tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40422401515201577032024-03-05T19:50:15.736+02:00Doodles of a journoTamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.comBlogger576125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-23058247305082507722014-06-13T12:34:00.002+02:002014-06-13T12:34:14.134+02:00Testing, testing... 123...Anyone still out there?Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-53295082155865010662011-11-30T14:25:00.001+02:002011-11-30T15:04:11.026+02:00Christmas CupcakesFor my church small group's last meeting for 2011 tonight:
Not nearly as professional as those made by The Cupcake Lady or Yummy Mummy, but they'll have to do.
I went with blue and red instead of green and red just for a change from the Christmas paraphernalia. They have caramel hidden centres. They took me forever - I forgot how sticky plastic icing gets. I've only worked with it once beforeTamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-25074121601845209192011-11-25T15:15:00.001+02:002011-11-25T15:16:17.473+02:00Frustrated on a Friday......By people who think I work for them when I don't.
I swear I have a sign on my head saying "Expect me to do your job for you".
Grrr.
That is all.
Have a good weekend. I'm going to find some wine.Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-69311351530271440912011-11-17T18:20:00.001+02:002011-11-17T18:26:08.335+02:00Right now......All I want to do is something creative. It's like the annoying mosquito bite on my ankle - an itch that just won't stop. I've made heaps of jewellery, but I'm looking forward to a point in time when writing gets less hectic so that I can wrap some presents, make some cards and do some general "prettifying". I also need to do a little sewing and baking. If I can just hold out a bit longer!
Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-26372930838553224752011-11-11T15:45:00.001+02:002011-11-11T16:05:56.698+02:00Happy 11/11/11I am so glad the week is over, although the weekend looks pretty exhausting too. I need to do some work and sort out my tax documents for my accountant (blergh) and we also have lots of social stuff planned and then quite a serious meeting with some of our church elders to discuss some niggles on Sunday afternoon (not looking forward to that).
What I am looking forward is spending 11/11/11 eve Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-65475087337312148472011-11-09T10:15:00.000+02:002011-11-09T10:26:02.366+02:00Multimedia PostFirst, you HAVE to watch this super awesome music video made with jelly bean stop-animation (yes, you read that right):
Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-88249909861094339242011-11-04T14:25:00.001+02:002011-11-04T14:25:59.955+02:00Long overdue catch-up postIt's that insanely busy time of the year where freelancers are trying to make enough money to get through December and January, when the industry goes dead for two months. This means I've been working every hour that is sent and still struggling to fit everything in. Hence the lack of blogging.
Thankfully my huge 6 600-word report is done and dusted. Now it's just the client amendments and Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-39847107629698459492011-10-31T18:55:00.004+02:002011-10-31T18:55:50.415+02:00Forget Halloween......It's my fourth blog birthday today.
That's right - four years ago on 31 October, I randomly decided to start a blog. And it's been some ride.
Thanks for reading. Will be back with a proper post as soon as I get a chance to breathe. So much I want to blog about!
Enjoy your trick or treating.Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-41804530769477291852011-10-20T13:00:00.002+02:002011-10-20T13:01:00.181+02:00R12 a day: Day 4This is my last day of doing the challenge because we fly out to Cape Town this evening (woo hoo!) and we'll miss the final day of R12 a day tomorrow.
Last night's dinner with our small group went well. They all brought their R4 and we served soup with bread and then jelly for dessert.
For the soup, I bought a sachet of Creamy Chicken Soup powder. I fried up the one and a half big onions we hadTamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-8859672767243100792011-10-19T13:51:00.000+02:002011-10-19T13:51:15.697+02:00R12 a day: Day 3I have new empathy with those who live on less than R12 a day and have to visit the shops. Last night, I went in to PnP to buy a sachet of mix-up juice powder, which we decided would be better than tea (seeing we haven't budgeted for milk). They cost R2.50 and make 1litre of juice.
It was before we'd started cooking supper (homemade potato gnocchi with tomato and onion sauce) and I was hungry. Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-61046227454873433832011-10-18T11:32:00.001+02:002011-10-18T11:32:23.879+02:00R12 a day: Day TwoOne thing I forgot to mention about the R12 a day challenge yesterday is that I'm so grateful that I'm married to TSC and we can each have R12 a day. This challenge s really tough for single people. We've encouraged members of our small group to club together so that they can get a greater variety of ingredients. According to the rules we have to cost for whole items. In other words, you can't Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-29934200665918651482011-10-17T16:41:00.002+02:002011-10-18T09:47:46.142+02:00R12 a day: Day 1I'm doing the R12 a day challenge. If you'd like to know more about how you can do the challenge or if you want to donate money towards food for those in my church living below the bread line, please mail me at doodlesofajourno at gmail dot com.
Here's the menu for the next few days:
Today:
Breakfast: mealie meal porridge
Snack: banana
Lunch: 2min noodles
Supper: spaghetti with soya mince and Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-39807132334541455022011-10-14T14:24:00.002+02:002011-10-14T14:24:51.914+02:00R12 a day challengeMy church has issued a challenge to its members to feed ourselves each on R12 a day from 17 to 21 October. Here's a bit about the R12 a day challenge:
Why R12 a day? The World Bank defines ‘extreme poverty’ as living on less than US $1.25 or R12 per day.
