Great day by all

This was my last day at school 26 June 2009 with my daughter Kylie & youngest son Steven.

Well I can say I had a fabulous morning. Going to school sports as the guest of honour sounds "grand" it was just so much fun !! Nothing grand just really being part of the supporters, chatting to all & sundry & fun fun fun. Knowing all the children getting trophies was great & it was good old fashioned sportsmanship all round.

Afterwards it was a quick change into jeans & sneakers to play bowls with the local schools... oh my we had 3 teams entered but our team lost both our rounds, we did not quite grasp this sport !! but again it was fun & laughter all round. Being with all my friends & ex colleagues was great. The best part was I won a frozen chicken .... so we know what we are having for lunch tomorow.

Having a whinge....

I am back after visiting Kimberly again (not much to do the second time around) and then the big city of Johannesburg. Its always great seeing my sister & brother in law more so as my son is lodging with them at the moment. We haven't seen him in three months & it was fantastic catching up with Mark. He is trying to find his own flat & is seeing lots but nothing has appealed yet. Hopefully soon he finds the one because he is needing a bit of his own space.

My DH always has travelled every week I was always at home because of school, well now I am with him most of the time but its tiring & hotel food is not great all the time - am I abnormal ? or just crazy. I had this "picture" in my head of how it would be ( you know the one of warm fuzzy perfection.) Well its really not. I have been back since the 24 of July but at home for 6 nights altogether. Hmmm we may have to rethink this one.

I have not had time to scrap, or have my hair cut, go to church craft evenings etc etc- yes I am acting like a spoilt brat. I am as a result not going anywhere next week but poor old DH is off to Joburg once more.

On a more positive note its school sports day tomorrow & I am off to be the guest of honour, when asked what I had to do .... keep the principal happy while we get on with it & hand out trophies. I can do that I am so pleased to be off to school.

First day today

Well today was my first real day in the "office" at home. I worked from 8.00 to 14.00, and it was great.......

Then I went off to see my very dear friend Debs in hospital again with another tumour & I was very shocked because I have been away & the chemo has taken all her hair - I mean all her hair, no eyebrows, no eyelashes, no arm hair and it was really a shock. I faulted thinking I was in the wrong room until she spoke to me. Oh my it was just good old Debs. I ended up being asked to leave we chatted till 16.15 and I will be back tomorrow.

I am thankful for my health & all my blessings, but really more so after chatting with Debs & she reminded me to cherish everyday.

YAy yippee our NZ luggage arrives

Yippee tonight just before 6pm our 2 suitcases (sent unaccompanied 54 kgs of clothes, Senz l/os & samples,gifts from my SIL & cuttlebug & lots of 12 x 12 papers and and and )arrived. You can imagine our excitement & pleasure.
Kylie & I thought it was Christmas & needless to say the cuttlebug has been tested thoroughly - by ALL the family ! Boys with toys - what can I say.
It also meant 2 loads of washing & another 2 to go but tomorrow is another day.
I was only home 3 days when my DH had to go to Kimberly on business & he decided I was coming with, off we went & I loved it. Since I had never been to kimberly I did the tourist thing ( quite strange in your own country !!!) and toured the Big Hole,old town, memorials & Macgreggor museum. There are one or two things I didn't see but was pleasantly surprised. We travelled back leisurely & enjoyed our midweek break.
Today I visited school, it was glorious & fun & of course I overstayed my estimated time but came home happy & at peace.
My home office is taking shape, its tidy & I am up to date with the core business books but still have both laundries to get up to speed - not too bad ! Even my DH is impressed (long may it last.) There is method in my madness I want to scrap in the week and can only do that if I am up to date............

Back home but not with it

We (DD & I )are back in SA & wow its good to be home but we are so not with it. Its all a bit fuzzy right now & I will catch up on all my blogworld friends & their happenings & do a proper post later this weekend.
I must however just say to Jenny in New Zealand a HUGE thank you for a wonderful time on our holiday with her it was amazing & I can't wait to do it again. Of course that means saving like mad again & as I have joined the ranks of unemployed (ha ha) my DH will have to pay me handsomely for my work - not in kind either !!!
Hope everyone has a wonderful weekend & if you live in Durbs its cold !!!!!

So spoilt in NZ

Well I have been so so so spoilt in Wellington by my SIL Jenny, she has made such SUPER quilted bags for all 4 of us !! not only that but it was full of goodies - a HUGE THANK YOU goes to Jenny in NZ. Wow how great is that !!!! ITs so great being here (chilly but so clean & bright.)

I will post some pics but right now we are trying to save all the pics to a couple of cds so i can take more of course.

Then we hit Kiwi Scraps - so so nice & decided to get a few 12 x 12 papers ( well 56 NZ $ worth) & then onto Central scraps of course I found a few just have to haves..... Then we joined my BIL for a delish lunch - what a great day it was so much fun.

We also found some lovely heritage photos in my BIL albums - after he was bemoaning he had no heritage photos !!! wait till he gets home from work. We will of course copy those photos too & they are doubly precious because they are not with us anymore. So we will be scrapping a lot.

New Zealand so far

Antony,Darren,Hayden, Deena & Chloe in Keri Keri
Keegan giving me a "watch me ".
Andy, Kyle, Kylie & Keegan having a relaxing paddle.

We landed in Auckland at 9.55pm on Wednesday evening, flew through customs, got our hired car sorted & were met by my gorgeous neice Ashley & Andy. A friendly south african had popped in to baby sit as of course the two boys were fast asleep. We chatted till the wee hours of the morning & of course were woken up by two very excited boys in the morning at some very early hour. So we had to take Keegan to kindy(3 year old) & Kyle to year 1 (5 years old 6 on the 07 July). Off we went to do sim cards etc so we were back in communication with SA - phoning them at midnight to say hi !!!! oops forgot the 10 hours ahead bit!!!!

We have been to the Skytower, Kelly Tarltons,mueums & kayaking on the Waitakere river mouth & I am not sure who had the most fun - us or the boys. Ashley & I even dressed up as penquins at Kelly Tarltons !!!! We were introduced to the most delish cheese cake shop & NZ scrapbooking shop - oh wow its a wonderful shop & we were extreemly restrained & looked only as SENZ is the main event.

After 4 days it was off on my own (after little Kyle saying please don't go - very heart breaking but I will be back there in 2 weeks) driving down to Keri Keri to see my nephew & family. I was given explicit directions from Auckland but managed to take the scenic route(got lost) but still get onto the main motorway. Well to us in SA - its not so much a freeway like we know but a one lane road with passing on hills. Its wonderful driving down to keri Keri there are so many little stops on the way & such exquisite scenery. I met up with Deena ( my nephews wife) in Kawa Kawa as she had been on call & had to work - very well timed. I followed her the last 20 kms to their house. Oh my I have so missed my nephew Antony,Deena, Hayden, Chloe & Darren - again we talked till wee hours in the morning & skyped home & chatted to DH.

Keri Keri is a "tiny touristy coastal" town but its surrounding bays & beaches are beautiful - Antony has tried to show me everything in 12 hours - I am exhausted. Kylie (DD) is off on her tour of the South Island & glaciers etc.

Off to bed as the children & I are off to Russell tomorrow