Its been a while but in between moving house and work and putting kids in new schools - welcoming a teen into my home and making family first i actually think i am about done for now. And its me time.

Some friends of our invited us to Harties dam to water ski............ now i would like you all to close your eyes and picture ME for a moment .............. my features are somewhat of the larger woman... and I DO NOT under any circumstance wear a costume........... no no no ........ my cheeks are rather pink and Rosy if i have had a "dop" (drink) or two............. and i don't mind little speed boats if its for a short time.......... so off we go on yet another adventure........ so my hubby goes skiing and comes back No i MUST go try it its sooo much fun........ by now my cheeks were Rosy so i was game for about anything.............. so the instructions i got were simple enough - keep your toes together and don't pull yourself up the boat will do that BUT hold on tight the first tug is quit a BIG one ................... as i was about to get in a HUMANGUS fish jumps out ........... there is no way i was getting in that now tipsy or not...... but i was assured that they would not bite....... so i got in .......... the life jacket along with my natural water balloons was keeping me so afloat i nearly drowned giggling........... yes i was now at the giggling stage of tipsy......... i held on and shouted okay GO............. and she did......... and in a split second a COOL rush of water covered my entire body............ I WAS starkers......... the water had pulled my shorts down and my Bra up..... and all i could shout between the giggling and drowning was "Don't WORRY the FISH WONT BITE ANYMORE" -embarrassing moment............ number one..................

So recently my hubby and I got "FREE" air tickets anywhere in SA - Oh me Gosh well a woman cannot in today's day and age sa NO to FREE. So i did not even think twice - i was off to Cape Town - as my hubby had not been to the Western Cape before. FUN FUN FUN 5 days minus 2 days at the airport = 3. PERFECT................ 3 glorious days of NO KIDS, NO WORK, NO COOKING................... oh bliss.................. so this adventure was about to begin........ we hired a car..... we stayed in Sea Point and 3 days really is not enough if you have the whole tip of Africa to explore but we did all we could including squeezing in an hour or two of actual relaxing.

On our official day 2 we decided we would be tourists and go to the famous V & A waterfront. Yip they should actually change it to V & A tourist trap............... where money don't go far......... but hey we were on holiday and i love window shopping.................. so we decided to do the traditional boat trip maybe Robin Island or a trip around the harbour - Robin Island was fully booked for a week and we only had our 2 days left so that was pointless - we did however walk through the very empty but factual Robin Island museum - which is actually FREE..... so yes i could not say NO of course not so i dragged my husband back back back in time and it was ....... factual.........

So then we decided to go look for a harbour cruise........... yes and a that's exactly what we found a sail boat - champagne cruise (booze cruise) for a hour and a half.......... YIPEEEeeeeee to be young with NO kids .............. so we went for a bit and then it was time for my cruise - i was so excited i could not wait............ So we had 3 crew...... very friendly - the one asked me "what did you have for lunch? Mexican - I said "well you might sea it again......" Bwhahahahh he enjoyed that .................. I however was looking forward to my romantic booze cruise - so off we went..... slowly around the harbour - they then opened the bottles of bubbly and we all got a glass....... the other passengers mostly overseas tourists......... Stephen and I held on to each other they hoisted the sails ............. i sipped then my hubby said "BABY you've changed colour" YES i had i was feeling a little green......... in fact i was feeling a lot green....... and for those of you who know me i am at a stage of my life where i try and be as lady like as possible......... so i slowly held my hand in front of my mouth - NOW here is a TIP for those who suffer from motion sickness......... DO NOT i will repeat this for the hard of hearing DO NOT............ put your hand in front of your mouth when feeling ill on a sail boat.............. i turned to stand and as i did the puke formed like a what i like to call "peacock tail" effect ................. Yes the "Spirit of Victoria" now had my spirit all over the side no not the sea side - in the boat.................. even my eyelashes were sticking together................... i felt terrible oh yah and only an hour left great fun................. but you know the old saying - it never rains it pours............ and that's exactly what it did.......... it poured - and we all got raincoats and the i felt greener and the Europeans felt very jolly...............

Oh well i suppose it was an experience - one that left me very embarrassed .............again

Now on our last day we left early for the airport - GOOD BYE CT ............. and off we went ..... we flew MANGO which was fine but our flight was delayed by almost an hour and then then we took off we flew straight back to Johannesburg airport in a storm..... oh and i LOVE flying almost as much as sailboats ........... :) anyway we then had to circle YES circle the airport because we were unable to land......... well it was dark there was lightning and i NEARLY converted the Jewish lady next to me to Christianity................... she was silent and with a few bumps yelled out "oh gosh i have no ones hand to hold on to" You can hold mine........... if you want ............... well that broke the ice........... and then we landed........ (oh my hubby played sudoku through all this)

Then we waited for our luggage for about half an hour and finally bags appeared where we were standing by conveyor number one - but only 10 bags appeared one of my 3 appeared - then we waited another ten minutes - and then people started running as if someone had got hurt..... no defiantly no injury but our bags were coming out on conveyor belt number 3 - it was funny but as i said it never rains.................. only about 30 bags came out..................... and there we were waiting again ............. and from out of nowhere our bags start coming out in all there GLORY oh yes wait for it ............. on conveyor number 1 BWHAHHAHAHAHAHHAHA oh 2010 WE WELCOME YOU .............. with great anticipation................