In support of ‘World Food Day’ on the 16TH October and ‘International Day for the Eradication of Poverty’ on the 17TH October.
Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-89711679804070945772011-10-13T12:05:00.000+02:002011-10-13T12:05:19.100+02:00Still hereIt's just been... manic, sad, hard...
I've been quite sick. I had terrible gastro. It started last week Tuesday morning. By Friday, I thought I was better, until I got on the bus for the Coldplay concert on Saturday and threw up again. Sorry to everyone who was on that bus with me. They all probably thought I was drunk. In actual fact, I think it was the smell of all the booze and smoke that setTamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-39389597616597663152011-10-04T09:16:00.000+02:002011-10-04T09:16:09.859+02:00RIP little JenniferMy heart is crushed today. Two of our dear supper club friends were expecting their little girl - their first child - to arrive this week. We had dinner with them on Sunday afer church and laughed together about nappy duty and our nicknames for her.
Less than 24hours later, baby Jennifer died after a tight knot in her umbilical cord cut off her blood supply.
Her poor parents are broken. My Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-50004984798703848542011-09-27T13:48:00.001+02:002011-09-27T13:48:50.162+02:00Was it something I said?Where did you all go? Seriously. Am I talking (writing) to myself?
Don't reduce me to begging you for comment love. Please.
I'll try to be more interesting, promise. I'll write about sex, drugs and rock n roll. No, I won't actually. I'll continue writing about my cats, my work and other (apparently not very) scintillating aspects of my life. Whether you comment or not.
But comments would be Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-12916046081855502652011-09-23T12:34:00.004+02:002011-09-23T12:36:12.484+02:00Stuff
There are a lot of birthdays in September. All the New Years' babies... Flip. You're bankrupting me, people!
We have a charity ball tonight. I can't wait. It's themed too. I love dressing up! Must remember to take my camera.
It's a busy weekend. We also have a friend's 30th bday bash tomorrow (the third this month) and then our church small group is refurbishing a room at the children's home we Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-61380654300262178612011-09-19T17:00:00.001+02:002011-09-19T17:01:01.735+02:00Perfect weekendThis weekend was one of those rare occasions where we managed the perfect blend of socialising and chilling. We haven't had a non-frantic weekend in months, so we really enjoyed it.
Supper Club was at our house on Friday night and I made a few things from one of Jamie's 30-Minute Meals menus, expressly ignoring his advice to not mix and match menus, and then put together a few of my own Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-78268386230508344582011-09-16T12:43:00.000+02:002011-09-16T12:43:09.400+02:00Spring flowers
Snapped in my garden this week... I hope to spend some time there this weekend. Have a good one.
Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-10344471650336884672011-09-14T16:22:00.000+02:002011-09-14T16:22:11.543+02:00A rant on writingI love writing. I really do. Sometimes I forget this (usually when I'm 3000 words into a report on a boring subject like mining legislation and have lost my sense of humour a wee bit).
Writing, however, really is a weird job. There's a whole bunch of people who think that anyone can be a writer and can't see the need to hire someone with a journalism or copy writing qualification to do the work.Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-15704011444162882062011-09-09T13:12:00.000+02:002011-09-09T13:13:12.783+02:00Itchy feetI don't know if it's as a result of being stuck in my house while the renovations took place, or if it's just that time of year, but I am desperate (DESPERATE) for a break. Like everyone else I guess.
It does not help that we've been invited to a destination wedding in the very furthest part of the Kruger in December and I've been checking out pics of the camp on the web. It's going to be Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-26999150271606929912011-09-06T15:20:00.012+02:002011-09-07T11:05:48.805+02:00Before and AfterIt's taken me long enough, but I can finally show you some renovation pics!Bathroom:When our house was built, the owners at the time decided to change the plans for the en-suite bathroom in the main bedroom. They were elderly and didn't want a bath, so they built a wall in the middle of the room that would be the bathroom and installed only a shower, toilet and single basin, using the other half Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-29098680208381523972011-09-01T10:56:00.002+02:002011-09-01T10:57:03.061+02:00Flip!Can the world please slow down? Just for a second?
I just need a second to stop for breath.
Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-34556549611234232442011-08-25T11:24:00.000+02:002011-08-26T15:30:23.235+02:00It's been a week already......Since I last blogged. Crazy.
Here's a quick update of what's been potting:
It was my bday on Sat and I got spoilt rotten. TSC surprised me with my gift (for almost the first time ever - usually I know exactly what I'm getting). He gave me this:
He already got us Cold Play tickets awhile back, seeing they are my fave band ever, so I feel very blessed with my "bonus" present Jamie book and Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4042240151520157703.post-41394327230253286162011-08-19T16:54:00.000+02:002011-08-19T16:55:14.308+02:00Bullet point updatesHello! Been desperate to blog all week and catch up on my reading, but it's been more of the same manic pace, I'm afraid.
So here are some quick bullet points:
It's my birthday tomorrow. Renovations were supposed to be complete by then, but alas it was not to be. The cupboard guy's materials were delayed, so he can only come on Thursday. But the new carpets are in and they look amazing! And Tamarahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13875207633073348136noreply@blogger.com14