Johan

I thank God that it happened quick

I thank God that you didn't suffer

I thank God for every moment that we shared

I thank God for every dance I had with you

Til we meet again

I love you!

Fuzzy about Fringes

Fringes, layers, short, long, curls, straight...

This is my most recent dilemma. I need a haircut before I go on camp and I have a hair appointment pending at 2 this afternoon. Looking through old pics I decided that I really need to get back to the fringe, I mean it really softens my face and makes me look pretty ... or does it?

Is it the fringe that makes me look good in photo's? Or is it the fact that I was really happy in all the pics that I look good in? What is it that makes a person beautiful in a picture? I mean we don't takes pictures of someone with a headache or someone on their death-bed. Isn't it a bit strange to anybody else? We don't have our picture taken when we just woke-up with a messy hairdo or after we just done a 10km run, wouldn't that be more real, more you? How good is my fringe going to make me look then?

Sorry, that was just my little rant for the day!

Any thoughts?

"holiday" shopping

Oh Happy Days!!!
I can't say that I'm a BIG fan of shopping but there is Magical when it is in the preparation of the year ahead. I found this funky little camping pillow that rolls-up just like a sleeping bag(It's for the gazillion camps I'm going on with Metaministry). Then there is the ever-handy flip-flops and lets not forget that you can't really take that pretty little clutch, not even your decent sized corporate purse is going to do the job. You need something that is going hold your snacks for the road, your camera and some other can't-live-without-goodies. So YES, you thought right, I just HAD to get a new bag. I also got Coco some lovely doggy treats to chew-on and keep busy while I'm gone.
Well, my feet are a bit sore and Coco is begging me to go to bed so that she does not have to nap alone in my dark room, so let me say...


Good Night!

My Contribute!!!

This is my contribute to Mari's blog!!!

Here I am, Lord, and I'm drowning in your sea of forgetfulness

The chains of yesterday surround me

I yearn for peace and rest

I don't want to end where You found me

And it echoes in my mind, keeps me awake tonight

I know You've cast my sin as far as the east is from the west

And I stand before You now as though I've never sinned

But today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

Jesus can you show me just how far the east is from the west

Cause I can't bear to see the man I've been come rising up in m again

In the arms of Your mercy I find rest

Cause you know just how far the east is from the west

From one scarred hand to the other

I start the day, the war begins, endless reminding of my sin

Time and time again Your truth is drowned out by the storm I'm in

Today I feel like I'm just one mistake away from You leaving me this way

I know you've washed me white, turned my darkness into light

I need Your peace to get me through this night

I can'tlive by what I feel, but by the truth Your word reveals

I'm not holding on to You, but You're holding on to me

You're holding on to me

Jesus , You know just how far the east is from the west

I don't have to see the man I've been come rising up in me again

In the arms of Your mercy I find rest

Cause You know just how far the east is from the west

From one scarred hand to the other

One scarred hand to the other

From one scarred hand to the other

Casting Crowns

Alter and the door

We got Elfed!!!

Hey, I just made a total elf of myself.

Check it out by clicking the link below.


http://www.elfyourself.com/?id=1810733582

Klein Paradys!

I know it's wednesday and I'm only
writing about it now, but I can't stop
thinking about the great weekend I had.

Me, mum, dad and our new friend

Theo went to Klein Paradys, directly

translated it means little paradise...

We went for walks, did some fishing

(not that we caught anything, I think

it's because we spent so much time

digging for worms and feeding the ducks).

We also ate ...alot,

sat around ...alot

and SOME of us did the dishes

...alot!

Can't wait for the next one!

Oranjeville take 2! ...or is it 3?

Here is some pics from a recent trip to Oranjeville...

Man Down!!!

I am not an Idols fan,... But my entire family is crazy about it, so there is really no way for me to avoid Idol-talk. ...so I did it! I watched Idols, and for the first time they actually had a real artist on the show. He is entertaining, has a great voice and sing stuff that I would listen to. He plays guitar and he has written some great stuff...

MUNRO

He got voted Off! I couldn't believe it!

Does South Africans really prefer a clone or an original?

Happy 21st Landi

We recently celebrated Landi's 21st birthday! She had a Super-hero-Kids party! So, you had to dress-up as a cartoon or super-hero.

Every body dressed-up and had so much fun. There were no long speeches or boring toasts! Just good food, good friends and good dancing!!!

There was even a little spider!!!

Bad News!!!

Ever had the feeling that the noise you just heard meant bad news...

Well, on the 11th of August I had that feeling and so did the rest of my family. Me, Landi and Andre were standing at the back door, chatting about something or other when we heard what sounded like a toolbox being dropped. In that one second we knew something had happened even though we've heard it a million times before. So, we run outside and found my dad with two of his fingers bending in the wrong direction. A car engine had fallen on his hand!!!

We rushed him to the hospital where he had to go into surgery, by the grace of God it was only his ring- and middle-finger that had been broken.

We ask for your prayers for a full recovery!!!

Gold Reef City

Getting to Gold Reef City proved to be more of a challenge than getting onto it's most famous rides...


The type of fun you can only have with a close friends or tourists!!

Pilans Berg with the girls!!!

Well, Sarah and Corinne came to visit little-old-Africa. So, we just HAD to show them how we, Africans, live in the "wild"!!! As you can see Sarah wasn't scared at all, maybe it's because she watched THE LION KING!!!

