On Monday Heidi and I went off to gym. I could certainly feel the muscles in my arms had been used after my work out.
I went to German lessons on Tuesday as usual without having done my homework. I felt bad but as I mentioned in my last post, I am disappointed in how much theory we are doing on a conversation course!!!
On Wednesday, my dishwasher was repaired. The repairman put in the new panel, so everything is working well again.
Our Cruise tickets arrived today in the post - how exciting.
And it was Claudia's birthday today. I popped around to Bell to drop off her pressie and wish her.
On Thursday I went to gym with Heidi. It rained all day - a real soaking rainfall.
Dave phoned from Australia, so I quickly called him back on Skype. It was great to hear his news. Very proud of him becoming plantation manager. They have also bought a lovely new house in the same area that they are currently staying in.
On Friday I took some of Gerard's birthday cake to Marjory. So we sat and had tea and cake together which she seemed to thoroughly enjoy.
On the Saturday, we did our usualy grocery shopping. We then went off to Jane and Glen, for Samantha's birthday party.
We had coffee and cake and sat around chatting. The kids had a great time outside with Stefan and Lara got to play with Sam's two guinea pigs.
We stayed on for supper which was really tasty. Manu's parents were also there. We had met them previously at Stefan's confirmation. They have invited us to a juke box evening at their house on the first weekend in November.
I hope Jane will be feeling well by then. She has some bacterial infection in her blood which is causing her a lot of pain in her joints and she is battling to walk.
We left their house at 11.15pm.
We stayed at home on Sunday and I painted a wall in Stevie's room. Charlie Kotze had arrived from S.A. and later that evening we went out for dinner at Gasthaus Roth. Had the most divine steaks.
Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Busy Weeks
The week starting on the 17th was the start of quite a busy time for us.
On that Monday I went to Heidi and we took a drive out to Leusel to find out more about a Creative Studio that I had seen. Well, all that turned out to be was a woman (seamstress) sewing from home. She doesn't even give lessons or anything. Don't know why she calls herself a studio.
We then wanted to take a look at the Antique shop in Leusel, only to find out, that the opening hours are very strange indeed. It is all set in and around a pub and the opening hours are only at night until 1.00am. I was quite disappointed in that.
We then decided to go and take a look at the little gym we had been told about by one of the guys at Bell. It is situated behind the public pool in Alsfeld. It seemed quite nice and they will allow us to use their gym equipment whenever it suits us at a cost of 2.50 Euros a time. So no contracts etc. which really suits both Heidi and I.
That night both Gerard and I went off to Robert's Eltern Abend (Parents evening). It was the first one and we wanted to meet the teacher and see some of the other parents etc. His class teacher led the meeting with his stand in teacher, being there as well. Robert's teacher was dressed in a black suit and white shirt, looking very formal and serious. He was very quick and to the point with everything he had to say.The Stand in teacher was the total opposite. Dressed in red faded jeans with ragged edges and a green t-shirt, (he looked a bit like Spike in the movie Nottinghill) he was so much more relaxed and vocal.He spoke more about the children's behaviour in the classroom and then went onto what he is proposing to cover in his syllabus. He teaches them German and Art.As we left the classroom, Gerard muttered under his breath "a bit like tweedle dee and tweedle dum".
Went to my class on Tuesday. I must be honest in saying that I had hoped this course to be more Conversational and not so theoretical.I did my grammar course 2 years ago and have forgotten so much. That is probably why I am not enjoying it so much. Reminds me how dof I have become.
I visited Marcelle on Wednesday morning. She was waiting for the guys to come and install her new kitchen into her new house. It was the first time that I had seen the new house, so it was all quite exciting. Spent a nice morning there. Steven's eltern abend was on Wednesday night which Gerard attended on his own.
On the Thursday Heidi and I went off to our little gym and Wendula showed us the ropes (literally)!!! She was a sweet girl who battled with her english but she managed to show us what each piece of torture equipment was used for.
I attended Lara's eltern abend on Thursday evening. I passed Clive with some S.A. people in their car on my way there. He had told Gerard that they were coming to watch the rugby at our house that night. He arrived with all the goodies we had asked him to bring for us and then they went out for dinner.
I went to Marjory the next morning only for 1 hour. I took here off to her chiropodist and then went straight home.
It was so nice to have a really nice function to dress up for and I started that a 2.30pm by going of to the hairdresser. I wanted my hair pinned up. Hoo boy - did I start to panic when my hair was set in rollers and I was stuck under a hair drier thing. At the end, it all turned out well and got home in good time to shower and change. We got to the Castle at 5.45pm and the sun was shining brightly.
We all stood outside where we were served champagne and cocktails. It was nice seeing familiar faces from South Africa and being introduced to some people that I have only heard of and never met. We then moved into the courtyard of the castle where every couple's photo was taken. Then we moved into the restaurant and sat at our appointed tables. We sat with Roxy and Ryan, Ricki and Paul and another couple from England. The food was lovely, some of it being buffet and other servings were served to us.
A photo of the happy couple - Gary and Larissa.
After dinner and some speeches, we were asked to proceed downstairs into the "cellar" where a disco was all set up. It was such a lovely setting and great fun was had by everyone. As the night was progressing, all the S.A. people were saying that they would see us the next day. They were all inviting themselves over to watch the rugby.
We managed to finally get away at 4.45am.
