Feeling out of sorts
I’ve had this sense of doom and gloom hanging over me for quite a while now. It just seems although everything is too much trouble and just not worth it. I get home from work in the afternoons and I...
View ArticleZoe update
First an update on Zoe – she has an exceptionaly vocabulary for a 6 year old but there are some words that she just can’t get right. Here are a few examples: Taylor – Trailor Buster – Busterd...
View ArticleThinking about finances
I think that everybody is feeling the pinch at the moment – regardless of income. The economy is bad, jobs are scarce, petrol is high, electricty is exobirant and getting higher and higher and then...
View ArticleOhh what to do….
I was supposed to be on leave this week. Hubby can’t take leave but I have a few days left that needs to be taken before the 28th of February. So I decided to take it this week because Boss man is...
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Follow up on yesterday and Happy Birthday Deblet
So after cancelling my leave and sitting in my office the whole of yesterday my boss didn’t say a word to me the whole day! Yes when I’m not here he can’t wait to phone me but when I here, he ignores...
View ArticleWordPress has gone mad
My blog on WordPress seems to have gone mad. I did have a virus on my computer last week so I don’t know if that is part of the problem but for now I’m going to stick to the blog here on Parent 24. So...
View ArticleDiet versus exercise
I’ve been following a blog about a girl’s weight loss journey. She has been on this extremely strict diet since middle January – OK her results are amazing 14kg’s and still going strong BUT you can...
View ArticleCape town here we come
I’m like a little kid before Christmas – tonight at 9 we are boarding the plane to go to Cape town. It is really a whirlwind visit and we are flying back on Sunday night very very late. However we...
View ArticleAll the news…
Cape Town was great as always – we ate too much, tested too much wine, chocolate and beer. Ohh that new place – The Spice Route – next to Fairview is to die for. Their little chocolate and coffee...
View ArticleBomb blasts in Boston
This event is just too close to home. I’ve been in tears almost the whole morning. The time the blasts occur – very very close to the time I ran on Saturday morning. The little girl that is one of...
View ArticleBlubbering mess
So my doctor has put me on a new contraceptive pill. He claims that is will make me run faster, have a lighter period as well as drop a few kg’s of weight. It sounded like a bargain to me and I said...
View ArticleAlready an uncool mum
I thought I’ll be cool in Zoe’s eyes until she is at least 10 but yesterday proved to change that perception. She received an invite to a birthday party. The invite was only given yesterday and the...
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Party update and running
So I picked Zoe up to take her to the party, a few moments of total panic because Google Maps and Wayze declined that there is an address like that. Finally had to phone my mom and she could give me...
View ArticleAnother running story from a fellow mum
So yesterday morning I was running AGAIN – yes I know, running is consuming my life at the moment but in 28 days it is all over – Comrades will be over. Slogging along on a hill asking myself why I do...
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Food and allergies
Since my mom was diagnosed with a severe allergy to all diary she has lost 8 kilograms and she has not had a sinus attack since then. It is extremely boring though – no chocolate, no cheese, no...
View ArticleOil pulling and other stuff….
I’ve been on a desperate quest to find something to help me get some relief from the constant sinus infection. OK, cutting out white bread made a dramatic difference but I’m still struggling. At the...
View ArticleComrades 2013
I’ve been the best prepared in terms of training but I had my worst Comrades ever. At least I know it wasn’t just me but everybody. Normally about 20% of the starters at Comrades fall out, this year...
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Sandwich generation
I’ve read about the sandwich generation and I find it extremely apt for my situation at the moment. I have my mom that’s been quite sick on the one side and then Zoe with all her various activities...
View ArticleObsessing about AC 2013 – After Comrades 2013.
Comrades 2013 has left a mark on my soul, it’s now 3 weeks after the race and I still don’t know if it is a positive or a negative mark. My previous 3 Comrades’ were all positive and I could take and...
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