Well, it was a busy week again! Monday we had Emily and Sophia for the afternoon. Bernice was looking after the girls but since she coaches girls' basketball practice after school, they came to our place and played with Shantel and Taleesha. They had a ball!
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| Sophia did the cooking and serving while Taleesha sat in the diner |
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| A tea party with fruit and M&Ms. Yum! |
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| Very busy drawing pictures! |
Wednesday and Thursday were wreath and swag day making. I went on the Wednesday. It was done in the Veldman shed which is nicely decked out with the wood heater in the centre, tables throughout one side, a kids corner, a bunch of chairs, and a kitchen area with microwave and stoves! The ideal setting for lots of cuttings and mess. We had orders to fill for approx 70 wreaths and just under 20 swags. So with Debbie Faber as my tutor (!), I was taught how to make my very own wreath. The first in my life!! There was cuttings/branches of fir, cedar, spruce and no doubt a few more and from that, you get bunches and lay them on a ring with spikes which you hammer down to secure. They need to withstand the 'shake' test because when the 'north westerly' wind comes howling your way, you don't want your wreath, or parts of it, to go with it!!! I managed to get three done. Lunch was soup and buns. It was a very enjoyable day with lots of chatter......and work!
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| The Shed. Woodfire on the left bottom corner behind the lattice |
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| A wreath almost completed |
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| My tutor Debbie on the left! |
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| A stack of wreaths waiting the final touches of cones and a bow. Sorry it's a bit blurry. |
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| Enjoying lunch |
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| A completed wreath and swag |
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| The wreath I 'earned' for getting more than 8 orders! |
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| Hanging at the front door |
And on Thursday we celebrated our 21st wedding anniversary! Where has that time gone?
God has richly blessed our marriage and through happy times and sad, we know He is ever near and we pray for His continued blessing in the years ahead, also being away from Anthea and family and friends. Thank you for all the well-wishes and phone calls we received! Certainly different not having any family around! We had a roast dinner at home as Jaclyn had an early game of indoor soccer in the evening.
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| Roast dinner at home |
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| 1992 |
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| 2013 |
In the evening Bill and Hester came for a cuppa, and later on Marvin and Bernice which was very nice.
Friday was the scheduled bi-annual event of Dine and Dash. This is done in the spring and the fall. Everyone chooses to host either appetizers, mains or dessert and then you also go to the other two. So we hosted appetizers and had prawn cocktail, spring rolls and mini quiches with 3 couples. We started in prayer/devotions and then had our starters and then headed off to the next couple's place for mains. And at every place, we met up with a different group. We had gourmet (self cooking) at the Harvey and Lisa's which was great fun. And then our desserts was at Henry and Shirley with another bunch of couples. It was a great way of meeting up with people, most we had already met but in very relaxing setting. Great work organizers - it would have been a lot of work to make it all happen!
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| Gourmet for mains |
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| Coffee and dessert |
Saturday was our last session of bootcamp. Oh, getting up at 6:45am on a Saturday morning when it's 1 degrees outside, is hard! And an hour of jogging, squats, pushups and pushing weights along the gym floor makes a hot shower when you get home very relaxing!
Today (which is still Saturday) Jaclyn and myself did lots of baking. Tomorrow DV is baptism and coffee social for John and Janice's little girl, and so being on the roster for setting up and baking, I needed to supply 5 dozen of baked goods! So we made koek, brownies, muffins and boterkoek. I also experimented with my raisin bread and did half choc chips. Looks pretty cool and tastes okay too!
We celebrated our anniversary with a chinese dinner and then headed to church for a organ concert.
Lovely way to finish off a busy week!
We continue to enjoy sunny but very cool weather! Very deceiving! We had rain one day last week and with the clear but cold nights, it turned into ice! So we had ice puddles, ice in the ditches and ice in the bottom of the tyre swing!
Do you remember this picture taken late September?
Here's another taken last week. Notice no leaves!
That's all for this week. Next week we have Thanksgiving and by the sounds of it, it's a BIG thing!
Thanks for visiting!
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