Day in the Life of Jeandre

I was tagged by Claudelle from The World in the eyes of Brothers:
"A Day In The Life Of 'My Child/Pets Name.'" Add the 5 people you have tagged in your blog and beneath add the person who tagged you. If you'd like to participate, please leave me a message on my blog http://jaridcaydon.blogspot.com with your blog address. You can also advertise it on your blog and if you know someone who would like to participate in something like this, pass the word around. You don't have to be on the list to participate, the list is just a guidline of who will be interested in it. Hope we can have fun reading the stories and seeing cute pictures. Have a Lovely Day. Thanks Claudelle

Tuesday night:
Yippeeeeeee, I got a great big box to play in




I took a photo of Gran, she is visiting us.

Love the purple scarf she is knitting.

Hmmmmm, I wish it was for me.


Wednesday Morning

Gran woke me up too early when she went to the bathroom.
so I decided to get right back into bed with mom and dad.


What! Oh NO

Not while I am dressing mom!








Getting some fruit for snacks for drive to Hermanus.
This is my best friend Bobo. He is also six years old and his from China.
He says that China looks like a chicken in the map book.









Got binoculars - Hope we see some whales. But first I have a nap.











Man, I am hot and I so borrrrrrrred. No whales.


Coool water fountain in the coffee.

Daddy bought us sherbet and Bow and arrow














Its just too windy to play with them.





















All this climbing, walking and driving is really making me sleepy.










Tag:
1. Opinion Minions
2. Addies Ramblings
3. Amy's Random Thoughts
4. The Buzz Queen
5. Two Moms in a Blog (Heidi and Crystal)

The Book Quiz

You're Babar the King!

by Jean de Brunhoff

Though your life has been filled with struggle and sadness of late,
you're personally doing quite well for yourself. All this success brings responsibility,
though, and should not be taken lightly. Life has turned from war to peace, from damage
to reconstruction, and this brings a bright new hope for everyone you know. These hopeful
people look to you for guidance, and your best advice to them is to watch out for snakes.
You're quite fond of the name "Celeste".


Take the Book Quiz
at the Blue Pyramid.

Awards

Don't you just love awards. I do. Its almost as good as getting comments. knowing that someone out there is wanting to interact and share their thoughts.

"As it goes, schmoozing is the natural ability “to converse casually, especially in order to gain an advantage or make a social connection.” Good schmoozers effortlessly weave their way in and out of the blogsphere, leaving friendly trails and smiles, happily making new friends along the way. They don’t limit their visits to only the rich and successful, but spend some time to say hello to new blogs as well. They are the ones who engage others in meaningful conversations, refusing to let it end at a mere hello - all the while fostering a sense of closeness and friendship".

Thank you Whenn from Opinion Minions for honouring me with this award.

I would like to honour:

Addie @ Addie’s Random Ramblings

Heidi @ Two Moms in a Blog

Amy @ Amy's Random Thoughts

Kelly @ Kellyology

jams o donnell @ The Poor Mouth

Modern Goddess

Free association # 4

Back online.

Unconscious Mutterings by Luna.

1. Situation ::impossible, excuse
   
2. Theme song :: Man from at Atlantis
   
3. Kelly :: Kellyology
   
4. Club :: Med, dancing
   
5. Swerve :: miss
   
6. Couch ::potato
7. Bigfoot :: Bear
   
8. Arbitrary :: anything can happen
   
9. Inventor :: miracle worker
   
10. Blazer :: razor, school
    

Newbie Quick Rating swap ONLINE

Open to everyone. Swap Bot

This is a very simple swap. For this swap you will have 6 partners and you will send them the following via email:

1. one of your favourite recipes
2. a favourite or helpful www link
3. one picture of anything you find important, special or beautiful. (Please use discretion and let's not send nasty or nude photos, thanks!)

Now just choosing one thing is tricky.

WW 18

My daughter caught her first fish.

Friends made at the camp site.
Muscle used as bait.

After just a mere 20minutes the BIG FISH was caught.
We released it back into the wild of course.

WW # 11

I have maintained my weight at 103kg lost more 1cm around the waist. This is miracle. The last two and half weeks I lost focus of my eating and did not implement the 4 Day Win Principles. Exercise 2-3 times a week has helped to maintain my weight. Now is time to get back on track and step up the pace.