Woke up at about 8.30am and made some breakfast. Everyone duly arrived at 2.00pm to watch the S.A./Tonga game. From the 20 odd people that we thought were coming over, only 12 arrived. Most of them feeling very sorry for themselves being majorly hungover. It was great fun watching and having all the S.A. shouting and commenting. We had told the kids not to venture out of the playroom, as we did not want them being "damaged" by bad language.
Gerard started the braai and we all moved outside to eat etc. It was very interesting talking to Bokkie and Anna's niece and nephew who are living here in Gottingen. He seems to be such a clever young guy and jolly good looking too. After his job finishes here, they are moving onto Sweden.
The next day was Gerard's birthday. So we were up early again, to have things sorted out for when people were going to arrive. Heidi's Heinz was actually doing a proper Weber for us with a Beef roast and then chicken. It turned out very well and everyone just loved the great tasting meat.
Gerard was spoilt and seemed to enjoy his day very much.
On that Monday I went to Heidi and we took a drive out to Leusel to find out more about a Creative Studio that I had seen. Well, all that turned out to be was a woman (seamstress) sewing from home. She doesn't even give lessons or anything. Don't know why she calls herself a studio.
We then wanted to take a look at the Antique shop in Leusel, only to find out, that the opening hours are very strange indeed. It is all set in and around a pub and the opening hours are only at night until 1.00am. I was quite disappointed in that.
We then decided to go and take a look at the little gym we had been told about by one of the guys at Bell. It is situated behind the public pool in Alsfeld. It seemed quite nice and they will allow us to use their gym equipment whenever it suits us at a cost of 2.50 Euros a time. So no contracts etc. which really suits both Heidi and I.
That night both Gerard and I went off to Robert's Eltern Abend (Parents evening). It was the first one and we wanted to meet the teacher and see some of the other parents etc. His class teacher led the meeting with his stand in teacher, being there as well. Robert's teacher was dressed in a black suit and white shirt, looking very formal and serious. He was very quick and to the point with everything he had to say.The Stand in teacher was the total opposite. Dressed in red faded jeans with ragged edges and a green t-shirt, (he looked a bit like Spike in the movie Nottinghill) he was so much more relaxed and vocal.He spoke more about the children's behaviour in the classroom and then went onto what he is proposing to cover in his syllabus. He teaches them German and Art.As we left the classroom, Gerard muttered under his breath "a bit like tweedle dee and tweedle dum".
Went to my class on Tuesday. I must be honest in saying that I had hoped this course to be more Conversational and not so theoretical.I did my grammar course 2 years ago and have forgotten so much. That is probably why I am not enjoying it so much. Reminds me how dof I have become.
I visited Marcelle on Wednesday morning. She was waiting for the guys to come and install her new kitchen into her new house. It was the first time that I had seen the new house, so it was all quite exciting. Spent a nice morning there. Steven's eltern abend was on Wednesday night which Gerard attended on his own.
On the Thursday Heidi and I went off to our little gym and Wendula showed us the ropes (literally)!!! She was a sweet girl who battled with her english but she managed to show us what each piece of torture equipment was used for.
I attended Lara's eltern abend on Thursday evening. I passed Clive with some S.A. people in their car on my way there. He had told Gerard that they were coming to watch the rugby at our house that night. He arrived with all the goodies we had asked him to bring for us and then they went out for dinner.
I went to Marjory the next morning only for 1 hour. I took here off to her chiropodist and then went straight home.
It was so nice to have a really nice function to dress up for and I started that a 2.30pm by going of to the hairdresser. I wanted my hair pinned up. Hoo boy - did I start to panic when my hair was set in rollers and I was stuck under a hair drier thing. At the end, it all turned out well and got home in good time to shower and change. We got to the Castle at 5.45pm and the sun was shining brightly.
We all stood outside where we were served champagne and cocktails. It was nice seeing familiar faces from South Africa and being introduced to some people that I have only heard of and never met. We then moved into the courtyard of the castle where every couple's photo was taken. Then we moved into the restaurant and sat at our appointed tables. We sat with Roxy and Ryan, Ricki and Paul and another couple from England. The food was lovely, some of it being buffet and other servings were served to us.
A photo of the happy couple - Gary and Larissa.
After dinner and some speeches, we were asked to proceed downstairs into the "cellar" where a disco was all set up. It was such a lovely setting and great fun was had by everyone. As the night was progressing, all the S.A. people were saying that they would see us the next day. They were all inviting themselves over to watch the rugby.
We managed to finally get away at 4.45am.
Woke up at about 8.30am and made some breakfast. Everyone duly arrived at 2.00pm to watch the S.A./Tonga game. From the 20 odd people that we thought were coming over, only 12 arrived. Most of them feeling very sorry for themselves being majorly hungover. It was great fun watching and having all the S.A. shouting and commenting. We had told the kids not to venture out of the playroom, as we did not want them being "damaged" by bad language.
Gerard started the braai and we all moved outside to eat etc. It was very interesting talking to Bokkie and Anna's niece and nephew who are living here in Gottingen. He seems to be such a clever young guy and jolly good looking too. After his job finishes here, they are moving onto Sweden.
The next day was Gerard's birthday. So we were up early again, to have things sorted out for when people were going to arrive. Heidi's Heinz was actually doing a proper Weber for us with a Beef roast and then chicken. It turned out very well and everyone just loved the great tasting meat.
Gerard was spoilt and seemed to enjoy his day very much.
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