Yeh! School has started

The kids, my mom and I went out a bit yesterday. We first went to draw money and then ended up having smoothies (the lovely unhealthy kind with icecream) at the Wimpy. At the particular shopping centre they have a chess set with little water fountains all over it. Andrew was fascinated and got VERY wet. Fortunately the pants dried very quickly otherwise he would have sat at the movies with wet pants on! We watched the movie about the brave little mouse. Know the name just can't remember how to spell it! It was actually quite a nice movie and we enjoyed it very much. My mom dozed of every so often, but she also enjoyed the bits she saw!

You do know by now that I am actually very lazy to do certain things. One of them is sewing. I did sewing at school and I think that put me of for life. Anyway while we were at my moms house after the movie Robyn mentioned that she wanted to shorten her school dress but that I refused. Anyway my mom sort of convinced me that it could be a bit shorter than on her knee, but I made her do it when we got home. I helped her and showed her how to pin the hem and then how to sew it, and she did a great job! I did shorten Andrews pants though. The one actually, the other one is still waiting to be done. Richard asked me how he can shorten his pants this morning, and yes you guessed it! I pinned it and then showed him how to sew it in himself. I am a firm believer that kids must be able to do everything when they are adults. Colin learnt in the army and he is pretty good at sewing as well.

On the work side Colin decided to stay where he is. I am very pleased and believe that he made the right choice. He is getting a nice promotion with all the perks that go with that. Will tell you more once everything is official. His parents and my mom were all very impressed!

The 2 kids went of to school quite nicely today. Forgot to take a photo but will do that tomorrow morning and show you. It will be the first year that Andrew went to school by bus on the first day and I think he deserves a big reward for that, but we don't want to make too much of a fuss over it. And another year starts .....

Other than that I am supposed to clean house today and will probably get stuck in soon, as I want to go out tomorrow morning and then we start scrapping again on Friday. I guess I have to get my priorities straight. House has to look reasonably decent for the weekend.

Various things

Hello everybody, it has been so long it almost feels as if I have to introduce myself again. It has been an extremely eventful week, as I decided last weekend that I can't give up on A Scrap Above that easily! I have made some price adjustments on my website, changed my advert in Cape Town's Child and went to 4 after care's this week to tell the kids all about the exciting classes I am going to be doing at their schools! The kids were all very nice and very excited and couldn't wait to take the forms home to their mothers/fathers! It was a wonderful boost to my self esteem - I should have done this months ago! AND the 4 after care's are all in our road!

To make things even better, I have had quite a few queries for parties and will be doing one this coming Friday! It is really amazing how things have been this week, I am very excited and hopeful for the future again.

On the downside my maid is leaving us on Wednesday and I will have to start doing my own housework for the first time in years! ANYTHING to stay at home I guess! My children will have to pull up their socks very fast and start doing there own rooms at least.

Anyway, that is it in a nutshell. Will keep you up to date!

Acceptance

I think I have finally accepted the fact that I have to go and work again. But, I have also decided that if I have to work I might as well get a nice high-powered position! Pointless doing things in half measures. I went to Cape Gate this morning to collect some photos and then dawdled around looking at clothes. I love clothes and for a high powered job you need gorgeous clothing! One of the plusses I guess!

Anyway, at the moment I am applying for anything that looks good and will keep you up to date!

Have a great weekend and be blessed!