Rock Pools and Penguins

We started with a talk at the SAMREC Centre to learn about about penguins and see a few that have been rescued and then headed down to the beach and rock pools. 

The day ended with games on the beach.  Luckily the weather held for most of it, but turned a bit chilly and windy towards the end.

Here are some photos  – none of me as I was the one holding the camera.

At the SAMREC Centre learning about penguins

 

Some of the rescue Penguins and Volunteers

Exploring

Sea Urchins

Cape Recife Lighthouse

Cape Recife Nature Reserve

Life’s a beach!!

I am off to the beach this afternoon – what a fantastic way to spend a Tuesday afternoon and considering it is “work” even better.

We are taking the kids from the children’s home for an outing to the rock pools.  It should be fun.  Well, sort of fun.  There is an organization called Jonginenge that teaches them about the rock pools and marine life so hopefully they enjoy it.  I am not sure how many of us from the office will actually be in the water with them. 

Here is my dilemma – 6 month pregnant tummy in a costume on the beach, looking very white surrounded by work colleagues that refuse to get in a costume at the best of times.  I might be the only adult that actually gets involved….. 

But then – it’s the BEACH!!!  And I love the beach!  Ok, I hate sand but I love the ocean and swimming and stuff!  So I might just say – stuff it and push the kids out the way and jump in the sea first!  Hmmm, maybe not jump, maybe more like a rather ungraceful entrance.  I did bring my goggles and flippers just incase… 

I will let you know tomorrow.

Papa don’t preach!

I went to another dress up party this weekend!! This time it was an 80’s theme but I did not take any photos. 

I went all Cindy Lauper’ish – looking more 80’s than I did in the 80’s when pretty much all I wore was jeans and a t-shirt (something have not changed that much). 

When we first walked in there were a group of about 10-15 people standing near the entrance and NONE of them were dressed up.  OH CRAP!! Here I am looking like a freak show and nobody has dressed.  Hmph!!!  Mr OL looked at me in horror and muttered some not very nice words.  I braved it and walked in to look for the host of the party to find out if I had missed out on some memo or something. 

Luckily as I walked further in there were more people dressed up.  PHEW!  Some people had really gone to town with their outfits and all in all it was a pretty good party.  They really should have moved the party-poopers away from the entrance though. Everyone I spoke to had the same stomach dropping sensation when they walked in and saw nobody dressed. 

I was thinking I should have dressed like Madonna in “Papa don’t Preach” because I am most definitely keeping this baby!!!

I’ve got worms!

And not the kind I like – worms have attacked my veggie garden.  The annoying thing is that I can’t actually find them so don’t know what exactly has eaten all my lettuce and peas.  All I know is that they are quite ferocious little critters!  Hmph, I was really looking forward to fresh peas later this summer.  I am going to have to plant again and take some drastic (organic) action.  I have a few ideas but will have to see how they pan out. 

I planted more seeds this weekend, so am hoping that once they germinate I will have discovered what is eating the rest and have gotten rid of them.  So far the only thing that is showing signs of sprouting though is the Chinese cabbage. 

Let’s hope the rest pull through. 

Other than that not much is going on.  Except that I went back to the restaurant Cubata – it was just as good as it was the first time and we have booked again for December (the first time they had a table available.  It is so weird that a place that looks so scaffy is so good and so popular. The ceiling is caving in, the tables and chairs are just wooden outside trellis style tables and there is no décor to talk about – but the food is EXCELLENT.  The service is slow but good and personal.  The owner is the only waiter and his wife and son do all the cooking.  It is unlicenced so you need to bring your own, which is actually quite nice and the prices are excellent (unless you over indulge on the prawns – although at R20 per prawn they are still worth it.  They are HUGE and delicious! 

Ok, so other than that, there is nothing much going in at the moment. 

Oh yes, and my sister is back for a week in 3 weeks time and I can’t wait!!!!!!

When did this happen?

This weekend flew by!!! 

