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Weekly Wisdoms #73
Another week! This week was pretty heavy for me, lots of tears again but also lots of rest,…
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Book Review: So I Met This Guy
I have gone down a bit of a rabbit hole of Alexandra Potter’s books after reading Confessions of…
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Me Favourite Starter Hikes in Pretoria
I had no idea that there were so many hiking spots in Pretoria until I started getting out…
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Hiking for Beginners : The First Steps
I had no great plans to start hiking. It wasn’t some big decision I made to get in…
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Word of the Week – Grief
This past week was rough. Really rough. It felt like I was right back to those early days…
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Share 4 Somethings May
May is when our year shifts into 3rd gear and starts getting busy busy. David’s events start, Emma…
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Weekly Wisdoms #72
Last week was so great, so many positive things happened but the wheels of my mental health have…
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Word of the Week – Positivity
I haven’t shared a word of the week in a while, I was (and still am) quite deep…
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Weekly Wisdoms #71
I never did an update last week – it was such a busy week and we had to…
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Weekly Wisdoms #70
What a week! Winter entered the room with a bang including some serious flooding in the Eastern Cape…
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A Weekend at Bona Bona
David organises and attends about 10 events throughout the year – they are a range of fly-inns, rallies,…
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Weekly Wisdoms #69
In theory a week that starts with a public holiday and ends with a public holiday sounds great…
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My last Words
My last words, in person, to Cameron were “Make smart choices”. It was 5 in the morning he…
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The 3am Club
Hands up women of a certain age, who else is awake at roughly 3am every morning? I wasn’t…
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Word of the Week – Frustration
If you asked my husband what his word of the week was this week, he would also say…
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Share 4 Somethings April
Gosh April felt like it flew by. April and May are our busier months, David’s events start, its…
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Weekly Wisdoms #68
In a moment of insanity I decided to redesign my blog. It did not go well! I ended…
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Word of the Week – Birthday
It was my 48th birthday on Thursday. It feels so weird saying that because it is 2 years…
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Weekly Wisdoms #67
I think the weather has finally decided its time to cool down. This week was so lovely and…
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Book Review: Age Like A Girl
I first heard about Dr Mindy Pelz a few years ago when I was researching fasting – she…
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Word of the Week – Admin
I hate life admin! I find it so unnecessary and mind numbing. Logically I know it IS necessary…
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Weekly Wisdoms #66
Short weeks are all fun and games until you have to try get back into the work rhythm….
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Currently….April 2026
I love these posts because they make it easy for me to get a post out about what…
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Cute Easter Bag
I shared, in a separate post, the Easter bags I did for Emma and her friend. I wasn’t…
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DIY Easter Bags
We aren’t really religious, we don’t go to church so, for us, Easter is about the long weekend…
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Book Review: Confessions of a forty-something f##k up
It has been a while since I have done a book post because its been a while since…
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Word of the Week – Adventure
I am cheating a little bit this week – this post was written today (Tuesday morning). We went…
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Weekly Wisdoms #65
I do love a short week and we are going away for the Easter weekend so I love…
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Share 4 Somethings March
The beauty (and often frustration) is that life is constantly changing. The first few months of this year…
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Word of the Week – Positive
There was a stage earlier this year that I was not sure I would have a positive word…
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Weekly Wisdoms #64
This week felt like we were back on the hamster wheel. Yesterday I was in and out of…
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Word of the Week – Recalibrate
Not only is this my word of the week but RECALIBRATE might just be my new favourite word….
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Weekly Wisdoms #63
This was one of those weeks that felt long and short all at the same time. It felt…
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Weekly Wisdoms #62
What a week! It has become impossible to ignore he state of the world. Trust me I have…
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Is it your biological clock that’s ticking?
I grew up in the 80’s/90’s, the age of eating disorders, Bridget Jones and neon jelly shoes. It…
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Word of the Week – Hope
If you had asked me yesterday what my word of the week was, I would have said something…
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Weekly Wisdoms #61
I had grand plans to start this post on Thursday but here I am on Friday morning smashing…
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Share 4 Somethings February
Just like that we are in March. I was talking to a friend of Sunday and we both…
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Sunday Hike – Die Bosveld
I have driven under the bridge that takes you to Die Boseld a million times and had no…
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Weekly Wisdoms #60
I am not sure what happened to last week. I missed posting on Friday and then Saturday and…
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Sunday Hike – Rosemary Hill
I love Rosemary Hill. I would love to own a farm like Rosemary Hill – it has trails,…
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Word of the Week – Process
This week we did a lot of processing of a lot of things. We are all still processing…
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Weekly Wisdoms #59
Emotions are still high (or low as the case may be) but we are slowly sticking out head…
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Cricut Project: Valentine’s Day Tumbler
I have had this project bookmarked in Design Space for ages. It is such a cute design but…
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Word of the Week – Loss
There is only one word for this week – LOSS. My mother in law passed away on Wednesday…
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Weekly Wisdoms #58
Right then, so January did, obviously, eventually end. For that I am grateful. But we had a very…
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Sunday Walk – Ubali Pomegranate Farm
I love it when we walk a trail I haven’t done before. I take for granted just how…
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Share 4 Somethings January
I started doing this last year but then got distracted. Trying to get back in it this year…
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Word of the Week
Initially I wanted to pick FRUSTRATION as my Word of the Week but I can’t pick that each…
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Weekly Wisdoms #57
When the f*ck is this year going to start chilling out! HOW is it STILL JANUARY! Argh! I…
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Lessons from Hiking – It Will Pass
Life lessons are everywhere if we take the time to stop and appreciate them, right? Walking consistently has…
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Life Lately – Ramblings of a Middle Aged Woman
I used to write, a lot. I used to write every day. Not because I had to or…
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Word of the Week
Is blergh even a valid word? It perfectly describes my week. It wasn’t good or bad – just…
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Weekly Wisdoms #56
I don’t have a lot to say about this week. It was uneventful but not in a good…
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Weekly Wisdoms #55
And just like that we are back to normal programming. School is back for both kiddos, everyone is…
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Word of the Week
I went up and down on a word this week. It was one of those weeks where a…
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I don’t know
There is that story that went around a few years ago that Mark Zuckerberg wears gray shirts every…
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Sunday Walk – Faerie Glen
I was really looking forward to this walk in the Faerie Glen Nature Reserve. Every time it came…
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Weekly Wisdoms #54
What a week! So much for easing into the new year. We had something going on every single…
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Word of the Week
I am making some changes and decided that the Word of the Week deserves its own post! The…
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Weekly Wisdoms #53
The first week of the year done and dusted. Ok, sure, it was a short week but still….
