.. my time lapses between blog posts that is… 3 months!! Shame on me! Will try to be more regular from now on. Just tried out www.iwl.me/ which is a website that analyses your written work and identifies which author you write like. It was developed by a Russian guy and he only has 50 authors loaded thus far but apparently he plans to add more. Turns out I write like Ian Fleming (of James Bond fame for those of you not married to a Bond fan). I thought that was quite cool. The article I read about the site said that Lady Gaga’s lyrics were written like Shakespeare LOL I bet he is turning in his grave. The analysis takes grammar, word count and word choice into account. You just paste a few paragraphs into the block and click analyse.. easy-peasy-lemon-squeezy.

My last blog post was about my husband’s car.. *sigh* R26 000 later the car is fixed. I am still no major fan of parking and if you spot a Honda Civic parked miles from anyone in the the middle of nowhere that’s me! Otherwise the driving is fine.. must just get my head around leaving in the mornings while it’s dark and hitting traffic on the hill to school. Another thing I am not a fan of.

Most recent bump in the road involves our house. We currently rent and our owners mentioned a willingness to sell. Not wanting to be in the house while it was on the market we gave our notice and commenced new house hunting. Not a lot out there I’m afraid! Having no real viable options we decided to tell our owners we would be interested in renewing the lease. We knew however that they had had some interested parties. We said we didn’t want to put them in a difficult position but we just wanted them to know how we felt… In the meantime an estate agent got back to us regarding the most promising house we had seen – the owners who had initially refused to install security had said they now would. Ooooh rock and a hard place. We obviously don’t want to mess the owners around more then we already have (which is quite a bit…) so we will wait for their decision on Monday. I actually don’t know what I want the outcome to be.  I suppose this is a good thing because staying and leaving each have their own set of pro’s.  I leave it up to fate…

Feeling crappy… bumped my loves’ car into a wall.. twice. At first I thought it was just scrapes and scratches to the paint work but that minor relief was short-lived. Upon closer inspection further damage was revealed. The whole nose has been pushed back… even the badge on the front is scraped. My heart sank. Its been like that the whole weekend. You know when somewhere in the back of your mind there’s a feeling of distress, and every now and then you catch yourself wondering why you feel that way and then you remember and it starts all over again? We still have to get the quote on the damage. Expect more sinking feelings… watch this space PS Joy related to driving now tainted somewhat…

It must be a month or so since my last blog… shocking I know but teaching little people will do that to you! You tend to forget how little they know and take for granted small things like all of them walking in a line and not wandering off. I’ve lost a soul or two at times because they have taken a wrong turn… if you have ever seen our school you will realise it is a miniature version of Hogwarts… lots of staircases and twists and turns! I must admit that I saw the light towards the end of last week and that gives me hope. Sometimes I wonder why I do this… and then try to imagine myself doing something else and that doesn’t work either! It’s a calling.. cliche yes but it HAS to be.. how else would you explain it?! Certainly not in for the money.. or cool perks like holidays for winning sales teams.. or massive bonuses… I guess what warms my heart is when it all falls into place and a tiny-tot who has been struggling suddenly ‘gets it’. Thank-you’s from parents don’t hurt either…

On a positive note I am finally, legally, allowed to drive on the roads! After many, many years of sweat and (many, many) tears I got my drivers licence. It stands out as one of the most awful things I have ever had to endure! Not helped in the least by the bitch of an examiner I had! Sorry, no other word for her.. she was just plain horrible! The fact that I passed is nothing short of miraculous because with the way she went on at me I thought I had failed 10 minutes into the test! All I can say is thank god I never have to do that again! Now the hunt for a car commences… yay….

And lastly… is it just me or do babies seem to be EVERYWHERE right now?? In the last week 2 friends gave birth with ountless more due in the coming months. Guess I am just at that age… first you attend 21st’s every weekend… then it’s engagement parties… weddings and well now we are in the baby stage. I wonder what percentage of my friends are (a) single (b) in a relationship (c) married and not trying for kids (d) married and trying/ pregnant/ have kids… might make for some interesting math LOL!

Sigh 20:00 already… gym bag time… yes we are doing the gym in the morning stint – week 4 now. Still going thanks to Jonathan getting out of bed in the morning. When the alarm goes off I am very happy to just turn over and shut my eyes even though I know I enjoy gym when I am there… the lure of more sleep is just too great! Apparently getting into your gym clothes is half the battle because it then feels inevitable, in fact I read that (I think it was) Kim Kardashian sleeps in her gym clothes! I wouldn’t go that far but I understand the reasoning behind it…

Okay, as I said, gym bag time… TTFN!

The new year is off to a good start – health-wise that is. Have started going to gym in the wee hours of the morning up at 5 am and in the gym by 5:30 am! It’s only been 2 days now but long may it continue! Don’t know if I will be able to hack it once term has really got underway or come winter time for that matter when it is still dark that early… but ever the optimist (or try to be) I will endeavour to drag my bum out of bed each morning! In light of this recent exercise-related development I post this picture, sent to me by a friend who shares my sentiments:

Greetings from Cape Town! It has been almost a year since we moved to the fairest Cape (one week to go…) – a good but challenging year. New job, new home, new city, new friends… a whole lotta new! We got 2010 off to a great start with New Years at Rhyder’s place on the slopes of Table Mtn (Thanks Rhyder & Claire – you guys rock). The company was a laugh a minute and the views were stunning.

Most days of the new year were spent relaxing at home and taking dips in our splash pool… I know,  I know, we live so close to the sea but when you are in such a relaxed state the pool is just what you need On Saturday (the 2nd of Jan) we took ourselves off to the wine farms (a favourite retreat).

We discovered per chance, the most amazing wine farm, Eaglevlei. Admittedly we did not do a tasting… we only got as far as lunch! One of the best meals ever! If you happen to be in Stellenbosch area it is very very worth a visit! Check out their website: www.eaglevlei.com

I will endeavour to keep you up to date with our goings-on and my ramblings TTFN – it’s lunch time!