What's happening today...

• I am getting off work a little early to go to the municipality to submit plans to build a braai room on to my house that my sister's living in.  It has taken ages to get to the point of actually having the plans signed and ready to go in and I am very excited to finally get this off my back.  The people I needed to sign the plans before submitting to council, were not very accommodating and while she claimed she was "not being difficult", she was a real pain in my neck.  It meant needing had to get a second set of plans drawn up so that she's happy, but finally she is and has signed.  Today they go in for approval (fingers crossed) and hopefully we'll get them back in about 2 months time.  Gareth's a real handy man, so he's quite keen to get going with the alterations and I can't wait to see it done!  I hope I get invited to the party!

• I'm also going to go to home affairs to apply for a new passport for Jake and I. Ours have both expired and I hate the feeling of not being able to even think about going anywhere.  Not that I can afford to go anywhere right now, I just like knowing I can.

• Jake is spending time with his granny Karen today.  He doesn't know it yet, so will be excited when his auntie drops him off there instead of at home.  I very rarely fetch Jake from school on a Friday.  The whole school comes out at the same time and it's chaos.  Josette goes down early to fetch her girls too, so she usually drops Jake off on her way past.  

• We're supposed to be going to Danie's side this weekend, but it looks like it's going to be a pretty busy weekend, so I'm not quite sure what's on the cards.

• My friend Wes's uncle passed away suddenly earlier in the week and I am thinking about their family and sending much love as they prepare to say their final goodbyes tomorrow.

• I am busy re-decorating Jake's room and really enjoying myself.  It's motivating me to get going on the rest of the house.  It's high time that I actually made it a bit more of a special space for him.  Up until now it's just had a bed/bookshelf/desk combo and a wardrobe shoved full of toys and books and clothes.  I'm going to move some of his things into our spare bedroom, which is pretty much empty at the moment. That'll free up a lot of space for us.  He's chosen a Springbok (our national rugby team) theme, which is a great choice with the world cup starting next month.  There's tons of things available to decorate with and we're having lots of fun.  Jake's been adamant that he wants green and yellow walls to match the theme and I have managed to convince him that's OK if we go very light.  Pictures will follow when we're done, no doubt.

•  Tuesday's a public holiday and Jake's school is closed on Monday.  I've also taken Monday off, giving us a wonderful 4 day weekend to enjoy together.  I have so many fun things that I'd like to do with him, including ice-skating and going to watch Jock of the bushveld.  He's also dying to see the cheetahs and raptors at Spier, so I'm hoping the sun comes out and we can make a turn there.  But, if the weather stays cold, we're going to head off to Ceres to try find the snow for sure!

And that's me and my thoughts.  Hope you are all keeping warm (except you, Lee, hope you're nice and cool) and wishing you all a happy weekend!

Sue XXX