My Special Day

Well now, the countdown has finished and I am a year older. I certainly don't feel older, but when I see how grown up Leanne and Grant are, then I realise that I am. Thank you to all my friends and family who phoned, e-mailed and sms'd me - it was great to hear from all of you.

I really got spoilt today, with Dereck giving me a polarising filter for my Canon 400D camera. I am going to have a lot of fun practicing with this!

I received a lovely travel toiletry bag (which I need as my other one got destroyed) and on opening it, there was a container full of sour jelly sweets - oooooh, my cheeks are going funny just thinking about them!

From my good friend and scrapping teacher, Desire, I received a lovely picture frame and trinket box made from wire and glass with diamante type stones in it. It is really lovely and I have made a space for it on my bedside table. I will have to find a suitable photo for the frame.

From Bronwyn who I work with, I received a goodie bag filled with chocolates, nougat and marzipan - all my favourite, which I have put in a safe place to indulge in sometime on my own. These are too nice to share!!

My camera battery has gone flat, so I can't upload any photos, but watch this space.

A Day of Walking

Yes, I know I haven't had too much to say lately, but here is an update from Sunday.

There was a crowd of us who entered the Forest Hills 10km race. At the 500metre mark, Reg achieved 5000km in cumulative mileage from races participated in and celebrated by having some coke poured over his head! Well done Reg. Sharon ran in a time of 58 minutes, Jack closely behind her (I think), Jeanine walked in 65 minutes coming in as second lady (you go girl!!), Reg and Kathy in 77 minutes, I finished in 78:31 - I kept Reg and Kathy in my sight then followed closely with George in 79:45 (I think), Dereck and Little Dave finished in about 88 minutes. This was a fast, flat course in a figure of eight and we always receive really nice T/shirts at the finish. The weather was perfect and I really had a great walk. Then immediately we had finished, Jack, Reg, Sharon, Jeanine and I changed into our yellow East Coast Radio t/shirts and off we went down to the Suncoast Casino where we all took part in the 9.495km event. This was a load of fun - crowded, but we just had a cool down! There were bout 7 000 people some with prams, some with dogs, some with children and some just walking really really sloooowly. Sharon and Jack met up with some of the Umhlatuze walkers and they went on ahead and Reg, Jeanine and I just kept a steady pace amongst the crowds.

At the finish we received some Aquelle water and a goodie bag filled with a bottle of water, a magazine, some house smellies and some had soap and I got muselie. All in all a lot of fun clocking up a further 19.495 kms for the challenge.

Here is a picture of myself, Reg, Sharon and Jeanine taken by JACK MARGOLIS, once we had got back to the car.

Once I had got home and had a shower, Dereck and I decided to go to the Pavilion and see the movie NEXT with Nicholas Cage (what a hunk). This was a really great movie and I would recommend you go and see it.

I am still working on photographing my layouts and in particular Leanne's 21 album, so watch this space for some updates soon.

All walked out signing off ...