Another quiet weekend.......

 "Be  Realistic expect  nothing  less than  a  miracle"

I  wish  I  was  one  of  those  people  who   could   "pace"  my  weekends,  it  seems  like  I  try  and  cram  as  much  as  I  can  into  weekends,  they  are  really  just  so  much  fun,  and  I  hate  to  waste  a  moment  of  them. This  weekend  was  an  amazing  weekend,  on  Saturday  we  were  up  at  the  crack  of  dawn......  in fact  I  am  beginning to  think  that  I  actually  wake  the  dawn............    picked  up  Kira  and  my  friend  Cherry  who  is  a  dress  designer  and  is  going  to  make and  design   the  dress  for  my bestest  friend's  soon  to  be  daughter  in laws   wedding  that  we  put  together  a  month  ago......  and  we  were  off  to  buy  the  material.......... at  a  fabric  shop  aptly  called  the "Bargain  Store",  it  really  has  amazing  prices,  the  only  downfall  is  that  it  is  an  hour  away  from  my  home  town.

...... and  so  the  fun  began  not  only  did  Pamela  have  to  choose  her  material  and  lace, and  everything  else  needed  for the  amazing  dress  that  Cherry  designed,      my  two,  Kira  and  Kayla  decided  they  also  wanted  dresses  made  for  a  wedding  that  we  are  going  to  at the  end  of  this month.....  Cherry  was  going  between  all three girls,  we  kept  losing  her  amongst  the  material  rolls  .......  I  was  going  crazy  just  watching  her.......... and  the  shop  assistants  were  looking  at  us  as though  we  had  really  lost  the  plot......  which  I  think  at  some  point  we  did.   I  did  look  at  patterns for the  wedding  at the end of the month,  but  decided  that   expecting  Cherry,  friend  or  not  to  make 3  dresses  in  three  weeks  was  just  a  "little"  bit  on  the impossible  side,  so  I  will have  to  buy  myself  a  dress......... 
Two  hours  later  we  were  all  finished,  in  more  ways  than  one,   and,   as  we  don't  have  a  MacDonald's  in  Heidelberg  the  town  is  too  small,  we  went  for  breakfast  at  one  there........  not  sure  why  people  eat  this  food,  it  really  tastes  like  tomato  sauce  on cardboard..............   as  far  as  I am  concerned  the  old  edible  thing  there  is  the  Apple  Pie.
Back  to  Heidelberg we  drive,  where  we  had  a  marathon  two   hours,  taking  measurements  for  the  wedding dress and  the  bridesmaids  dress,   who  is  3  and  going  to have  the  identical  dress to  her  mom ......  then the sweet  factory to  buy  some  sweets  for  a  childrens  home .......  then  the corner  clothes  shop  that  always  has  lots  of  bargins at  really  good  prices .........  and  we  did find  some......
At  1o'clock  I  had  a  meeting for  the  holiday  club coming up in  December ,  and  off  everyone  else   went  to my  favourite  coffee  shop .........  and  then  we  chilled..........    Pamela's  daughter,  also  a  Kayla,  had  a  blast,  here  she  was  trying  on  all my  Kayla's  sun  glasses,  talk  about  a  face  covered  in   "happy  dirt"

Not  sure  if  it  is  just  in the  name,  but  the  two  Kayla's  never  stop  talking..........  and  got  on like  a  house  on  fire........  which we  had  the  other  day,  when an extension  cord  caught  fire,  but  we  were  saved by  Levy  our  labrador who  warned  us  of the  fire,  and  for  once  I  didn't panic.....  which  is  a miracle  in  itself....... no  damage  done.....  who would have  believed  Kayla if  she had  called  for help   after  her  last  house  on  fire  saga............  talk  about  crying  wolf.

mmmmmmmmm  here  they  are  sitting  on my  beloved  verandah.......  this  is  the  view  that  I  enjoy,  with  my  morning  coffee........ and  where  I  type  most  of  my  blogs.

