Mom's Birthday Weekend

I'm ignoring the huge file of photos still to be uploaded and posting some pics of our weekend away in Franschhoek. Beautiful setting? Check. Lovely cottage? Check. Good booze  and  food? Check. Gorgeous people?Well, duh. Of course!

Family of the Year - Let's Go Down

eggnog day!!

**dusts off cobwebs**

So. Another year comes to a close and, ohmygoodnessgraciousme, it's Eggnog Day! Hard to believe that last year, this little one spent most of the time curled up on the couch, snoozing and snuffling in the most adorable newborn way. Now, a whole year older,  our  cheeky little elf couldn't wait to dip his fingers into Cyril's eggnog, wear his aunty's shades, play peekaboo with glassware and demolish an ornament or two. 






 Such an adorable little monkey-elf!






So.
Was it hot? Why yes. It is tradition to sweat a little when putting up mom's tree.

Did we wear something silly on our heads? Yep. We gave it horns  this year. Horns with bells on.

Was there confusion over lights, which ones worked, which ones were for outside and which were for inside, where the hell were the plugs and power adapters again?  Oh yes. Definitely. It would be No Fun without that sort of confusion.

Did we get slightly pissed? Yes. This too is the tradition.Cyril's nog has no small measure of booze hidden in it's innocent-looking creamy depths.

Another wonderful day with an ever expanding (ahem ;-P ) family. Such magical moments. Thanks guys.

And happy holidays everyone!

hell of a season

A week into one of the worst heatwaves I can remember and we're all gatvol. Tips on how to stay cool can be heard on radio, in staff rooms and at the supermarket and I think I've just about tried them all. They all work for about a half an hour, until whatever was wet, dries.

I was at the beach just after five this morning in a desperate attempt to catch a coolish breeze or two...and I wasn't alone. You can see the heat in these pics!!
Urgh. Fast forward to winter!

Hell of a Season- The Black Keys - El Camino 2011

H.O.T

I know it's not really fair that I reappear, for the first time in months, to make what will basically be a Heat Rant but, I cannot deny that the heat...and ants...are the bane of my existence at the moment.
I'm sure I'm at least 5kg's lighter than when last I posted. When one first breaks out into a sweat at 09:00 in the morning and doesn't really stop until after 7 ...there has to be some kind of loss there, right? So maybe the daily 15:30 Bar One King Cone at the 7Eleven on the way home from school kinda balances things out a bit.....who can tell?
All I can say is that I'm tired. Tired of the heat and the wind and the humidity. Today the temp was 36 Degrees Celsius with the humidity at 93%...WTF?!
Give me a break.

There is nothing better than, at the end of a long, hot and sweaty day to sit with eReader in one hand and glass of vino in the other, feet plunged in a bucket of coolish water....watching the sun set and listening to the sounds of the neighbours settling in for the night.
It's not all bad, I suppose.

And the weather is starting to turn. The mornings are darker.
That's about it.
Warm, dark mornings. Woohoo.


Pray for the cool, peeps. Pray for some cool.

Cheers.

Crying in the Chapel Dub


Codex- Radiohead



Love is Won- Lia Ices


Peaceful -by Ray Conniff