MY PET PEEVES

After doing my 100 things list yesterday, I thought this was a good follow up to it. I think I am now done with my little lists, maybe I'll do one of my favorite things before I call it quits with lists - hee, that rhymes!
Here goes:

1. Sniffing – I cannot stand this! It literally makes the hair stand up in my neck.
2. Passing the buck – If you screwed up, say so and apologise and start over.
3. Tardiness – I have been trained to be on time by my father, so when someone is late, I get annoyed.
4. Mumbling – If you have something to say – Say It! Don’t mutter under your breath as you walk away.
5. Toothpaste in the basin – Ugh – wanna make me puke, don’t rinse the basin after brushing your teeth.
6. Bad language – Now I don’t mean the occasional swear word –we all swear. But when every second word is a swear word or every phrase contains a crude expression... Trust me, you get real people like that. It’s not just the movies.
7. Those “send to 10 people for good luck cause if you don’t you will die at age 33!!!” e-mails. When I see those in my inbox I immediately delete them, I don’t even bother reading them.
8. People who wash their hands at the kitchen sink and then dry them on a dishtowel. That happens here at work and it bugs me no end, cause the person who does it sometimes doesn’t even bother drying his hands and makes everything wet, there is nothing worse than a wet cupboard door handle, or kettle handle or whatever... uuugggghhhh (shudder).
9. Food in the plug hole in the kitchen sink – YUK!!!
10. When the kids use my bathroom towel to dry-clean their dirty hands. They don’t wash their hands clean, they dry them clean.
11. No Showers – someone who says they will be at a certain place and then never show up.
12. Racism – it doesn’t get anyone anywhere.
13. A cell phone that is never on – why have a cell phone if it is never on?
14. Waiting for something exciting, like a surprise, if you have a surprise for me, don’t tell me and then tell me I have to wait two weeks for it – it drives me mad!!! Rather don't tell me.
15. Bossiness. Haven’t you noticed that the bossy people are always the first people voted off survivor!?
16. Bad table manners. Chewing with open mouths, grating on a spoon or fork with their teeth when they put food in their mouths, elbows on the table - have you ever tried to get a spoon full of cereal in your mouth while keeping you elbow on the table? Everything falls off the spoon!!
17. A wet toilet seat - "My aim is to keep this toilet tidy.
Gentlemen/boys - your aim will help, stand closer, it's shorter than you think!
Ladies/girls - Please remain seated during entire performance!"
Guys - If you sprinkle when you tinkle, be a sweet and WIPE THE SEAT!!!!
Want me to turn into a monster in the morning - let me sit on a wet toilet seat!
18. Skid marks in the toilet bowl - What do you think toilet brushes were created for? Decorations in the loo? "If you poo scew, clean the loo!!!" I certainly don't want to do it.
19. OOOh, and you know what else? You know when you go to pick something up and you just miss it with your fingers and you do it again and again - at least three times before you actually get a hold of it - whatever it is? MAN! That just gets my pants in bunch everytime!!!
20. And of course, slow computers!!! Who doesn't get annoyed by this?

Now I know that Christians are not supposed to be irritable people, and I'm not, in general I am a good tempered happy person. I have learned to get used to these things and let them go without getting annoyed and irritated and cross - most of the time. But there are times when the sniffing just gets too much for me and I can no longer keep quiet, or the bad table manners just get too sloppy or I have one too many bad bathroom experiences and I get annoyed and I get irritated - hey I am also only human.
And no, I don't do anything that annoys people cause I am perfect, don't you know? and this is MY blog and I get to say whatever I like!!!

Oh and my five day weekend starts today (yay! yay! yay!), so I will be out of touch for a while. But don't worry - I will be back on May 2, so until then bloggerflies - keep blogging, and keep reading, and don't forget me while I'm gone!!!

Big Kiss!!!
Bye

100 THINGS ABOUT ME

Well here it is!! I have finally done it. I did it rather quickly too - that surprised me. I thought it would take ages!!! Anyway, I shall let you get into it right away!


