MY DEAR FRIEND….

My friend went overseas for 9 months and I really missed her so, so much. Then one day I found this comment on my blog which was from her while she was away.

Anonymous said…
Ja - it sounds like you're leaving forever. *Nou weet jy hoe het ek gevoel toe ek vir jou moes koebaai se.

**Mis jou en Lief jou en this blog is just what i needed to stay in touch.

Lief jou
Reta

I know she was terribly homesick while she was there and I really missed her very much. The important thing is she is back – and I didn’t even know she was back until she came walking into my office the other day. I was so thrilled to see her, it was just what the doctor ordered. I cannot remember when last I was so happy to see someone.

There is no-one here at work that laughs with me the way she did – we were always in fits of giggles about lifts, robots, bubblegum, tekkies, flats and so much more. And she hadn’t been in my office for 5 minutes and we were peeing ourselves laughing again.

If your are British you will know what a Lift and a Flat is. A lift is an Elevator and a Flat is an Apartment. Robots are traffic lights, bubblegum is chewing gum and tekkies are sneakers – and we would laugh cause we imagined living abroad and being late for work one day and telling your boss the following: “Ja, my key got stuck in my Flat door and then I got Bubblegum on my Tekkie in the Lift and I was stopped by a broken Robot on the road…” And then we would laugh because the boss would not have a clue what you were on about.

You had to be there....

And every afternoon we would have tea at 4:00 pm in the kitchen. I can make a killer cup of tea - or "life saving tea" as she calls it.

She is a ray of sunshine who came into my life at a time when I really needed a friend like her. I had just found out sad news about my brother's baby and shortly after that my younger sister went through a huge crisis - two in fact and a very dear family friend passed away all around the time Reta came into my life. She was just there for me in a way no-one else could be at that time and she still brings sunshine into my life. When I had to give my Kitty away - she cried with me too. And when I almost lost my dad in the beginning of the year - she was the one I turned to. Even though she was far away and all I could do was e-mail her, she was again there for me. We have laughed together and cried together and she is very special to me.

We have the kind of bond that will survive distance, heartache and differences - no matter what we are experiencing or who we are at any given time, one thing remains constant, and that is our friendship.

Love you too Reta

*"Now you know how I felt when I had to say goodbye to you ".
**"Miss you and love you and…"

MUNDANE MONDAY
Do you think it is a coincidence that these two words sound similar?? I think Mondays are Mundane and we all hate the Mundane don't we? Which is why we all hate Mondays! Doesn't it just make so much sense??
Mundane Mondays, thats what I will call them from now on, no more Blue Mondays, it is now Mundane Mondays. And to top it all this morning some freek crashed into my hubby - he is not injured, but the car is pretty banged up and now he has to go to the police and contact the insurance company and blah, blahblah, blah, blaaaah! Can you get any more Mundane than that? Twit, why didn't he look where he was going! Thankfully my hubby is fine - you can replace a car, but not a hubby.
At least this week will be a short one - WOOHOO - because Friday is a Public Holiday, and the Comrades Marathon is taking place. And Sunday is Fathers Day. (HEY another one: Sundaes and Sundays!! Sunday is my favourite day of the week, and Sundaes are yummy too and I love a choc-nut-fudge sundae, coincidence - I don't think so!!!) So if I can just make it through this Mundane Monday and then through the other 3 days left of this week I can sit back and enjoy the long weekend. This day is almost over, only 2 more hours to go - then I can go home - yawn....

FRIDAY FRUMP (GATVOL)
Ok gals, this blogger is not having a good friday - don't ask why cause I couldn't tell ya if I tried. Well I could, but I don't want to lay it all on you guys, I will say that I do feel like just packing my stuff into a great big convertable vintage car and riding off by myself until I feel like coming back. And if it is a week or a month or even just two days - than thats how long I will stay away.
I want to leave my hubby and the kids and the housework and the homework and the wifework and all the other stuff that come with being a mom and a wife far far behind me until I start to miss them all.

