Ramadan Kareem

As I head off to Jordan today - ECPW meeting, I wish you all Ramadan Kareem. Even though we have had terrible dusty/sandy days with almost no chance of sighting the moon, the powers that be have decided Ramadan has started. So its, no eating, drinking, chewing gum, smoking etc. in public for the next month. Consolation is the Eid break at the end I guess =)
Have a good month wherever you are !

p.s. good luck to the Boks for Friday, do us proud boys...as I miss yet another of your RWC games !

These were taken at the airport with André's phone,
now you can see Lucy's fourth tooth is gone too :)

Happy Anniversary My Darling xxx

It was 27 January 1996 that André and Tracy stood in front of friends and family at Christ Church, Pinetown and promised to love, honor, cherish and keep .... notice there was no OBEY in there hehehe
And today eleven years later, happy to say we're still quite prepared to stand before family and friends and make those same promises. - I think hehehehe

Each year has brought its own issues, some good, some great, some pretty darn awful !
But André, thankyou for them all, I love you and plan to stay by your side forever and always.

Happy Anniversary MY Darling
xxx

Our big weekend away !

Andre and I headed to Pretoria for the weekend. The Sharks were facing The Bulls at Loftus. This gave us the opportunity to meet some of the friends we have gotten to know online at Ruggaworld . The Sharks versus The Bull ? Rob, Aldo and Andrè

The early-birds in our Ruggaworld shirts (Andrè, Tracy, Deon, Mia, Rob, Aldo & Kowie - not sure on the spelling sorry)

THE SCOREBOARD SAYS IT ALL !!!!

First the game together which ended on a VERY positive note :)

Sharks 37 Bulls 28 !
Aldo still smiling after his team has lost - now that's good sportmanship !
Don't know if we'd be feeling the same !Fabulous evening together !
Afterwards we all went out for a few drinks and a bite to eat. Aldo of course being the token Bulls supporter among us was forced to don a Sharks tattoo as penalty for his team losing.
Doesn't he look fabulous with that little addition to his forehead - look at that smile hehehe :)
Even Gambrinus had to take his turn at consoling him heheheOops the waitress taking the photo was a little shaky ???
"Murph", Gambrinus and the infamous Afrikaans CD which the management at DROS 'could not' play for the Ruggaworld group :)

Saturday we spent with Aldo and his family on his farm outside Pretoria central to watch The Springboks face The All Blacks. Sadly the game did not end as positively as The Sharks game the previous night. Aldo has a beautiful family - seen below are some photos of his adorable daughters and some of the many photos Andre took of the Sharpei puppies that they breed.
Thanks for your hospitality Aldo !

Saturday night - dinner with Rob and friends - thanks for a great evening everyone !
Sunday, Andre and I spent a relaxing day together, just the two of us - very nice :)
Monday was our travel day, of which we spent more than an hour stuck in traffic trying to leave Pretoria/Johannesburg. Andre said " THIS (the traffic) is a very good reason why we would NEVER live in Gauteng !" hehehe
Anyway home to good old Durban and to two very happy little girls :)
Thanks to all those who contributed to a great weekend away - not least of all Mommy for having Aimee and Lucy for the weekend.
'Til the next one ?

(those of you who are in the photos : if you click the image, it has been saved full size/resolution and you can then save it a best quality if you choose)

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