Well I am going to start by saying that I wish I took this challenge 2 week ago or maybe only started in two weeks. It's part of the reason I haven't blogged for so long. I just forget, get busy with other things etc. and then I don't blog. Well I have 30 min left on todays clock I think I am going to make it :)
The other reason I am not having time right now is because I am going back home for almost 3 months and well there is just a lot to do to get ready.
So what is my favorite song? I hate to be that person but I really don't have that one favorite song. Sometimes when we drive and there is a song on the radio that Dustin thinks sounds a bit romantic (without even hearing the words) He would say "Baby" it's our song. :D I feel the same way about music in general today it might be my favorite song. if I had to choose one for today it would be Adele Rolling in the deep but don't keep me to it.
There are days that I just feel in the mood for something louder and other days something slower. Somedays I want to dance to a funky beat and other days I want to close my eyes and drift away with sounds that make me think about white beaches and blue waters.
So there it is I don't have a all time favorite song but I do love listening to music.
15 January, 2012
Yes I still wanna blog.
So I found this 30 day blog challenge on Pintrest (yes i'm addicted) and I am going to try it. Seeing that we are heading back to SA for a visit I am sure I will fill in many days with much more meaningful things but I am hoping that this will inspire me to start blogging again some of the things on the list might not be worth writing about but I will deal with that when I get there. For the procrastinator in me - I will make tomorrow day one.
Day 1 — Your favorite song (s)
Day 2 — Your favorite movie(s)
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph.
Day 5 – How important you think education is?
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Most embarrassing moment.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days
Day 1 — Your favorite song (s)
Day 2 — Your favorite movie(s)
Day 3 – Your idea of the perfect date.
Day 4 – Your favorite photograph.
Day 5 – How important you think education is?
Day 6 – A photo of an animal you’d love to keep as a pet.
Day 7 – Your dream wedding.
Day 8 – A song to match your mood.
Day 9 – A photo of the item you last purchased.
Day 10 – A photo of our favorite place to eat.
Day 11 – What’s in your makeup bag?
Day 12 – A photograph of the town you live in.
Day 13 – Your favorite musician and why?
Day 14 – A TV show you’re currently addicted to.
Day 15 – Something you don’t leave the house without.
Day 16 – Your celebrity crush.
Day 17 – A photo of you and your family.
Day 18 – Something you crave a lot.
Day 19 – Most embarrassing moment.
Day 20 – The meaning behind your blog name.
Day 21 – A photo of something that makes you happy.
Day 22 – A letter to someone who has hurt you recently.
Day 23 – 15 facts about you.
Day 24 – A photo of something that means a lot to you.
Day 25 – What’s in your purse?
Day 26 – A photo of somewhere you’ve been to.
Day 27 – A picture of you last year and now and how have you changed since then?
Day 28 – Your favorite movie.
Day 29 – Something you could never get tired of doing.
Day 30 – A photograph of youself today + three good things that have happened in the past 30 days
26 August, 2008
A compliment!
When was the last time you were given a really good compliment and I don't mean average things like that is a nice dress your wearing, a really good personal compliment.
As you can imagine I got one today and I must admit it felt good - really good. I think part of it was that I just haven't lately been feeling like I have been doing very good.
I am busy applying for this job at our local library and it has been weeks now that I had to wait for the application time to finish (what didn't help is that I knew about the position opening a week before advertisement for it started. Well I had my interview today and at the end of it all I was given a very good compliment. It felt good for more just for what I have been able to achieve on such a young age but it made me think of all the great people that helped me build up what I know today.
I think of my parents - my dad always saying just do it, just make sure you enjoy it! So many times I would phone him crying about how difficult a place or a situation is and then those words would encourage me. My mom, who thought me that about excellence and perfection. Those little encouragements that takes you a long way in a job.
Endless number of friends that has encouraged and believed in me over the years!! How lucky am I!!! I was telling Dustin the other night about the jobs I had over the years and how I got to be hired for it. What I realized is that I haven't done a work interview for more than 8 years now and I have not been unemployed that long.
A really good compliment made me realize how fortunate I have been!!
LIFE had definitely been LIVED LOUD!
As you can imagine I got one today and I must admit it felt good - really good. I think part of it was that I just haven't lately been feeling like I have been doing very good.
I am busy applying for this job at our local library and it has been weeks now that I had to wait for the application time to finish (what didn't help is that I knew about the position opening a week before advertisement for it started. Well I had my interview today and at the end of it all I was given a very good compliment. It felt good for more just for what I have been able to achieve on such a young age but it made me think of all the great people that helped me build up what I know today.
