We have just arrived home from the 2007 Blog Awards, held at Cool Runnings in Fourways.
A very successful and entertaining evening with the 'South African Weblog of the Year' going to Tertia Albertyn's blog, So Close. Congratulations Tertia! The venue was a tad loud for my taste but the atmosphere was great. The food was excellent and the guys had a great time playing foosball and just playing around in general.
On a more personal note, I found myself seated with three non-geek/blogger wives. At this point I must mention that although I do blog, I still consider myself a non-geek. So it was great to find myself in the company of these women.
We all came to realise over the course of the evening that we are not alone.
I now know that its not just my husband who is permanently attached to his computer, who watches TV and blogs with his laptop plugged into the nearest power supply at the same time, that I'm not the only one who refuses to share my bed with my husband and his laptop.
Its great to be able to talk to other women like me, women who understand what its like to be a blog widow. Don't get me wrong though, we love our husbands and wouldn't change them for the world!
So, this post is dedicated to all the women (and I'm sure there are men out there too) who lose their spouses to the computer more often than not. There are others out there, you are not alone.
Sunrise
Duvet warm
Snuggle down
Alarm goes off
Work thoughts
Out of bed
Start the day
Tomorrow I can stop at Snuggle down
Homeward bound traffic after a long day...
Last night the IUA-UCF (a non-profit organisation), in collaboration with Partnership 2000, hosted a concert at the Linder Auditorium. They arranged for six young musicians, ranging in age from 12 to 18, from the Music Conservatory* in Beit Shemesh in Israel to perform with the Johannesburg Philharmonic Orchestra (JPO).
The music that was performed last night was phenomenal, the JPO were magnificent and the children themselves were unbelievable, performing pieces that brought tears to many and kept the audience enthralled.
Below are some images that I took with my new Nokia 6233, my apologies for the poor quality of the images, its no reflection on the phone, I was sitting way up in the cheep seats.
This pic of some of the musicians was taken this afternoon at a local kosher restaurant, Burger Bar.
Here is a video of my babies wanting to go for another car ride. We are definitely not indulging them this time, its 23:30 for heavens sake. Granted, they have been trying to get us to take them in the car for a good hour and half...
Hubby and I took Bandit for a stroll at the Zoo Lake this afternoon (we only took one pup because quite frankly all three pups in a public place is way more than either of us can handle - also we feared for the ducks). Here are some pics from Bandits' big day out.
Here are some random shots of the lake and its inhabitants.
I found these photos when I downloaded the before and after shots of my kitchen. These are my babies, the lights of my life and on occasion living hot water bottles on cold winter nights.
As promised here are some before and after shots, I am a little embarrassed to show you all the before shots but hey, the after shots look great.
Oh, I kind of forgot about taking pics when I did the lounge so you only get the kitchen...
Ok, really now, I am signing out, I am gonna stop farting around on Vox and I am gonna go de-clutter my lounge...
I have been an avid fan of The Home Channel for quite some time now. My favourite programmes are the 'de-clutter' shows. Mainly because the people featured on these shows have way, and I do mean WAY more clutter than I have. It makes me feel a bit more normal about the stacks of magazines on my lounge table and the piles of bills and mail on my computer desk (I do intend to throw them away - eventually).
Anyway after watching a few such shows this morning, I jumped into gear and started de-cluttering. Ok, so I have only done the bedroom and only my clutter (hubby needs to go through his stuff), but the motivation is there, after this post i am gonna tackle the lounge and then after a cup of tea I will attempt the kitchen. Perhaps I will leave my desk for Sunday, thats the one that really scares me.
It just occurred to me that I should take some before and after shots, watch this space!
