the force is strong with this one

brilliant news!! I am pregnant!! and it barely took two months and there it was :D Husband and i are so excited! We had our first doctors appointment today and got our first sonar - its not much more than a speck right now, but we know our little bean is in there and we can't wait to feel more of his/her presence. Since we want to wait to find out the gender we've come to calling him OB1 - Our Baby the 1st! Although the doc said that until 12 weeks anything could still go wrong, we want to shout it from the rooftops and are already envisioning a little blonde bundle of joy crawling around the house! Life is wonderful!

3 beautiful things

1. my man cuddling the pms-related irritation right out of me this morning.
2. my boss bringing us apple crumble to the office.
3. missing my man and looking forward to seeing him again tonight - love that contend feeling.

mothers

today is mother's day, and i miss my mother more than usual. and i miss my grandmother even more. i've gotten to spend more time with my mom recently but feel like i haven't seen my grandmother in ages. and she is one of the most important people in my life!
on great news though she got a laptop now and is gonna start emailing and skyping, how cool is she. i can't wait!
and of course on a last note, here's hoping that by this time next year i'll be a mother myself :)

royal wedding

today is the wedding day of Prince William and Kate Middleton and, as the whole world is probably watching every move of everyone involved, i'm on deadline so will have to catch up on the highlights later. joy for youtube! i do wish them all the best, sincerely! they won't have it easy and i suppose now that Kate is in line to be Queen there'll be so much more pressure on her. I wish them that their love will always be strong enough to withstand the royal pressure and that they will always remember why they got married in the first place. God Bless Kate and Will!!!

easter fun - Three Beautiful Things

had an interesting easter this year - interesting because it was so different and un-easter-like. and here are my three beautiful things for today:
1. Playing monopoly with good friends - being able to have good fun with good friends that involves board games and not braaing and massive amounts of alcohol.
2. having good pooitjie together.
3. ending the day (that started at 11h00 a.m.) at almost midnight after playing Uno the whole afternoon and laughing so hard i'm surprised we didn't pop a vein in our heads!

Three Beautiful Things

i find this a brilliant idea and will make a serious effort to keep at it again.
1. being back at the airport, remembering our honeymoon :)
2. seeing my sister again and actually being able to spend time with her after so long, and how she loves it when i spoil her rotten :)
3. cuddling with my man under the window in the spare bedroom, watching the clouds float across the sky as it slowly darkens.

ear on the line

just had the funniest moment - i just got a call from friends where my husband stopped over for a drink - after a short chat they assumed i'd put the phone down but because i was busy in the kitchen i'd left it to them to end the call - when i realised they didn't i decided it would be funny to see how long it would take that bunch to realise i was still on the line. i kept hearing them talk nonsense until i heard my husband - close to the phone - saying that i couldn't reprimand him for talking nonsense cos i wasn't there - wishing i could be a fly on the wall to see his face - i called into the phone 'i can hear you!' - there was a sudden silence, followed by a collective burst of laughter that has probably still not abbated LOL i'm on my way over now as its now become a party instead of a short drink so this'll be one of those stories we tell for years to come!