I have decided that to compliment the weekly Grind and to remind me of everything good in my life, I will be posting a weekly Rave and renaming the Weekly grind, the Weekly Rant. What I am raving about this week: Blessed to be on the giving end of charity. The great smiles and appreciation
What’s grinding your gears? Telkom, they promised to come in and set up our telephone line last Thursday, its 5pm on Monday and they still have not arrived. MTN, your 3G speed is horrendous, I have tried to download my emails for 2 days and it is just not happening! Your entire campaign on your
Its been 5 days of hell, moving is certainly not for the faint of heart but luckily I come with a great little ticker that just keeps on going. From Friday Morning until Sunday night at about 11pm, I got 12 hours of sleep and finally closed my eyes thinking I can now call this
Being a mom is a full-time job and there is not a mom out there that will disagree with me. Combine this with the modern-day expectation that as a women there is an underlying expectation that you will also contribute to the family budget ( women world-wide fought hard for this, so don’t think I’m
Yesterday, I was freaking and getting it out of my system was well worth it … sometimes getting things off your chest, combined with a little gratitude has really amazing results. Gratitude for everything I have achieved ( inclusive of the freedom to take time off when I need it or spend time with my
A while ago, whilst reading Timothy Ferris’s book, The Four Hour Work week, I learned of a concept known as Parento’s Law. This Law states that 80% of the outputs result from 20% of the inputs. This leaves me to pose and consider the same two questions that Tim did: 1. Which 20% of sources
“Life is a kaleidoscope. Turn your head a different angle and see it a whole new way.” –Anonymous
It appears my wonderful fiancé accidentally deleted 2 months of my hard work on one of my new websites. Completely bummed Let me rephrase. I’m mad as hell. I don’t have a clue how he has managed to accidentally delete it from 2 databases, but he has. It feels like I am at the end
Recently my cooking arsenal has consisted of stews, soups, pasta, curries and more stews..real winter food. When we were due for dinner at a friend’s place. She mentioned they were on a bit of a health binge at my suggestion that I bring a Malva pudding for dessert. So after a bit of research I
Top ten things grinding my gears today: Just found out the new house we are moving too, has a damp problem. Damn, we may have to move again shortly and we haven’t even moved to start with. What the ANC has been spending tax payer money on, aka billboards. What the ANC has not been
Rapture…I didn’t appreciate that old loon freaking my daughter out. The questions, the unfounded fear…funny thing about it… it didn’t happen… so back to the Daily Grind&#
Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you’ll find one at the end of your arm… As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.- Audrey Hepburn There isn’t a person anywhere who isn’t capable of doing more than he thinks he
So its 11pm and today was one of those never-ending days. I was woken to breakfast in bed.. eggs and bacon, scrambled, fresh rolls and coffee, bliss. I have said it before but I will say it again, thank you universe for my domesticated man. Shortly after this momentary magic, reality hit me. Dragged myself
Don’t know if I’ve mentioned it, but my daughter is now in grade 4. As I am quickly learning, this is apparently the year when, children are expected to grow up. Over the last few weeks, in the build up to her first ever exams, we have had; 3 projects, 2 orals, about 10 tests
I am becoming an expert at this moving business, no, really I am not joking. I have moved two offices and homes three times in 4 years. You would think I am sick of it by now but to be honest I find moving the best way to clean house, quickly.So with one week away