1. I love the Lord Jesus with all my heart, soul, mind and strength!
2. I have always loved the Lord, since I was a little girl.
3. I am not ashamed of my faith and Christianity
4. I love to sing and have always longed to be able to perform live!
5. I love writing songs and poetry.
6. I married a man who was married before.
7. I am a step mom to his two boys, they were 4 yrs and 18 months when we got married.
8. They live with us full time.
9. Being a step mom is one of the hardest things I have ever done and I made so many screw ups with these two boys cause I had no idea what I was doing!
10. I met my husband at work, and he was still married.
11. I was seeing him when he was still married, and sometimes the guilt just about gets the better of me. (I will tell the whole story one day in a post)
12. That was a time in my life that I was very far away from God and made a HUGE mess of everything.
13. I have one son with my husband, and we have been married for eight years now (2006).
14. I have two sisters and one brother whom I love dearly.
15. I have wonderful parents who are responsible for the way I turned out - in a good way.
16. I love my family so much, I cannot imagine life without them.
17. I have a wonderful spiritual family – and I love them just as much.
18. I want to start a ministry one day, at first I thought it was just for women, but I know now it will be for men and women.
19. I would love to conduct a choir and teach them harmonies etc – at least a 100 strong choir.
20. I am not stubborn.
21. I am very easy to get along with and to talk to.
22. I am a very good listener.
23. I want to go to Tuscany one day for a holiday.
24. I also REALLY want to go to Las Vegas! I don’t know why, it just really looks like a great place to visit.
25. No, I don’t gamble.
26. I don’t smoke either. I used to, but I quit.
27. I don’t drink very much at all. I used to go out and party BIG TIME, but that stopped too.
28. One lady at work once referred to me as a Jesus Freak and I think she was trying to insult me, but I was thrilled that she had noticed!
29. I just LOVE cats!!! Everything in my office, on my computer and my blog etc, etc is kitties!!
30. I had a cat but I had to give her away when we moved – it broke my heart!
31. My favorite day of the week is Friday!
32. My favorite colours to wear are Purple, pink, blue, yellow, and black.
33. I want to always make an impression on people I meet – even if I never see them again.
34. My favourite season is Autumn–it has such beautiful colours and the temperature is just right.
35. Before I met my husband I had a serious boyfriend. I ended the relationship, but I always wonder about what could have been. I think I will always care for him in some way.
36. My husband is a wonderful man. He washes dishes, cooks, cleans the house, surprises me with gifts and flowers, if he could, he would give me the world on a tray!
37. I am married to a very serious fisherman, I will save this for a post too.
38. If I could go back in time I would work harder on my early relationship with my stepchildren.
39. I am a dreamer – I daydream all the time. Either about my next
poem or about a place to go on a holiday or what I want to do in the future.
40. This is getting harder with each number….
41. I don’t like to be confronted with some truths about myself.
42. I am very sensitive about my weight – just one comment can send me into a serious decline and an even worse binge!
43. I hate to be criticized.
44. I have learned to take constructive criticism, even though I still don’t like it.
45. I have learned to bite my tongue when I want to lash out and say something just to get back at someone–I still don’t always get it right.
46. I have learned forgiveness is very important because to harbor un-forgiveness is like drinking a slow poison.
47. I have always wanted to play a musical instrument.
48. I have a guitar and I started to learn, but my lessons fell through when our church elders changed – they were teaching me.
49. I will still learn it will just take a bit longer than I thought.
50. Half way!!!
51. I like to be alone. I love having time to myself to do what I like, when and how I like.
52. I love baking.
53. I love reading.
54. I enjoy pottering around in my garden.
55. I LOVE LOVE LOVE shopping!!!
56. But my money doesn’t burn a hole in my pocket.
57. I give my tithe when and how I can.
58. My nickname at work is tinkerbell - cause I am apparently so light on my feet...
59. Once I almost left my husband. Because we went through a really rough patch once and we were fighting ALL the time! I almost walked out– but The Lord stopped me.
60. We sorted our stuff out–hubby and I, and we are happy now and getting stronger all the time.
61. I don’t nag him about his fishing or other stuff and his friend’s wives all give them a really hard time, and I think he has realized that he doesn’t actually have it that bad.
62. I will live to be 120+ years old and I will never get cancer or disease of any sort–The Lord has told me this. It may sound weird to some people–but I don’t doubt it for a second!
63. I believe in living long and living strong.
64. I don’t worry about money or food for the month because I know God will provide for us if we don’t have enough. On my petrol tank E stands for Enough–not for empty! Heh heh!
65. I look forward to the day that I will see my saviour–whether it be before the rapture or when that happens. Yes I believe that Christ is coming to rapture His church, His Bride.
66. I am sure I am going to heaven.
67. I don’t read my Bible as much as I should.
68. I pray all the time!
69. I really dislike bugs! Specially flying bugs. I am terrified they are going to get
tangled in my long hair!! Irrational I know–I can’t help it.
70. I have never been stung by a wasp–but I am scared to death of that happening.
71. The worst pain I ever experienced was the c-section I had when Donovan was born. It wasn’t planned, I was going to give birth naturally, but Donovan had to be difficult and have things HIS way!
72. I have a good self confidence and meeting new people doesn’t scare me, in fact I love meeting new people.
73. I have no problem talking in front of people, I do get nervous yes–but if I want to start a ministry one day and that means preach too – I can’t let that get to me.
74. I have no problem singing in front of people either – in fact I love this more than anything!
Get me in front of that mike and I am in heaven!!!
75. I do well when I can work with people. A job that involves a lot of office work and paperwork etc like I am in now I battle with cause I love to be around people, so sitting in my office gets a bit lonely for me.
76. I often get into trouble for talking to much. I do love to talk.
77. That’s partly why I started blogging, cause I get to interact with other people, without leaving my office!!
78. I love to watch movies! Specially if it has a good story to it, or an unexpected twist.
79. I love to laugh! And often when I read something funny I really do laugh out loud LOL!!
People often come to see what’s so funny. Strange though that I don’t really hear other people laughing in their offices.
80. My radio is always on in my office. I listen to a Christian station called Impact Radio 103 fm. But when a favourite song plays, I can’t concentrate on my work! LOL.
81. I am almost finished!!!
82. This had been easier than I thought it would be.
83. I love visiting with friends, family or even someone else’s office–I just love it! I can visit and chat all day.
84. I would love to have a half day job!
85. I would love to be at home when my kids get home from school to make sure they get something to eat, I can do my housework and help them with homework.
86. I cannot wait to buy my own house that I can paint and add onto or breakdown etc as I like.
87. I cannot wait to get my own car.
88. I wish I could slow down my children’s growth so that they will stay young and innocent forever.
89. I hate goodbyes. I never do well with these.
90. 10 more to go!!!
91. As soon as I buy a house I am going to get a kitty!!! And SHE–yes she, I need other female company in a house full of men–will grow old with me!
92. This has taken me about 3 ½ hours to do.
93. I know myself better than I thought I did.
94. I cannot believe how quickly 100 points have come to me.
95. I hope that I will grow all the time and become stronger in everything.
96. I love taking photos!
97. My sisters and my brother and I all worked in a one hour photo lab – at different times of course.
98. I don’t like motorbikes and I wont ride on them. I have before, but I never liked it. I don’t like feeling so vulnerable.
99. One of my pet hates is sniffing. I cannot stand it when someone sniffs when their nose is running – it makes my hair stand on end!
100. Right at the end of this blog page is a picture of a kitty that I just put on today!!!

