Gill's jottings

Hellllloooooo.....anybody out there.......???

2009-11-23T20:13:00.000+02:00

I have not blogged for a month. A whole month! Bad, bad blogger!If you're wondering why, and you want a straight-forward, honest answer, I have to tell you it's because my life is a bit of a train wreck at the moment. Nothing dramatic or earth-shattering going on, it's just.... me. I will admit it to you and you alone, I am being an hormonal, horrible cow at the moment - but don't tell the family

Disgusting! Really, really disgusting post

2009-10-26T13:55:00.000+02:00

As you will know if you've been reading this blog for any length of time, I am a complete naff. I am scared, grossed out or nervous of just about everything. Geckoes included. Living on the South Coast of Kwa-Zulu Natal, geckoes are everywhere and where they aren't their poop is. Horribly disgusting little creatures. They love to creep around the ceilings with their pinky-grey-brown semi

Me again.....

2009-10-20T09:12:00.000+02:00

You must be getting SO tired of me ranting and raving and moaning and groaning...... I promise this will be the very last negative post for at least a week. Watch this space for a very upbeat post about everything that's making me happy soon, soon!Today, however, I have to have a gripe because I am royally peed off.Reason being that some silly ar$e has made my daughters all nervous and scared in

About that deleted post....

2009-10-15T15:21:00.000+02:00

So some of you will have noticed that I deleted my previous post? Just wanted to let you know that I haven't gone out and committed a murder ;-)I ummmed and ahhhed about deleting the post. I thought Rox might have wanted me to delete it when she read it, but funnily enough she didn't, in fact she said something along the lines of "You go mom!", Paula rapped me over the knuckles about my bad

Random Dozen

2009-10-08T09:50:00.000+02:00

Trust me, I will get back to posting some sensible blog posts soon, truly I will. Right now I just have so much going on (don't worry, it's all good) that blogging is waaaay down my list of priorities.Although I am late again (the questions go up every Tuesday and are meant to be posted on a Wednesday), I kinda like the questions on this weeks Random Dozen, so I am doing it anyway.1. On an

Random Dozen

2009-10-02T10:44:00.000+02:00

I saw this over at Just Some Thoughts and although I'm a bit late, I decided to join in anyway. Random Dozen is hosted by 2nd Cup of Coffee1. Tell me the absolute best way to watch a movie.At our local movie house, eating wine gums, with my family...and it has to be a chick flick2. Do you ever think about your own funeral? If so, do you have specific ideas about how you would like it to be?I have

Different strokes for different folks

2009-09-30T09:49:00.000+02:00

From the time Paula was born, until she was 5 years old we lived on a property adjoining my parents' property in a small town in the KZN midlands. Eunice and Impi lived in quarters on my parents' property and we had Goqo and her grandson Ndu living in their quarters on our property.The kids loved it, they roamed freely between the two properties, in and out of each other's houses, a happy little

Alone

2009-09-27T09:49:00.000+02:00

I have spent most of this weekend alone, and it has been utterly blissful. It's taken me a while, but I've come to realise that in order to remain a relatively nice, sane person I need lots and lots of me-time and this weekend I've had it in buckets and I'm feeling gooooood.Last weekend was the annual "Staff Weekend Away". This year we went up to Cayley Lodge in the 'Berg. The 'Berg was at its

Happy Happy!

2009-09-23T13:55:00.000+02:00

It's my blog's birthday today. 3 years ago I sat down to write my first blog post - I can't believe it's been so long!!As you may have noticed..... my blog is going through a bit of a slump at the moment. I have considered shutting it down altogether (shock, horror!) but I'm not going to do that just yet. I am sure eventually I will get my bloggy mojo back, but until then, I will be popping in

Nothing to say

2009-09-09T15:18:00.000+02:00

So I haven't been blogging much, for no reason other than that, for once in my life, I have nothing to say. Life is just so normal right now. Everyone is happy, healthy (geez I probably shouldn't say that, it's almost an invitation for Paula to get sick!) and humming along quite nicely. Great for family peace and all that, but not such great blogging fodder - I always feel I blog a lot better

Random thoughts....

2009-08-27T14:22:00.000+02:00

* It's SO cold. I need comfort food.... beef stew and dumplings sounds good.*Paula claims she has always disliked mushrooms! Please tell me I have not lived with my daughter for 14 years, eaten at the same dinner table with her every night and not noticed that? Surely not!*Paula is going to have to pick the mushrooms out of her stew tonight*There are 2 confirmed cases of swine flu at Paula's

Finally seeing the light?