One of my challenges is choosing how to reward myself after 4 Days.

Any suggestions on what you would do? No food rewards.

Put Some Bling in Your Music

Host Blog: An Island Review
Deadline to Enter: July 13, 2007
Prize: Retractable MP3 Earphones with Swarovski Crystals (value $50)

Listening never looked so good! Be the envy of all your friends with this hot new style of earphones. These are stereo quality and work with Ipod, portable stereo, or computer audio system. Genuine pink Swarovski crystals.

How to Enter:

1. Mention this contest on your blog with a link back to this post.
2. Leave a comment below as to why you think you should win the bling (your comments will not increase you chances of winning but it should be fun to see what people say).
   
3. A random winner will be selected on July 14th and contacted via email.

Good luck!

Winter Camping

Surviving the night-time. It was not as bad as we expected. The first night was cold, the second was warmer. The old stove that we made a fire in brought back lots of memories for my mom. We were unaware of the stove - we wasted money bag a huge bag of wood for an outside fire.

Tomorrow you will see the evidence of my daughters first fishing expedition.

South Africa Day # 9

Scroll down for the Wonder of the Winter West Coast

Tietiesbaai (adequately translated: Breast Bay?). They say it’s named after the voluptuous curve of the bay, or a suggestively shaped boulder on the hill, or maybe even a fisherman named Titus who used to live there.

Paternoster

White washed fishermen’s’ cottages sit side by side with newer holiday homes in this small fishing village. Thanks to the Atlantic Ocean summer is cooled by a fresh sea breeze and a plunge into the bracing water wakes up every nerve in your body. their morning expeditions and buy the fish of the day, guaranteed fresh.

The nature reserve lies to the south of the town, with the Cape Columbine lighthouse (named after the wreck of the Early risers can meet the small fishing boats when they return from barque Columbine in 1829) marking a navigational point for ships approaching from Europe and America. The last manned lighthouse to be built in South Africa in 1936.

The Lisboa wrecked on Soldiers Reef – Paternoster: On 23 October 1910, the Lisboa ran aground on Soldiers Reef near Paternoster. The wreck of the Lisboa is particularly interesting because it was the first occasion on the South African coast on which radio telegraphy was used to summon help by a ship in distress.

Wonder of the Winter West Coast

Wonder of the West Coast
Ours is the land where the songs of the sea
fill weary souls and set them free
Ours is the land where a rising tide
spreads out its splendour on white sands so wide
Ours it the land where the seagull's cry
echoes through pictures of a painted sky,
enhancing the scenes of boats on a bay
with hulls hanging low from the catch of the day
Ours is the land where flora makes fun
turning fragrant faces to the stance of the sun
Ours is the land where riches and gold
are found in the truth of stories untold
of ancient ships which had passed by long ago
leaving rusted wrecks far away down below
Ours is the land of the wide West Coast wonder
where cosy bays cluster to beaches down yonder,
where the folks are awaiting you with a smile
to welcome you in unique West Coast style
So come to the land and see that it's true
'cause we want to share all our beauty with you
Come join in the harvest of our sundrenched sea
which the Lord had provided for you and for me.

---- Esta Steyn ----- from Wide Blue - The Voice of the South African West Coast

Free association # 3

Unconscious Mutterings by Luna

1. Happen ::again and again, forget about it
   
2. Terribly :: horrible, sad
   
3. History ::will repeat itself, interesting, in the past, learn from it, important
   
4. Master :: at least one thing, servant
   
5. Petrified ::scary, petri dish
   
6. Moan :: groan
   
7. Attack ::no one
   
8. Picture :: visualise
   
9. Students ::pain, fun,irritating
   
10. Potter ::clay, mould, create
    

Free association is described as a "psychonanalytic procedure in which a person is encouraged to give free rein to his or her thoughts and feelings, verbalizing whatever comes into the mind without monitoring its content." Over time, this technique is supposed to help bring forth repressed thoughts and feelings that the person can then work through to gain a better sense of self.

That's an admirable goal, but for the purposes of this excercise, we're just hoping to have a little fun with the technique. Each week I'll post ten words to which you can respond to with the first thing that comes to mind.

