Monthly Archives: December 2014

4 Things I Know For Sure About 2015

8-41am Many years ago, I was an avid viewer of the Dr. Phil show. I almost built my schedule round the 1pm start. Fascinated by people and their response to life, I loved to see how he handled the most … Continue reading

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Blog Stats For 2014

1-11pm Each year Jetpack sends me a summary of the activity on my blog. I thought I’d put up the details so you can have a look. So here we go… Thanks to everyone who read, commented, liked, shared and … Continue reading

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I Went To The Doctor And The Doctor Said…

3-02pm This morning when I woke up, I had a moment where I said, “Enough is enough! I should not be in pain every moment of every day! Today I am going to go to the doctor!” What I haven’t … Continue reading

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From Cheap Cut of Beef To Culinary Triumph

1-38pm I don’t often watch the cooking channel, but one day I did and this was the outcome. The chef (whose name I didn’t catch) used a cheap cut of meet and dolled it up to become an impressive culinary masterpiece … Continue reading

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Domestic Chores Day (with Pride & Prejudice thrown in)

1-40pm It’s been a fabulously chilled few days, but at least SOME housework had to be done today. I cleaned the dusted and swept and vacuumed. I washed linen and cooked veggies for lunch with leftover meat. I think it … Continue reading

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Almost Washed Away On Boxing Day –

9-44am This morning dawned with the rain having passed and not too much wind. From our bedroom, in the distance we could see massive high tide waves thundering onto Noordhoek beach. I noticed on FB someone had posted photos of … Continue reading

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Christmas Day 2014

7-30pm As the day draws to a close and I am able to reflect back upon it, I can say it’s been a lovely day. Cape Town put on her finest summer rain, with showers descending at lunchtime and pretty … Continue reading

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When Christmas-time is Hard

1-35pm This year it is the quietest Christmas we’ve had in many, many years. Half the family is away and so things aren’t quite as festive as they usually are. For me it’s not a ‘hard Christmas’ – it’s just a … Continue reading

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Fabulous Festive Fish Hoek Beach

1-48pm You’ve got to love Fish Hoek at this time of the year…in fact any time of the year! But at Christmas ime it just glows and rocks with family, friends, festivities and fabulous fun. The weather these last couple … Continue reading

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A Wine Connoisseur & A Jewish Musician Wrote O Holy Night

3-32pm It’s amazing how things happen. O Holy Night, one of the world’s most popular Christmas carols ever, has an amazing origin. Roquemaure is a small town in southern France and, in the 1870s, to celebrate the renovation of the the … Continue reading

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Here We Go Again…

12-54 When Stacey and Adrian were here we celebrated Christmas early and exchanged gifts. Stacey gave to me the best gift EVER! If 2014 was the year for cross-stitching Mike’s Mom, aka Granny, 2015 is the year of cross-stitching David! … Continue reading

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Festive Berry Meringue Dessert

10-49am I’ve often wondered if you can make meringue with a substitute sugar and the answer is yes you can!  I went onto a couple of meringue websites and then substituting xylitol for sugar, I started experimenting. Just a note, … Continue reading

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Only God Knew

12-17pm Mike said something again this morning that he has said hundreds of times before. Mike was 35 when we married. He was so lonely before that. He was running a non profit making Christian hostel in Cape Town and was … Continue reading

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2004 Christmas Presents – Which Ones Survived A Decade

12-40pm Christmas 2004 was the most memorable Christmas I had as an adult (Christmas 1969 as a 5 year old, I got a bicycle and I remember that!). 2004 had not been an easy year. I was determined to make … Continue reading

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A Beautiful Book

2-05pm You may have noticed one of the tabs on my blog is Richard’s Work. Richard is a linguist of note. A few years ago, he recorded for the the Rise and Shine show in a feature we called “Words from … Continue reading

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