BIRTHDAY ONE - SURPIRSE
I have never been one that makes a big fuss about birthdays, probably because I am useless when it comes to birthdays I can remember that it is someone's birthday, on the day of their birthday I will phone, them talk to them, and still forget to wish them and this is including my sisters and my "bestest" friend........ but my friend Judy...... well she just loves birthdays........ and I mean she just LOVES BIRTHDAYS..... I mean just LOVES BIRTHDAYS.........
And so this year I decided to give her a surprise birthday party...... as I met friends I invited them to the party, a surprise party at the farm, Saturday at 4o'clock............... in the end I forgot how many people I had invited so when it came around to catering......... well I took my best guess and worked on that.
Kayla and I worked all Saturday, making salads, frying sausage and crumbed chicken , decorating platters of cold meats, and of course the only thing that I knew Judy would not resist........ could not resist the one thing that I knew would get her over..................Mararoni and Cheese or as she calls it "Mac and Cheese"............
On Saturday afternoon I phoned Judy and invited her to supper I know that she just loves macaroni and cheese so I told her that I had got "a little carried away" and made too much and would they come over and help me............... little did she know just how much more I had made .................. and I also know that hubby Wayne is not too keen on pasta.......and I know he is on a diet, so invited him for sausage and salad............... and the stage was set...............
The timing was slightly out, because I few other people arrived just before them so Wayne told me later as they were coming down the long drive way that leads to the farm, she saw the cars and wondered who else was coming over ................ SURPRISE ........... and she just loved it, she then understood why Wayne had told her to change before she came over.......... but she said no why should she because we are almost family.........
Altogether 30 people arrived, the evening was beautiful, the boys spent the afternoon playing some ball games.......... a boy thing I am sure...... the girls spent the time in "deep" conversation.................
and Judy well Judy just loves macaroni and cheese what can I say................ and then on Sunday her actual birthday we went through to Her Majesteas Salon for lunch......
BIRTHDAY TWO - ITS A STRIKE......
Then two weeks later it was Meghan's turn Judy's daughter and she wanted to go Ten Pin Bowling so on Saturday afternoon we loaded up 8 of her friends and some of the youth and off we went....... Do you have any idea at all how much noice 8 screaming 12 year old girls can make............ some of them had never played before and the fact that the ball was not a dangerous object flying in the reverse direction of the bowling alley was for these girls reason to celebrate...... and the way they celebrate is be SCREAMING there glee............... but it was great fun to watch them and great fun to hear there delight and when others started to complain about the noise the owner said ............ tough everyone is allowed to enjoy themselves............ The biggest scream of the day came when the birthday cake was revealed........................
and the picture on the cake was JAKE from the Twilight series....... talk about teenage hormones.......... oh no wait........ that was me screaming.. .......... Judy , Diane and I were arguing about what part of the cake we were going to eat........................
BIRTHDAY THREE 18 AT LAST
And then it was Matthew's turn Judy's and Wayne's son he was turning 18 and we have been planning this party for months, it went from a massive party in a hall, to a lunch in a restaurant, to what Matthew wanted a Sunday afternoon lunch at home with all the people that he loves around him........... smart boy that Matthew...................
The day started very overcast and a chilly and since it was an outside function we started to stress but by the time we needed to set up the sun was shining and it had warmed up a lot.......... What a fantastic afternoon full of friends, laughter, and a whole load of love .......................
What more can can we ask for.........................
HAPPY BIRTHDAY EVERYONE
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Sunday, October 10, 2010
First Rain
I was supposed to be away this weekend on a woman's retreat but things change so fast, for a million reasons which maybe I will blog about one day, we ended up being almost prisoners in our own home.
I had forgotten to give one of the other organisers one of the gifts that needed to be handed out, so drove through on Saturday afternoon and had lunch with everyone to drop them off. it really broke my heart knowing I should have been there with everyone..........
But when I look back now I realise that it was in the trip there and back that I learnt the lesson that I was supposed to learn this weekend..............
As I was driving the scenery was amazing.................... alternating between undulating hills and grass plains at one point along the road there were horses taking a bath in a farm dam, , running through the water it almost looked like they were splashing one another.
Then there were cows grazing without a worry in the world, calm, peaceful, everything they needed right there, grass from the veld and water from the stream, what else did they need, a life uncomplicated by relationships, possessions, anger, lies, hurt...........
Then I noticed the veld grass in full flower there white tips blowing in the breeze looking like waves of white foam, being thrown backwards and forwards huge pockets of grass moving almost as it they were alive and trying to reach out for something, straining to reach into the unknown, fields of yellow and purple flowers, who even though we had not yet had rain had erupted into fields of colour waiting knowing, having absolute faith that the rain would come..
When we went to go and look at the place a month ago to see what we needed to take with us on the retreat, there were entire fields where the veld had been ravaged by fire, but driving along today the unburnt sections, the brown grasses looked dusty, and old but the places that had been destroyed by the fire, had sprouted into luscious fields, bright green in there newness, without a drop of rain having fallen, the grass and flowers didn't wait for rain, it didn't wait for lower temperatures, just in case it got burnt in the son, it did what came naturally it renewed its life, in faith looking forward to Gods provision of rain.