It might be because now that I am not getting up with the sparrows at about 4 I actually have less weekend hours, who knows. 

But all in all it was pretty good.  On Friday night I just relaxed and watched TV.  Saturday I worked in the garden a bit then snoozed – we had a Halloween themed 40^th on Saturday evening.  

On Sunday we went to visit friends who have recently moved to a small holding to see what they have done with the place and look at their veggie garden and then on to a garden show!!!  Crap we really must be getting old – when did I become the girl that looked at gardens for fun!!!!  There was a time when I would be too hung over on a Sunday to do anything never mind go and look at gardens, especially after a party on the Saturday night.  How times have changed – for the better I might add. 

On Sunday afternoon I made a slip cover for one of my chairs – I will post before and after pictures soon.  I want to put it in the baby’s room.  

Holy moly – this is getting really bad!  Gardening and sewing all in one weekend.  Somebody might think I was domesticated!!!

Mr OL and I - scary aren't we?

So Cool

I found this on Irontrish’s blog and thought I would give it a try too.

Just go to this site  http://www.wordle.net/ to do one for your blog.

Trained cats!

I have my cats well trained.  They come home at about 5 or 6, when I get home from work, usually they are there waiting for me but if not I just call them once and they come running inside.  I then close the doors and the windows, give them some food and let them out again the following morning. 

It works very well – except when it does not work!!!! 

If one of them does not come home when I call I begin to panic.  They are usually so prompt that I think something must be wrong.  Last night I was about to put up Missing Posters all over the neighbourhood (again).  Miss Molly still was not home by 8pm and I had called and called.  Every 15 minutes from about 6 but that is beside the point. 

Eventually at about 8:30 she wondered in looking all smug!  Hmph – how to set me off into a panic.

Here are some photo’s of my muppets!

A girls night

My art classes that I usually go to weekly have been cancelled for the remainder of the year.  Boo Hoo.  I really enjoy them. 

So last night we decided that seeing as we don’t seem to paint much when we were there anyway we may as well just meet up at somebody’s house and eat, drink and chat. 

I invited everyone round to my house and it was quite fun.  But also quite interesting; at first it was a bit stilted.  It was as though without the art we had nothing really to talk about. Which is odd seeing as it is not art we talk about anyway.  But after a few minutes things settled down and we all chatted like we normally do. 

We began discussing how long we had been going to the art classes.  Out of the girls that were there I had been going for the 2^nd longest – having started in 2000.  One of the other girls started about 3 years before that.  She was a friend of mine and the reason I joined.  The others varied from about 6 or 7 years to 3 years.  So, we have seen each other every week for the past how many years and this was the first time we have met up socially. 

Hopefully it is something we will keep up, no matter what happens to our art classes.

Please don’t tell…..

Please, please, please don’t tell Mr OL about this post!!!! 

I forgot about my scan this morning…….  Yip, after giving him so much grief about forgetting the 20 week scan a few weeks ago I did the same thing today.  I am going to blame porridge brain or hormones or something if he finds out, but lets hope he lives in ignorance.  I don’t think I will ever live it down. 

I was sitting at work chatting to one of the girls and she asked how the baby is growing, I said “Fine I have a scaaaaaaa………..OH CRAP!!!!”  I ran out the room and straight to the phone.  Luckily for me the Doctor could reschedule so I went this afternoon instead. 

All is fine and baby is growing at the rate it is supposed to. 

Porridge Brain has hit!!  I even forgot to ask for the scan picture after all of that.

Weekend

I have been busy at work today playing with graphs!!!  Something I actually really enjoy doing.   But is does mean that I have been too busy to blog. 

Not that it matters, I did not get up to much over the weekend anyway. 

I went shopping (which I detest!!!!) and I went out for breakfast with a friend (which I really enjoyed). 

Other than being locked out of my house of Friday because the power was off (again) and our battery backup on our garage motor seems to have packed up, it was a pretty uneventful weekend. 

I do have a very happy husband though because Liverpool won against Manchester United last night.  So it is smiles all around.