The Diary Game – Me and Thursdays… 16.03.2023

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Hi there!

Me again… I’m sure you were not expecting me to fill your pages so quickly again.
Well, I just could not get myself to stay away. Not only is it again Thursday but I also had a good day, plus I received some good news.

It looks like I will have to call my Thursdays, “Good news Thursdays.”

As I am one happy woman tonight let’s start with the good news.

My daughter is coming to visit! The last time she visited was in October last year if I am correct. I have not seen her and her family for 5 months! No wonder I am so excited!

Although it is going to be a short visit, 4 days, I don’t mind. I just cannot wait to welcome them to my new home and to walk with my grandchildren to the beach. As for my favorite and only son-in-law, there is some work waiting for him. He just doesn’t know.

They are going to be my first guest in the holiday chalet. Yippee!

RISE AND SHINE

As usual, it was an early rise and shine for me. I come straight to my computer doing some Steemit work.

I love it to sit in front of my computer in the early hours of the morning. The household is all quiet, even the dogs are still sleeping. All that I can hear is my fingers on the keyboard.

It made me wonder this morning. I had typing as an additional subject at school. I wondered how many of my Steemian friends learned to do the proper typing with two hands on the keyboard.

These days typing is completely different with two fingers.

Did you know that Aunty Google tells me that the average amount of words typing the old fashion way is 45 to 80 words? As for two-finger typing, it is 37 to 40 words per minute.

Enough of typing. Let me take you through my day.

EARLY MORNING

With the men at work and school, it was time to give attention to my work.

In South Africa, we pay VAT (Value Added TAX) and as a business owner, I am on a two-monthly VAT return cycle. It was time to devote myself to the companies accounting. Gosh, not my favorite part of the month.

I just started when my web developer phoned me to tell me that the website for the self-catering unit is up and running. I had to leave everything and first “pull the website” apart. Yip! That is what I did. After nearly an hour he got his list of changes.

It was a good thing that I finished it early as behold, I got my first booking for the upcoming school holiday. Whoop whoop!

Back to work and I was disturbed for the 3rd time.

This time it was my neighbor with some beautiful flowers from her garden. I for sure did not complain as Strelitzia's also known as "Birds of paradise" are one of my favorite flowers.

For those ladies who don't know. When a Strelitzia flower dies you can break it off and open the base underneath it and gently pull out a new 2nd flower. This, my mom, told us when she was a flower judge and us tiny tots.

We are so lucky that here where I stay they grow wild in our gardens.

MOM’S TAXI IS ON THE MOVE

When my daughter phoned to tell me they are coming to visit tomorrow I realized that I still had so much to do in the unit.

Although I don’t like shopping I knew that I just had to be brave and face it. Off to town, it was. I was so lucky that the first shop I walked into had everything I was looking for. Now that doesn’t happen often with us women.

Again, it was FREE parking for me as my shopping was done in under 30 minutes!

With one of my favorites, a samosa in the hand, it was time to steer the car toward school. School is closing tomorrow until 10 April for the Easter Holiday.
It is nice to know that mom’s taxi will have a rest but I will be missing my power naps in front of the school gate.

FROM DUSK TO DAWN

We had some old frames and I was not sure what to do with them. Now, when you have a house at the coast of South Africa it is almost customary that you must decorate your home according to the “sea” theme. Blue and white stripes, big blue scatter cushions, sea shells, etc.

I wanted to be different this time. I am using white and green. Not your normal green but a sage green and I incorporated plants like ferns, palms, and bamboo. To incorporate the ocean I took 20 photos I’ve taken of beaches we visited over the years and add them to a list. Each one of us then had to choose 7 photos. From these, I printed 8 enlargements. Now, this is where my frames came in. I use the frames I had and a local lady framed them for me.

Let me show you the photos we choose.

I got a call late this afternoon that the framing was done. It was the quickest I jumped in Mom’s taxi to fetch them. They are stunning! This is where my son-in-law is going to come in handy. He will have to help with the hanging thereof. Clever mother-in-law!

My Thursday treated me well and I am grateful for every moment of it.

It just shows, exciting stuff can happen for a second week in a row on a Thursday!

That is where I’m closing you today... in anticipation of the visit that starts in 14 hours 9 minutes and 7 seconds! That is if I sign off now.

Until next time.