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3 Kids, 2 Dogs and 1 Old House

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Our House, In The Middle Of The Street

My (Cindy’s) parents old home – we took over the bond in 2008 so it is actually ours. :)

    A Little Obsession – Everyone Should Have One

    13 March 2014
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  • Cheerio Old Friend – It’s Been Real

    20 September 2013

    They say moving is one of the most stressful things that you will ever do.  When I first heard this, I mentally laughed at all those silly, disorganised people.  However,…

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  • Currently

    10 September 2013

    So much to do – so little time.  This month is crazy busy, like full on cray cray.  We’ve already started with the parties and the packing, but there are…

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  • A Bit Of This And A Bit Of That

    2 September 2013
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  • A Chance To Redecorate Their Rooms!!

    5 August 2013

    I have now packed a total of 7 boxes.  I am so proud of myself right now.  And for some reason I just can’t get enough of this packing thing,…

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  • So We Are Moving… Oh My Gosh We’re Moving

    31 July 2013

    It’s finally happened.  All the papers are signed (well not really, because I’m not counting all the mountain of legal paperwork to come) but the decision making papers are signed. …

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  • At Least There’s This

    23 July 2013
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  • The Balls Are Starting To Fall Into Place…

    19 July 2013

    So…  It seems like in the next few months we will be packing up our bags and moving to the area of our dreams.  And the house of our renovation…

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  • In Limbo

    9 July 2013

    I never realised how much stress one can experience in trying to sell their house.  Or waiting to know if one should sell their house, is probably more appropriate. At…

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  • I’m Scared Of Big Decisions

    6 July 2013
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  • Here’s Looking At You Kid

    2 July 2013

    My normally camera shy baby posed purposefully for these pictures…  As in, she really wanted me to take them!  I’m still kind of in shock.  She is most gorgeous, just…

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  • Out With The Mould and In With The New…Fan!

    17 June 2013

    So I thought it would be fitting for me to write the DIY posts about our Old House, since I am the one doing the DIY projects! By this sentence…

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  • A Story Of Patience And How Seth Doesn’t Have Any (Oh And Happy Father’s Day)

    16 June 2013
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  • We’re Almost Half Way To Christmas

    11 June 2013

    I guess that’s a weird thing to acknowledge.  But there is a reason for the random statement – besides the sick realisation that the year is almost on the downward…

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  • A Change Is As Good As A Holiday… So Now We Eat In The Kitchen!

    7 June 2013

    You’ve heard that saying “a change is as good as a holiday“, right?  Well my guess is that the person that said it wasn’t on holiday, or on a holiday…

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  • You Let Them Do What!?

    14 February 2013
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  • A Little Bit Of Entertaining

    4 February 2013

    We hardly entertain at our house.  Even though I absolutely love to put a table together with all the garnishes, I hardly ever have the chance to do it.  Besides…

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  • Let Me Get Some Veggies From Our… VEGGIE PATCH!

    31 January 2013

    I might not have ever mentioned it, but I live in the same house that I did when I was growing up.  After Seth and I got married we took…

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  • Internetlessness Sucks

    17 November 2012
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  • They Only Took Me Seriously When I Put On The Mask

    20 September 2012

    Seen the new Batman movie?  Then this line might stick out for you, “They Only Took Me Seriously When I Put On The Mask” and if not, it certainly stood…

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  • So There’s This Dog Over The Wall

    22 July 2012

    Normally having a dog living next door would not be news.  And really it isn’t, except that this blasted dog belongs to our amazing neighbours…  Yeah, those ones.  Anyway.  This…

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  • House Awesomeness – New Backyard!

    5 July 2012
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  • A Great End To An OK Week

    23 May 2012

    What better way to end a week than to meet up with fellow Mom’s and have a play date.  At first I didn’t really value the importance of these, but…

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  • A Little Garden Reno

    15 May 2012

    Crazily enough we feel that we are finally at a place where we have enough time and energy to spend a little bit of it on the garden (I know…

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  • A New Addition for the New Addition

    12 May 2012
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  • Just Another Rainy Day (Our Easter Sunday)

    9 April 2012

    Except it wasn’t.  Two very different, but equally blog-worthy things happened today.  But before I get into that, I would also just like to say that I am so ready…

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  • The Gecko Whisperer to the Rescue

    13 March 2012

    It was a fine Summer’s night in our little house in Cape Town.  As usual on glorious nights like these we dress up and go out for a night on…

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  • Finally the New Years 2011 Post…

    9 January 2012
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  • The Gecko Whisperer

    25 August 2011

    We all have our fears…  Heights, flying, snakes, spiders cockroaches, moths…  Gecko’s?!?! Seth has this heart stopping, body freezing fear for Geckos.  Put him in a room with one of them…

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  • Neighbours, Everybody Needs Good Neighbours

    22 October 2010

    It recently occured to me that we must have the worst neighbours in all the land. Before Cindy and I tied the knot, we were quite aware of the  noisy neighbours…

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After living a very normal suburban life we packed up everything to live in a VW van for a year as a family of 5. Now that we have traveled our beautiful country we are back to normal but trying to remember what it was like to live with less, spend time in nature and build on our family bonds. Join us on the journey.

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