During lunch the wind came up and the sky began to darken and there was a promise of rain in the air at last ......... on the way home the wind was blowing and at a particularly isolated part of the trip and with only a few cows grazing in the field, and as my sister said later, they probably thought I was just another cow with "Mad Cow Disease" I got out of the car and I screamed................. yep............. screamed.............. screamed until my throat hurt............ screamed until i had released all the hate and bitterness inside me.............. screamed to God for help............ screamed for my lost life.............. screamed for my lost love........................ and as I got back into the car a peace came over me....... and I knew that I was going to okay, that we were going to be okay ................ we were walking safely wrapped in Gods arms, protection and love ............... all I needed was to trust in Him, like the flowers, like the grasses, like the cows................
As we sat on my beloved verandah later that afternoon the wind started to blow, and we could hear the storm getting closer and closer, the promise of the first Highveld Storm, becoming more and more promising, the lightning echoed through the valley and it was like the entire world was waiting, waiting with baited breath to see if this was finally it, everything to scared to move, to scared to make a noise in case something scared it off, there was completed silence while we waited............ and as I sat and watched the Syringa tree in the garden, covered in sweet smelling purple flowers blowing in the wind, at that moment for me, it looked as if its branches where waving in praise, praising God, for the fullfillment of his promise............. and then we could hear the rain coming as it started pounding on the roof tops, and then it was our turn, I ran into the rain, ran to wash myself of the past.......................
This morning as I sit and blog on my verandah everything looks clean, everything looks fresh, the grass is almost dry and it is only 6 in the morning, everything was just so thirsty, ......... the birds are singing............ and all is well with the world............... all is well with my world.............................. you see this weekend I learnt the lesson......... I am not in control of my life God is......... and i need to just have FAITH
I had forgotten to give one of the other organisers one of the gifts that needed to be handed out, so drove through on Saturday afternoon and had lunch with everyone to drop them off. it really broke my heart knowing I should have been there with everyone..........
But when I look back now I realise that it was in the trip there and back that I learnt the lesson that I was supposed to learn this weekend..............
As I was driving the scenery was amazing.................... alternating between undulating hills and grass plains at one point along the road there were horses taking a bath in a farm dam, , running through the water it almost looked like they were splashing one another.
Then there were cows grazing without a worry in the world, calm, peaceful, everything they needed right there, grass from the veld and water from the stream, what else did they need, a life uncomplicated by relationships, possessions, anger, lies, hurt...........
Then I noticed the veld grass in full flower there white tips blowing in the breeze looking like waves of white foam, being thrown backwards and forwards huge pockets of grass moving almost as it they were alive and trying to reach out for something, straining to reach into the unknown, fields of yellow and purple flowers, who even though we had not yet had rain had erupted into fields of colour waiting knowing, having absolute faith that the rain would come..
When we went to go and look at the place a month ago to see what we needed to take with us on the retreat, there were entire fields where the veld had been ravaged by fire, but driving along today the unburnt sections, the brown grasses looked dusty, and old but the places that had been destroyed by the fire, had sprouted into luscious fields, bright green in there newness, without a drop of rain having fallen, the grass and flowers didn't wait for rain, it didn't wait for lower temperatures, just in case it got burnt in the son, it did what came naturally it renewed its life, in faith looking forward to Gods provision of rain.
During lunch the wind came up and the sky began to darken and there was a promise of rain in the air at last ......... on the way home the wind was blowing and at a particularly isolated part of the trip and with only a few cows grazing in the field, and as my sister said later, they probably thought I was just another cow with "Mad Cow Disease" I got out of the car and I screamed................. yep............. screamed.............. screamed until my throat hurt............ screamed until i had released all the hate and bitterness inside me.............. screamed to God for help............ screamed for my lost life.............. screamed for my lost love........................ and as I got back into the car a peace came over me....... and I knew that I was going to okay, that we were going to be okay ................ we were walking safely wrapped in Gods arms, protection and love ............... all I needed was to trust in Him, like the flowers, like the grasses, like the cows................
As we sat on my beloved verandah later that afternoon the wind started to blow, and we could hear the storm getting closer and closer, the promise of the first Highveld Storm, becoming more and more promising, the lightning echoed through the valley and it was like the entire world was waiting, waiting with baited breath to see if this was finally it, everything to scared to move, to scared to make a noise in case something scared it off, there was completed silence while we waited............ and as I sat and watched the Syringa tree in the garden, covered in sweet smelling purple flowers blowing in the wind, at that moment for me, it looked as if its branches where waving in praise, praising God, for the fullfillment of his promise............. and then we could hear the rain coming as it started pounding on the roof tops, and then it was our turn, I ran into the rain, ran to wash myself of the past.......................
This morning as I sit and blog on my verandah everything looks clean, everything looks fresh, the grass is almost dry and it is only 6 in the morning, everything was just so thirsty, ......... the birds are singing............ and all is well with the world............... all is well with my world.............................. you see this weekend I learnt the lesson......... I am not in control of my life God is......... and i need to just have FAITH
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