Sniffle
I had an interesting indecent about a week ago with a rat. Anyone who knows me also knows that I actually have no problems with bugs or rats or mice or snakes or anything of the sort. I think this is mainly because of Daniel who owed 1 rat and two mice. All who suffered horrible deaths..but that`s another story. Anyways, one day I was suffering in 38degree weather and was in dire need of some sort of refreshment. Considering I was working on the computer at the same time (and keeping in my my past history of laptops and beverages) I chose the smartest option and opted to take a bottle with a lid that shuts! Ingenious. Sadly, as I reached into the cupboard unawares I grab a bottle and proceed to pick it up. It was surprisingly heavy. Then...it started to move. Then I screamed (yes..I screamed...a very girlish sort of scream. I`m not proud.) Emily came running. The hilarious part was that she didn`t come very close because she was afraid of whatever it was. Later when I asked her why she said she thought maybe it was a cape cobra (a HIGHLY toxic snakes..kills in 15 min) and opted to keep her distance. I laughed and said, 'so if it was a cape cobra would you just have left me?' She responded by saying that it was better for one of us to die then both...good answer...I guess. Anyways, I was busy calmly reassuring emily that it was just a mouse (because it was quite small) and that I`m sure it was harmless but just in case it carried diseases we shouldn`t touch it. What a wise auntie I am. The girls of course were completely grossed out. You can totally tell this is a family that grew up with all girls...they don`t tolerate bugs. They don`t play with bugs, they don`t touch bugs, and they REALLY DON`T LIKE BUGS. I`ve been trying to explain that a spider has done nothing wrong in life other that born ugly..which really isn`t it`s fault if you think about it. However, the girls are having non of it and I`m not allowed to release the spider outside (in case it comes crawling back) but HAVE to kill it. This is sad for me..I don`t like killing anything. Especially innocent spiders.
This is the baby rat that I mistook for a mouse :P
Just this past saturday (March 5) was the Swim Gala nearby our house. It`s a competition between the two schools Huron and GLB. It was really great to go and watch because the girls were having TONS of fun and Esther won one of her races. This is really exciting mainly because everyone here has swimming lessons in school so at the beginning of this year Emily and Esther were a little behind. Now they`re catching up because they`re such quick learners (they get it from their tannie lollos :D) and are doing well for themselves! I had fun ``watching.`` Albert came because he was bored so we actually spent most of that time socializing instead of watching. But it was all in good fun and we really enjoyed ourselves. The rest of the day was spent in a complicated clash of events. At 8:30 I could either attend a Chrismar Bazaar or the Swim Gala. We had to watch the arsenal game (soccer) at 5:00 of COURSE. Later on that evening we had the option of a Braai at the Luijks with Lengkeeks, hanging out with one of my friend Janika, or heading to my friend Roberts for a braai as well. In an attempt to cover most areas we ended up going to the swim gala, watching soccer at my friend pieters, heading to Henri`s (Luijks) for a quick braai dinner, and finally heading to Roberts. Twas a very busy evening but very enjoyable as well :)
Finally I thought I would post a couple random pictures.
Crafts! This is the volunteering that I do at Chrismar. The old ladies are really sweet! :D
This was at the Luijks family get together which was pretty busy :) Made me think of my huge family back home!
oh darn it. Forgot to spell check again.
ReplyDeleteK the school is Hebron* not Huron. It's incident in paragraph 2...along with probably a lot of other spelling errors. heehee woops
LOL, it's a good thing you have your little nieces here to take care of their innocent Auntie. Spiders here are not harmless and cute. Many of them have toxic and deadly venom in their bites. The girls kill them with a big shoe to protect you, and do not let them loose outside as they might crawl into your bed and bite your foot which would swell to the size of a watermelon! The small ones are also not cute, they eventually grow into big and savage ones... I bet sisters Karen and Sara would also disagree with you on this one. :-)
ReplyDeleteAlso, awesome braai picture of Oom Hans! Sweet grill-work my friend, you are a master of the art of braai! That was the best fillet (steak) ever!