I have been a very bad blogger. Very bad.

I really have been such a lazy ass the last few months. Just with blogging and washing though. The thing is, I actually love blogging but since my very surprising pregnancy I have been in this twilight zone until I met up with two travel bloggers the other day who inspired me to put those thoughts onto paper again.

The thing is to just do it if you are stuck in a rut. Just do it! Get of your bum and start by just doing one little thing at a time and before you know it you are back in the game again!

Pregnancy has really made me think long and hard thoughts, it is such a crazy fantastic emotional roller coaster ride that you go through. I am scared, nervous but extremely excited.

Here is a glimpse of my life the last few weeks.

Baba Barnard

I know I haven't posted anything in a while and I can actually give you a few reasons for my bad behaviour.
1.  I don't know. 2. I had writers/a creative block 3. I had an operation 4.  I found out that Baba Barnard is on its way! Ha!

Anywoo, Daniel and I went for our 2nd check-up yesterday.  It is literally the weirdest thing seeing a little baby in your stomach.  Hearing the heart beat is also another wow-moment and knowing that you are responsible for this life is the biggest wake-up call of your life.

At the beginning I was quite shocked and not excited as I was suppose to be.  Not that I didn't want the baby but I had no idea how to handle all my emotions.  You think you have your life in order and then BAM! something changes it.  Yesterday, after seeing a little body literally jumping up and down(everytime I laughed Baba Barnard jumped up and down) and seeing the excitement on Daniel's face everything changed.  I am finally very excited.  Screw you fatique, screw you nausea, screw you weird appetite!

baba barnard

the size of baba barnard

DIY? Because I like it!

I probably first discovered that I like making things and making old things new at the age of six when I used an old shoe box to make a double bed for my Barbie.  I still like doing the same thing except now I have a real house and a real Ken that doesn't wear silly light blue silky suits.

We recently moved into a brand spanking new/old place and it gave me the opportunity to rearrange, redecorate, refurbish and renovate.  I got these old chairs that used to be my grandfather's and I gave them a new life. Aaaaaah!

I think most of us can thank dear old Pinterest for amazing ideas and feeding our brains some delicious creative stuff.(I really struggled with that sentence now!)

Some other projects...

Screens my friend Michelle and I made for my windows - I hate curtains.

I decided to paint one of my old cupboards. I think it looks awesome!!!

Cheers and don't forget to make those creative juices flow!

The Slipper Ghost

Oooooh, sorry for such a late follow up on the previous entry - I blame it on the end of the year.  Too many end of year functions, too many last minute projects, just too much!

Anywoo, after attending a wedding in Hoedspruit and after our tent episode we travelled the Panorama route.  We stopped at every little town, strolled through the shops, ate like there was no tomorrow and checked out all the tourist attractions.

We slept over in Pilgrim's rest one night where a ghost stole my slippers, yes you heard right - because the next morning my slippers were gone and I took them off right next to my bed. So yes, a ghost stole my slippers. Who else if we were the only two people in the house?mmmm?

We also slept over at this really nice place at the Sudwala Caves where we visited a dinosaur park.

It was a nice holiday.

Gold Panning - I did more of a gold "washing" which means I really sucked at it!

I love this little Fella!

 God's window

Ronel from Hell and also my pal...