Last chance probably for a while

Oh man, I've had such a few frustrating days. Today I go and sit in a que for two hours (for my ID) only to find out that their stupid printer has packed up! So frustrating! It is only open twice a week-can you believe it? Twice a week for passports, ID, birth certificates etc. So I have to go back Monday morning and waste my whole morning again. Thursday will be the next available day I can go and then hopefully (depending on how it goes on Monday)get my drivers license sorted out too. what a rigmarole!

anyway enough of that! I am sick of it!
On Monday Jen and I went and met with Mari and a few of the other ladies from Snap and Scrap. We went to have lunch at Vergelegen Wine Estate.

Love how this turned out! you can even see their little legs!

Cape Dutch style architecture.

My lunch:Spring rolls with sweet potato and cinnamon inside them, on a bed of wild rice and fresh veggies-beans, carrots and mini corn on the cob. Really delicious.

The gang-6 of us met up for lunch. Jen is on the left (blonde) my sister and then Mari, Dianne, Meryl and Belinda. Ladies from Snap and Scrap.

A gorgeous gate.

Old trees

Here you can buy a picnic basket with the meal already packed and then go and sit in amongst the trees in the forest and have a picnic! Really gorgeous.

Some peacocks

Hydrangeas -such a lovely color

Just some pretty architecture, with the date 1816.

A little water way with reeds.


I posted these on my flickr account too. I don't know if I will get another chance to post before we go away. I am sure I will, but in case you don't hear from me from now until around the 10th Jan -you know it is because we are away. We plan to leave around the 2nd for a week. (caravan). But this weekend we are busy and next week will be sorting out all my documentation and then packing for holiday.
So have a great holiday for those of you who are taking time off to be with your families, I know for us here it is school holidays! yay.
See you!

Jen's house and freebie

I know I have been quiet lately, but it is school holidays and that means entertaining the kids and trying to keep sane! lol! No seriously, I have just been busy, especially this week. Jenni, my sister asked me to get her holiday house here ready as her family and all their millions of friends arrive on Saturday. So I had to make up gift bags, get flowers for the house, let the garden service in and today I went to go and clean. (getting paid for all this!) It took me 4and a half hours to clean-it is quiet a big house- 3 bedrooms, 2 bathroom, lounge, dining room, study and kitchen as well as a flat downstairs which has a bathroom and a small kitchen area. I must say I think I am cut out for the guest house caretaker! (whatever you call it!) I just love decorating(point one)...point two...I clean really well..years of practice being a perfectionist! Point 3...I can use my creative energy to make nice things that show a guest they are really welcome.
So here are the photos(I have Jen's permission to post them online-yay-well they will be on their web site one day when she gets her guest house web site going).
I took these today.








The photo above is where I lived in for a few months when I first moved here in 1994. I went to go and live with Jen (this used to be where Jen lived -8 years ago they moved to Pretoria and now they are using their house as a holiday home and renting it out as a guest house-which I will be helping run as Jen needs someone right here to do it)Anyway I went to college and my dad sent me to live with Jen until he could finish work, pack up, sell and move here himself.

I must say I love Jen's colors and it really has a holiday/guest home feel to it! I could never imagine having white linen in my home!

I have also had a lot of time to do some serious catching up on my paper scrapping and I am so happy to announce that I am almost done with my daughters album! I never thought I would be able to say that! Funny, she is the younger one but I got into paper scrapping when she was about 2 and a half so before then I hadn't done any for my son's album. So I have pages for his, but the thought of catching up the last 6 years is really daunting! Considering too that for his first 3 years are all negatives!! ARGG, nothing worse than sorting through piles of piles of negatives and having reprints! Hate it!! I have his first 3 years in a type of scrapbook-but the kind when people (well at least I thought that was what scrapbooking was about!) used to cut our their photos in shapes and paste them in a large book like a collage! So I think I am going to leave those and just do an album for him from 4 years until now. Much less trouble. Of course there is still my unfinished wedding album to do of which I have only done about 5 pages! SIGH. Story of my life: unfinished!! ha ha.

I will be posting the paper pages over the next few days -or when I get a chance.

In the meantime I have a blog freebie for all of you! This one is say thank you for all your support, all your virtual friendship, kind comments-for all you regulars that pop in , whether on here or email to say hi-thank you! I have been blogging now for a year and a half-can you believe it? Time flies!
This will probably be the last freebie from me for 2007. But of course more to come for 2008! 2008? WHAT? insane!
PLEASE do not share the link or freebie in any way. Obtaining it other than through this blog is illegal. I would LOVE, did I say LURVE comments-come on, give me that warm fuzzy feeling!
No Longer available as a freebie, you can get this here

WE also got given these adorable blinkies at snap and scrap, so please grab one if you like!see sidebar!

collage

I made a mistake yesterday, the bird is sitting on a Protea-not an aloe! It is called Protea Eximia and the bird is a cape Sugar bird.
Anyway!

This anniversary one is for my inlaws anniversary on the 15th Jan. I am going to frame it for them. Next year has to be extra special because for the first time ever this year I completely forgot about their anniversary and I am normally so good with those things-I NEVER forget anyone's anniversary and make sure all my friends/family get cards/ presents. I must of been in right tizz!

I also came up with this kit little gift box, I used a template from a little chocolate box I bought. Will make for a very sweet little gift box!


Have a great weekend!

Come for a walk with me

Are you ready? Got your hiking shoes on? Your water bottle and snacks?
Then let's go! Today we went to the nature reserve again-and I know you are going to love this little journey...So let's set off down this pretty petal-covered path...

Oh what do we have here? A little boy (not my boy's hands! ha ha!) found this adorable little tortise! Isn't it sweet?

Smile, you're walking with me!

Along the way we spot this creepy looking flower, looks like a beady-eyed insect!

And this gorgeous orange flower!

We stop to rest under the shade of this beautiful yellow flowering tree. (wish I knew the names-sorry!)

We spot this beautiful long-tailed bird sipping a aloe!

More rest under the shade of this Keurboom Tree

Look how far we've walked and look at our view? Aren't you glad you came with me on this walk today?

Round Robin!

6 months later and my little round robin book is finally home! Wow, what a journey it went on...
These are the pages I did:



First it went off off to Dawn


who then sent it to Victoria
Victoria did the above right and the below left.


who in turn sent it to Lori

and finally toDedein California, who sent it back to me!


Thank you ladies! I love it!

I also got this lovely little package from Amy.

yours is on it's way to you!