Life must go own, even without electricity...

I haven't written for over a month and what an eventful period of time that has been! I enjoyed an amazing time in the UK-was blessed with a full weekend of beautiful weather for my roadtrip!

Shared our news of the baby with friends and family and was blown away by the love and support-i am blaming pregnancy hormones for the tears! When i look back at our ultrasound pictures form the week for i left Zambia the baby seems so tiny! Now were are at 18 weeks the scans are unbelievable, i am left in awe as the Dr points out little fingers, ribs, pelvis, bladder and legs. The chambers of the heart are just phenomenal, I am in disbelief at the amazing act of creation in my tummy! Still in denial about labour and delivery though, although our due date was changed again, its getting closer!!!

The lack of electricity has been my main barrier to keeping up with the world online, power cuts, with great thanks to the electricity 'supplier' ZESCO have been very sporadic the past 3 weeks, 2/3 hours per day every 2 days or so, with a couple of mammoth 7 hours in daylight with no power. I can cope with this, i like some time with peace and quiet, candles and dinner cooking on the braai but i have to be honest it does make me worry about whether I'll be so calm when the baby arrives. I don't think i can change a nappy under a full beam spotlight with instructions and a diagram let alone in pitch black with a flickering candle i know I'll end up placing 3 metres away due to the fear i'll set fire to something or wax-burn my child! 

its certainly an inconvenience and and annoyance, although thankfully most of the long cuts occur with my darling man is at work and the evening cuts are short enough for him to be distracted by playing with the led-lenser or the puppy! I'm not be a noble-mabel-he hates the power cuts and get very irritated and stressed with the whole thing, can't blame him, i guess I'm just more que sera sera with it. It has meant extra take out pizza for us though, which is never a bad thing! except when they serve you a four SEASONS instead of the four CHEESE you ordered! i have nothing against the artichoke except it does not belong on my pizza!

Judge the dog owner not the breed!

A little bit of a rant, please be patient!

I have a 9 month old Rottweiler, Biggie. He is my pride and joy! He is a full pedigree and i take owning him very seriously. He attends Kennel club with me and we train daily, with a trainer weekly. he is a super puppy with a great personality-he will have a bark at the fence is anyone comes close or knocks on the door, but one word 'enough' from me and he sits and waits. I give him a bone, tell him 'its mine, leave it!' and he does, albeit grudgingly, but he surrenders it!
So imagine my despair and annoyance when Biggie is in the yard between our garage and kitchen (someone was mowing the lawn so he was in puppy prison! and the local neighbourhood (we live in a gated community) pain in the ass jack russell/terrier type dog comes running around, makes a beeline for Big and starts growling, scrappy and literally throwing itself against the bars of the gate. He got a hold of Biggies nose and wouldn't let go! Big was jumping up and down, nose between the bars and this little rat of a dog was holding in! I was screaming at it to 'shoo' and it only left when a bucket of water was thrown over it. I couldn't believe me eyes, i have never seen so much blood, it was pouring out of Biggie, his nose, his face and his tongue. I could hear the owner of the little beast shouting 'whats happened? was he (her rabid little rat) attacked?!' I could hear one of the workers say no, he was biting the Rott! It took ages to stop his bleeding, so much so that Iwas about to put him in the car and drive to the vet.  No to mention the fear that if you let your dog, who you know growls at adults, kids and other dogs, out to roam the streets, can you be sure its fully vaccinated and clean?

That woman is so irresponsible, she opens her gate in the morning, the brat comes out, heads straight for my plot and barks, tries to dig under the garden fence, and is generally a viscous pain near my house and my dog all day. And I mean ALL DAY. The number of times I have tried to shoo it away and it turns at growls at me! Well beaware little dog, if there is a next time I wont be throwing water on you, it will be my size 5 up your bum!

There was so much commotion and I think she heard me loudly remonstrate that no other dogs in the neighbour hood roam the streets causing trouble so why should that one, that I think, judging by the sounds of hammers and nails, that she has secured her garden. About time too.

So I say, don't stereotype the dog, judge the owner. A little dog doesn't necessarily  = a friendly little thing and a heavy, clumsy rottie doesn't always = a beast that will tear through your flesh.

Here is a photo of my baby, you see; he's a softie and I love him! My Biggie Boy! :oP

Wednesday’s child is full of woe

LOST: energy, motivation and enthusiasm

REWARD: meh

I don’t know what is up with me today, I can barely lift my head from my pillow. Got up with OH at 6am, was kinda relived when he said he didn’t want breakfast before work. Had a quick cuddle with the puppy and then bam-woke up at 1245...couldnt face getting out of bed until 2pm. I have zilch energy and even less incentive to get up and shower/cook/hold my head up unsupported.

I cant figure out if I’m exhausted or lazy...i had plans for a long walk with the dog today, make peppercorn sauce and braii some steak for hubby when he comes back from work...to be honest all I want to do is sloop on the the sofa and listen to the nonsense on the crime channels on TV. I am forcing myself to write this blog in the hope it might kick start my behind into gear and I might actually achieve something!

I should be quite excited...in 5 days time I am flying ‘home’! finally got wheels sorted for my time there and a full iternery, but I don’t know, I am just feeling bleh. I am not even excited about packing and ticking off my to do lists...ok I might review my lists, nothing like a good list to get the motivation flowing!

I think I’ll start my lists with a list of lists I’ll need. Here goes:

Lists of lists I’ll use at Home

ü  Shopping list-food I cant find here

ü  Clothes and *baby* shopping (this will most likely put me waaay over my 64kg allowance!)

ü  Food I’ll want to eat

ü  People I’ll want to see

ü  Things I’ll want to do

ü  Money & expenses

ü  Documents to bring back

ü  Photos to print

I like lists. Think I might go do some packing, at least I wont need to worry about taking lots of stuff back-the climate and weather are so different I keep a wardrobe on each continent!

I think I’m going to go and share some humous  and pita with the dog and make a start on those lists!

Kalos Minas! Happy first of the month!

so its the first of May 2012...the month i take the Big Flight Back Home to share the Big News!!! excited much? more like nervous much?! its been so long since i have been home i feel like i am starting out all over again...especially as i literally just sold my car at home and could be without transport as i still cant hire a car yet...stupid endorsement from a lifetime ago...still lets hope something works out as i have a very long weekend of roadtrips planned!

i am still nervously planning on how i am going to share our news...with different people, different scenarios and the risk of different reactions...

New beginnings and old musings...

So i finally have a blog, i am entering the world online... my hopes for this blog are simple-to have a record of thoughts, feelings, views, ideas, images and reflections in a more accesible format than a paper form. i would like to record images, photos, videos and links to detail the journey that i am on...i'd like to follow others and share joys, difficult times, laughs and tears but mainly support.

i also hope to become more techno savvy and computer literate...but one thing at a time, or as they say, baby steps!