SHORT WEEK - EXTRA LONG WEEKEND!!!

This week is only three days for me!!! Thursday is a public holiday and all the schools have closed for Friday, so I put in leave for Friday. Monday is a Public Holiday too! That means I have a five day weekend!! I have so much planned for this weekend, I am having the in-laws to dinner on Saturday or Sunday -hopefully Saturday - cause I am on the serving team at church on Sunday and I will be needed on Sunday night to help clean up. Anyway, I will be making Lasagne with salads and breads. And a divine Apple Pie with Cream for desert.

I plan on sorting out Sean and Donovans bedroom and clothing cupboard as well as there toy box this weekend. I would like to get them each a seperate toy box, it will make life a lot easier. I am going to tackle my room too and sort out my cupboard etc. It is time to throw out stuff again.
This week is also very full. Tomorrow night there is a Couple that are coming to our Church to do some "input". They are on the Apostolic Team, and I am really looking forward to that. My church is only 3 years old, I have been there for 2 of those years, and we are really growing. It is very exciting to be a part of it. We meet in a school hall for now cause we don't have our own building yet, and we are having to put out more and more chairs. Pretty soon we will be filling the hall! That will be a wonderful day.
Then on Wednesday I am going to our prayer meeting, as I usually do, but afterwards I will be staying for a worship team meeting. I used to sing on the Worship team - and I am hoping to do so again, it is something I love being a part of.

