We had Pete’s sister and family here from NZ in September, it was such a great visit! The boys reconnected with their cousins and just had a blast! We want to go and visit them next, they always come here and we do love travelling, not flying mind you, that pretty much sucks.

The weather is up and down at the moment, it’s gone from extremely hot to mild, I say mild but really I mean cold, it’s just that no-one will believe me, but I do get cold very easily!

My FIL got bitten by a spider 2 weeks ago, he’s been in hospital since last week, and got discharged yesterday. It looked like it could have been a sac spider, it’s cytotoxic venom and it attacked his tissue. His whole leg and foot is now swollen and has this deep purple colour. Pete and I just cant’t believe it, he really doesn’t deserve this now, he just had a fantastic 80th birthday with friends and family and he’s such a fit guy. We do hope his recovery is swift and that he’ll be able to get on with his life soon. The boys are so fond of their Grandpa, they really do need each other. So we will be visiting him lots to keep his spirits up, besides, he’s gonna need alot of entertaining, he is a very busy Grandpa and does not like to sit still for long periods!

A GPS is only good if you can remember where you wanted to go in the first place.

We had a second visit to our house from a couple this morning, they came about 2 weeks ago to look at our house and this morning they were here for 40 mins! I’m suddenly feeling quite nervous about all of this, I love my home and my garden, but we really need a fresh start. Last year I was supposed to have had a baby shower here on our front lawn, but that was not to be. Besides, I have decided that if I was ever to have a baby shower it would be in our new home, a fresh beginning for everyone involved. So now we wait, going away this weekend will  help us in this wait, coz I hate waiting, ugh, it’s for the birds!

When we sell this house the real heavy lifting starts. Finding a new one! We’ve already been shopping, but we find we are a bit on the fussy side, well ok, I am a bit on the fussy side. Anyway, I’m sure we’ll find something suitable soon, otherwise we have 2 options : 1. Move in with my parents-in-law while we find our house or 2. Move in with my sister and BIL while we look for a house, personally I prefer option 2, but neither of those options are perfect for anyone, especially the owners of  said homes with 4 noisy people invading their personal space. So my nervousness is nogal understandable!!

So now only time will tell!

“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it. “

This year has been fantastic, I’ve loved EVERY minute of it, not just because we became totally allergic to anything remotely related to church and all the crap that goes with it, (total freedom and liberty came when we realised the “business” of it all) but I have watched my sister blossom into this amazing person, I won’t get all gushy about it, but her transformation was truly astounding. And in turn, so was mine, I am a completely different person to who I was last year, and I love it! Pete has also changed and grown, we have a wonderful life here.

My Dad moved to Durban, we are planning to visit him soon. My parents-in-law had a few health scares, but that’s all sorted out now, and we all have a new appreciation for each other. We find we are very very busy, but somehow we have alot more time to spend with family and friends than we did in previous years. We are reconnecting with people and I just love that. Our boys are just the most amazing children (I know I ALWAYS say that, but it’s true) every day they do something that just makes me so proud, I am so blessed to be their mom.

Our Thursdays (with my sister) are still going strong, we go shopping and have lunch, which reminds me, we totally forgot to have our Cosmopolitans last week! If the boys survive Elize and my antics on Thursdays, then they will certainly have it easy in life!

Pete and I still have our plans, we are just waiting for the right time, there is still so much we need to do before we can execute our plans, but God is in control of our lives, so we bide our time.

We are selling our house! Can’t wait for that to finally be over. We’ve decided to move to the Golf  Estate, the boys are keen to play golf, I’ve already had a consult with an instructor, so as soon we are in the Estate, we will all be playing golf. Pete decided that he also needs to learn to play. The boys have been golf club shopping, and Elize and I just LOVE the ladies golf clothes!! It’s just SO cute! We’ve decided that even if we suck at golf, we need to look fabulous anyway!

That’s just the little tip for now, when I have flashes of blogging energy I shall blog more, but overall I am pretty lazy with the whole bloggy thang!!

“If you want to understand politics, you have to read between the LIES.”

So much has happened in the last month, and is continuing on an ongoing basis. All of which is very very exciting! More on that later!

School is going well, we are very busy with science and the whole debate about the existence of evolution or not. It’s an interesting debate. Really gets those critical thinking juices flowing, and we are slowly realising that Darwin was an ass! As most of the scientific community opposes his views for lack of evidence!

Then the age old question reared it’s ugly head again. Why home school? My stock standard answer, Why conventional school? If you feel happy with sending your kids to school, then great! Why are my choices challenged? I don’t give a rat’s ass where you send your offspring to school, so why do you care so much, mmmm? And just so you know, I don’t think South African education is brilliant, not ALL schools mind you, but most. So if you’ve found that great school, wonderfull!!

Then I hear that said person’s son only reads 2 books a year, where my boys have to get through 20 books this year, yeah, I know it sounds alot, and believe me, it IS! And the books are not short little stories either, the average page number 270, with NO pictures! Yeah! So lets not do the whole school is better or home school is better crap, I don’t care and neither should you. My boys are very happy and if your kids are happy, then great!!

So with this, a new era dawns, if you will, I have streamlined my internet use to the bare minimum, because I really don’t have the time to sit and read and browse like used to, I have SO enjoyed my time off and realised that I need to take care of me, and not worry or care about the rest. I used to frantically try and fit everything in, now it’s all about time, how much I have for the internet, and how much I have to myself. So although I missed cyber space, I won’t be living in it again. Feels good.

So now we wait and see if summer ever decides to come back before it’s gone for another crappy winter, so we’ll see. Maybe.

The Goofy look is an optional extra!!

