Stormy weather continues. We're in the midst of a weeklong deluge, the temperature now is a balmy 8.8C. Apparently there are/were 4 cold fronts moving through the area this week. We're on number 3 or 4 now and we've had massive amounts of rain, thunder and lightning, even some hail. The sun continues to shine every twenty minutes or so between rain showers though which is ironic. Rugby for Henry was cancelled today and tomorrow due to heavy flooding. I can only imagine how the temporary housing has held up in the low lying areas.
I've been trying to read as many SA authors as I can find, moving from popular writers through to more acclaimed Booker and Nobel prize winners such as JM Coetzee. John van de Ruit writes a hilarious take on boarding school called "Spud" which I've bought and will bring back to Canada for anyone who wants to borrow it. Think MCI.
The weekend should be fun, we're invited out for supper tomorrow and then Isabel's dedication in Stellenbosch on Sunday.

A Day in The Life of...
6:20. wake up, hit the shower. Make lunches and breakfast.
7:20. on the way to schools...drop off Katy at 7:35, Henry at 7:55.
8:30. get home, make coffee (rooibos for Harry).
9:00. drink coffee, read books, play Uno, cars
10:00 eat yogurt enriched with Pro-Nutro cereal
10:15. run errands, buy groceries, eat snack.
12:00 eat lunch
12:45 drive to Henry's school and play at playground until Henry is ready.
1:10. arrive home and get Henry to do homework and reading.
2:10. Carla goes to pick Katy up or else starts to work at home while I walk to get Katy.
except on Tuesdays and Thursday when she has hockey or Wednesday when Henry has hockey and Friday when she gets picked up at 12:30.
anytime during day. start working on supper.
5:00. finish supper and start getting ready to eat.
6:15. sit on couch as Carla does dishes.
8:00 kids in bed. sit on couch again. read.
10:00 brush teeth and go to bed.

Most days are similar, some are different. Today I read in the paper of 50-60 foot waves that were being surfed on in Hout Bay. There is a 24 hour notice that surfers around the world get called to surf on these immense waves. Hopefully that arrives soon, we'd love to go watch. Check out this webpage...

Great weekend it was, but over too fast.
Saturday morning, Katy and I rushed out to Pick'n'Pay to retrieve the final installment of the Harry Potter series. We were expecting a hoarde of people, but we only met Heather from church in line to pick it up. Luckily there was a price war and they were selling it below cost. I think Katy is almost halfway through, since she was interupted in her reading by our trip on Sunday and a sleepover on Saturday night.
We had a very nice Saturday visiting a market downtown in Greenmarket Square, then over to get some hot Samoosas and to eat them at the waterfront with Marion and Ricardo. I've posted pictures. We ate and watched some Xhosa dancers, a fire thirsty lambada dancer and a clown. we also found these baby seals under the dock that runs the boats to Robben Island (where Nelson Mandela was imprisoned).
On Sunday after church we called on Crawford, a student from Princeton Theological Seminary who is doing an internship at Mowbray to visit Simon's Town with us. He was excited about the prospect of seeing whales. We didn't see any but did have a nice time and then a nice meal at Spur later on.
Happ 12th birthday to Mac, my first nephew on the 22nd!!! We would've loved to watch your baseball tourney this weekend.
Thanks to all those who are encouraging this blog...gives me a reason to keep posting our antics.