Before May arrives....

... I will update this Blog! 

I spend so much of my time on the computer that I absolutely have no excuse to be so tardy with the Blog! Anyway.... here goes.....

Following on from the last entry - LONG BOY DID IT! HE CLIMBED KILI!!! PROUD, PROUD, PROUD! It was tough but they all made it - the biggest group (26 of them) to all summit in the school's history. He doesn't want to do it again & I think if he was very very honest he surprised himself by summiting. The toughest thing he has ever had to do & I do think a great experience to draw upon when life throws him some challenging situations - which of course it will! Squeeze wants to do it now! Good for her! Hopefully we will be here for long enough for her to be selected - they don't go next year, so watch this space....

What else - LOTS! The Olds came to visit for almost a month which was amazing. So fantastic to share our lives with them & now when we chat about life in general, they know what we are talking about. We did some pretty wonderful things whilst they were here too......Victoria Falls (incredible), Cape Town & Franschhoek, Somerset West & Stellenbosch (food!) & their 1st (and possibly I imagine only) safari - where we witnessed a lion killing a wildebeest and 16 lionesses & cubs feeding on a second kill. Very noisy & their table manners are somewhat lacking! 

In between the visits, there were lunches in Joburg, museum trips & general sitting on sofas! It was great fun - though we were all pretty exhausted by the end of it.

Children both still happy - mainly! Teenagers now, both of them! Squeeze turned 13 last week - with a  party for 45 teenagers, DJed by her brother. Never thought we'd see that! Another proud, pinch me moment as their mum!

Him indoors is still enjoying work, improving his golf & generally soaking up the sunshine - so to speak! Not too much travelling though did pop to Uganda last week. He cycled Cape Argus - 110km around Cape Point. Fantastic scenery though I don't think he slowed much to stop & enjoy it!

Me - well! Golf (up & down), ran the Auction for the school Family Fun Day & raised R150,000 (about £11,000), taken on a new Diepsloot project - more later. Parties & lunches, nails, shopping, taxi service for the teenagers & general stuff..... happy stuff! 

Currently planning Summer 2013 - again more on that soon - but suffice to say that the Normandy Beach Landings would have been simpler to organise!!