His creatinin is down to 200 and his filtration is between 10 and 12, it’s still very low, but concidering he started at 4 I think it’s a miracle in itself! Creatinin should be under 100, but he came from 1400, so it’s astounding it’s this low now. So all in all he’s doing awsomely well!!

Our newest member Maddox was neutered last Friday, he bounced back very quickly! He was a sleepy boy on Friday afternoon, and by Saturday he was jumping off the walls! Cassey, my ice princess, decided last night that she might afterall maybe at a push play with the boy, so the two of them ran around like mad here. But she gets tired of him quickly, and being a boy he gets right in her face and then she hisses and growls. But it does look like the two of them will become great friends soon.

Maddox is such an awsome cat, he has a wonderful personality and has Pete wrapped around his little finger. He doesn’t allow Cassey in his cupboard, but he allowed Maddox there this morning. Allowing him to explore at will and for as long as he wanted to! Go figure! He has turned this house upside down, not because he’a a handful, but because he is loved so much. We give Cassey more love and attention, because she seems a bit jealous, so she gets carried around and kissed and fussed over, but so does Maddox, so it makes for interesting life at the moment!

On Friday he will go and be neutered, shame poor lil guy, he’s in for a bit of a shock. Cassey on the other hand has not let up yet, she still growls and spits at the intruder, but she at least tolerates him in her presence, so it’s a start. And all he wants to do is play.

She looks very unimpressed Cassey decided that the scratching block was hers now!

Our boy Maddox!

H knocked off one of the tree decorations!

Supposed to read “He”

He's always playing!

But mister had other plans and decided to yell for us to open the door, so Phil took him and put him over the wall, he needs to go home. So peace reigned again. Until last night, the boys were in the bath and I heard that familiar miaauw, I open the door and there he is. He’s come back. Sigh. Now the boys are adamant that he does in fact not have a home. “Lets just feed him something mom he looks hungry!” “Please mom, please can we keep him?” Now, I know exactly what happens when you feed a stray cat, he’s yours for life. So I look at Pete, the voice of reason who will most DEFINITELY say “NO way are we keeping him, chase him away. But Pete said, “Oh why not, he did come back and he’s hungry!” (?????) I was stumped.

So last night we decided to give him a name too, we came up with all sorts of ideas, I even asked my sister and BIL to help, fat lot of good that did, Stian wanted to call him Dumb Dumb!!! LOL! Anyway, this morning we decided that “Enzo” just didn’t suit him, and since Pete is a Lenny Kravitz fan, we named him Lenny.

This morning Pete went out to buy Lenny all the kitty paraphanalia including a scratching post, which Madame Cassey has appropriated for herself and won’t let Lenny come near it, so now we have to go and get another scratching post for mister.

We introduced the 2 and much hissing and growling ensued all coming from my dainty girl, not the intruder, he’s absolutely terrified of Cassey!!  I think it went rather well, she still views him with suspicion, but I think she’ll come around, he has such a sweet personality, he’s very playful and dare I say naughty! I’m not used to a boy kitty, and he still has his knackers, so that we’ll have to lop off very soon. I told Pete last night the sooner the better. And Pete said that the poor cat will have hardly settled in then we take his manhood away, “Run kitty run for your life!!” Roll eyes here.

So here we are, another kitty in our home, a kitty called Lenny.

I can plan all sorts of things, like my finishing off my garden, deciding on a final design for my herb garden, figuring out how I’ll do the new pathway etc. Reading a magazine, and just generally being here by myself. I’ve been thinking about my Dad, I got an sms from the the clinic this morning, we need to start ordering his PD stock for the month. It feels so overwhelming knowing he has absolutely no kidney function. I told my sister how hard it was for me facing my own mortality when I lost the use of my right kidney. But seeing what my Dad is going through is very scary, he faces a much bigger dilemma than I ever have.

My Dad went back to the church where Pete and I met, it was a mistake for him, because the pastor (and I use this term in the lightest possible way) doesn’t want them to move to Natal for at least 2 years. Yeah, he actually thinks he has a say! LMAO! We were chatting about churches and people leading churches, my personal view? Very few people become pastors because they are called, they become pastors because they need money, some churches are a glorified business. Not all of them but ALOT of them. The overriding stance in most churches are “Bring your money not your problems” I just don’t agree with that. It’s all fake.

Anyway, I’m not going to labour on that, I’ve made peace with my views, coz they’re mine and no-one else’s and I’m happy, happier than I’ve been in a very long tome actually!

The end of the school holidays are upon us, and I’m looking forward to school again! (not that I would EVER go back to school or would want to, but I love teaching the boys, so it’s different and doesn’t count!) I like being where I am, it’s cool! And apparantly I’m a COOL mom! According the boys’ friends, so there you have it! Not as lame as I thought I was!

I don’t mind it so much, but those little devices can play the music quite loud albeit a bit tinny, coz you know, it doesn’t have much bass. Anyway, last night Pete and I discussed buying them each a stereo, just a little one with an i.pod base or whatever they call it now, so that the boys can listen to non tinny music. But he feels we should wait a few months so they can use their new devices for a while before adding to the technology which is fast overtaking their rooms.

We are also looking at play.station 3. There Pete and I are divided. I want them to have one and he’s not so sure. So we are still debating that. It just seems that there are so many things out there that kids want, and they themselves can’t make up their minds between x.box, W.II or play.station! I know we’ll make the right decision, but until then they have their new nifty phones to keep them busy. How simple life was when I was a youngster, boring, but simple.

At least now I can take their phones and play new games! Hee hee hee, payback! I pointed out yesterday that I very graciously let them use my phone whenever they wanted or needed to use it, so now I can do the same! They were not very happy with their mom, but hey, that’s life. So now I’m, just waiting for them to get home so I can have a turn! Woot!