The awards dinner

We were invited for the annual Performance awards dinner by Wayne's work place. I must say I'm very proud of my hubby. This dinner is only for the A performers at work and since he has been working with the bank he has been invited . I was thrilled to accompany him to this special occasion. It was a black tie dinner hosted yesterday at the Hilton hotel. It was great to see him receive his certificate of performance and enjoy the company of his colleagues. There was lots of dancing and laughter, the food was great and Barry Hilton the comedian was the MC, I must say we were very impressed by his gig. It wasn't lewd, he was classy, elegant and very funny. We then left after 10pm as it was very cold and we had quite a distance to travel. Overall the night was brilliant.Well done hun, you such a great example.

Fudge and dad before we left

Another blessing of a special year!

Its this time of year again. Its been years of great blessings and this year Im filled with gratitude for all the blessings I've had through out these years. Im grateful for a wonderful life, the best husband a girl would dream of, wonderful mothers, wonderful brothers and sisters, wonder babies;fudge and jiji and many more. that i haven't mentioned. i was very spoilt on this day. we went for dinner at a friend- kayla's house. Dinner was divine. sorry forgot to go with camera. and Wayne he is such a thoughtful darling-bless him, got me a sewing machine for my birthday. I don't know how to use it but its something I have wanted for a while now and I was very happy and excited when he took me shopping. I couldn't open it for two weeks which wasn't bad . I can't wait to show off my new skill. I will definitely start putting it to use after exams. thanks everyone for my presents and the love.

Stomp

Our very dear friend/sister Jen, is visiting from the uk again. Jen was my maid of honor on our wedding day. I met her through Wayne is one of Wayne's closest friends and we hit it off from the first time we met. After our wedding she left for the uk and ever since she always visits during the month of April and is always here on my birthday and we always say she comes just to celebrate my birthday and the visit her family as a by-the-way . She called us up a quite a surprise, as this time she didn't let us know when she was arriving and set a meet up for one of the nights.
She had bought tickets for us and was taking us to watch stomp at monte casino. We met up early so we could spend some time with her before the show begun. It was great to catch up with her and her brother. It was such a lovely theatrical performance we enjoyed every bit of it and spending time with her as well. unfortunately we were only able to see her for one night but looking forward to her final return. We miss her dearly.

we have moved !!!

After lots of packing and tears in between and lots of really hard core cleaning we have moved. It was such a painful process because the day we were moving out our friends were moving in to the same house. So I had to double clean. ouch ouch. My legs are so sore that I can't stand for long ... lets say I cleaned literally till I could clean no more . I have had two hours of sleep. The home owners gave us the keys late of Friday evening and the bulbs were out so we couldn't really see. I under estimated how much cleaning I was in for. Turns out everything needed to be washed out literally the cupboards and the wardrobes had soup splattered on the walls, the floors were filthy and bathrooms too, all disguised by the dark evening. Yesterday I couldn't even attend all the church lessons I just went home after sacrament and entered bed. There is still a lot of work to be done . But hopefully we shall get through. Wayne has been very helpful. I'm so lucky to have a husband like him, even though he was tired helped me a lot around the house. He is such a star. I'm grateful for the members who helped us moved and words cant express how much we appreciate their help. Mom and dad are coming this week to help us settle in so I know mom will help out a lot. For now I'm really tired,till then. Will put up some pics after. PS. I still miss the farm so much .

Swine flu

Gosh we were hit by the swine flu virus not a pleasant experience. Suspected place of infection ... the airport. Wayne was down with a fever and was really ill that he was on bed rest. And for Wayne to be on bed rest he is really ill. He is the kind that will push on and on . But he was given injections and told to stay home. He improved and I fell ill went to the doctor and it was swine flu. Meanwhile during this period Oupie was not well too he had another heart attack and mom flew in from Durban to help Ouma out while Oupie was in hospital. So when Oupie's condition improved, she came to spend a few days with us and the day she arrived was the day I got ill and she and Wayne took care of me till I recovered. She then had to go back home and when she got to Durban and started feeling a bit unwell, went to the doctor the following morning and was swine flue. I thankful that we recovered from this disease as lots of people have died from it and we hope that our friends and family out there don't get it.

