Hello Kitty

So we have been the whole week without nappies and only one incident.  Well one incident and one accident. The incident in question… I took little OL to the doctor yesterday and in the waiting room there was toy with a “Hello Kitty” sticker on it.  I pointed it out to her at which point [...]

By example

I want my daughter to be proud of me.  Of who I am and what I have done. I remember when I was a teenager my mom was talking about one of her friends and that she had au paired in Switzerland in her early 20’s.  I was impressed.  Up until that point the woman [...]

I’m not ready!

Potty Training I am not very good at it; thankfully Little OL seems to be coping just fine on her own. I am not encouraging this at all.  The whole concept scares me, so much so that I have pretty much let her get on with it on her own.  In fact the first few [...]

End of an Era

My mom is 67 and still runs quite a bit, competing in races up to half marathon distance.  Up until Saturday I had never beaten her.  I have run a 10km faster than she normally does – once – but when running the same race I had never finished ahead of her. So, for the race [...]

Running in the family

I think I might have a genetic problem or abnormality.  That is the only thing that can explain the insanity that has over taken my life.  And seeing as my sister has the same problem I am blaming genetics – more specifically my mom. Earlier this week my sister sent me information on a trail [...]

More than I bargained on

I love paper.  It is a well-known fact and one that I have mentioned here before.  I don’t scrapbook, but do, do a whole lot of crafty stuff that involves scrapbook stuff, like paper and other bits and pieces.  Well, this past week I was given the best gift ever…. Boxes and boxes of card-making [...]

Freedom of the open road

This week I was totally selfish and I loved it!  It was just what I needed. Mr OL and I had decided to take the weeks leave and go on holiday.  Unfortunately at the last minute his leave was cancelled.  I mulled over the idea of cancelling mine too but in the end I decided [...]

So glad I was not there…

So you know I said I (almost) wished I was there.  As I lay in bed on early Sunday morning and listened to the wind howling and rain bucketing down I was thanking my lucky stars that I was not racing that day. Oh my word the conditions were bad.  The wind was gale force, [...]

40 Random Acts – Update.

Just a quick update on my Birthday project – 40 Random Acts of Kindness. Some of my friends decided that instead of donating time, toiletries etc they would prefer to donate money to my chosen charity. AWESOME.  So, just to let you know that we donated R 2 000 to Cuyler Homes, party of Algoa Bay [...]

I (almost) wish I was there

Ironman fever has hit PE – again.  Race week always has such a great vibe, so much so that it makes me almost wish I had entered.  Not quite but almost. At least this year I will be doing the Corporate Challenge.  It is 10% of the full Ironman, so even shorter than a sprint [...]