I think of my parents - my dad always saying just do it, just make sure you enjoy it! So many times I would phone him crying about how difficult a place or a situation is and then those words would encourage me. My mom, who thought me that about excellence and perfection. Those little encouragements that takes you a long way in a job.
Endless number of friends that has encouraged and believed in me over the years!! How lucky am I!!! I was telling Dustin the other night about the jobs I had over the years and how I got to be hired for it. What I realized is that I haven't done a work interview for more than 8 years now and I have not been unemployed that long.
A really good compliment made me realize how fortunate I have been!!
LIFE had definitely been LIVED LOUD!
05 May, 2008
Pella Tulip Festival
It is summer time in Iowa - or so they say. Well we have had a couple days with weather just over 20degrees celcius making that I don't have to look like a stuffed teddy bear anymore. This made me realized that I didn't bring a lot of summer like clothing over - just too prepared for winter.
Well summer time means outdoor time and we have been doing a lot of that over this weekend.
About 45miles from us is a little town called Pella - it is bigger than Polk City :) The weekend marked the annual tulip festival. It was amazing!! I am sure it is nothing like the tulip fields of Holland but it was still pretty amazing. We were only there for an short time as we had another appointment but it was fun. It is some sort of dutch community so there was all these dutch words which is so similar to Afrikaans and it was just fun to see it all.
One of the biggest treats of this trip was Dutch Letter and other than you might think Dutch Letters only comes in the letter "S" it is some almond pastry rather nice. It is apparently the only place to buy dutch letters from as people was standing outside the door waiting to order dutch delicatessens. I hope to post the picture of our two children - I almost want to call them Hansel and Gretel for some reason :p As we drove out of Pella we took a bit of an unexpected detour and we are sure it was destiny that made us pass these two children. My mother in law called it our Dutch children.
It was a good day!
We also had to do some work in the yard this week - seeing that it is spring and it has been raining a lot. The grass has been growing a lot and is in great need of a cut. So the yard is not just an yard - like two patches that you can use a hand held mower this is serious stuff. The yard is big and there is a lot of grass that needs to be cut. We (well Jim) has these little grass tractors and with the two that we had and about 2hrs of cutting we only got about half the yard done. I never thought I would say this but grass cutting is really nice :) Zipping around on a little tractor is really fun! That is what this little city girl thinks!
This town had so much windmills
Pretty Tulips
I thought this picture was funny just because of the Afrikaans connection to it. We saw this really pretty Dutch pots that said Koffie en Suiker (Coffee and Suger) it was need to see that in America.
Finally our Dutch children :) proudly with the American flag!
Well summer time means outdoor time and we have been doing a lot of that over this weekend.
About 45miles from us is a little town called Pella - it is bigger than Polk City :) The weekend marked the annual tulip festival. It was amazing!! I am sure it is nothing like the tulip fields of Holland but it was still pretty amazing. We were only there for an short time as we had another appointment but it was fun. It is some sort of dutch community so there was all these dutch words which is so similar to Afrikaans and it was just fun to see it all.
One of the biggest treats of this trip was Dutch Letter and other than you might think Dutch Letters only comes in the letter "S" it is some almond pastry rather nice. It is apparently the only place to buy dutch letters from as people was standing outside the door waiting to order dutch delicatessens. I hope to post the picture of our two children - I almost want to call them Hansel and Gretel for some reason :p As we drove out of Pella we took a bit of an unexpected detour and we are sure it was destiny that made us pass these two children. My mother in law called it our Dutch children.
It was a good day!
We also had to do some work in the yard this week - seeing that it is spring and it has been raining a lot. The grass has been growing a lot and is in great need of a cut. So the yard is not just an yard - like two patches that you can use a hand held mower this is serious stuff. The yard is big and there is a lot of grass that needs to be cut. We (well Jim) has these little grass tractors and with the two that we had and about 2hrs of cutting we only got about half the yard done. I never thought I would say this but grass cutting is really nice :) Zipping around on a little tractor is really fun! That is what this little city girl thinks!
This town had so much windmills
Pretty Tulips
I thought this picture was funny just because of the Afrikaans connection to it. We saw this really pretty Dutch pots that said Koffie en Suiker (Coffee and Suger) it was need to see that in America.
Finally our Dutch children :) proudly with the American flag!
