BZZZZ BZZZZ BZZZZ

We are back on land for a brief stop (washing, re-stocking the food stores, etc.). Have been on board for 2 weeks. I'm busy wrapping up pressies and sorting everything for our West Coast Cruise.

I am reading all of your blogs..... I am!!!!!! Just don't get time to update mine.....

You must all have a very Blessed Festive season, and please be safe on the roads!!!!!!!

Lotsa Love!!!!!!!!

Naughty list?????

Well, well, well? Me thinks I'm on the naughty list for not blogging so regularly...... Will you guys please forgive me??????

It has been chaos getting everything ready for our trip the end of December..... Much more work than we have thought!!!!!

We have been grinding and painting and sewing new curtains for the galley, saloon and cabins.... New matress for our bed in the aft-cabin, and so the list goes on.... I won't bore you with the details! But I have slowly but surely discovered something..... When I am on the yacht, I am more laidback and at peace, and as soon as we have to lock up I start to feel depressed..... I don't even want to come home!!!

We have got a new routine now, we go to the yacht on Thursdays and come back on Mondays.... Don't that sound like a wonderful loooong weekend? But now we are only going on Friday night this week and already I am starting to get irritated at home...... Maybe my body is trying to tell me something????

On the scrapbooking front, I am starting a December Daily as I think everybody is doing on the moment? But I am taking pics at the moment and will start with the actual album this weekend I hope. I forget to take pics even tho I have my camera with me 24/7!!!!

I am still reading all of your blogs in the meentime, so I am always here just don't have anything to say except that we are working on stuff the whole time.....

I will post some pics later!!!!

Have a Blessed evening!!!!!!

Some of my nice stuff........... My friend and her husband makes these nice little box to put all your paints and small scrapstuff in.

My calander for this year........

My nice word art and my 'curtains' formally new as a sarong.....

Another sarong and word....... Hope you enjoyed this rather pic-filled post.

My DH is on my case.....

Well, this is the house the DH build. No, really!!!! He build me a little craft house outside the house. It is nice and spacious, but as you know, never big enough.

Everything has it's place...... Nice and colourfull......

My magazine corner..... Just a few of them though.....

Some of my 'empty' albums.... for taking on the cruise....

My Hobbies..........

Well, this is the T.V. room..... which has also also become a part of my scrapping/creative space

Note, the heater next to my 'workspace'......... Can you see why my DH is on my case??????

November has come.......

Well, the year it seems, is on it's ear already!!!!! Can you believe this?????? Where has the time gone??? There are only 6 months left for us here......... So, I shall have to get my big butt in gear and start to load all my goodies into the yacht... I honestly do not know how hard it is going to be to say goodbye to everyone..... But, other than that, the weather has been very nice!!!!! Hope you people had a wonderful weekend.... Blessings to all!!!!!

Glorious sunshine!!!!!!

I just love todays weather!!!!!!! I'm working in the garden and are contemplating on going for a swim……. But I am scared the water is going to be too cold…..

 

Had a lovely weekend and on Saturday I did a very sweet little mini album all about summer!!!!! Will show you the finished album ones I am done with it…..

Hope you guys are having a wonderfull day!!!!!!

Sun vs rain……

I am a total summer person…… When, I ask you, are we going to have one full week of summer??????? I am fed-up with summer then winter and summer again all in one week…..

 

I am looking forward to swimming again, 'cause that is my favourite excersize. And long lazy mornings next to the pool….. Nice to be a SAHM hey??????

 

As you might have picked up, I have started blogging out of my Word program and not from Picasa my photo program any more….. So much nicer….. I can do so much more now. I am learning so much everyday, See I am a slow learner. I like to keep on doing things the same way 'cause I know it works that way… Well I have been learning to think out of the framework lately…..

Have a nice day peoples……

Post Birthday Blues!!!!!!

I am feeling blue…… Maybe it is only the Cape Town weather….. It is raining and I don't like the rain… I want glorioua rays of sun on my face……

 

Man, I had a stunning birthday this year……. It started on Thursday last week and lasted till yesterday, Sunday. I am officially pooped!!!!!!! Can you guys understand this behavior??? I have had my fill of people around me…. I want to hibernate right now……

 

Thanx to all who had a part in it…. It has been awesome. Will post some more pics later when I have it…

 

Lotsa Blessings

All of my pressies from today together.....

Me with make-up and all

My best 'maaitjie' friend.... She did all the work and planning......

Birthday Pics....

This is what the table looked like.........

Some of my awesome pressies.....

A piece of naughty niceness!!!!!!

And the cake...........

BIRTHDAY!!!!!!

Well, it is my b-day on Friday....... But we are getting together tomorrow. I don't know where, or who will be there, 'cause my friend did everything......... I am like a kid when it comes to birthdays....... Can't help it, it just was like that for since I can remember....... I will upload some pics as soon as I have some....... Blessing peoples!!!!!!

Alive......

Well, I am still alive..... Going away for the loooooong weekend. We will leave in about an hour or so. I can't wait to get to the yacht, it is so peacefull on the water!!!!! It has been very long since I last posted, but I have been extremely sick and busy...... But I am back and will "see" u guys again ons Sunday evening or Monday...... With hopefully some nice pics. I forgot the camera at home last weekend and would you believe it, we had the most wonderful time and weather???? Well, blessings to you all and enjoy the long weekend!!!!!!