And  then  a  fantastic  surprise  my  sister  phoned  me,  and asked  if  they  could  come  for  lunch on   Sunday,  it  is  very  hard  for  them  to  get  away  from  their  farm......  so  this  was  only  the  second  time  she  has  visited.  so  with  my marathon  day  on  Saturday  I  had  not  had  time  to  shop.....  so  guess what   I  was  up  at the  crack  of  dawn  to  get  to  town  to get  some  shopping  like  me  Linda  is  an  early  riser,  so  they  were  expecting  to  be  here  at  about  10am.
I  think  she  knew  the  state  of  mind  I was  in,  with  all the "drama"  that  I  am  going  through  in the  next   few  weeks..........     my  nephew  and  his  girlfriend came   along ,   Kira  and  Jan  .......  and  as  my sister  says......  it  was  a  very  "Happy  Day".  Full  of  eating  and  laughing  and  catching  up,  it  is  quite  a  while  since  I  have  been  able  to  get through  to  her  to  spend  a  weekend.

Me  eating  again....  thank  goodness  for  gym   I  am still going  4  days  a  week,  or  I  would  be  "Bessie  Bunter"  with  my  sister  Linda  and  husband  Allen.

My  nephew,  and  his  girlfriend  Claire  and  Kayla

My  son  in  law  Jan,  a  really  happy  day,  but  I had  to promise  Kayla  that  I  would  make  no  arrangements  for the  next  few  weeks,  as  she  is  going  to  start  writing  exams  and  so  needs  to  study.......  so  maybe  I'll  get  more  chance  to  blog...    here's  hoping...........

Long weekend

I started  this  blog,  last  week,  and  just  haven't had  the  chance  to finish it...........
This  was  a  long  weekend,  Friday  was  heritage day  or  national  braai  day  as  it  has  become  known, instead  of using  the  opportunity  to  sleep  in  on  Friday  we  were  up at the  crack  of  dawn   and  went  through  to  the  Suikerbos  Nature Reserve  and  went  on  a  hike the  weather  was  beautiful  a slight  breeze  and  because  it was  so  early  it  was  not  yet  hot what  an  awesome way  to  start  the  day, the views  were  amazing the  hike  hectic  but  very  rocky  and  very steep........   afterwards  we  let  Kayla  drive  around  the  reserve..........  with  Jan  my  son in law  in the  front  giving  instructions,  and  Kira  and  I  banned  to  silence  in the  back  seat......  and  like  Kira  said  we  don't  have  to go to  church  for  a  month  because  of  all the  prayers  that  went  up......   as  it  happened  the  place  was  full of  cyclists........  and  we  all   know  that  Kayla's  judgement  of  distance  leaves  A LOT  to  be  desired...............

(This  is  the  "hill"  that  we  climbed  during  our  walk)
Saturday  I  was  up  early  again  I  had  a  tea  date  with  a  friend  of  mine,  we  went  to  Her Majasteas Salon  as  usual  it  was  fantastic  it  has  such  a  calm atmosphere they  don't  bring  the  bill  when  your  ready  to  go  you  ring  the  bell  and  they  bring  the  bill  it  was  so  nice  we  didn't  want  to  leave.....  I  almost  forgot  to  pick  up  Kayla  from  Master Maths.................
Then  though  to  Benoni  to  check  out  a  wedding  venue,  very  last  minute  on  Thursday I heard  one of the  ladies  who work  for  me,  and  who  happens  to be the  fiance  of  my  "bestest" friends son say that  they  would love to get married  but  they  don't have  the  funny,  well ..........  the  challenge  was  on ..............  my  bestest  friend  and I  decided  that  money  is  not  an  excuse  not  to  get  married  with  the  skills  that  we  have  we  can  put  together  a  wedding  on  a shoe  string,  the  place  my  daughter  found  by  goggling  "pretty garden"  was  stunning  "Walts  Place"  the  perfect  place  for an intimate  wedding................  I  just  love  organising  things..........  date  is  set..............  27  February ......... and pretty much  everything  arranged........

