September 2009

Top Ten Things You Probably Didn’t Know about South Africa

September 30, 2009 South Africa
Sometimes instead of warning about drunk driving, SA wine bottles warn you of a different danger.... (which does take lives every year)

Top of the week to ya! If Wednesday is hump day, I’m thinking it would be the “top” of the week –yeah? Anyway. I’m getting settled in South Africa pretty well. It helps to have visited a few times before the move. But I’m at the stage where if I walk out the front door, [...]

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Travelling Tuesday – Lake District, England

September 29, 2009 Stories
Lake District

This week’s Travelling Tuesday shot is from the Lake District in England. Mark and I went camping there a few years ago, and it was a beautiful weekend in some beautiful surroundings. What made this shot so special (besides the fact that it turned out fairly well considering we had the camera set on a [...]

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How Can I Keep My Mouth Shut?

September 28, 2009 Baby Photos
Asher

Sunday morning Asher woke up with a sneezy, coughy, chesty cold. (I laugh when I use the term chesty — I first heard it when I went to the doctor with a bad cold for the first time in Scotland. He asked “Are you quite a chesty person?” Having no clue at first what “chesty” [...]

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INVINCIBLE or Pwetty Pwetty Pwincess

September 26, 2009 Stories
The pre-princess look

The story of Esther always gets me excited. It’s like the Old Testament Jewish version of the Princess Diaries with Anne Hathaway. Sometimes you just need a reminder that if God is for you, no one can stand against you. And in Esther 6, I enjoyed that reminder today. The backstory is, the Amalekite called [...]

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Foodtastic Friday? Tasty Tasty Bakey, Mashy Tatties

September 25, 2009 Baby Photos
I hope this will be Asher

So, we thought some friends were coming over for a braai last night, (translation for my Americans & Brits: Grilling Out or Having a Barbecue) but when they weren’t able to make it, I had a ton of mashed potatoes left over, and they ended up being a super tasty treat this evening. So much [...]

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Storytime: Arriving in Cape Town

September 24, 2009 South Africa
Asher wasn

Flying from Johannesburg to Cape Town was a peaceful two hours. Looking out the plane window, you first see the clay-red rooftops of the houses in Joburg fading into the distance, along with the tall shiny buildings of the city centre, the phone lines, and the blue of the backyard swimming pools. And then sometimes, [...]

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How God is good when life isn't

September 23, 2009 Stories

A lot of thoughts have been swirling and twirling around in my mind lately. And they are thoughts that have created fear in me. And that is not pretty, and is not from God. One reason some of these thoughts have been joining my mental conversations is that some friends of mine lost their child [...]

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Travelling Tuesday: Honduran Boats and Spider Monkeys

September 22, 2009 Stories
Tree & Boat

Mark and I had a really lovely honeymoon in Roatan, an island off the coast of Honduras. It seems like it was a million years ago, not because our marriage is tiresome, but because so much has happened since June 23, 2007! He chose the spot because my only three preferences were somewhere beachy, somewhere [...]

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