"Rules are, there are no rules." There are no right or wrong answers. Don't limit yourself to one word responses; just say everything that pops into your head. AND you don't have to have your words up on Sunday. Take all week if you want!

Trip to the West Coast

From Somerset West to Paternoster about a 160-180km journey.

It was a lot greener than I expected, considering we are in the middle of winter.

This was in the the Spar in Darling.

Me, mom and daughter at the Beach Camp

The view from our camp site.

Cape Columbine Nature Reserve

The Beach Camp

I choose

I have chosen the title of this blog entry from the song I choose by India Arie - I have not heard the song yet. I do find the lyrics very appropriate to my thought patterns at the moment.

I have been struggling with a sense of dissatisfaction and brooding unhappiness. Just there under the surface waiting to erupt. Nothing particular right or wrong. Every now and again probably at least once a year I become upset with myself because there is nothing in particular that I really feel passionate about. I don't feel like I am living and experiencing life to its fullest.

I remember being a teenager and complaining to my mother that I was not good at anything - I cam e second in class, second or third in the sports I played and I didn't even have a boyfriend!

I have complained about the number of different courses that i have studied, now I teach many different subjects but I don't feel like I am expert in any.(Reminds me of a song in Fiddler on the Roof - a little bit of this and little bit of that.......).

Last I decided on a project I would do this year - I was very excited about it but somehow things have not fallen into place and I don't feel like i am in control - its all fallen flat on the ground.

Can safety and passion exist in the same room or are they mutually exclusive?

Self-empowerment

Setting Personal Boundaries

Setting Boundaries appropriately

Back to reality

Back to reality and it ain't a pretty sight.

hehehe.

Wasn't there a song....let me quickly look it up in google. Oh yes... George Michael - my best friend Claire really liked him.

George Michael
Back To Life

(Soul II Soul)

Back to life, back to reality
Back to the here and now (oh yeah)
Show me how
Decide what you want from me
Tell me maybe I
Could be there for you
Oooh
However do you want me
However do you need me
However do you want me
However do you need me

Back to life
Back to the present time
Back from a fantasy, yeah
Tell me now
Take the initiative
I'll leave it in your hands
Until you're ready
Heeey
However do you want me
However do you need me
However do you want me
However do you need me

I live at the top of the block (top of the block)
There's no more room (no more room, no no no no)
For trouble or fuss
Need a change
A positive change
(Loook . . .) it's me writing on the wall
However do you want me
However do you need me

Back to life
Back to the day we had
Let's play this foolish game
Hear me out
Don't let me waste away
Make up your mind so
I know where I stand
However do you want me
However do you need me
(repeat to fade)



This is a very scary thought. Because I am really irritated at the moment, and I wondering if I should tell the person that is the cause of my irritation or if I would just be making the situation worse. Isn't so annoying that you are upset about something and the person who is the root of the issue seems to be blissfully unaware and may just continue causing the irritation in different ways in the future.
Part of me tells me that it cannot be resolved if the person remains unaware another part knows that the other person involved who is aware of the problem (I thinks I am being over sensitive and unfair) - that person may be more angry with and hold my speaking up against me in the future (this has happened before).

So now the question is what I am supposed to be learning from the situation I find myself in?

Being female

You Have Many Alpha Tendencies

You're not a total alpha female, but you certainly know how to - and like to - get your way. You're forceful without being intimidating. You're confident without being vain. A perfect mix.

Are You an Alpha Female?

Your Inner Pop Princess Is Hilary Duff

"I'm shedding Shedding every color Trying to find a pigment of truth Beneath my skin" You're sweet and cute, but a little more complex than that.

Who's Your Inner Pop Princess?

Photo A day (Early WW )

Away for a few days holiday. Here is my Photo-A-Day swap and Early WW entry.







Photo A Day Swap

Free association # 2

Free Association, from Luna Nina (Unconscious Mutterings):

1. Partner :: wife,fun
   
2. News ::good, bad
   
3. Foam ::sleep, bath
   
4. Paycheck ::money,work
5. Me :: I wan to have fun (i just have fun on my brains today)
   
6. Eight :: nine, eaten,
   
7. Dairy :: Mary, food, drink
   
8. Exciting ::fun, sports, hiking
   
9. Hockey :: sticks, pain
   
10. Socialite :: extrovert, flirty, fun