And then they became home owners.

After months of going through ups and downs - fights with housing agents and home owners, having our hopes crushed after offers have been accepted, its time to pop out the champagne and toast to a lovely home.
We have been blessed with a property our first and we are really excited about it it. After looking for 6 months we finally found a house that spoke to us or we liked and made an offer that was accepted and we got the bond so we now property owners. Good bye to rent and helllloo to bond payments.
we are home owners... :) its a two bedroomed house with a huge loft that cant be converted into three bedrooms , two full bathrooms , 2 garages and a big enough compound in a complex which means security as well. Another bonus we are allowed to have two animals. House hunting isn't a pleasant sport to venture into neither of us thought it would be such a pain . But alas the lord knew which house was meant for us. the sellers were such lovely people we went through the house one evening very reluctant and actually liked the place. And when we got into the car we phone the agent and told her we liked the place and put an offer. I think literally in an hour she called us back to tell the owners of the house liked us and accepted our offer. Though we placed an offer we had some concerns not with the house it was with us and well, it meant cutting out a lot of luxuries and change of lifestyle if we wanted the house. Secondly, there was another offer on the place and they were willing to pay more than we were. and we signed the papers, applied for the bond, and it got approved in exactly five days which is unheard of at this time its usually longer and we had been given 5 days to secure the bond and at midday Wayne received the call from the guys at the bank saying it was approved in four working days and the house is now ours. We hoping to move in mid November but we shall see how it goes.
Its mixed emotions for me , though Wayne is so excited. I'm sad to be leaving the farm with the animals and all. As dad said you cant always get what you want in life, you win some lose some.

Gas ! a necessity NOT a friend!!

We are renting this place on a farm, very beautiful and every time people come visit us they are amazed at how we got this place. We live on a farm in the middle of the city with lots of friendly animals like deer, horses, ponies, goats, ducks, hen, cows, crazy wild cats etc. and we are really at home; paradise is what we sometimes refer to it, however we have encountered some difficulties and these particular one only appear during winter. We have had electricity black outs no power for days and when there isn't power it means we often run short of water as the system runs on an electric pump which isn't a big issue since we also have the municipal water which is turned on. We had no power as one of the main boards was on fire and the municipal here take their time to fix things. In fact if one had to wait for them, they would the chances of them having power is never as they are full of useless excuses as to why they wont pitch up to do their work or why they will pitch up in the dark to fix electricity but wont do it because its dark and they are cold. We had had the same problem a couple of weeks back so when it happened this time we called up our wonderful friends the Parsons who where kind to lend us their generator till our electricity was fixed. First we spent about two hours driving up and down looking for gas for our gas heater turns out that the size of the gas bottle we had were out of stock so we eventually head out to Sean and Shelley's to pick up this life saver, and they even prepared dinner for us since it was quite late after 9pm. After dinner we headed home all happy as we were going to have hot showers and have some light at home and not worry a bout the deep freeze and fridge and our stomachs full. Wayne set up the generator and the last bit needed some light to make sure all was in place correctly. Then we remembered we had a gas lantern that we could provide us with the needed light. We lit two candles so Wayne could see clearly as he replaced the lantern canister. As he did that he asked if i could push the candles nearer so he could see properly. Next thing we know the gas is leaking out and there is a hissing sound and baam!!!! , Wayne is on fire literally his hands, his face, his hair a.d
Im watching in shock as he slaps the fire off his face which he eventually does. and the canister is on fire the flame is getting bigger and bigger and to make matters wore we were fixing this in our kitchen that has a grass thatched roof. He eventually manages to run out with the canister to the porch and we try to use a dry cloth to put out the fire which doesn't help, then we remember lets try a wet cloth , nothing helps lets try a blanket nothing works the fire gets even bigger eventually Wayne the genius shouts "sand" i know what we should do, SAND!!!! he runs to the garage grabs the shovel and scoops dirt form the flower bed and throws it on the fire which dies after about eight trios of sand were made. We then use a candle to fix the generator and turn it on. And then check Wayne out to see the damage done. As we checking him out we just burst out and laugh so hard, I think it was from all the shock. The damage his eye brows his hair and part of his arms had been burnt so I took him to the bathroom and used a small pair to scissors to trim the eye brows and hair that had been burnt and we applied first aid to the burn on his arm. Thanks to elastoplus the burn spray it worked like magic as when we woke up in the morning there was no sign of a burn on Wayne's arm yet when it all happened it was starting to blister. So We ended up having hot showers,sleeping in a warm bed and watching tv with the whole house smelling of fried/brunt hair. We called mom to tell her about it as we thought she would laugh with us but boy she wasn't thrilled at all that we found it funny but was alright the following morning. But we were both grateful for electricity and more so for the fact that Wayne wasn't hurt so bad. I must say the whole day I have been in shock from the incident but getting over it slowly.We have learnt our lesson and hope something like this never occurs again. Once is enough.PS: Gas can be very dangerous
We are so grateful for the protection the lord has blessed us with and for all the many blessings He has given us.

