Bucket List

Friends know that I am frog-o-phobic and we have a horrendous situation going on at the moment. We have a toad somewhere in the house. How do we know? Toad poop. If you know toad poop, then you are never mistaken about the origin of that poop. It has no sphincter marks like normal poop …

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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 Power

Even the dreadful news we were given last Friday afternoon that I may be forced to go into the office four days a week could not ruin last weekend, it was really lovely. The wind was howling last Saturday but it was a stunning clear day. https://www.instagram.com/p/CsLhs5sKDtH/ Norm and I popped over to Mr Price …

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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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Posh Pretenders

This week has flown past, possibly because Norm was away since Thursday morning so I was Chief in Charge. It was a bit overwhelming so I put a routine in place since each of the dogs need meds throughout the day, I put on alarms via my phone and of course created a spreadsheet otherwise …

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Attitude of Gratitude

No matter how bad you may think your life is, there is someone who would love to 'swap' places with you. No matter how much you may dislike your body, there is always someone who would love to have it (and no I am not talking about 'having' it I mean as in a body …

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Letting Go

One of the key factors with manifestation is that you must not try to control the path to deliver the results you have asked for. I found that out recently when I asked for something which came to me in a way that initially really stressed me out, but then the stressor was removed and …

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The Luckiest 13

This previous weekend, Friday fell on the 13th. I have to confess I am a bit superstitious so as we were all going to be driving long distances I was a bit antsy. This weekend was Caitlin and Wes' wedding ceremony. They had booked a house via Air B&B and as we had not seen …

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Toxic Love

This has been a short week as today is a public holiday (hence publishing a day early). I mentioned in my post last week about Tim, a family friend who passed away. I phoned Joy, his wife, to express our condolences and one of the things we discussed was how to recognise the signs from …

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