Addie’s Random Ramblings

What is the worst thing that can happen to you late on a Saturday afternoon in a chock-a-block, full to capacity shopping mall with two irritable children tagging along???

Loose your parking ticket!!!! -
that’s whats!!!!

What’s even worse is that I qualified to pay the flat rate of R7.00. This has never ever, in all my life, ever happened to me before. I was so mad. I was so angry. I could spit fire. And to crown it all a parking security guard offered to “organise” my another ticket for something “small”. My children had so much fun trying to find the lost ticket that I ended up having a chuckle at myself I ended up paying R25.00 at the security office to get another ticket. It felt like a whole R250.00 … luckily for us, I did have some change left from all the shopping. 

This morning as I got into my car to go to work I actually looked around again, hoping to find the ticket, not sure why, though!

 I am going through a bad patch of emotional havock at the moment and this poem, which I found over at Especially Heather , tells exactly how I feel and most of all how I should react

Sometimes…
It is best not to say anything at all.
To be still in the moment.
Let the emotions rush over you like a raging river.
Get up and brush yourself off.
And start over again.

Sometimes…
Things can’t be put back together.
They cant go back to the way they once were.
But you can be better because of the experience.
Despite the experience.

Sometimes….
You have to let things go.
You have to let things be.
You have to let go and let God.

-Written By Heather

I feel hopeless. I feel frustrated. I feel like giving up. I feel like I will never win at this. Why is it when you make a pledge to make it work, EVERYTHING goes wrong? WHY? WHY? (more…)

My “new” maid is a disaster!!!! I can’t believe what I experienced yesterday. After having left her alone at home for 8 hours (more…)

I totally give up on blogging!!!! I’ve tried to open this thing since 8h30 this morning!!!!

1. With my extremely ssssllllllloooooooooooowwwwww dial up I cannot open wordpress let alone my blog!
2. This frustration is now becoming unbearable.
3. I can’t open my blog without a “connection time out”.
4. I cannot open other blog links.
5. If I do manage to have it open, I cannot leave a comment!!!
6. UUUHHHGGG!!!!

At least with blogger I could post via email … I love this thing called blogging, but I love my sanity more!!!

          I would really like to participate in Wordless Wednesday today but … I AM STRUGGLING TO UPLOAD MY PICTURE!!!!! Anyone out there know why this is such a hassle???? I browse, select and upload and drag, but my picture doesn’t appear in the post - what the heck!!!!

          Caleb is sick. Last week I read many blogs about people being sick with some sort of bug or another. Is it really possible that these bugs millions miles away can be contagious via the net??? Caleb has been under the weather lately. Sneezing, coughing, complaining about headaches and even vomitting at some stage. He does have a slight fever. This morning he got up complaining about a sore throat. Doctor mommy checked, but I couldn’t see anything wrong - his thoat was not red. Feeling this way bothers Caleb cos he has a concert coming up on Friday and he doesn’t wanna miss it for the world. The school is having a Grandparent’s Day on Friday and all the kids from Junior Primary is having a concert to entertain the grandparents.

          Chloe is on top of the world! She is celebrating a birthday on Friday and that is all that matters to her. She has been walking around the house, swinging her hips from side to side, singing at the top her voice “Friday is my birthday”. She is gonna be 4 years old on Friday. I think this is the first time that she really understands what a birthday is all about. And she keeps reminding her brother that on Friday she’s gonna be “big”. I can’t wait to see my baby’s face when she wakes up on Friday morning - I must remember to keep the camera handy!!!

           Daddy is currently in “stress valley“.  He has three exams coming up next week. We have decided to cancel all birthday celebrations till after his exams - his birthday is next Sunday. So that leaves mommy to entertain the children all weekend so daddy has time to study. He is a brave man. Not like me … who had decided to cancel all exams … till further notice.

          Ziggy’s sterilization operation was a success - she is running around as if she never had the op! My Dad had to cut some of the feathers off of Sala’s wings on Sunday cos she started “flying”. She has been raised to sit on a person’s shoulders and with her wings growing back she realized that she was made to be in the air and not on Caleb’s shoulders - we were worried that she might fly away, so Caleb asked oupa to assist. No the little birdie is a shoulder pet  … much to Caleb’s relief.

Now I need to take another shot at Wordless Wednesday again - if it doesn’t work then that’s too bad!