Then  off to  a  Greek  evening,  one  of the  things  on  my  list  of  things  to  do   is  to  break  plates  .........  what  fun,  we  had  Greek  dancers, Greek  singers,  we  had  belly  dancers,  we  danced  the  Zorba  and  a  whole  load  of  other  dances  that  I  could  not  even  begin  to  spell, I was  challenged  to stand  on a chair  with  a plate  on my  head  and  do a dance. ..........  and  then   we  broke  plates.........  "Opa"...........and  then  we  broke  plates ............  and  then  we  broke  plates....................  which  we  had  to  pay  for  but  that's  fine  another  thing  off my  list  of  things  I  wanted  to  do.................

Sunday  morning  the  start  of  a stunning  day,  up  early  again...........  I  know I'm   crazy..... my niece and her  family  was coming  for  lunch  today  we  are  going  to  do  Chinese  stirfry ............ the  children  absolutely enjoyed  it,  they ate  everything because  they had  cooked  it themselves........    what  a fantastic  weekend............. this is surely what life is all about.......

Weekend

What an amazing weekend this was, and I think it was because it was the first time in a long time that me and my daughters have spent an entire day together, without any arguing.

Friday night I did not feel like being alone at home so went to the Wimpy for a coffee, I took a newspaper and thought that I would read

well when I came to put my glasses on I had left them at home, so the only part of the newspaper I could read was the headings and even those had to be quite large for me to see them without my glasses, I felt really stupid ……………

We drove through to Krugersdorp on Saturday morning, to go and decide on the decorations that my daughter wanted for the top of her cup cake wedding cake. That was done in a jiffy a shop called the Cup Cake Connexion had some really amazing cakes, so of course we bought ourselves a whole load of cup cakes, they are absolutely evil, once you have one you really just cannot stop, I normally don’t like chocolate cake, but these cup cakes were chocolate, topped with caramel and then topped again with chocolate.

The only misfortune was my sister as trying to avoid going into the traffic in reverse she had a slight altercation with a lamp post……….. it just jumped out behind her, luckily the only damage was a broken tail light and loss of face because boy was she embarrassed.

The we needed to find something to put the cup cakes on , so off ,too another shop we went, they did not have what we were looking for, so we went to a glass shop, well I can imagine what Alice must have felt went she landed up in Wonderland, it was amazing, class in every colour every size, every design, we had no problems what so ever finding what we wanted, and the prices were a third of what you would pay anywhere else, so I will definitely be going back there…………

Then we went for breakfast, I had smoked salmon, absolute delicious, Wimpy and Steers breakfasts, although good just cannot compare ..…

with one of these amazing breakfasts.

Then we hit the shops we had one hour to find my daughter a pair of shoes for her wedding, well 20 shops later the last pair of shoes she tried on ………. presto she found the shoes she was looking for …..

and then I realized if we had gone around the shopping centre the other way it would have been in the first shop we went into ………………

The we rushed back to Heidelberg for a meeting with the lady at the wedding venue, it is all becoming so real, I think I am beginning to get panic attacks, in a few days time, she will not be my little girl anymore she will be someone else’s wife ………………………

The we rushed back to Monte Casino for supper at John Dory, we sat on the top floor looking out over the fountains, the food was lovely but just once I would like to go there and not have to rush because we were going to the theatre for the production of Cats, it was amazing the costumes, the lighting, the songs, the acting, one of the cats pounced on my youngest daughter and she almost pounced into her sisters lap. I cannot believe that it lasted 3 hours the time went so quickly.

We switched off the lights at about 1 o’clock and then I was woken by a scream that would have made the cats in the concert very proud, my youngest daughter was in such pain, she was as white as a sheet, and she looked awful, I gave her my normal cure all Panado, and after 20 minutes she was still in pain, I took her through to the emergency section of the hospital. They called out the docter, and it could be a number of things, but the gave her an injections and as soon as the pain had subsided they allowed us to go home………. What a way to finish the day ………………..