My neck and shoulders hurt with tension and my heart is sore and I feel a bit used and walked on. I am probably just wallowing in my own muck right now, but frankly I am so tired of everything.... Then I think "is this normal?" "am I supposed to feel like this....?" Ugh - whatever......

I know I'll be back to normal on Monday again, this is not permanent. Hope you all have a fab weekend, and if you don't hear from me again - then you'll know I found a great big convertable vintage car somewhere and I've buggered off on my own. LOL!!!

SWEET MEMORIES …..

This morning I was reminded of something Marke used to do when he was about 3. He had us all totally baffled because he would run around playing and wherever he went he would shout “HIMBEYAAM!!!!” We tried for months to figure out what he was saying but eventually we just left it. When I was at my parents house they would ask what Marke was shouting, but I couldn’t tell them.
One day in the December holidays I was at home with the boys and we rented a whole bunch of movies to watch through the holiday, one of them was "Toy Story" and the one character Buzz Light Year says – “To Infinity, An Beyond!!” before flying. And then I clicked – Marke was shouting “And Beyond!!!” from the movie. I had such a good giggle at him and I was finally able to tell everyone what he was saying.
Now Sean often gets things wrong, and we often have a giggle at him. I remember when we watched Spiderman, the first one, and the part where Peter Parker discovers his powers and that he can shoot webs from his wrist and while trying to figure out how to do this he flicks his wrist and says “Up and away web!”, after the movie Sean was of course Spiderman all over the place and he flicked his wrist and said “uppellapieweb”. It was very funny.
And when Sean was small I was trying to teach him the difference between sniffing and blowing his nose because whenever I asked him to blow he would sniff and vise versa. And one day after watching the movie “In the Army” I was singing that song “John, Jacob, Jingleheimer Schmidt, that’s my name too…” to Sean and when I said "Schmidt" – he sniffed with all his might! I had to share this with someone so I called my mother, we were visiting there when this happened, to show her what he was doing and we sang the song to him together and every time we would get to Schmidt, Sean would sniff! “John, Jacob Jinglehiemer Sniff..." – is what he must have been hearing. It was hysterically funny. Poor kid must have thought we were mad.

IS FOR ……......


Peach – A really wonderful lady who nominated this letter for me, and I hope I can do it justice. Thanks Peach, God bless you.

Prayers – I am a strong believer in prayers. I have seen them work and I have always received answers to all my prayers.

Photos – I love, love, love taking photos!! And I love, love, love digital cameras!!! (Check out my flickr, I just put new photos up today!!!)

Pets – I love having pets, don’t have any at the moment though. But as soon as I can I will definitely get another kitty – hubby says so too.

Post-its – I use these everywhere at work, as reminders or to leave notes for other people or as a book mark or a tag, there are many uses for them.

Pudding – I don’t always have pudding cause sometimes am I too stuffed after a meal, but my apple pie and anything chocolate – mmmmmmm, these are a few of my favourite things….

Parents – Ok, I have the best parents ever!!! And, ask yourself, where would most of us be without our Parents? I love my mom and dad very much and i am so blessed to have them as parents.

Poetry – I love to write poetry, if you want to read my poems go here just poetry - or don’t, whatever you like. I know they ar all Christian poems, but God is my inspiration.

Presents – I love getting presents, but even more – I love to give presents. I love picking them out for that special someone, wrapping it, writing in a little card, giving it to that person and watching their face when they open it – that’s just the best!!

Pies – Apple pie and chicken pie, nothing else thank you. Oh, and only my home made apple pie will do for me. You should really try it one day – I know you will never want any other apple pie again either!!!

Thanks Peach for nominating this letter for me. I thought it would really be a challenge, but you know it wasn’t that bad afterall. If you want a letter, let me know in your comments and I will nominate a letter for you too.