Monday..

The weekends fly by and we are left with the reality of work..

As we start the new year we have certain goals and this Sunday at church we were reminded that if our outlook on life is not positive our approach will also not be positive and we may reap what we sew...negativity.. so lets start the week positively and thank the Lord for all that passes our way - whether we feel it is positive or negative.. this morning I am cleaning house & thanking the Lord that I am at home & able to do so!

We had such a lovely full weekend:

• Friday night we were with family eating roast pork on babs - apparantly a truly British thing to do while at carboot sales! It was such fun & my boys got to play with their big cousin & her friend - musical statues & much more... needless to say they were pooped by 9pm! I won't mention the divine pavlova that was consumed after all the food..

• Saturday we had a friends daughters birthday party - a PONY party! What fun it was to race up & down the Sports Fields running & chasing the pony... and what yummy cake we had! The boys and I left the party with most of the other guests and shortly after that my husband arrived for a swim.. our poor friends entertaining the whole day ;-)  After that my husband & I raced off to the Chart Farm in Wynberg, we had never been there & met up with some friends - wow what beautiful views & the BIGGEST lemon meringue I have ever seen! On our way home we stopped in at Peddlars, as we all were looking forward to the very well know Peddlars potato wedges - only to discover they no longer have them on their menu :-( So we settled for the snack platter - deep fried mushrooms, prawn springrolls (yumminess!), chips, steak & chicken with a lovley dipping sauce! All of this before 8pm.. what a day!

• Sunday my husband took our boys fishing at Sandvlei (near Muizenberg) - they had the BEST morning and even managed to catch a leerfish which neither boy would let my husband release... so we are having leerfish for supper tonight (apparantly good panfried in butter... will let you know..)! After all the fishing both boys had a lovely sleep.. the best part of keeping them busy! I went to church while they were out fishing and for the first time in 5yrs could actually listen to the message! Very inspirational about being POSITIVE (incase you didn't read above!). While my boys slept.. all 3 of them.. my mom & I hit the gym with a friend of ours - so disappointing when you haven't been in forever & you go & you realise how unfit you are AGAIN... POSITIVELY I will be going more often :-) Once we had woken everyone up, we joined friends for a braai at their place - it is amazing how everyone young & old loves Oepsies (pieces of bacon wrapped around a skewer in sweet sauce).. bought from FH Spar.. yum!! We had such a lovely avies with all 3 boys playing! On our way home we stopped in for a swim at grannies house... it was freezing but boys will be boys... all 3 jumped in! We had one problem at home... our eldest, after his LOOOONNNNGGG sleep could not / would not sleep till after 9pm... what a looonnnggg night!!

Leerfish prepartion..

Today the sun is shining & wind is blowing.. but what a lovely summers day & we are so blessed. My house is a complete mess as I would like to think most are after a good weekend... so I need to get back to work!