Friday, 23 September 2011

weekend away - ahhhh lovely!!

This past weekend we went to Zinkwasi (down the coast) for the weekend with some friends of ours! It was LOVELY and getting away was much needed!
This is off the patio - right on the beach!!
Man that view!!
This is the patio and this goes into the lounge / dining room etc! Its a family cottage and the use it like a timeshare between the family! It really is so lovely!!
Ob saterday the sun was shining BUT the wind was blowing HARD! we went for a walk on the beach.. just Mike and i! Was kinda romantic!
I proclaimed my love for mike in the shape of a heart :)
We were just messing around and having some fun!!!

I love moments like this!!
this was us very windswept!!

I asked mike to draw me something in the sand.. he did his classic Michael signature that i LOVE!!
I love love love this!!!
I then decided i also wanted to draw mike a lovely picture....
.... i didnt do a great job at all....
Did i mention how windy it was!!
The evening was a bit miserable and chilly.... the weather changed quite rapidly!!
We went with Wayne, Kim, Ross and kim!! best friendies for sure!
Sunday morning the boys played some cricket!! It was a lovely weekend all around!! We look forward to the next one!
It was HOT on Sunday.... this was the temperature on the way home!!
GOSH!

Sunday, 18 September 2011

New doggy beds!!

The doggy kennel that mike made the pups was lovely but it started getting on my nerves as it always looked so messy. I thought and thought of how to change it and i came up with another idea after seeing something similar onine once!!
I went to our local hospice shop and got
two old suitcases and a new doggy basket - all for R30 - cant beat that!!
i also got some matching material for the suitcases...
the suitcases were really dusty and dirty so i needed to clean me off!! warm water and soap always works!!
Clean clean clean!!
the next step was opening them up and stuffing them with pillows!
i then covered the pillows with the matching material, filling up the doggy basket and adding a few teddies!!
a few more personal touches...
and the pups LOVE their new beds... they really do!!! I love them too!

Friday, 16 September 2011

Sunday church rugby!

On sunday was the first game of the rugby world cup and SA was playing! Our church is really awesome and they set up a huge big screen after the service and we all gathered together to watch the first match! SA won yay - i am not a huge ruby fan at all but i know that its good that we won :)
We nipped out after church to get some lunch and then brought it back to eat at the game!!
Mike with our nandos packet!
They make the most delicious Mediterranean veggies!! that was my choice!!

Our church has such a lovely entrance area - divine hanging lights and lantern!! This is where we gather and have coffee and cappuccinos before and after the services!
They hired two jumping castles so the kiddies could play!!
The kids were LOVING life!!
They also set up a couple braais and sold wors rolls or you could take your own meat and braai it there!!! Mat was doing the braaing - he and i do kids min together and he is part of the YOYL team (year of your life) - he has given a year of his life to serve the church full time, its awesome!!!
Mike and i enjoying the sunshine!!
Watching some rugby!! I love the atmosphere when a whole group of us get together to enjoy something socially!!

Tuesday, 13 September 2011

New gym and take aways....

Oh my gosh, today i started gyming at
Muscle and Fitness gym as Curves has closed down and it was awesome!!! They have a ladies circuit which i did (adjustable resistance which is so lovely) twice and i ran on the treadmill and did the health flyer thing and that was only in one tiny section! They have so much to offer its great! I plan on doing some classes too like spinning (5:15am - eeek) step, aerobics and SO SO many more!! I think they have over 20 different classes! My aim is to try and average 3 hour sessions a week as well as doing some strength training as well. I also have an hour personal training session tomorrow and i am scared... i am already stiff from today's work out so tomorrow is going to be hectic!!! The best thing about a hard gym session is the nice hot shower that follows - ahhhh!! Bliss!!

one other lovely thing about Mikes new job is he can order meals from work and have them for dinner - they have a list of 5 meals to choose from and they are only R15!!!
There was mac and cheese, soup, pies... Mikes having Chinese chicken and noodles with stir fry veggies!!
I am having a baby spinach and rocket salad with roast butternut, bringal, olives and onion marmalade!!