08 April, 2008
31 March, 2008
a few thoughts
...
just as you think that spring is here, it snows again :)
thinking that America is big on Coke Cola is wrong Pepsi might be taking over.
you can know that you live out in the middle of nowhere because there is turkey and deer right on your doorstep.
snow is wet and it melts!
milky way is nothing like bar-one
just as you think that spring is here, it snows again :)
thinking that America is big on Coke Cola is wrong Pepsi might be taking over.
you can know that you live out in the middle of nowhere because there is turkey and deer right on your doorstep.
snow is wet and it melts!
milky way is nothing like bar-one
17 February, 2008
on request....
...food. No Ciela, I have not been to a Taco Bell's yet - come to think of it I haven’t seen one either - maybe some one could tell me why, because I am sure there is a good reason. I have however eaten at Taco John's - which I would say is the best taco place in comparison to Tasty Taco's. Does it taste as great as it looks? No I must say I have had much greater Taco's at my house in South Africa. Taco John's does however have these miniature hash browns instead of potato chips and they are amazing. All of this said I have to add that I have only been to both places twice and it wouldn't be fair to judge them yet - Tasty Taco's has a flour tortilla that looks great but the second time i was there i didn't realize that that is what i would rather wanted.
That is a general problem, to order food - everything is just different I suppose some of it is just because of the price. I liked going to Mc Donald’s there the food is at least the same. It was interesting to me that when I ordered Mc Nuggets (which is a favorite. I got 10 nuggets instead of just the normal 6 :) For Dustin's birthday we went to a place called Tacki and there is these Chinese men that cook your entire meal right in front of you. You have a waiter too, that explains everything to you and brings you your starter. What totally didn’t help me that round around was the fact that I couldn't understand a word he said. This week we had a business dinner at a very nice restaurant something on 3de Street. It was delightful! The menu was plain and I could understand the waiter in the end of the evening the food was great too! My only complaint - I couldn't understand half of the souses that was on the menu - that is nothing new.
Wendy's is another place that you might have heard the name of on television - a burger place. They have a junior bacon and cheeseburger for a $1 one of those makes a good snack.
Salads are interesting. It is always more lettuce than anything else it is nothing strange to end up with a plate of lettuce with one cocktail tomato, maybe a carrot and a piece of cucumber or two.
Food has been a bit of a challenge. I am getting use to more of it but in general it taste different. The dinner appointment we had this week was with a lady that is from South Africa and is married to an American and that lived here for a long time, but we spoke Afrikaans and it made me miss home, and during the dinner it came out that we should have a South African traditional dinner and one of the gentle men with us never been in South Africa and wasn’t' to sure what we spoke about and we got to tell him about Bobotie and Yellow Rice, and Wors, and Biltong and Droe Wors, and peperdues filled with feta cheese (which by the way is a truly South African Product) and about Malva poeding. Good old South African Foods. For now I will just miss home a bit…
That is a general problem, to order food - everything is just different I suppose some of it is just because of the price. I liked going to Mc Donald’s there the food is at least the same. It was interesting to me that when I ordered Mc Nuggets (which is a favorite. I got 10 nuggets instead of just the normal 6 :) For Dustin's birthday we went to a place called Tacki and there is these Chinese men that cook your entire meal right in front of you. You have a waiter too, that explains everything to you and brings you your starter. What totally didn’t help me that round around was the fact that I couldn't understand a word he said. This week we had a business dinner at a very nice restaurant something on 3de Street. It was delightful! The menu was plain and I could understand the waiter in the end of the evening the food was great too! My only complaint - I couldn't understand half of the souses that was on the menu - that is nothing new.
Wendy's is another place that you might have heard the name of on television - a burger place. They have a junior bacon and cheeseburger for a $1 one of those makes a good snack.
Salads are interesting. It is always more lettuce than anything else it is nothing strange to end up with a plate of lettuce with one cocktail tomato, maybe a carrot and a piece of cucumber or two.
Food has been a bit of a challenge. I am getting use to more of it but in general it taste different. The dinner appointment we had this week was with a lady that is from South Africa and is married to an American and that lived here for a long time, but we spoke Afrikaans and it made me miss home, and during the dinner it came out that we should have a South African traditional dinner and one of the gentle men with us never been in South Africa and wasn’t' to sure what we spoke about and we got to tell him about Bobotie and Yellow Rice, and Wors, and Biltong and Droe Wors, and peperdues filled with feta cheese (which by the way is a truly South African Product) and about Malva poeding. Good old South African Foods. For now I will just miss home a bit…
04 February, 2008
So wat is anderste...
