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Friday, February 24, 2006

Uncle Scarbra....


Visiting Uncle Scarbra in Cape Town July 2005 - EXCELLENT !
Although cool at The Blue Peter Hotel having dinner, the beach looked excellent (as seen above), the girls had a ball running around and we had a fun time in general, just visiting !

Why I can't see photos I'VE posted !

Amusing little story about life in Saudi Arabia :)
As I mentioned before, I am doing blogs with my students and part of the assignment is to load a photo in with a posting - pretty simple.
BUT... for some reason at school we cannot see the photos posted :O The browser will not show them.
SO... I contact our tech support guys and ask WHY ???
This is the humiliating part ....
Manu - our one technicians comes over to my lab and I show him the problem, show him our Book Review blog for the students and show him our blog, no pictures show ????
He then proceeds to ask me what I see if I remove the first three letters of the middle word in the address (I think he was trying to save us some embarrassment) BUT idiot that I am, I say "HMMM I don't see anything, what are you on about ?"
So do you see it ???
By removing 'blo' from 'blogspot' what do you get ??
Yes I had to have dear Manu point out to me that it comes out as "GSPOT" and thats why Saudi Telecom has blocked images from appearing on any blogspot pages ! I think they fear just WHAT people might be showing :O
Do you feel my face glowing ??? Do you feel just how small (in my already height challenged state) I felt ? Do you feel my pain ???
And those South Africans out there who thought censorship in the old South Africa was bad, welcome to life in Saudi where it is both alive and very very well !

Just some photos

Okay so not much news other than we're busy busy busy but while looking through for some photos to print, thought I'd put some here too, some old, some newish :)

The first - school starts August 2005, very HOT and HUMID day - as you can see the lense on the camera is a little foggy even, just kept happening, typical summer here, even sunglasses are pointless at times - fogging up almost as soon as you walk outside, this was the best we could get considering heehee

Next - Lucy just looked SO cute at the school Halloween parade October 2005

Next Next - Andre taking the girls Trick or Treating on the compound - so I moved and the camera being on night shot ...... sorry :( good memory though :)

Next Next Next - Girls in the car going to Bahrain for rugby - Novemeber 2005, as usual Aimee not too impressed with something her little sister is doing or maybe it was something her parents were doing, who knows but either is feasible :( good photo otherwise :) Notice the Sharks shirt on Aimee :)

Next Next Next Next - A happy day - November 5, 2005 :) Thanks for sending me my love xxx
How often are we going to have a photo of the four siblings altogether now ?

Next Next Next Next Next - leaving to come back to Saudi, January 2006 after a wonderful Christmas at home - don't we all look a little healthier with a little tan, and back to cooler climes :)

And lastly FOR NOW :) - February 2006 - taking The Brummer Family to the airport on a Friday night - hence the tired Lucy, :( Aimee, Lucy and Letitia
The next photo we took was the girls asleep on the drive back home, Aimee drooling on the seat - didn't think it'd be fair to post that one though heehee

Have a good one everybody, miss you all xoxo

Thursday, February 16, 2006

Morning

Okay so Andre got home around 11ish last night :) and we're both sitting here on our pc's, catching up with mail, Andre on his rugby sites etc. while the girls frost and devour leftover heart cookies I had baked for school Tuesday - Valentine's day.
We're just planning on relaxing over the weekend, maybe braai tomorrow and watch some Super 14, Sharks play on Saturday afternoon so it'll be takeaways after work and in front of the tv :) til then ...
Have a good weekend everybody, when it comes your way :)

Wednesday, February 15, 2006

The Weekend



Yay, its the weekend, time to catch up with some work hehehe :( but too be honest, probably won't even open my bag although I should :( its been a rough one so I'm sure we'll take the chance to just relax together. Andre will be back later tonight from being in RĂ£bigh - somewhere between Yanbu and Jeddah - the other side of the Kingdom, will be nice to have him home again :)

Getting ready this week for my staff presentation (the practice) of what I'll be presenting in Bangkok in March, nervous already, don't know how I'll survive in a room full of strangers ???? Sad you won't be coming along Ria :(

Might get the opportunity to go to Greece too this year, our Middle School typically does a studytrip each year to "somewhere". So this year Jana and I had spoken about trying to organise one to RSA or the USA but we just got tied up with other stuff so ... she has said she won't/can't go but there is one planned for Greece and so I am down to be the 'other' chaperone, will have to wait and see though.

Okay family and friends, I know its not your weekend yet but by the time some of you read this, it might be so ... Enjoy YOUR weekend, whenever YOU get to take it :) xxx

Monday, February 13, 2006

The "Odd" Couple :)



Okay so we're not seeing red but in honor of Valentines Day tomorrow ...
The Happy Couple wish you all a wonderful day full of love, laughter, happiness, hugs and kisses

Saturday, February 11, 2006

South Africa, The REAL Home !


What a wonderful holiday we had in June 2005, travelling the country, experiencing and sharing its richness with our daughters and friends. We spent a very quick 10 days tasting our country and its culture with American friends The Barnhouse's.
Here we are at Knysna Elephant Park.