The Wildcard

In my last post I mentioned our new Social Club and how excited I was about it. We met on last Saturday afternoon and I arrived a bit after 1pm as we had to stop and pick up snacks at the shop. I always like to take something gluten free just in case. I had …

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Beaches and Babies

This has been such an amazing week and it feels like a month since I posted! On last Friday afternoon Caitlin collected me and we set off on the 450 km / 276 mile journey down to the Garden Route which usually takes about 5 hours on average to drive, factoring in at least one …

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The Answer

This week has been a communications disaster zone for me! On Monday I received a package which contained a brass bell with a bird on it. It was an item which I had almost bought, in fact I put it into my shopping cart but did not purchase it, so how did it arrive?? There …

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The Tears of a Clown

I have been on such a buzz with life at the moment. So many wonderful things are happening and the results of my intentions set recently are now coming at me quickly. I asked for more women in my life and I spent last weekend with so many new women I had never met and …

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Choose Love

This week I heard someone say that they do not believe in 'falling' in love, that to have a relationship you have to get up each day and 'choose' to be in love. I guess that is no different than what 'they' say about being happy, that it is a choice. I always thought that …

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Wounded

I keep reiterating that I am finding that now I am on my path of discovery and understanding, I keep getting things driven home to me. This is either via repetition or various other means. This week's phrase is the Witch Wound. It came to me on Instagram, on Facebook and via a friend. “The …

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Just Because You Can

Not to be trite, but you know the phrase 'just because you can, does not mean you should'? Usually it is served with a side of shade or body shaming, but in this instance I am using it to refer to managing the household on my own. I coped perfectly fine with Norm away and …

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The Other Versions of Ourselves

Last weekend was an introvert's dream itinerary, I had a lovely social experience or two, some laughs, some quiet alone time and lots of sunshine! It started slowly as the pups and I had a long lie then I had a shower and at 3pm Mark and Hunter collected Finn and I and dropped me …

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Touching the Wounds

In the Data Quality or Data Governance worlds, we often use fish bone diagrams to show our clients that even though they are experiencing multiple disparate business issues, if these issues are all traced back to their root causes, they ultimately point to Data issues. I am finding that many of my 'wounds' are similar. …

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Ankers and Bikes

Last Sunday was the annual Cape Town Cycle Tour which is the biggest timed bike race in the world. There are now two races: the full 109km event and a 42km version which has been added to cater for young and less fit contenders. The event saw roughly 28 000 contestants taking part in both …

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