i know, haven't been here for a while again..
you know, keeping myself busy with being mommy, maid, wife, chauffeur, cook, nurse, teacher..

found a picture that describes my life, wanna see it..

so, there it is.. do you understand it?? tell me what you think it means..
see what you know of me..
I'm happy, very, exceedingly happy to tell you that Maggy started working for me today.. she seems to be a very nice lady. she used to work at a pre-school and loves little babies. so from tomorrow Tamar will be staying with her at home. and since the other two are on school holidays now, they are also staying at home.. so that means, peace, glorious, quiet, blissful peace for mommy

that is probably why you getting to hear from me again today..

we watched an amazing movie over the weekend, you can check out the trailer here, it's really sweet. it's called The Martian Child and we enjoyed it very much. it has an interesting Martian dance that my children tried to copy, to our great amusement.
I'm listening to the music from Wilna's blog!! the scrap blog.. and it's really cool. a little bit of everything..
talk soon

m

lekker lag

for all the English folk that read this blog, the title means 'having a good old laugh'
last night was youth.. and since God has not yet given me my amazing Iveco comby (small bus more to the point) i go fetch the kids in my big little bakkie trucky thingy
so last night for the first time ever, i had a truck load of girls on the back!!
and you know a bunch of teenage girls.. the screaming around every corner, the concern about their hair.. and then.. the rain!! Yes, these poor girls, they were on the back of an open bakkie, driving at full speed through the rain! and i felt so bad for them. i started screaming about as loudly as they were screaming. My friend Ane, who went with me to pick them up was laughing more at me than at the load of screaming girls! and I'm incoherent, thinking, maybe i should stop (in the middle of the rain) not knowing what i want to stop for, but just stop!! and the more I'm screaming and putting on breaks and then speeding up again, the more my friend is trying to to get me to switch on the windshield wipers!!! can you believe, i 4got to switch them on! i was so worried and screaming and calling Shawn to tell him that we are caught in this terrible weather, that i completely forgot to switch on the wipers.. it was so funny!! and the girls, well, they just loved it! they were laughing and screaming and making jokes and it was awesome! God truely is good!
after cel i tried to organise lifts in cars for them, but they all insisted on driving on the back of the bakkie!!
we laughed so much that our stomachs hurt, our mouthes couldn't close and our hearts were as light as a feather.
and on top of it all we had an amazing cel last night.. i had the pleasure of leading a girl to the Lord and assure her that her life in now in the hand of the One who made Everything..

that life..

hi there!

i don't think I've ever been happier to come to work. at work things almost feel like they are under control. i don't kid myself by believing that feeling, but i do ignore it easier than at home!!

my domestic worker from the last 5 years resigned over the weekend.. for anyone who has never had a domestic worker, that is like in so what?? but for me!!! it is driving insane time!! Kathrine looked after Tamar in the day time and evenings she would stay with our children if we needed to go somewhere! and then of coarse there is the convenient she cleaned, washed, ironed, cleaned, washed, ironed!!

so now I'm the mommy everything.. the cleaner, maker, baker, driver, planner, mover, healer, fixer..
but now it's tuesday and things are better.. my house is acctually in order!! it looks so nice! and i'm proud of me! maybe this is not an altogether bad thing. but we realised we'll need someone full time again, as we have no-one to look after the kids over holidays. anyway, it'll work out, you just wait and see

on sunday night i had one of those crack down moments. you know, the ones where you not just angry at people and situations, but angry at God for not showing Himself strong. Not jumping in and just doing everything i want Him to do, not just being God in my life.. one of those times when you go to a place where no-one but God can hear you and then you just scream! i do always feel better after a good screaming! so then i come to the realization that it truely is not about me and it's not about what will work for me and how my life will be made beter if God does as He is told..
it's about Him, about Him, about Him, about Him.
read Wilna's blog today, her blog gives me such courage, such hope! i love reading her thoughts, feelings and just her he{art}.
will talk soon

rain and stormy weather

last night we had a storm.. probably one of the worse I've ever seen. the thunder and lightning woke up all our kids and it took plenty of charming and begging to get them back to sleep. often during the night our power went out, the road leading out from our farm suffered severe damage..
and this morning, driving into town, i realised that this is so symbolic of my life, my walk, my everything.
i go through storms, that affect the people around me. it upsets, unravels, and confuses them.. then there is the road that was familiar, that suddenly become strange and some places even dangerous.. as if travelling on old familiar roads is not always the road God needs me to be on..
but after the rain and the thunder and the blinding lightning, comes the clean smell of air after big rains, the rainbow, proudly displayed, the new beginning for everything that was under the dirt of yesterdays hustle and bustle.. as much as i might not always like the storm at night, i know the new day will bring a fresh and wonderful surprise..

Isa 43:18 & 19 "Remember not the former things, nor consider the things of old.
Behold, I am doing a new thing; now it springs forth, do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.

have you made yours yet??

so, how'd you like it!!!! i actually got time to make a card last night!! the only reason why, probably is because i didn't go to Youth last night.Katrien's mom passed away, so she is not working this week! so i got to look after my babies!! and it was cool! after a good visit, they went to bed and i got to do something seriously creative.. i know, your thinking, seriously creative? it's just a card.. but i haven't done anything creative in such a long time that this was the stuff!!
so you go do it!! make a card for Lois.
love youz

only 2 working days 'till muffin camp!!!!! can you believe it!! and yes, i am stressing, less... not nothing, but less at least..

i only have a few kids on my bookings, but really trusting God that He'll add the numbers!!!

so you keep on praying.. and in the meantime.. i know of something for you all to do!!! yes, for all the masses that read my blog, here is a little something to do!!

you can join Wilna's quest to make cards for Lois... go read all about it on her website and then just do it!!! make a card for this lady.. make her day.. so click on the link and do it...

so i'm going to say chow till Monday.. and then i'll tell you all the gossip about the camp.. ok, no real gossip, more like the good news..

4 Erika

Well, Erika, since you asked so nicely and i enjoy looking at them so much, here is a pickture of some of the coffee sticks in my coffee cup..

enjoy..