Bridget and Colin !!

Being far from my first home is something that I sometimes wrestle with... but after i got married home is where i am with my wonderful husband. Back in Uganda, while i was a university i lived with one of my close friends Bridget. she was my flat mate a wonderful one at that. I hadn't met her for the first time at the campus we in fact went to the same primary school thought we didn't talk much but we became quite close at uni she was like a big sister to me since she was the more responsible one of the two of us. After we finished uni we both drifted into different ways didn't see much of each other but kept in touch. she got married and we even drifted more apart. but kept in touch occasionally. I then got married and moved to south Africa and didn't really get the chance to chat and all. After getting married I went to Uganda for my sisters wedding hoping i would get to see her but because of different arrangements we just spoke on the phone and didn't meet up , i came back to south Africa,. then one day i got a text message she was arriving at Jhb the following day , Wayne and i rushed to meet her at the airport she was on transit to Botswana and we didn't see each other as she wasn't allowed to come to the domestic departures to which we had access. Then in December she sent another text message this time she was coming to South Africa-Capetown so we would meet before their connecting flight, it turns out, the timing was wrong, at the time they arrived at Jhb Wayne and i were in Durban so we missed each other. Then eventually last week she sent me another text and this time they were spending two days in Jhb so we made it and managed to see each other after three years of missing one another as her hubby Collin put it " we were like in the movies" so a happy get together in the end. It was great to catchup over dinner and talk till late in the night. We had a wonderful time and looking forward to catching up again sometime soon. It was a late night as we got home after mid night. We paid the following day coz we use to going to bed at 8.30pm but it was so worth it.

Michael Jackson

I know I know every one is going to wonder well most people will, why one would write about Michael on their blog. Its just one of the rare days w hen i wasn't able to share a lift with Wayne to work, he had to go to one of the branches. Before I went to bed I had a smile on my face so happy as my exam results were out and i hard passed my exams. Woke up smiling, drove out of the gate and wondering why they were playing Michael's songs on the radio because its rare . then baaam!!! came the kick they presenter announced that Michael was dead. First instinct was to call Wayne and tell him ad he replied "yeah its a shame man" and I was like no it cant be while in tears bowling my eyes out. with thoughts that I hope he didn't die lonely... his kids shame how its not nice to grow up without a dad.... and who will look after them .. I cried driving myself for an hour and half all the way to work. I had appointment and I decided I wasn't going to even bother rushing. eventually get to work all red eyed and the person had been waiting asked if all was alright and it just made matters worse I replied in tears "Michael is dead its not a good day".
Reason for my reaction, my childhood memories revolved around this guy his music and the movies I watched, I recall singing with my friends and dancing to songs especially girlfriend,in the movies and it was all we talked about. Watching and listening to his songs were the highlights of our days we planned the time and sacrificed playing out in the sun to watch him. All I can say is he will be missed a lot. And hope his children are looked after well. And Im grateful for the wonderful memories I have as a result of his being.
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Happy Father's Day DAD !!!

Happy fathers day Dad, we love you so much and are so blessed to have you in our lives. The example you are to us the love you give us and the joy you give, the great company, the wisdom and the laughter you bring always keeps our hearts warm with gratitude that we have a father like you.
We love you so much and hope you have a lovely day.