Love has a colour ...

I saw this on LauraKim's blog and decided to give it a try. It is scary what a good summary this is of me ...

Why don't you find out what colour your love is? Leave a comment and let me know.

Your Love is Blue
When you love someone, you give your heart entirely to them. You believe love is an unconditional, unselfish act.You don't love half-way. You are "all in" whenever you are in love, and you don't hold back.You find it easy to fall in love. You accept people as they are, and you even can love someone's flaws.Because you are so loving and caring, you are incredibly easy to love in return. Your heart is open and ready to be filled.

Welcome back Jos ...

Jos only came back last night after being away since Sunday. His dad has his own transport company and Jos joined him in the truck, taking a load down to Cape Town. Jos loved spending the time with his dad but we sure missed him. Little Reuben was calling for him all the time and getting all excited if he heard someone hooting in the street. He was ecstatic to have his brother back. Despite trying to convince me differently Jos was really tired and passed out early. It is so nice to have both my boys around again! (I tried in vain to get a photo of the two together. Reuben was much more interested in grabbing my camera. Will keep trying on the week end)

12 point introspection ...

I saw this on Jenty’s blog and thought a little introspection might help me gain some insight in the current slump I am in …

1. want: My focus, energy and passion back.
2. need: Energy and motivation
3. thankful for: My family and friends
4. thinking: I am exhausted why is the week end only two days?
5. quote: “In life, understanding is the booby prize.” Unknown
6. watching: My boys growing up too quickly
7. lacking: Me-time
8. listening: To the air conditioner
9. responding: Without enthusiasm
10. planning: To cook a family meal on Sunday
11. am: Worried about my brother
12. not: In a good space

Big boy ...

Wouldn't be fair if I neglected to post a recent photo of Reuben as well. He is getting bigger and cuter by the day. He is now managing to express himself in a manner that we can understand most of the time, but still shows his frustration if not understood with a proper tantrum. When looking for a photo to post, I was shocked to see that I have also neglected to regularly take Photos of the boys in the last 3 months since Kallie passed away. Definitely plan to rectify that.

Budding actor ....

On Thursday the 27th of August, Josiah took part in his school's bi-annual revue. The play told the story of how the king of the land of Fairy Tales was planning to cancel all fairy tales as the fairy tale characters were not doing their work. All the fairy tale characters had the chance to go and plead their case before the king or they will be forced to go and live in the real world. Considering the fact that it was Pre-school to Gr 3 children (between the ages of 3 and 9) taking part, it was extremely well done. I got really camera happy and snapped lots and lots of pictures. Jos had the role of the Wolf from Little Red Riding Hood. He had everyone in stitches. To my surprise he calmly waited for the audience to compose themselves and then carried on without missing a beat. When I commented on this he smugly replied that the expensive drama lessons I complain about, are clearly paying off. No arguing that point!

Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf about to state their case.

The Wolf explainig to the King that people in real life are scared of him and will surely kill him.


If they find out he is a talking Wolf before they kill him, he will definitely end up in the circus...

Peaceful protests ...

I love the fact that Jos's school insists on mass participation. Each child had a chance to partcipate in the group singing and dancing.

Introducing the choir.

Tired and relieved fairy tale stars - the King withdrew his decision in the end!

Last chance to sit on the King's throne.

Someone likes me!!!!!!!!

To get started on my “Do something” mission I decided to catch up on my blog reading. (Can you imagine how bad things have to be if you don’t get round to reading your favourite blogs?) And to my big surprise and absolute delight I have received a blog award!!!!!!!!!!! Thank you sooooo much Janet you have made my day! (Sorry it took me so long..)

Now, I need to pass this award on to other bloggers whose blogs I enjoy reading! So, here goes!

The one and only Jenty without who I would never have started blogging ...

Celia for blogging about cooking in such a down to earth manner that even I am inspired ... (Please go check out her yummy blog!)

Maryann for reminding me that every boy mommy faces the same challenges ...

Laura for the honest and funny way in which so eloquently writes about life ...

Mel and her box of cholocates, one of the first blogs I started following (Okay read stalking) just to inspire her to take some time off from her busy schedule to post and let us know how she is doing

A new month ….

September is traditionally the month of new beginnings, a time for all of us here in the southern hemisphere to welcome spring and revel in warmer days. It is supposed to be a time to spring clean and start a fresh. This was so not the case in my life. I felt unbelievably tired all the time. With hardly enough energy to plod through each day, the thought of spring cleaning and starting new projects never crossed my woolly mind. It was hard enough trying to remember the basics and get everything done at no point was I even considering stretching my already clouded brain with anything that wasn’t absolutely crucial. (Hence the lack of blog posts for September.)

Today is the start of a new month. October - less than 3 months before Christmas. Where has this year gone? Make no mistake I am still tired and I would much rather just veg in front of the TV than do anything that requires even the tiniest bit of energy or thought. But …. (Drum roll please!) I have decided that I somehow will have to pull myself together and do something, anything just as long as it breaks this cycle of nothingness.

This decision was inspired by Jenty’s “October can only be better” post. I can so identify with her and relief washed over me when I realised that I wasn’t the only one with a crappy life at the moment.

This post is the start to my Do something” mission for October. Any ideas of “somethings” that won’t require too much energy?