Here I am, on 25th December 2013, all alone at home, or should I say 'semi' alone as Boet is here, sleeping for tonight's night shift. Sis and Bro is with his mother, I was also invited, but with Boet working night shift, I have to stay here to see to his clothing, he is wearing a uniform and to make something for him to eat later before he goes back to work and if I must admit I do not feel like being with a lot of people today, just me, myself and I.
But I have to admit that it's turned out to be a wonderful day so far.
Had some of the snacks we made for the 'party' for breakfast, did a few chores, or must I say that I only did the washing and nothing else, and is sitting at the moment, watching some old, but beautiful Christmas movies on TV.
It's cloudy outside and slightly cool, not the hot, life drenching heat of the past few day, just wish it was this cool when I did the baking!!! Believe me, a kitchen is 'hell' when it's 34-35 Celsius outside.
Have to bake a few cakes and stuff for tomorrow as it's my birthday, but I really do not feel up to it, maybe later as its now just past 12 noon and the kitchen will not run away!!!
Will post later on some pics of us, me and my four legged kiddies that's trying to pull me from the coach as they usually sleep on it this time of day.
Hope all had a wonderful Christmas and that 2014 will be prosperous.
Wednesday 25 December 2013
Thursday 2 May 2013
Old Housemates
I try to keep a sort of diary and as I went trough it I came across this little gem!
Couldn’t make out what was going on so I went on cleaning the pot of old soil, as Boet was also in the house. The next moment all the animals came flying out of the windows and doors. Something was wrong so I went inside. Past Sis in the front door again, just said ‘snake’. I crossed the 8m or so to the kitchen in a few seconds to see what was going on as I was just 5 min earlier there and there was no snake!!
Boet was standing, watching something with an eagle eye and as I looked around him, a snake was disappearing from the zinc, behind the washing machine!! The next moment a shovel came crashing down between us! Wham! The shovel hit the zinc with such force that the poor snake vanished immediately and the dishes were rattling everywhere!!! I almost had a heart attack!
It was with one sweep and everything was on the floor. Must mention that she didn’t break anything! LOL she’s good! What I could see, it was a brown snake, and as far as I know you only get nervous when it is a silver one! They started to rip the washing machine out of the wall when I got them calmed and asked them to step away so that I can see what’s going on.
A brown snake was making its way into the cupboard underneath the zinc. Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned it, as the cupboard was cleared within seconds and everything was on the floor. Now look, my kitchen is small and with all that stuff on the floor, there is no way that you can move in there.
Sis was reaching for her shovel again and I moved it out of her reach. After a few seconds I convinced her to take a good look at it. Boet was also behind me with a broom!! When she got a good look at it, she noticed the small head and the golden brown color, but she was still nervous! Boet is one of those, snake = death (for the snake!!) so I got them out of the kitchen and tried to get hold of the snake, but it was so nervous that I left it where it was.
Sis had phone Bro by now and told him what happened, I just told her to tell him that it’s behind the zinc cupboard and that it was safe from them!! Apparently she noticed the brown thing behind the pots and pans I washed and left there to dry, when she wanted to get a spoon from the drying rack and immediately thought that is was dog poo, (don’t know how it would have gotten there!!???) then she also thought that it was impossible so she poked it with her finger! The third time she poked it, it started to move, and so did she!!! Just have to mention that I made coffee for the rest of the afternoon until Bro came 3 hours later!!!
We kept an eye on it until Bro came, removed the backing board and picked up the snake. It was a harmless brown house snake curled up underneath the zinc and the way he was around it and with the cats, I have the idea that he is an old housemate!!!
One thing I’m sure off, the next time he will be moving into a house he will make sure it’s not owned by a mad woman who owns a garden service with a shitload of shovels!! I think he will be in therapy for years due to the shovel shock he got yesterday!!!
