Developing myself one captured moment at a time.

This week I am not sure if it dragged on or if it went by fast. Still trying to find my feet in the new office and all I can say I am getting there but not quite there yet I guess. Good things take time no? I must say this office building does out me in stress all so professional and fancy type and it’s not fully never thought I would miss my old office as much as I do now. But that’s me I like a homey type atmosphere, maybe it’s that way in the beginning all still new and what not. Shows I like my comfort zone to much. This week I guess it car week touch wood not my car and I am praying now it won’t be either, sadly my brothers car as well has some problems to it that needs to be fixed something of the trye that’s causing a slow puncher and something of the engine I guess. Me and car parts not good friends. The news on my parents car is that the damage is really bad and something of the part where the front   wheels connect and what what is also bent I hope I am making sense ma...

Have you ever just found yourself so lost in thought that it felt as if though whatever you are thinking you are actually experiencing it right there? I found myself there more than once so far this week. All of a sudden I’m in like a different place, my happy place with Willem. He is here with me and all is fine. At times I wish life could be just a bit simpler it doesn’t have to be completely easy just a bit simpler. For some reason I find myself in the middle of nothing, I know where I am and all that but it is like a day to day routine here.i am not sure how to explain it but I for some reason have this feeling of everything in my life at the moment is at my finger tips but they are falling and I’m trying too hard to catch it but the harder I try the more tiered I get and when I think I have it, then there is like this oily butter feeling on my fingers that make it slip further away. Just a crazy feeling or thoughts that keep going in and out of my mind for some reason. I know I...

So Friday my dad and I left work at about 1pm got home finished packing, we all made sure we had everything. My Mom, dad and I left the house at about 2pm. My brother was already there by 3pm. And I was the lucky one to drive. The road was kind of busy with trucks and all up and down as of course it was the school holidays as well so others were too on their way to holiday destinations so lucky. We got in to Middleburg stopped for a few things and then set the GPS to the venue of the wedding. Now I was not sure if this GPS would find it any way. The coordinates that was given would not really fit in the space on the GPS and all that. My dad did have a Google map direction list printed out and why he didn’t use that I was not sure but yeah you can think we got lost it took us to a farm so then my dad took over the driving and with his brother on the phone for directions and with a driving of up and down situation we finally found the right gravel road and we all had the sigh of relie...

I am excited to see the venue and all my family again and most defiantly excited to see on Saturday how my cousin looks and how her wedding will be. I am also just a bit nervous of the pictures not nervous as in I don’t think I can or should do it just the whole unknown thing but I am prepared and ready for what happen and will be clicking away every chance I can. This week I really seem to miss Willem a lot, yes I know when don’t I miss him but this is the longest time now that we have been apart and it gets to a person. Mostly when you least expect it. At least I get to rapport it is not only me that is hating this distance, It’s Willem as well. It’s hard at times, really really hard but there is something that we share that just in a way makes it a bit easier. And I know when we do get to see each other it is time we cherish and appreciate more. I guess to look at it in a funny wife’s way, “ some wife’s just wish they could spend a week without their husband for some peace and qu...

Delre and Robert Burr-Dixon Wedding 4 May 2013 So I was called up by an high school friend of mine and asked to do her wedding photo’s they basically had 3 weeks to place the whole wedding together and I must say what they did in the amount of time they had was pretty darn amazing, I know who to call for my wedding help one day. I remember in high school Delre and Robert started dating and it was really a cute couple and I think its true when I say every one was happy for them, Delre is suck a caring, loving amazing person and when you are with her you just feel happy and that is why she and Robert make such an amazing couple and finally decided to get married and well with a little one on the way their family is close to being a full complete one. Thank you Mr and Mrs Burr-Dixon for giving me the opportunity of being able to be a part of your amazing big day and I wish you both life time of happiness and hope to be taking your baby pictures one day soon!!!! Such a natural be...

