Christmas in the Office

We decorated our office with the limited decorations we have in the office. We even have a Christmas tree in the laft corner. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!

Advent 2009

Its started. The most important time in our Christian calender, and also the most special time in my life. I am a absolute sucker for Christmas. Its the best time of the year for me. I listen to Christmas carols in my car, I get all excited and get all happy for no reason. But it is also the most important time of the year for my soul. Its when I reflect on my life over the past year, what I have done to dishonor God. Sometimes its a very sad time, because I remember allot of ugly stuff. Tristan and I joined a church discussion group on Sunday (1st Sunday of Advent), and we will be discussing Luke. Our priest explained how Luke made it very clear that we should live a balanced life. It helps nothing being a very morally strong person, with no compassion for those who fault in our moral framework.

This bugged me a bit, because I know I am not balanced like that at all. If people do not fall within my moral framework, I have zero compassion for them and most often reject them. I need to work on this.

I think it is very apt that we are going to spend the biggest part of advent on a holy pilgrimage. i cant wait to be on the Camino during Christmas. The only thing that really hurts is that I will not see my family before I leave, nor on Christmas. This will be only the second Christmas in my entire 33 years, that I will not spend with my family.....

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The best cricket pitch in the world.

Where else do you have such an amazing view. And the fact that the poms are getting slaughtered helps. Sorry Anthony!

That time of the year

Its that time of the year where I am about to go away on holiday, all the companies I have to call on are in the same holiday mood as I am in, so they don't want to confirm appointments. Therefore I am sitting at work and doing nothing. I am supposed to be catching up on admin. Yea right. My admin has been done for a bout 4 months now. I need some creative ways of looking busy at work, while still having fun and not being bored. HELP ME!!!!

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The Meaning of Christmas

I nearly rolled my car this morning while listening to the radio. Once again the not so clever DJ (Garreth Cliffe), had a woman phone in saying that her daughter got told by a boy slightly older than her that Christmas Father does not exist. She was very upset because she did not want her daughter to loose the "magic" of Christmas. I understand all of this, but what bugged me more than anything, was when the woman said: "my daughter asked me if there is no Father Christmas, what is the point of Christmas, and I had nothing to say to her."...... My first reaction was, why don't you tell her about the birth of Christ you Godless freak!!!!

I really could not understand how there are really people in the world who either do not believe in God or Jesus, or who really did not know that we celebrate Christmas Because of Christ's birth. I mean really CHRISTmas...... Because no matter what you believe, the fact of the matter is that Christmas is a holiday, only because of the birth of Christ, so show some respect, even if you don't believe it.

I have no hope for our Godless nation of people.

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Sleep tight!

This was the face that expressed: 'please don't wake me up now dad!'

My two boys

Even though I will be with at least one of my two boys over December, I will be missing my other boy soooo much, and I know he will be well looked after, but I am still very sad to leave him (and Leche and the cats) at home. He is going to be so depressed.

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Gun Free South Africa

There was a discussion on the radio this morning about a organisation called Gun Free South Africa. They are aiming to stop toy guns to be given to children. So naturally our very intelligent DJ (Gareth Cliffe) gave us his 2c worth opinion and said that giving a child a toy gun is not going to make him / her a criminal. He also said that keeping guns from children is not going solve anything, as they see guns on TV and they know they are around, so we are not guarding them from guns. Once again the stupid blond had missed the point. The point is not to stop them from becoming gangsters, the point is by not introducing our children to guns from a young age, we could possible create a society where adults believe that guns are dangerous and kill people, but that it is something that they don't want or need in their lives. Nobody is trying to guard children from guns or trying to manipulate their gangster tendencies. Organisations like these are working towards creating a culture of where we reject guns in our lives. To top it all, some wanker from Parow or the East Rand no doubt, called in and said he will never give up his gun because the criminals are waiting for people to give up their guns so they can attack. WAKE UP YOU IDIOT. How do you think illegal guns get to go into circulation. A doos like you gets mugged and your gun gets stolen from you!!!!

I get very upset with gun wielding freaks. I think guns are the second most destructive invention ever, and the inventor should have been hanged for which craft before they patented the gun. The first is of course the atomic bomb, and they should have been locked up in stead of given a Nobel prize.

And in case anybody wonders, I grew up with guns in our home and my father and I went hunting often so I know my way around a gun....I still hate them.

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My hills treat for a sun spot

My two dogs will do anything for a litte spot in the sun. Complete sun worshipers. Its so unlike me. However they don't really like it when it is too hot either!

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Very funny