27 March
2012
Had an interesting day yesterday. Sis
was early at home and we planted and went nuts outside. Around 3 Sis asked me
to put on the kettle, she will make us some coffee. I had a monster of
heartburn, so I took a glass out of the drying rack on the zinc, drank my
Bicarbonate of Soda and went out. Past Sis in the front door, she to the
kitchen and I was on my way to where we cleaning and repotting. I just sat down when a bloodcurdling scream filled the air
out of the kitchen.
Couldn’t make out what was going on so I went on cleaning the pot of old soil, as Boet was also in the house. The next moment all the animals came flying out of the windows and doors. Something was wrong so I went inside. Past Sis in the front door again, just said ‘snake’. I crossed the 8m or so to the kitchen in a few seconds to see what was going on as I was just 5 min earlier there and there was no snake!!
Boet was standing, watching something with an eagle eye and as I looked around him, a snake was disappearing from the zinc, behind the washing machine!! The next moment a shovel came crashing down between us! Wham! The shovel hit the zinc with such force that the poor snake vanished immediately and the dishes were rattling everywhere!!! I almost had a heart attack!
It was with one sweep and everything was on the floor. Must mention that she didn’t break anything! LOL she’s good! What I could see, it was a brown snake, and as far as I know you only get nervous when it is a silver one! They started to rip the washing machine out of the wall when I got them calmed and asked them to step away so that I can see what’s going on.
A brown snake was making its way into the cupboard underneath the zinc. Maybe I shouldn’t have mentioned it, as the cupboard was cleared within seconds and everything was on the floor. Now look, my kitchen is small and with all that stuff on the floor, there is no way that you can move in there.
Sis was reaching for her shovel again and I moved it out of her reach. After a few seconds I convinced her to take a good look at it. Boet was also behind me with a broom!! When she got a good look at it, she noticed the small head and the golden brown color, but she was still nervous! Boet is one of those, snake = death (for the snake!!) so I got them out of the kitchen and tried to get hold of the snake, but it was so nervous that I left it where it was.
Sis had phone Bro by now and told him what happened, I just told her to tell him that it’s behind the zinc cupboard and that it was safe from them!! Apparently she noticed the brown thing behind the pots and pans I washed and left there to dry, when she wanted to get a spoon from the drying rack and immediately thought that is was dog poo, (don’t know how it would have gotten there!!???) then she also thought that it was impossible so she poked it with her finger! The third time she poked it, it started to move, and so did she!!! Just have to mention that I made coffee for the rest of the afternoon until Bro came 3 hours later!!!
We kept an eye on it until Bro came, removed the backing board and picked up the snake. It was a harmless brown house snake curled up underneath the zinc and the way he was around it and with the cats, I have the idea that he is an old housemate!!!
One thing I’m sure off, the next time he will be moving into a house he will make sure it’s not owned by a mad woman who owns a garden service with a shitload of shovels!! I think he will be in therapy for years due to the shovel shock he got yesterday!!!
Wednesday 1 May 2013
Introductions
As all of you I have a family that you sometimes are so proud of that you want to introduce them to people and sometimes you want to forget that you ever knew them.
We were 7 but my husband died in 2006, my daughter in 2009 and my father in 2010, so we are only 4 left and not including my daughter the craziest people on the face of the earth.
You will get antidotes from what Michelle did when she was still with us, as we still talk about her as if she is here with us and still laugh at some of the stuff that she did or said, like being glad that she’s dumb and not blond??? Just the thing that a blond will say!!
I will call my family members by their nicknames I have for them:
My sister is Rika, I call her Piet or sis (age 42)
Brother in Law is Alwyn, I call him Bro (age 48
My son is Antoni, but I call him Boet (age 20)
My daughter is Michelle, I call her Micky or Mix (age 19)
You will get antidotes from what Michelle did when she was still with us, as we still talk about her as if she is here with us and still laugh at some of the stuff that she did or said, like being glad that she’s dumb and not blond??? Just the thing that a blond will say!!
I will call my family members by their nicknames I have for them:
My sister is Rika, I call her Piet or sis (age 42)
Brother in Law is Alwyn, I call him Bro (age 48
My son is Antoni, but I call him Boet (age 20)
My daughter is Michelle, I call her Micky or Mix (age 19)
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