Happy Birthday little Ethan, I remember the time Evelina told me she was pregnant I was so surprised but really happy for her. When we were in high school and around our favourite tree in the morning or afternoon we spoke about life and all that one day stories and I clearly remember her saying that she wouldn’t want to get pregnant because then she would get fat and she wants to stay skinny, I always made a joke in saying that I would carry her babies for her as for some reason back then I wanted 7 kids and now I am like no I am fine for now thanks in a few years hahaha. How things changed so much after school. I was sadly not here in South Africa when little Ethan was born but when I first saw a picture of him I knew he would be the most handsome little man and   true lady charmer and well looking at how he is growing up you can clearly see that he is getting there. I may not sadly be the bestest friend Evelina has or deserves and I may not always be there for every big even...

I thought that I would like to do a blog post on my au pair days, I have been watching Kate plus 8, love that show, and well recently they have gone to New York and well looking at the places they have been and me relating to them I found myself thinking of my whole trip again and well thought that it would be nice to have a FLASH BACK of my American Dream. If we can call it that? If anyone followed my blog while I was in America you would then maybe skip this one as well I won’t be recapping it all in detail just a few things I miss and what I remember most. If I am correct I have been back for about a year and three months already which I so cannot believe how time flies and actually sitting here I cannot believe how it is weekend already. I guess that’s why there is the saying enjoy every second as if though it is your last cause as time is going by so fast you never know if the person you are with now is the last time you will see them or they see you. But any way enough of the ...

Today feels like a Monday, even though luckily it is not. I cannot believe how cold it is my hands are so to say frozen to the keyboard and every time I hold my cup of coffee I nearly squeeze it to death for the little bit of warmth I get from it. Nothing much really happened the weekend. Friday we got to leave at 2 so got to be extra lazy and just chill. Saturday my mom and I went to town to get her things for the braai, which also ended up being a rustag day, Sunday Carlo and Nadia came and we played 30 seconds and just chilled inside or froze inside. Willem and I also had our first Skype date which even though the signal and picture quality wasn’t all so good it was so amazing to see him, boy do I miss his face and all of him.   That moment I wished I was in a harry potter movie where I could whip out my wand and do the whole “alacasam” words and have him appear right in front of me. But now I will take what I can get. I just keep telling myself soon, soon I will see him, soo...

First I would like to say happy father’s day to all the daddies out there, whether you have just become a father recently and if so congratulations and whether you have been after for a few years now. Hope you have a great day and that you get spoiled. Well as they say with every holiday that it should not take a holiday to remind you of what you have and who they are in your lives. And it’s TRUE. I want to dedicate this blog post to my dad. Happy father’s day! Yay another year I get to be here for father’s day where I get to tell you happy father’s day and give you a hug. I never really seem to find the right words as to how much my dad means to me, how blessed and proud I am to have him as MY dad. I thought that it would be nice to kind of write a list of things I remember with my dad and things that I will always cherish with my where ever I go. 1.        I remember my Matric farewell where my dad had tears in his eyes and looking at how he smil...

Today is also another special day its mine and Willems 2 month anniversary. Might not be a year like everyone else but we are getting there in time. So I wrote a letter type thing to send to him and I thought I would share it on the blog post as well because I really like what I said to him and wanna share it to the WORLD! I sent it to him this morning and got a nice phone call he kind of sounded like a naughty boy or something hahaha you can hear he kinda forgot the day and I wanted to remind him last night but I thought let’s see if he remembers and well yeah I guess it’s just in a girls nature to remember things like this, while watching mike and molly last night the one guy asked them how long have they been together and Mike answered a year and molly corrected by saying 7 months and it got me thinking you know is it for men just a number like it doesn’t really matter how long we are together as long as we are together type thing? And for us woman it’s like that’s the first th...

I would like to dedicate this blog post to my loving mother by saying Happy birthday. Today you are 45 years old and yet you are just becoming more and more stunning with each passing year. I woke up this morning leaving a little gift for my mom and i feel bad that it isnt something big and amazing but i mean technically i got Bella for her and i am happy she is happy with her but now that today is her birthday i cant show up empty handed just doesnt feel right. so i did a last minute shopping and got her some chocolates and a clicks gift card. I feel as if though I have no words that I would be able to use to full explain my appreciation, love and respect for the mother you are in my life. From the day I was born up to this very moment you have always been there. The song that comes to mind now is “Because you loved me” “For all those times you stood by me, for all the truth that you made me see, for all the joy you brought to my life, for all the wrong that you made right, f...