I haven’t done this meme in a while, and I’m literally bursting with random things that are not big enough for a post
I’m driving to Dullstroom tomorrow for a wedding. I’m really really not looking forward to the drive, because I’m going on my own… but the wedding will be gorgeous.
I’ve been invited to the long-service awards at work… just the thought that I’ve been working at a company long enough for an award makes me feel old
My hair looks much better when it’s really short… and this week I dyed it a purply shade of red
I’ve lost touch with most of my friends now I’m quite sad about it but I seriously have no time for myself let alone phoning someone to chat.
I hate randomly chatting to someone… I can never think of anything to say
I haven’t got a clue what to buy the kids for Christmas this year.
We’re trying to plan our big bucket list trip for next year… it was going to be Vic Falls, but that’s ended up being too expensive. Now we’re thinking Mauritius, but OMG that’s so expensive in April!
Did you know it would cost us R50k to get to New Zealand to visit Michelle (Lance’s sister) and Marlise… that’s JUST for the flights!! Holy moly I had no idea it would be that expensive!
I just love getting the Yuppiechef emails… and I want this new toy… a Zoku Quick Pop Maker. How cool is that?! (excuse the cheesy pun)
I can’t concentrate on my editing tonight, and didn’t take a photo so can’t blog on my photoblog… so what’s a girl to do, other than find a few random thoughts to blog about here…
- I’m so looking forward to my Cape Town trip. I’m going down to take photos of my aunt (who VERY excitingly has been given the ALL CLEAR by the oncologist this week). I’m so thrilled!! And I’m going to visit my other aunt and uncle in Hermanus too. And then, because my weekend isn’t full enough yet, and you know how much I like relaxing… I thought it would be an excellent opportunity to meet up with some Cape Town peeps… so the plan is to meet up with a whole pile of you on Sunday morning at 10am somewhere in Cape Town. Please please please say you want to meet me and I’ll set up up a tweetup or something.
- I was proud of myself last night ‘cos I set up Mailchimp for a friend last night, and I designed a cool voucher for her using my images from her shoot… oh and by the way, my friend Mandy (of So Divine! fame) is having another pop-up shop next week in Bryanston, details are on her Facebook page.
- I’m chomping at the bit waiting to see the boudoir photos!! Oooh and excitingly, I’ve booked a boudoir shoot today, so my plans for next year seem to be starting to take shape… with 3 boudoir shoots booked for the next few months already.
- I feel so guilty about leaving the kids alone with Lance for the whole weekend, so I’m taking Friday and Monday off to be with them.
- Cameratek will be seeing me on Friday… I still haven’t got my 50mm f1.4 fixed… I tweeted about that drama… it stopped working even though it’s only 14 months old
- I’ve been invited to attend the African Fashion shindig tomorrow night as a guest of Intel!! How cool!! So I’m doing a spot of shopping in the morning at So Divine’s shop to find a little funky something to wear… Mandy was wearing the most awesome LBD today from SLICK and I think I really need it!
- I turned down 2 shoots in the last week because I decided that type of photography wasn’t my strong suit very proud of myself for saying no.
- Canon announced their new flagship camera, the 1D X … OMW I would LOVE it. However, not sure where I’ll get the $6800 by March 2012 You should see the video of the shutter speed! OMG! Ooh and the ISO!! Wow!
- On our next date night, I’m definitely booking at La Cucina di Ciro in Parktown North, their food at this weekend’s wedding was sublime!
- I’ve been watching so many videos lately explaining why photogs need to increase their pricing… so I’m really tempted to hike mine again.
- I read a very eye opening blog post on one of my usual financial blogging haunts this morning about an estimate of 150000 jobs that will be lost in the financial sector in London in the next while. Really sobering. And yes, I not only have about 200 photography and lifestyle and mommy blogs on my blog reader, I have work related ones too
Told ya it was random
Anyhoo, hope you read to the end… PLEASE don’t forget to let me know if you want to meet me in Cape Town this weekend!!
WOW!! Just wow at the response to the giveaway on my blog… thanks all for the interest. And most importantly, thanks to Southern Sun for offering this stunning evening as a giveway
I’ve drawn the number in the most random way possible…
And the winner is… Cheryl!!
I’ll be in contact with you via email
Follow Southern Sun on their Facebook page and on their Twitter handle… they often have information on shows like this, and even more giveaways
Woot!! I have a giveaway!! And it’s to one of my favourite types of performances too… a dance show!!
Southern Sun has given me one set of tickets (2 tickets) to the Riverdance show at Montecasino on Wednesday night (12 October 2011) to give away to one of my esteemed blog readers. It’ll be a perfect reason to leave the kids with a babysitter and go on a well deserved date night
Because all parents need a date night, I’m going to make this really easy….
To enter, leave a comment below. Extra entries will be given to those that tweet about the giveaway, just add another comment with a link to the tweet.
