Weekend at the Heia Safari Lodge

On Thursday afternoon we received notice from the body corp. that we will not have water the whole day on Saturday. Friday morning Mr LoverOfThings says, why not go away for the weekend. That meant I had to find a place to accommodate our family of 3, to no protest I got on it :). Within minutes of the search I was already getting anxious as it seemed everywhere I checked was fully booked. I think by now my good friend Mrs N saw her friend was not coping, it was already afternoon and I still had not find a place. She came to  my rescue when she came across this place Heia Safari Lodge. Update the name has changed from Heia Safari Ranch to Cradle Moon Lakeside

Oh! It turned out to be such a great weekend, as most unplanned events turn to be :). This was the view from our chalet 

24 September (Heritage Day)

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I hardly ever celebrate public holidays ( I just see them as a day off from work) which I end up working anyway (house work)  :). So for the 24th of September 2015 things had to be different they just had to be. Needless to say my family has gone through some significant changes this year, which I won't dwell on at this time however those changes made me wanna celebrate our lives together now and not wait until we have this or that. Deciding to live life with what you got or making what you got work for you tends to make life a whole lot simpler and enjoyable #lesson learned :).

Great fun was had Goldreef City never disappoints and of course there is never enough time for all the rides which normally means plans to come back soonest were made

Jumping into the new year!!!

2014 came and went with its fair share of trials and tribulations as we welcome 2015 I could not think of a better way to do that than just jump into it :)

No Mixer Banana Bread

I was looking at the blog’s slogan “Beats and Pieces of my Journey my peace my life my love my joy…” and I realized I haven’t been sharing much of anything lately, which is about to change. Soon I will be sharing my love for all that’s DIY; Foodie and everything else in between. I've been exploring my love for baking and decided to start with this easy Banana Bread Recipe which I found here 

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Christmas in July...

I've been meaning to post these as promised however the exams has been taking much of my time lately, even now I'm supposed to be studied I guess on a break :). Remember the post about The Box, well this is a follow up to that. My Angel had her school concert "Christmas in July" was the theme. To think this is her last concert at her current school. Next year she is going to "big school" as she fondly puts it. She seems pretty excited about the whole thing I think mommy is not ready though :) anyhu mommy will just have to deal.

 Ms K (In the red jacket) with two of her best friends Micky (Red Dress) and Fudzani (Right behind Ms K)

Salt dough footprint...

Pinterest and I have become the best of friends I simply just love everything about it. Well I think I may have been just a bit obsessed with it J, I have been pinning like crazy ever since I was introduced to it by a friend of mine. I bumped into this Pin here once and I thought it would be great for my daughter and I to try needless to say I was so right.

The Box...

My daughter’s school had their school concert in July; the theme was “Christmas in July”. The parents had to make the costumes. Ms K was going to be a Christmas present which her father referred to as the “box”. Nomzamo with everything else she could have been her teacher chose a “box” I couldn’t stop laughing trying to justify how she is a “present” and not a “box”. The making of the “box” was fun though especially with my little helper :)

Early Mother's day...

My Angel got me an early Mother's day gift today :), she is so adorable.

A brand new kinda free...

Inspired by Alicia Keys track: Brand New Me

 "It took a long, long road to get here
  It took a brave, brave girl to try
  It took one too many excuses, one too many lies
  Don't be surprised, don't be surprised
   ...I'm not expecting sorry
   I'm too busy finding myself
   I got this
   I found me, I found me, yeah..."

The words above are dedicated to my yesterday. 2012 came with amazing and tough lessons, cutting my hair has given me this amazing freeing feeling. I feel like when the hair fell off all my issues fell with it, watching the lady sweep my hair away gone was the heaviness that came with it. I can truly understand the brand new kinda free Alicia Keys is referring to in this track. 14 Feb. a year ago was the day my father died, when it came this year I felt like if only I could just hide away at least till 15 Feb. :).

I pity her

In the darkness I see it all

I see a girl so sad

She just realised her hardening face is nothing to be alarmed of

It’s just the egg on her face drying up

The egg she ended up with yet again

It’s even starting to peel off

Peeling off the layers and layers of lets start over again

It’s u and me kid Oh! What a joke

Just not the laughing kind but the choking kind 

It’s choking the sleep out of her

Her heart beats so fast in fear her role as his fool will be revealed to all

For all to see she didn’t have it together after all

Once again she’s singin the akwaba song

Only to a different tune this time

This time she seems wiser even more stronger

Confessions of a sista with mad love

My creator has blessed me with amazing strong woman in my life this is my confessions of the mad love I got going for yall

Siphokazi Doro you have seen me thru spoilt rotten lil princess

 puberty hit you were there conservations you and Busisiwe Putu were having had me seeing right thru Mr Right now to Mr Right 4 me with your hand holding me tight a grip so strong not even losing our father (our connection)yanked it…I love you my sista

Nokulunga when we first met I wasn’t ready for you the silly girl in me has wasted our precious time in this journey for that sista I’m sorry…I love you sis wam

Busisiwe Putu I guess I’ve gotten used to not having you around even though our connection is gone now I will never forget what it felt like to have a big sista in you…

The Rusty Lady Bistro & Delicatessen

Boomerang

Mmmh not bad thinking to herself

Tall, hazel eyed stranger before her

He swung his beautifully structured self to her altitude  

Mmmh he smells good she thought

Without asking he took her hand in his looking her straight in the eye

As if he knew what that was doin to her

A look that made her feel like she was the only woman,

 Who mattered to him except for his mom ofcoz  J

I love U but...

I love U but…

It pains ME to see U define ME with what went before

Memories U’ve left behind so U’ve said…

U are with ME now! See ME

Let me in…let me love you…dance with me…

She is 5yrs old

without a sound screaming from the

core of her broken spirit

“Nobody will believe you”: He said

they will say you like ‘Izinto ezimdaka’

with her beautiful murky brown eyes

she smiles with a beam so bright

nobody sees the pain and sorrow she carries within

She is 25yrs old

Listening to your heart beat

Asking me to dance, dance to the never ending song

playing in my soul where only you and my Creator have the floor

if you knew the throbbing sorrow carried by the melody

you would put up your dancing shoes

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Words cannot begin to give enough reason

for the restoration in this soul

With the abolition to all I thought I knew

Living me in momentarily darkness

Haunted with your ghostly appearance

Forcing this soul to see u…hear u…but u won’t do the same

I guess that’s how it is when you expect somethang

without wanting anything

My last first kiss

My feet has left the ground

uncertainties firmly on the soil

infinity pledges from my heart to yours

letting this self float in your arms for time without end

bear foot inflated with harmonious existence

the soothing sound of your name as mine

ME vs. YOU (me vs. me)

I disguised you

Still you reveal yourself

Even in my mind I don’t have control over you

I am known not to have control

Could it be why we are?

Sometimes you look at me

Suddenly I feel naked and I start to blush,

Blushing because in mind for a spilt second

I believed you could see you were there.

In the eye of the Storm...

Left or Right

Up or Down

Which way should I turn?

Each way seems bright enough to see my way through

And yet the questions are still.

Should I find you or

Will you find me?

Do you come in peace?

A part of me has gone cold

A part of me has gone cold

I feel it in the words I spit

A place so dark I cannot see my way through

A part of me has gone cold

I wanna move I cannot stop looking back