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2025 in Review
What was your biggest accomplishment or proudest moment of 2025? There were a few but I think consistently…
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December Round Up
I am a little sad I only started these round ups a few months ago. I am definitely…
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Weekly Wisdoms #52
And just like that all the gifts have been opened, the feasts have been eating and the celebrations…
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Sunday Hike – Cannon Rocks Trail
We are now hiking people. Even before we arrived at our holiday destination I researched possible hiking trails….
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Weekly Wisdoms #51
Week one of holiday done and dusted and I think we have walked 500 miles! We had grand…
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Weekly Wisdoms #50
South Africa starts shutting down in December. I love it. There is a collective slowing down and a…
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Weekly Wisdoms #49
Its been a hot minute. I wish I could say I had no time or that there was…
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What Ugly Teeth You Have
I have always had good, strong teeth. I think its probably a combination of genes and strict parents….
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November – A Look Back
November was a month! It was hard, my grief kinda had a moment but looking back, it was…
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Weekly Wisdoms #48
This week was a bit of an intense roller coaster ride of emotions. I can’t really write about…
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Weekly Wisdoms #47
Last week I mentioned I had asked my naturopath for help with my perimenopausal symptoms. I got the…
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October – A Look Back
What was your biggest win or accomplishment this month? October was actually a really good month for achievements….
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How the weight finally shifted
I weighed myself for the first time in 10 months. I could feel I had lost weight but…
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That Time Perimenopause Turned Me into an Addict
I have written a few blog posts over on HarassedMom about being smug. It is never a good…
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Sunday Hike – Voortrekker Monument
I was excited for this walk at the Voortrekker Monument, we haven’t done it before and I haven’t…
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Weekly Wisdoms #46
This week was horrible. I thought I was managing perimenopause pretty well. I have had some symptoms over…
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Sunday Hike – Magalies Hiking Trail
When it was raining on Saturday I decided if it is still overcast or raining on Sunday I…
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Weekly Wisdoms #45
It feels like it is Friday every day at the moment. I have grand plans to write more,…
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Sunday Hike – Hazeldean
The last time we walked the Hazeldean Valley trail was earlier this year at the end of our…
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Weekly Wisdoms #44
I had my weekly coffee date with Eve this morning. She mentioned that there is a chance Donald…
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Wordless Wednesday – Jasmine
My mom-in-law gave us this jasmine years ago and it took ages to start growing and even longer…
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Sunday Walk – Nkwe Resort
This walk is definitely in my top 5! It was a new walk for our group but also…
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Teacher Appreciation – Pencil Cases
Even though we homeschool, Emma does now have a tutor. Everyone is also getting ready for end of…
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Weekly Wisdoms #43
Can you believe it is October. This year seems have flown by and taken forever at the same…
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September Highlights
What was your biggest win or accomplishment this month? Definitely walking two long, tough walks. I did Klapperkop…
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Wordless Wednesday
“A dog is the only thing that can mend a crack in your broken heart” – Judy Desmond …
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Blog Link Party – Reflections & Revelations
I have decided to change things up a little bit for my Link Party and add a monthly…
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Weekly Wisdoms #42
What a frustrating week this has been. David is a financial planner for aviators. Two years ago we…
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Wordless Wednesday – Affirmations
How lovely is this? It is an affirmation tree and it was at the entrance of the market…
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Sunday Walk – Rietvlei Nature Reserve
This week we walked at Rietvlei Nature Reserve. The reserve has buffalo, rhino and a cheetah so you…
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Weekly Wisdoms #41
I only realised after I posted last week that I have been doing these weekly updates for 10…
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Wordless Wednesday
The story of my walk with Kobe – in pictures. I don’t generally walk with Kobe on my…
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Wisdoms and Wrinkles Link Party #31
A new month and exactly 3 months of posting my link party! Time flies when you are writing,…
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Is Your Child Depressed? How do you know?
I have been wanting to write this post for literally a year. As someone who shares through writing…
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Sunday Walk – Klapperkop
I did this walk earlier this year. I think it was my 3rd walk with my walking group….
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Weekly Wisdoms #40
This week was considerably calmer in comparison to the last few weeks. Emma’s outdoor hockey has ended for…
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It’s The Small Things
It is always the small things that bring the most joy, well for me anyway. I was driving…
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Wordless Wednesday – Spring
This time of year is so special – watching our little corner of the world come alive again…
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Wisdoms and Wrinkles Link Party #30
A new month and exactly 3 months of posting my link party! Time flies when you are writing,…
