In all things the Supreme excellence is SIMPLICITY

I enjoy a simple life.  When demands get too much from church, work, home, school, social commitments - I like to revert to simple.  These little ones, all squashed up in my bed - remind me often about what's important in life, and what brings me joy.  Simple pleasures. 

We are all well thank you.  I am avoiding a head cold by keeping busy, the girls are busy with school & sweet social lives, that mostly include cousins.  The boys have been puzzling alot - as in making puzzles, and sitting quietly; this is a bit shocking for me, however very good to see that the Montessori schooling is having an effect.  My kids usually like to use the puzzle pieces as pretend food when playing cooking games. Small miracles.  Brod is busy with saving peoples finances - what a star, and he has come across an artist Heather Brown who lives in Hawaii and paints naiive art of the ocean (which he is passionate about but does not get to see very often these days...we keep moving further inland) and has decided he is going to become an artist now.  He wants more colour in the house - we have painted our lounge wall blue (that was my idea) and were given the most divine chair by a friend, that makes me very happy(the chair, and the friend of course)...so the lounge has more sparkle now.

I will post a picture of the lounge so you can see what I mean about having more colour - the pic is on Brod's phone - since I dropped the camera (I drop stuff ALL the time) and it is now broken - and Brod is out.

Off to clean the house.
x

It's Pat

Has anyone else watched this show?  I remember watching it years ago, when Brod & I were dating.  We hired the video (that's how old it was).  Throughout the whole show you can't figure out if Pat's a guy or girl.  I feel the same about this kitten. 

I went to visit Shannon yesterday, and she has a cat.  Neither of us have had a cat before.  Anyway, I say to Shannon - My Trixie was a Tom.  She says - My Jasper was a Jasmine.  So I turned Jasper over - and saw that perhaps I got it wrong.  Perhaps Trixie IS a Tom after all. Their 'bits' look pretty similar.  My kids are getting pretty confused by all this as well. How do I break the news to Phoebe?  She was so thrilled to have a Trixie.  Nuts.

SA Pride?

The closer we get to 2010 - the more the flag flies in this country.  You can currently get your side mirrors on your car specially stickered with the SA flag, T-shirts everywhere that say "I love SA", bags, caps, in fact, Brod bought home a milk tart the other night - with the flag stencilled on with cinnamon. 

This particular flag that features in the photo is found in the Moses Mabhida Stadium in Durbs.  It is made entirely of tiny glass beads.  And so it gets me excited thinking...is this the begining of some SA pride?  I'm holding thumbs, crossing fingers, blowing eye lashes, holding my breath - and hoping.  Good old South Africa.

P.S

Hey Claire, I had a smile when I saw the photo's of the cake you made for us for the wedding - we had so many laughs together in YSA - good times.  Thanks for the huge chunk of memories I have of us, and the funny things we experienced together...the almost drowning episode in the Bluff, making the YSA movie, all the YSA activities, Beehive aftercare, trampoline jumping, heartbreaks, temple trips, Setton babysitting - and lots & lots of laughter.  Good times! And thanks for always posting comments on my Blog - since no one else ever does! Hint hint people.  xxx

Meandering down memory lane

Yesterday was great fun - we celebrated with breakfast on the deck with my folks...good quantities of delicious food & great company.  And lots of reminiscing!  We laughed about so many things that took place 11 years ago, and then when my parents were at their storeroom going through my grans old photo's - they came across photographic evidence of all the things we'd been laughing about.  Pictures of our car, that some of the YSA had decorated for us (which Brod promptly insisted that they wash off before we left the chapel), me, gripping my eye after I'd been rose petal attacked, my dad signing the consent form in the parking lot.  So many funny shots.

It's good remembering where we've come from, to appreciate even more where we are now. 

Lizzie came over to watch the kids for us, and off we went to enjoy some Brod & Melissa time - and ended up at the movies watching Date Night...I laughed so hard I choked on my mint & ended up having a coughing fit.  It's great to see that other couples experience the insane things that we do - the most ludicrous arguments and crazy moments with wild children.  It's like being a part of a great support group - giving us the stamina to endure!  And it eases my aching nerves. 

Time to prepare for another installment of church @ 10am.  Cheerio.