Meals out and about

Kitchen Bar was great, all round we all had meals that were very tasty, I highly recommend their stuffed calamari.

I absolutely adored Country Living Cafe, I had the duck & cherry vol au vent. Grant and Jordy weren't so enamoured, Jordy said her salmon tasted watery and Grant was not impressed that he got 6 chips

and felt his fish was very dry. The Chai tea was sublime and the ambiance was very French Provencal.

Till next time

xoxo

From a galaxy far far away

A while back I mentioned that I really would love a Samsung Galaxy Tablet, however I felt I needed to wait for the generation 2. In the great debate of "i-pad versus Tablet" I sided with the tablet (much to some people's horror). I was so enamoured with her especially as her size made it easy to carry in my handbag, whereas the i-pad required a bag all of its own. When the specs came out for the Tablet generation 2, lo and behold it will be nearly as big as the i-pad. So I saw only one thing left to do and that was to get the Gen 1 Tablet. My darling husband told me to go ahead and get myself one, so on Tuesday I ordered one, Wednesday it arrived ans by Wednesday night I was up and running. She is so amazing and so easy to use. Now I just need to figure out how to blog on the go.
Till next time
xoxo

40 days to go

Although I am not a practising Catholic (I did however do a spell at a convent in primary school), the Lenten tradition of giving up something pleasurable for forty days has always appealed to me. Time to reflect on what's important and to be grateful for what one has in ones life. I mean my Muslim friends endure a month of no food or drink from sunrise to sunset for Eid. So I feel that voluntarily giving up something up is almost the least you can do. This year, I’m participating by giving up drinking wine and I threw in chocolate just for good measure (as Grant said, I shouldn't be eating chocolate anyways). so 40 days and counting ...
Till next time
xoxo

Route 69 result

Grant finished 14th out of 90 riders in his class, I am so very proud of him. It was such a lovely day. We got up at stupid O'clock to take Grant all the way out to Maropeng - Cradle of Mankind, we waited for him to start the race and then went in search of somewhere nice to have breakfast. Jordy and I ended up at a place called Mellon Rouge, a quirky little place that not only serves yummy breakfasts but has a little antique/vintage clothes/old book/bric or brac shop as well. We then headed through to the finish line and waited for grant to finish. It was so cool when they announced him by name coming through the finish line. Jordy and I cheered and whooped. After a couple of drinks, we decided against staying there for lunch as Grant was rather grimy (ok actually disgustingly filthy), so off home we went for Grant to clean up then out for an early dinner. Such a wonderful Sunday.
Till next time

xoxo All shiney and bright before the race
Lined up at the start

Interesting display at Mellon Rouge

Not so shiney and bright at the finish (but still smiling)

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Official 1st day of Autumn

Well today is apparently officially the first day of Autumn, leaving me a little bewildered as we didn't really have much of a summer to speak of. We had loads and loads of rain, enough to warrant us considering if the building of a second ark was necessary, wellie boots often became the footwear of choice, and umbrellas were a permanent fixture in our handbags. We have effectively not really been able to wear our summer clothes and if we did it was necessary to wear cardi's over them. So here I sit, feeling a little cheated, however I look forward to the leaves turning many shades of amber, brown and gold and the crisp morning air, and perhaps a glass or two of deep red Merlot or some Mexican hot chocolate.

Till next time

xoxo

Route 69

Grant is participating in a 60 km mountain bike race on Sunday called the Route 69 Mountain Bike Experience. It starts at Maropeng and ends at Kloofzicht Lodge in Muldersdrift. We are really looking forward to this as Jordy and I get to cheer him on during the race and then meet up with him at the finish line to partake in a beautiful buffet lunch. There is an upside to being the wife of a mountain biker.
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xoxo

February up close

February happens to be a really busy month for us, firstly my birthday on the 4th, followed closely by our wedding anniversary on the 8th and then topped off with Valentines day on the 14th. Poor Grant he tries so hard, but February just seems to be, all too much altogether. How much can one ask of one man.

But on a more serious note, on the 8th February 2011 Grant and I have been married for:

19 years

228 months

6 908 days

165 801 hours

9 947 520 minutes

596 851 200 seconds

and boy have each one of those moments been an adventure. Without hesitation I say, I wouldn't change a single one. Without sounding all mushy and like something out of a Halmark card, I do want to place on record how much this darling man means to me, his love is unconditional and you only have to look into his eyes to see how beautiful and kind his soul is. I am privileged to be loved by such an amazing man.

Till next time
xoxo