Tenderness......

While me and my hubby were busy working on the boat this weekend our youngest one was blissfully trying to catch fish...... She actually did catch one, but it was very small..... She named it Jetti..... Well, we had to put it back in the water later and she was almost crying because.....'how is he going to get back to his friends??' They grow up so fast and before we know it, they don't want to play in the water anymore or swim right there in the slipway like she also did that morning...... The water was FREEZING I tell you, but she had the time of her life....... Well, just wanted to share a (I think) awesome pic...... Lotsa Blessings!!!!!

FINALLY FINISHED!!!!!!!!

We finally finished her on Sunday...... Sheez, we really worked our backsides off...... But she is in te water and now we can begin with other stuff inside...

Do you think they were working hard???? We tried everything to get that shaft in, but at the end resorted to old fashioned aggression!!!!!! Good to get the blood flowing..... But, I hit my right thumb inbetween that big wooden batton and the steel rudder at the back!!!!! Not fun I might add..... I nearly fainted, my thumb is black and blue today and difficult to do the normal housework..... (WINK-WINK)

This is what our hands looked like after we actually washed them...... I still have blue paint under my nails that not even thinners or acetone will take off!!! I can have some breather now she is in the water, only until we start with the other bits and bobs that need to be done still. Enjoy this (NICE) Spring day, well, lets just say that yesterday was more Spring than today!!!!!! Lotsa Blessings!!!!!!!

This is the flight of stairs thet we have to use EVERYTIME that we want something from inside or have forgotten to take something that we have to use....

Whatch out....... Lady with a drill, and NOT afraid to USE it!!!!!!!

Working my backside off...........

Don't ya think that we have the most beautiful mountain????? (Without the barbwire offcourse)

HOLY COW!!!!!!!!!

Well, we were working ALOT this weekend.... Actually since Thursday when she was hauled out for a bit of TLC.

As you can see, she actually needs ALOT of TLC. This is her, in all her big splendour as seen from the front.

You can see how huge she is, that is my hubby at the right of the pic and he is over 6ft!!!!!!!

I tell ya, my back was breaking by Saturday afternoon from all the grinding and cleaning.....

DEPARTURE DATE

Our date of departure on on our sailing adventure has been delayed until December 2010!!!! On the one side it is very nice but on the other hand also very frustrating!!!! I have to change my whole mindset now. But, we will be sailing in a big fleet...... So, much better for safety..... And we are no longer going around the 'wrong' side.... We will be leaving with the St Helena race and from there we will be stopping in places like Brazil, Venuazela, the Med.......... Well, lots of more time for scrapping and kuiering with all my buds........

Long ago.......

Can you believe the time goes by so fast????

These were taken about 8 to 9 years ago........

Chickenpox???????

We have a little chickie in the house....... My one has got chickenpox, or so me thinks..... Lotsa itching going on on the scalp and also the back..... little waterblisters....... So sorry for not making a turn at your place to come and get my goodies, Stef....... Off to put some more Caladril on the little patient.......

Sweet sunny Sunday!!!!!!

Well, what a stunning day we had!!!!! We went to our boat yesterday afternoon..... The little one had a sleep-over at a friend, so we had a nice quality-time two days....... had a lazy Saturday doing some scrapping, and then we had a nice supper on our yacht. Invited our friend Paul over from Lila (his yacht's name) and had some nice laughs and a very good homemade soup and homebaked bread (wich I preparred at home Saturday morning). It is always great having nice company!!!! Had a wonderful LATE lay-in this morning(if you know what I mean...). Did some work around the yacht and came home. I always have BIG-TIME Blues when we have to come home..... When I step onto the yacht it is like everything just falls away.... I breath better..... I relax and can just BE!!!!! I realy can't wait to start on our journey.... In many ways it is going to be a journey of seeing lots of places and experiencing so many new stuff, but in the same breath also a journey of finding yourself and discovering what you are actually capable of....... Well, I am going to take a nice long bath with some scented candles and then just relax with a book.....

Lotsa Blessings!!!!!!

Day-to-day

Hi there!!!!! I have been down a bit the last few days, that's why I have not come around to blog alot. Went to Stef's on her birthday (very nice with LOTS of sweet stuff). Went to have a nice scrappy morning on Wednesday with a few friends at Stef's house..... Had lots of laughs!!!!!! Finished my layout of the nice mother-daughter pics..... Started a new one of friends...... Going to plant myself infront of my table and go on with that, and start my soup..... Also planning to go to the yacht later today, just hope the weather holds..... Well, g'bye and see you later Aligator..... Lotsa Blessings!!!!

Me and my daughter

Well, this weekend that past was my FIL's 80th birthday. We all went to Moorreesburg for a bit Family get-together. My SIL's daughter that is visiting from London wanted to take some pics of me and my little one.

Well, I rather like this particular one of us......

She is growing into a very beautiful young lady...... Can't believe how tall she is...... Well, that is all for now, I'm a bit 'off' at the 'mo!!!!! Lotsa Blessings.