown to Grannyhood is getting closer! Just another 10 weeks to go...I asked Robynne to pose her tummy for me so that we have some photos of this stage. I jokingly said "Don't try and suck in...
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How to help homeless people.
Happy New Year and Decade,A topic which weighs heavily on my heart is how to help homeless people whom we encounter on a daily basis. Some of them we see every day and we are looking for an idea on a...
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Dassies and elephants...A most fascinating fact is that these relatively small animals are closely related to elephants."As early as 1798, hyraxes were grouped with elephants based on similarities in...
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WHAT IS LOAD SHEDDING!?Load shedding happens when there is not enough electricity available to meet the demand of all customers, and an electricity (public) utility will interrupt the energy supply to...
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HEAVY DUTY ROAD OBSTACLES
Our load shedding being suspended for now, a clear run to work was expected. However, some of the casualties of the electricity constantly being switched on and off are traffic lights, some of which...
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