Friday, 27 February 2009
Countdown to 30
I'm almost 30. My bones are creaking. My hair is falling out. My stress levels are up. My knee sounds like a ball full of sand pebbles. I look forward to coming in to work in the morning. I shout at students for being childish misbehaving miscreants. I'm renting out my flat, and targeting a bond reduction of R50,000.00 for the year. I must be getting old...
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Janith's on the roads today! Good luck to Janith, God bless to everyone else!
You go get 'em Janith! Nail that test! You're the best! Now I'll pray for the rest...
Monday, 23 February 2009
Moving and stuff
Okay so we are finally moving out of our lovely home...I say finally because we have hummed and haaaed and we love our home but it's also just such a stress (those of you who know the saga we have been through will understand) that we decided moving was best. So we are moving to a beautiful place not far away and it seems everything is coming together. I think we have tenants on the way, Bryan and I are moving bits and pieces every evening to try and minimise the big move and hopefully it will all work out for the best.
There seems to be so much to do but I'm hoping we will manage it - the joke is that we are finally going to put the finishing touches to the bathroom for the tenants...and we lived without towel rails etc all the time we spent in our flat! Sigh...oh well, for today I managed to draft a lease agreement, lease information sheet and order a mirror for the bathroom.
I don't have the beautiful Jazz which has aircon cos of the nail in the tyre so I had the Palio (glad I got Bryan radio antennae for Christmas) and I trundled into South Coast road to hunt down this glass company who were recommended by Mica for getting a mirror. Anyway turned out to be the dodgiest looking place in South Coast Road and when I wandered into the shop they seemed quite shocked to see me. Anyway they were very helpful, possibly because they felt sorry for me being totally clueless, and I'm getting a bathroom mirror fitted to size. They didn't take credit card so I have to do a bank transfer and then pick it up tomorrow...Jay (at work) seemed quite shocked I went on my own but I felt pretty safe and I quite enjoy finding these industrial type places where you get a good deal. Sun started to come out though and I ended up having to take my boots off cos it was soooo hot...have bought new slops as I couldn't stand the idea of wearing the boots in the heat for a moment longer especially with no aircon in the car!
Kudos to Bryan for uncomplainingly taking the Palio to work every day!
There seems to be so much to do but I'm hoping we will manage it - the joke is that we are finally going to put the finishing touches to the bathroom for the tenants...and we lived without towel rails etc all the time we spent in our flat! Sigh...oh well, for today I managed to draft a lease agreement, lease information sheet and order a mirror for the bathroom.
I don't have the beautiful Jazz which has aircon cos of the nail in the tyre so I had the Palio (glad I got Bryan radio antennae for Christmas) and I trundled into South Coast road to hunt down this glass company who were recommended by Mica for getting a mirror. Anyway turned out to be the dodgiest looking place in South Coast Road and when I wandered into the shop they seemed quite shocked to see me. Anyway they were very helpful, possibly because they felt sorry for me being totally clueless, and I'm getting a bathroom mirror fitted to size. They didn't take credit card so I have to do a bank transfer and then pick it up tomorrow...Jay (at work) seemed quite shocked I went on my own but I felt pretty safe and I quite enjoy finding these industrial type places where you get a good deal. Sun started to come out though and I ended up having to take my boots off cos it was soooo hot...have bought new slops as I couldn't stand the idea of wearing the boots in the heat for a moment longer especially with no aircon in the car!
Kudos to Bryan for uncomplainingly taking the Palio to work every day!
Nailed!
On Saturday night we discovered a nail in one of our Honda's tyres. Oltman, Mary-Anne and Kat all diligently detected the bulge under the cover of darkness and today I've had to take it in to have the tyre repaired (it was that or install a Marie wheel AKA biscuit wheel).
Took it to Speedy Exhaust & Tyre and they attended to it in no time.
Time? Ten minutes'ish.
Cost? R50.00-
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Happy birthday Emma Lansdell!
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19 years old today! Happy birthday!Hope this year holds a lot of joys and achievements for you - enjoy it; I remember the days when I was 19. Good times - and make the most of your teenage years, you're running out of time!!
God bless :)
Bryan & Kat
Tuesday, 3 February 2009
Cinnabons & poker @ the Greylings
We've just come back from a marathon day, with another one anticipated for tomorrow.
We checked out the Hoyer's new apartment, for us to rent, and it's simply stunning. We are praying and hoping the price is right for us to afford it, and Mr. Hoyer (Bruce) has just been great about it.
We ended the evening off with cinnabons at Markus & Richelle's place in Westwood. First time I've indulged in such decadence, and that's all I can say - it was a decadent indulgence - really yummy stuff!!
We rounded the night off with a quick-fire round of poker... Kat died early on, and then it came down to the "final hand" where I managed to secure 2nd spot behind Markus with a Jack-high straight, but Richelle still manages to be my bogey opponent. I just can't read that chic!!
We left on a prayer and had a thoroughly awesome time! If we don't get to do that again before the Greylings leave, we'll miss you guys! And I think it's official that you guys were the first (and so far, only) couple to get us to be spontaneous at 8pm on a week-night for a last-minute invite for poker (last year but it was great fun, apart from Richelle annihilating me).
God bless guys - you ROCK!
We checked out the Hoyer's new apartment, for us to rent, and it's simply stunning. We are praying and hoping the price is right for us to afford it, and Mr. Hoyer (Bruce) has just been great about it.
We ended the evening off with cinnabons at Markus & Richelle's place in Westwood. First time I've indulged in such decadence, and that's all I can say - it was a decadent indulgence - really yummy stuff!!
We rounded the night off with a quick-fire round of poker... Kat died early on, and then it came down to the "final hand" where I managed to secure 2nd spot behind Markus with a Jack-high straight, but Richelle still manages to be my bogey opponent. I just can't read that chic!!
We left on a prayer and had a thoroughly awesome time! If we don't get to do that again before the Greylings leave, we'll miss you guys! And I think it's official that you guys were the first (and so far, only) couple to get us to be spontaneous at 8pm on a week-night for a last-minute invite for poker (last year but it was great fun, apart from Richelle annihilating me).
God bless guys - you ROCK!
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