Coffee Al Fresco

This week flew by even though I've reduced my hours at work. I've been so good about cooking every night until the weekend (no way I'm cooking all weekend). The Chicken dish I made last Sunday night turned out beautifully somewhat to my surprise. It was a complete invention and I worried the coconut milk would overwhelm …

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Worthy

Recently I've had conversations with several people about self worth or related topics. Some people need to feel emotionally rewarded in some way by their job, for example being in healthcare would give you a feeling at the end of your day that you helped an ill or recovering person. Some people need to see …

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The Quest 

Today I continued in my quest for the perfect Eggs Benedict. We decided to move our Saturday shopping trip to Sunday rather as that means the week's dinners have 1 less day to age as we do find that Pick N Pay's veg tends not to last as long as Woolies.  Yesterday was such a …

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Having It All

I was so organized this week. I cut down my overtime with an aim to bill only 45 hours a week. Having shopped on the weekend meant I could create a dinner for us every night and no need for take aways!  As Monday was a public holiday I had cooked Eggplant Parmesan in advance, …

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Projected

It's amazing how much more one can achieve with just one extra day of weekend. We had a long weekend in honour of Women's Day. I took this from Wikipedia as they explained it better than I can: "National Women's Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates …

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Arnold & Ruby

We had such a productive day. Mzudomo arrived bright and early and while he was busy in the garden with great assistance from the Pomeranians, we set off to Hout Bay to hit the shops. I'm just so fed up with takeaways so we vowed to be more organized and do a weekly shop. Before we did …

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I Believe I Can Fly

Obviously I can't fly but that is the song that pops into my head when I hear the words 'I Believe'. I'm one of those people who have a song track to their life. I launch randomly into song constantly. And annoyingly I'm sure.  Whatever.  This week someone started quoting verses of the bible to me …

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It’s All Relative

Last week was one of those weeks where you feel like your life is one monotonous rotation of work, home, bed, and then the cycle starting over again the next day. But this week was packed full of all manner of random diverse activity.  Work was again hectic with me going off at 7am and …

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mucho caliente 

I discovered a new addiction. I tried a new pizza from Massimo's, but as I am usually a bit picky about sausage I only ventured to try half. I had a half Pancetta and half Hot Latina. But I wish I had been brave enough to go full Caliente as it was divine! It's the one …

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Unfathomable

I have blogged before about the disparity between the various socio-economic groups in South Africa, it is a part of our every day lives but sometimes it rises up and slaps you so hard in the face that your head reverberates with the force of it.  It's been a busy week, work is still long …

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