2009-08-24T17:06:00.000+02:00

I am an Anglican. And today I can say that with some pride. Something in the newspaper caught my eye this morning and I'm going to quote it for you:The Anglican Church has taken a step towards accepting gay people in "faithful, committed relationships". The Anglican Diocese of Cape Town has passed a resolution asking church bishops to provide pastoral guidelines for gay parishioners living in

I'll be there for you

2009-08-24T16:51:00.000+02:00

Jax comforting Rox on Sunday

R.I.P Nala

2009-08-23T16:06:00.000+02:00

We had to say good-bye to our Nalie dog today. We found her this morning with a hugely distended tummy, a very uncomfortable old girl, clearly distressed. I immediately phoned our vet and he said we should bring her straight in. It appears that she had a twisted intestine. Unfortunately we had to put her to sleep. Nala has been a part of our family for more than 10 years. She was such a lovely

Harbouring a serial killer..of sorts...

2009-08-17T17:43:00.000+02:00

I have a confession to make: I have knowingly been harbouring not one, but a few serial killers for the last few years. And the stress is beginning to get to me! Not to mention the corpses!It all began the day after we moved into our new home a couple of years ago. Paula had her friend Michelle over and they were playing in the garden - oh sorry, I forgot tweens don't play, they hang out. Anyway,

25 Firsts

2009-08-07T10:28:00.000+02:00

I found this meme on Natalian’s blog Twaddle and Twak (love the name of that blog!)1. Who was your first prom date? I went to my Matric dance with Grant, we got married 3 ½ years later.2. Do you still talk to your first love? In fact I do, but not very often. He lives in Cape Town now, with his wife and two children. We don’t see each other very often, maybe once in 5 years or so, but we chat on

Request

2009-08-06T07:50:00.000+02:00

I'd like to ask those of you who are that way inclined to please pray for little J today. Eight year old J lost his parents and his older brother in a fire in their home, on the West Rand, last week. Today he will be attending their funeral. He has been taken in by his aunt and uncle whom he loves very much and will be raised by them. J's uncle is a member of our extended family and we have

I'm ugly...

2009-08-05T10:23:00.000+02:00

When I stress it eventually shows. I am a great one for bottling up my stress (well until I get to the gynaecologist, who could ever forget that particular episode?) But generally I look as if I'm coping fine, when on the inside I'm in a state of complete turmoil... Until a few days later and then it shows. It's there for the whole world to see. When Rox gets stressed she gets laryngitis, when

Rainy Days and Mondays...

2009-08-03T15:42:00.000+02:00

Feeling down. It's been a tough few days.On Thursday Eunicie was trying to pick a papaya and (I don't know what she was thinking!) she got a ladder and leant it against the tree and climbed up it... and she fell, but she didn't just fall onto the ground, she fell right down into the adjacent car-port. I reckon she fell close on 3 metres! I got a phone call from my Dad to come quickly as she had

What's on my iPod?

2009-08-02T08:15:00.000+02:00

I've got to confess that I don't have an iPod, I just can't stand the feeling of having something in my ears. But if I did have an iPod, this is what would be on it:You get what you give – New RadicalsStumblin in – SmokieDon’t say a prayer for me now – Duran, DuranSometimes - ErasureI touch myself – The DivinylsUp Up and Away – The Fifth DimensionFuture Love Paradise - SealFantasy – Earth, Wind

TGIF

2009-07-31T19:15:00.000+02:00

I just know that you are all dying to know how my "No Swearing" endeavour is going. Well I'm not going to tell you. All I came hear to say was:1) Thank goodness it's Friday2) Oh shit, I haven't posted in a full week.

I have a new resolution...starting Monday

2009-07-24T11:27:00.000+02:00

Every year, on New Year's Day, I make a resolution to stop swearing. Every year on the 2nd of January I give up on that resolution, until the first day of the following year. This will have been happening for 20 years come January. I know this because the first time I made this resolution was on the January after Rox was born, I didn't want my child growing up around a mother who curses like a

Post holiday blues

2009-07-22T12:49:00.000+02:00

I always feel a bit glum after a nice holiday, but this time it goes way beyond glum. I'm downright miserable! The worst is getting back into my stride at work, it's just not happening and I am SO busy. "Vat day" and "salary day" (two biggies in my line of work) are looming and all I can think is: Don't these people realise that I may be sitting at my desk, looking interested, but in my head I

European Experience 2009

2009-07-17T17:20:00.000+02:00

We're back! We had such a brilliant time! I kept a journal the whole time we were away and I've decided to transfer it all to a blog, so if you have the urge to read all about it and see a couple of the photos, you can find the blog here. I've only just started, but I aim to get the whole thing "done and dusted" as soon as possible, while it's all still fresh in my mind - which means I won't be

Another update

2009-07-06T20:52:00.000+02:00

Internet access has been very sporadic......We have had THE most amazing time! Wow! I am going to be boring you guys for months with all my stories....In Switzerland at the moment, off to Paris tomorrow and then back to England. It's all going way to quickly.Bye for now