I’ll be drawing the lucky entry at 4:30pm today
Show: Riverdance (JHB Only)
Date: 12th October 2011
Tickets: 1 set of double tickets (ie: 2 tickets – perfect for couples)
If you’re lugging around a laptop bag that looks like a handbag, then don’t carry a handbag too… you look like a fool (just something I noticed at work this morning)
Woolies needs to sell nicer vest tops. I’m tired of the shoe string strap ones that Woolies has sold for the last 10 years (or so it feels), I want the more funky, more “in” vests to wear under sleeveless dresses/tops. I want to be able to wear a bra without the straps sticking out. Woolies, you’re forcing me to buy wardrobe staples from Mr Price, and their quality is not great even though their price of R35 for a sleeveless vest is amazing!
On the subject of clothes, I love love love Tashkaya’s and Slick’s clothes now that I’ve done a shoot with their clothes for Mandy. Now Tashkaya has the most amazing vests… the fabric is awesome and they’re long so they don’t ride up (I have a grey one)!
My career is going to change soon, that’s inevitable, the direction however is completely unknown right now and it’s stressing me completely.
I haven’t taken a photo since Sunday. I can’t remember when last I didn’t use my camera for 5 days.
Taking photos for myself, and my art, is becoming more of a need… I miss it.
I haven’t done anything about my bucket list again… ho hum…
It was hectic this weekend… and I’m determined to learn something from everything that happened, so lets see if I can get a lesson spin on the chaos that ensued.
1. To say you’re going to get a rape survivor kit together is easy, to do it is another thing (I donated one at the Slutwalk that took place this weekend). I found myself thinking about every single item that I bought for the bag… and the bag itself. Would the person like the bag? Would they even want to keep it after the reason they got it? Is yellow a good colour for a facecloth, maybe it’s too pale considering what you’re trying to clean from your body? I settled on a nice moisturising soap, after thinking that I’d want to scrub my body raw and I wanted to get something that would help her skin. I bought lip-ice even though it wasn’t on the list, that’s what I’d like after crying a lot. The gift that I added was a scarf, a really soft one that she could wrap around her body for more comfort. It was quite an exercise and made me really think.
2. Threatening to not give Connor pocket money is now not working. He was in top form this weekend, and even ran riot in the shops with a Woolies basket which he walked around Woolies with, using it like a crutch… he had his one foot inside it and clomped around the entire shop shouting his head off… and when I got it away from him he just lay on the ground in the middle of the aisle and refused to move. And that was the start of the weekend.
3. I’m not superwoman after all. After literally running most of the slutwalk trying to take photos, I actually collapsed in a heap after getting home. We were supposed to go to Wenchy’s house… and I cancelled and had a nap instead. Lance told me I looked like hell… he’s nice hey?!
4. The dogs make me feel so very guilty for not taking them for walks often enough. Some days Kimo just looks at me and whines it breaks my heart. I just don’t have the time to take them to Walkhaven and they’re too strong for me on the road if they haven’t been walked for a while. Lance took them for a run this evening though, so hopefully I’ll cope with them this week
5. I’m feeling cut off from friends right now. Every invitation we get, Lance is either working or I am, and we don’t get to see anyone… and the kids are now having such boring weekends. This is not going to get better in the bear future either, considering the number of weddings I have booked.
6. I need to sleep some more, but I have so much editing to get through
My mom‘s carrot cake is the shizz… especially when you get a take-home piece to eat after a long day of photoshoots!
I noticed a new patch of gray hair this week
I’m SO looking forward to my boudoir shoot next month. Quite anxious about being on the other side of the camera, but it will only make me a better photographer
I would love to get a new house and not have to worry about changing our current place, and I would love to live on a quiet road where the kids can go cycling on the road.
I have something big I have to do next week, just need to get the courage to do it. Or maybe the following week.
A big shopping spree would be really appreciated right about now.
It’s raining as I type this. The first beautiful rain of summer… with accompanying thunder and lightning.
And the smell is just glorious. There’s nothing better after a dry Highveld winter than the smell of wet earth during the first rains of the season.
And what also happens is that Twitter explodes (yes, Joburgers are mad that way, we get excited and just tweet about supposedly random stuff)… and Facebook does a sad whimper of a catchup about half an hour later. Everyone wakes up and starts tweeting and trying to first figure out whether they actually heard thunder or whether it was in their imagination… and then the word spreads and you try to work out whether it’s close to you or widespread… trying to work out whether you’ll actually get rain.
And then you smile… raindrops
Summer has arrived!!
Now we’ll start getting jacarandas blooming, and green grass and loads of roses and day lilies and we’ll have cleaner skies and the brown haze on the horizon will disappear.
Just trying to ignore the fact that I’ll have to start watching weather again for my photoshoots
I’m quite sad about it but I seriously have no time for myself let alone phoning someone to chat.
Did you know it would cost us R50k to get to New Zealand to visit Michelle (Lance’s sister) and Marlise… that’s JUST for the flights!! Holy moly I had no idea it would be that expensive!
