November update!

Gooday all! Yes - been out of circulation again - lucky this is my personal blog - so no rulez apply. Starting to feel a bit more upbeat! Megan is recovering from her German Measles bout and studying hard for Matric Finals. Jade is doing her Ballet RAD exam on Monday. She starts school exams on Friday next week with Maths as the first exam. Rob is working his butt off at work as per usual.

On the positive side of things - during the week Rob and I started walking and it is starting to make me feel a lot better generally.

I am teaching at La Passione at 30 Fourth Avenue Northmead tomorrow! It is essential to book {as we dont like to overcrowd the class}. I am teaching a stunning colour paper technique to add the TEXURED look to your travel snaps! Bring gloves for the ladies with pretty nails - you'll be working with shoe polish! It is really a fun and rewarding technique to play with though!

If travel is not your thing, you can always do a different theme for your layout in colours that turn you on!

Well girls are studying hard and I have just quickly designed a layout for our table at the Mama Mia dance show tonight! Woo Hoo! This will be fun! Have a wonderful weekend you all!
Lots of love Rose

Spring has sprung in Benoni!

Morning all! Long time no chat - ok, after much peer pressure to return to my blogging - I have melted and given in to expressing myself again. Well - this will have to be quick - as I have a naggin husband waiting to get onto FaceBook and the whole family is stirring as the sun rises in teh East Rand. Birds are tweeting, leaves are popping out on the trees and weeds are flourishing in the front garden. Brr - still a little chill in the air but I am sure it will heat up nicely. Ed, Lin and boys arrive for a 10 day visit today.

Busy working on a fun travel pack for Beautiful Scrapbooks and a colourful Christmas page for La Passione ( yes, working on both at the same time - ahhh the joys of adult ADD!). Well - hope to chat soon. Gotta run to go make the morning cuppa tea and get something warm for my freezing arms. Have a wonderful day and go well!

Winter wonderland! Brrrr!

Well, its that time of year again! Gauteng is not easy on the plants! Frost settles and there goes the garden! It's been a while since my last log - been absorbed in so many activities. Main event at present is Meg {my Matriculant} - ADHD matriculant that is! She wrote Home Ec theory yesterday and is busy with English Lit as we speak - Othello and Things fall apart!
Jade {in grade 6 this year at Tom Newby} is still enjoying the benefit of school holidays. She is still sleeping as I write!
Its a chilly day here in Benoni today but I really do appreciate the sun shining through the study window - as does my cat, Bijoux - (the 8+kg fat orange pavement special - love of my life).

Meg had a study - sleep over with a friend from school (a flu ridden friend) so she better have a nap before studying maths for tomorrow. (Maths 1 - whatever that may be!) It's been a while since I attempted Matric maths - and I don't miss it one bit!

Yesterday I took Jade to the movies to see Ice Age - with Linah (our domestic help) and her daughter and niece. It was a very brave move on my behalf - long queues snaked out from the poorly assisted ticket office - and Ice Age was sold out till the afternoon. So I booked electronically and braved the 2.30 popcorn queue (which took 1/2 hour to get to the front) only to be served by laid back ladies - who should perhaps have applied for a job in the Bahamas - where time is not an issue. Eventually I ushered them into the cinema - and when I collected them it seemed like it was a worthy cause - each one had a smile plastered across their face!
Ah - the joys of a stay - at -home mother!.

It's funny how in the cold season I miss my family in Cape Town so much - and long to take a quick flight out to see them and have a cuppa and a few laughs! Well must run to shower now so I can be ready for Mom's Taxi later today!

Winter is upon us in Benoni!

Brr and Brr again! It's been chilly the whole day. This afternoon we started with the light drizzle - and it's still at it! Umm, its 8.05pm now. Just finished drying Jades hair after her bath. She stayed home today - Woke me at 2am with the runs and "I feel like getting sick, Mom!" Anyhoo - 1 hour laters Jade and the dogs were back in dreamland. Ahh - the joys of motherhood....

Anyway - went in La Passione to teach 4 new ladies - who politely couldnt make it - after doing all the notes, prep etcc.......well what can I say! Grrrrrr!!!!! Turned out it wasnt so bad - I finished off my His and Hers page for Saturdays class - that was quite fun! Saw my good buddy Bernice - who also popped in to pack one of her own Baby packs - {she's the baby pack Queen I might add}.

So Meg tells me starts Prelims in about 2 months - {Thank goodness I colour my hair - or tonight I would look like Cruella d'Eville! Grey! Shock, horror etc.... well, it's out of my hands and in Megans now. Just tried out my new long black coat - fetched Meg from Extra maths.

Let's hope this week holds lots of possibilities and opportunies to grow and develop and make lots of money for Matric daughter outfits!

Have a wonderful week. Rose signing off!

How romantic Kim and Guy look! These photos were taken by here photographer. Just look past them onto the golf course! It was so stunning!

More pics of Kim's (my niece in Cape Town)