It was truly a blessing having you here!!!

*BIG thanks to Caroline for arranging the great trip*

The Next Top Model!

Oranjeville, Here we come!!!

In the Free State there's this tiny town called Oranjeville. It has only one road (the one that runs through it) and one "Stop" sign,

But it is safely nestled on an island on a river that runs through

the Free State. It is in this town that I discovered that my

doggy could be the next top model!!!

Everybody was out doing Heaven-knows-what in this town,

so I decided to take Coco for a walk. I grabbed my camera on

my way out and when I opened the lens, I saw something

strange (Not on the camera but in the corner of my eye).

Coco was just standing there as if waiting for something...

looking into the distance... with the wind in her hair...

Then it hit me like a ton of bricks, she was striking a pose!!!

She must have seen my camera a million times and now

knew what she had to when I took it out.

That wasn't the only thing that happened that weekend.

The people next door also had Yorkie, one that was born

on the same day as Coco (Now that's strange). At first she

didn't like him, But then later we found them Kissing through

the fence!!! As a mother I must say that I am not thrilled with

the idea of my girl kissing boys through the fence!!!

It’s in the air

…tension!

Tension that is caused by phrases like Super 14, Tri-nations and ICC cricket world cup. This is a season that I can truly say I HATE!!!

Oh, believe me, I am a great supporter of all South African teams, but this is stepping out of line! It’s on every channel, in every news paper and on everybody’s lips and its driving me nuts! Unless you go to a cinema, you have no chance of watching a movie without someone saying “I just wanne check out the score!”

In my house everyone is on holiday at the moment, even me! But I can tell you now there will be no late-night-movie-marathon that keeps you up till the early hours of the next day or home-made popcorn and sugary treats.

…and what is a holiday without at least one movie marathon?

Wanting wintry bliss

Here in Sunny Africa we’ve had temperatures soaring into the 40’s over the last couple of months and I have now had enough.

After a year of summer, it is no wonder that I am now praying for winter to chill up my days once again. You see, for the past year it has just so happened that I have always been in a country were it was summer. But, gigantic coats, cozy Sunday-afternoon naps and oversized mugs filled with steaming hot chocolate is all that I’m hoping for now.

…Then it happened a few nights ago. I woke up at 3 o’clock in the morning with a desperate need for the loo. I slipped my feet into my favorite slipper and then swiftly made my way down the hallway with a yorkie following close at my feet. I did my business and then quickly returned to room with my eyes still half closed just to avoid waking up completely. I checked coco’s bed and found that she had returned to my room, I then closed the door and sat down my bed. I kicked my slippers aside and then laid my head onto the pillow. It took me one long second to realize what I felt, it was the crispy cold feeling of a pillow returning to its wintry-state. OH HAPPY DAYS!!! I quickly fell asleep with a big smile on my face.

Drakensberg

Had a little weekend away in the Drakensberg and I thought I should share some pics!

(And this is also where I'll be having my wedding in a few short years :-)

We stayed on Mount Champagne!

Did a little walking and ...
...a little nothing.

The BIG question!!!

We want aks you a little question. Well it's actually something that Landi wants to know.

How would you define "inbetween"?

We dont want to know what the Oxford Dictionary says, so be creative people!!!

Say No to New Year’s Resolutions!

Every Year I hear of a lot of people making New Year’s Resolutions to loose weight, make more money or just do better at something. I think their only setting themselves up for failure, I mean not all things can start with a jump into the deep end. Why not rather start small, start with changing your thinking or those ugly little habits off walking to the fridge in between meals.

I myself live to eat and only made the decision to eat more healthy food and a little less sugar and when the time comes I’ll make the decision to change another bad habit.

Plus who can start with diet when I have just discovered YUMMY Aussie cookies right here in lovely SA!

Hope…prayer…faith…God… Everything that makes it happen…

Have you ever waited for something for long that you started thinking it was never going to happen. Something, some happiness or some love that just looked like it was never going to come your way, well …I got it!

Let me explain! …I love animals! And the last time I had what you would call a huggable creature was in 2002. It was a Yorkshire terrier called Millo, and she was beautiful and such a little miracle! So, for the last 4 years I’ve been looking for a new miracle, in the Newspapers, at pet shops and with everybody I knew who had Yorkshire terriers. But it just didn’t happen, something was always a little off! It was either me being in London (where I obviously couldn’t keep a dog) or there were some money issues and other stuff that always got in the way!

…And then it happened! Almost exactly 4 years after Millo died. I was given a BIG blessing in a tiny body!

She is now about 3 months old and is almost fully house-trained, she knows where her bed is and where I keep her toys. She knows not to wake me up but rather sit and wait patiently until I open my eyes. We’ve even had our first “drowning experience”! I was lying on the one side of the pool and my sister on the other and as usual Coco was just going nuts! She was fighting-off bugs and chewing on plants when, like a student driver, she just backed-up all-of–a-sudden and found herself in 3 feet under water and still going down. It took me what felt like forever to realize I need to do something and the next moment I found myself standing next to my sister in the pool with a wet puppy in my hands.

So, I hope you’re not just sitting around waiting for it to come your way, you better be out there …patiently …searching…