I am really looking forward to this week and the long weekend! I don't plan on taking leave again until September when I will be going to Bloemfontein for a Leadership Training Time with Tyrone Daniel - this will be my first trip to Bloem and I can't wait for that either!

Hubby and I had a good weekend too and last night we watched Gladiator - not a bad movie, but not one of my faves. I had a really relaxing weekend - with Shampoo and all!!! Hubby is very busy with his latest fishing development - but more on that in another post, he is a very serious fisherman and it is quite something to experience. It used to really bug me, but I have learned to let it work in my favour.

But as I said - more on that later! I am off to go and have some tea and rusks - mmmm!!!

MY MONDRIAN, AND SOME OTHER BITS AND PEICES



This is totally cool! Someone who knows me very well did my Mondrian for me!!! Aint it perdy!
I never knew I was so colourful!!!

Oh, and I am back to my old self again. The monster is gone - for now. We are going to buy our groceries tomorrow and I am just SO happy about it - I cannot wait to wash my hair!!!!

Well today is Friday - and I don't have internet access over weekends - YET! But my time will come - I just know it! So I will leave you with this pretty Mondrian to look at and some other news, I have created another blog where I will be posting my poetry. I love to write poetry and I thought that I would dedicate a whole blog just to that! Now I have to write regularly :-/

I hope you all have a superb weekend - as I know I will!! I will catch up with ya'll on Monday!
Bye, Cheers China, Adios Amigos, Ariverderchie (ugh! spelling??), Astalavista (spelling??) Baby, Ciao, Tata, I'll be Ba-ack!

AAAAAAGGGGGGHHHHH!!!!!

NO! That is not me trying to be a pirate, it is me screaming in frustration!! Why? Cause my groceries are running out before the month is over!!! "How'd that happen?" I hear you ask, well ask my hubby dearest (said through a forced smile with clenched teeth).
You see he decided we had enough of certain items when we did our shoppping last month and therefore we didn't need to top up on them - and as it turns out, we didn't have enough! Now I can live without most things - I can even go without food for a few days (I kow this cause I have fasted for four days). But there are things that EVERY human needs to get through each day without ending up looking like a pirate!!!
"Like what?" you may ask.....
Mmmm, lets see, like TOILET PAPER!, BOGROLL!, WHITEGOLD! - call it what you bloody like, it is an absolute essential in my daily routine!!! Oh and SHAMPOO!!!! How is a woman supposed to get through a day without SHAMPOO!?!?!?!?! Have you ever had to wash your hair with a bar of LUX soap? NO, well I have. In fact I tried it for the first time this morning. And you know what - it removes every bit of life or body or shine from your hair. My poor locks are looking and feeling like raffia paper, even after applying half a bottle of conditioner and do you think anyone feels sorry for me, in a house full of men? - hmpf! I should be so lucky!
And then, to top it all off, this morning I had to have a COLD shower too, cause hubby dearest (the clenched teeth again - no smile this time) used all the hot water when he showered, and only he had showered, no-one else!
So my morning went something like this:
I woke up feeling THREE times my normal size cause I am so bloated and sore from that wonderful time of the month us women are so blessed to have. I Stumbled into the bathroom only to find, in my half asleep state, after completing my performance that t.h.e.r.e w.a.s n.o m.o.r.e l.o.o p.a.p.e.r and then, when I get into the shower - already miffed, to attempt to wash away my monthly blues and my mood, and I discover there is n.o h.o.t w.a.t.e.r or shampoo!!!!
And hubby dearest (yes - clenched teeth) can't understand why he has a raging, snarling monster with long fangs and claws in his bedroom drying it's hair with his wifes hairdryer! A creature that breaths fire on everything if he just pops his head around the door, instead of his sweet, smiling, loving wife he sees every morning.
In a nutshell, today I am a bloated, hormoanal, raffia haired, raging, ready to blow at any second, fire breathing, fanged, don't mess with me creature, er, woman!!!
And I am outta here!
I will write again, when I feel more like a human being and less like the picture I have pasted below (LOL)

BYE