heritage day (braai day)....

the kids and i started off the day by meeting up with nanna and pa @ spur for breaky. from there we did some quick shopping and then off to meet up with nanna and pa again at the golf driving range.

i got us in to play for free, always good to know some people!

abi even tried to hit a couple of balls and dante eventually started getting it right, practice makes perfect. nanna sat on the side in the shade on a blanket knitting away, as we hit ball after ball, bucket after bucket. we kinda lost track of time, got slightly sun burnt, but we all had so much fun. in the end we spent about 3 hours there.

when we got home i decided that the weather was still good so we might as well have a braai, it was braai day after all. so i phoned nanna and pa to join us.

1st braai for the season!

blog catch up & photo update.....

i am not getting much time to play around with my new camera, so still have sooooo much to learn.

otto came down at the end of august for a weekend, was really nice spending time with him! i hadnt seen him in 4 months, which is way too long. now the wait till december when i will see him again!

friday: pic up @ airport, mc d's lunch, then to stellies, drinks, random evening back in strand, meeting up with old friends, dancing, having so much fun!

saturday: breaky in cape town, drive up to signal hill (hoping to find & see & hear the noon cannon - but alas, we didnt find, see or even hear, lol), relaxing and taking in the beautiful scenery, drive through to wellington to visit friends, a awesome afternoon and evening with friends.

sunday: met up with a friend of otto's for them to play around with the boat on the dam, mc d's lunch and then a drive to vredenburg to visit otto's parents, long drive home (one accident, almost another!!!), stop over at la romantica for take away pizza and to finish off the day, the yummy pizza and a movie.

monday: mug & bean breaky, a few bicycle shops, cheetah outreach, a drive out to gordons bay and then home to relax and end off a great weekend!

tuesday: early morning goodbye :-(

here are a few pics of the last month.

i sent this pic in of abi to the orms fb page, i was really happy to see that i got so many "likes" 

abi's class outing at kids @ the mall 20 september 2013:

trigger fish with friends 20 september 2013:

hermanus whale festival 22 september 2013:

being silly @ home:

op....

for a year on odd occasions i got horrible stomach/chest/upper back pain. it only happened at night and the pain lasted for a hour or so and then dissapeared. at the end of july the weekend of the 26th, the pain happened 3 nights in a row. the saturday night was the worst, pain lasted for about 5 hours. it was so bad i wanted to get into the car and drive myself to the hospital.

the sunday my stomach/chest area was sensitive and on monday it was still slightly sore, by now i thought i better go to the dr and get it checked. he sent me for a ultrasound and they found that i had gall stones.

on friday the 2 august i went in for the op to have my gall bladder removed.

i was not allowed to gym the week before the op and for 4 weeks afterwards. it was tough, i had just gotten back into gyming. 2 weeks after the op i couldnt take it anymore and went to gym just for a 30min treadmill walk. i am back into gym now for 2 weeks and really enjoying it. thank goodness for exercise, otherwise i would go insane!