YUM!!! cant wait for dinner now!!!

Monday, 12 September 2011

babysitting and gym no more!!

Oh my, i have been lagging on my blogging and i have lots to catch up on... i am tired so it will just be one today so i am combining them! Please excuse my time frames as i will be backdating a few.
On Saturday night we were asked to babysit three kids from church and we were delighted!! They are the most amazing kids... really, im sure they actually babysat us!!
Josiah keeshed out right after dinner and fell asleep on the floor - cutest thing ever!!
How precious!!
this is Jayden and Zack. Jayden is in my kids ministry group and it is so hard not to favor her cause she is a really amazing kid!! Mike and Zack have hit it off to and they played battle ships and found wally...
Jayde stole my laptop to leave messages for her friends on her Moshi Monster website - i was amazed!! Not having kids i have no idea of these things... its like a kiddies facebook page but with lots of colour and lovely things to buy for your moshi monsters house - very groovy!!
It was a pleasure to babysit these precious children and we felt privileged to have been asked!

Ok moving onto today - i arrived at gym for my morning work out and guess what....
Yes, the doors were locked, the place was stripped and the owner has apparently left the country!! How crazy is that!!! The poor ladies what run the gym were just amazed as we were to arrive and the doors locked (locks changed) and the place stripped!
there were rumbling that she was closing the gym but only at the end of the month!! I was so mad i emailed their head office and all they could do was apologize as it is a franchise and the owner can run it as she pleases! I did try and call her and tell her how disgusting it is to close the gym with no notice and no decency to tell us but she didnt answer - i had to leave a voice message. all the was left was this measly note -
all the gym notices and forms were lying all over the sidewalk so poor Marry had to clean it up!
The poor ladies now are without a job and with no notice - how hectic is that!!! Marry, Megs, Kirst and Genna we all standing outside explaining to the ladies that the gym is no more - they stayed outside the whole day waiting for ladies to explain!! How cool is that - all day sitting in the car waiting for us!
So now i have no gym, i am gymless! i went looking for another gym today and found another one close by with lots more to offer so that's cool! lots of classes as well as all the machinery i would need and a huge sauna which i am excited to use!!
so i start there tomorrow!!

We popped into Mikes parents for dinner tonight and to watch survivor, was such a lovely visit!! Timmy found his zen place with mom - how precious is this!!
Holly made herself comfy on the floor!

Bed is calling me and i am happy to answer!!!
Night night!!

Saturday, 10 September 2011

A night in with visitors...

On Thursday night Katelyn come to visit and brought Wallace with to visit - it was a really cool evening! Timmy loved the company but Holly was a bit scared and wouldn't leave mike alone - it was really cute actually!
Katelyn, Wallace, Timmy and I decided we wanted to watch "private practice" - mike is not a fan so he was banished to the room with Holly and i think he watched some Top Gear!!
Us four watching a hectic episode of private practice, it was AWESOME!!

Mike and Holly having some father daughter time....

I was in my pj's and slippers, i was too lazy to cook so we also just got takeaways - i love chilled evenings with chilled friends!!!

Also the roses that Tams gave me last week have opened beautifully... they look so lovely and smell like a forest - its awesome!!!
They make me happy every time i walk in and see them!!

What would we do without flowers, takeaways and dvds :)

Thursday, 8 September 2011

First week..

This week has been mikes first week at work and he is.... LOVING IT!! He is amazed how huge this company actually is and how many avenues they deal with!
he got a brand new laptop to work on which is was super excited about and apparently their canteen is amazing - AND you can order dinners which they'll wrap up for you to take home... BONUS!! I think that might become a once-a-week thing :)
Mike all happy, this was after his first day!! He was showing off his new laptop!

We celebrated his first day over a shandy...

I cannot believe it is Friday tomorrow!! Looking forward to the weekend!!