...in America? Sneeu en baie daarvan en sneeu storms en sneeu wat smelt en sneeu water wat weer vries omdat dit delsels koud is. Sneeu kom in baie verskilende vorms ook. Daar is die bitsige sneeu wat voel dit sny deur jou vel dis gewoonlik op sonige dae wanneer die los sneeu wat op die dak en op die bome is af waai. Dan is daar pragtige mooi sneeu - amper iets soos kapok klein ronde balletjies dan is daar mooi fluffy snow ek dink nie jy het sneeu gesien tot jy dit gesien het nie dit lyk amper soos klein vere regtig pragtig, maar dit lyk ook vir my as daar eers van daai val dan kan jy maar weet dat daar is nog baie wat gaan kom.
Ons het gister so bietjie van 'n sneeu storm gehad, baie sterk winde met sneeu wat orals waai en dit was bitterlik koud! Dustin wou die hele dag net buite speel en ek moes net keer en hom herrinder dat ek van Sub-shara Afrika af kom waar dit warm is baie warm is en dat drastiese weer soos die my sal dood vries.
Soms is die anderste dinge goeie dinge. Soos as jy 'n koeldrank koop saam met jou maaltyd dan gee hulle vir jou gratis refils - so veel as wat jy wil he - en glase is nie klein nie die kleinste glas is gewoonlik 'n 16oz die average glas size so ongeveer 22oz dalk 'n bietjie meer dis baie juize. Ice tea is algemeen en dit voel soms asof hulle 'n dit op die tafel sal neersit soos water. 'n Added extra is goed
soos die room op jou koffie wat jou nie meer sal kos nie. Ons het vir Dustin 'n koek gekoop vandag en hulle het sy naam vir hom geskryf somer gou daar in die winkel "at no extra cost".
Hier ry hulle aan die ander kant van die pad. Ek het die ander dag vir die eerste keer bestuur en dit is vreemd. Ek het een van hulle pad toetse op die internet gedoen my eerste toets was nie te great nie die tweede keer was 'n breez so ernste dalk volgende week as dit weer 'n bietjie rustig sal wees sal ons kyk of ons dit gedoen sal kry.
Oor die algemeen is mense baie vriendlik, nie klein dorp vriendlik nie maar vriendlik. Ek het nog net eenkeer gehoor hoe iemand gese het dat hy kwaad is, en hy het nie kwaad vir my geklink nie.
Die bank hier is amazing!! MAN het SA 'n paar dinge om te leer. Polk City met sy 2000 inwoners het 'n baie klein bank so dit is okay, maar ek was saam met Beth in 'n groter bank vandag, sy moes 'n check inbetaal ek maak gereed om uit die kar uit te klim en ek kon sien sy kyk snaaks na my. Soos sy opry na 'n paal druk sy 'n knopie en iemand van die binnekant groet haar, en daar is 'n bottel onder 'n flappie wat se "flip to open", in die bottel ding is daar 'n pen 'n deposito strokie 'n paar ander papiere sy sit toe haar tjek in en jy kan hoor hoe hierdie bottle ingesuig word. Ons wag toe 'n paar min en die volgende ooblik is die bottle terug met 'n deposito strokie - wow bank diens kan amazing wees.
Op troues tik mense ook teen glase maar dit is nie om 'n heildronk in te stel nie dit is om die bruid en bruidegom te kry om te soen. Ek kon duidelik sien wie die eerste glas tiker was en hy was family so ek wag toe vir almal om sagter te begin praat maar die volgende oomblik is daar net meer en meer glas tikers en ek is verward - Beth heel verras se toe "ooee, julle is veronderstel om te soen" ons het nog 'n paar keer daai aand gesoen.
Vars lug is min! Omdat dit so koud is speel ons nie baie buite nie dit is regtig koud. Maar ek kry myself dat ek smag na vars lug. Ons huis en ek weet nie of dit standaard is nie - was nog nie in te veelhuise nie. Ek is seker ons huis se lug word gesekuleer met vars lug maar so elke 30 na 45 min dan blaas daar lug in die huis - dit begin koud en dan raak dit lekker warm - ek het gou geleer dit is die beste tyd om in die badkamer te wees want dan is dit lekker warm :) Die huis en ek dink meeste huise hier het dubble glas vensters - so jy hoor bykans geen klanke van buite nie. Vensters maak ook anderste oop, jy draai 'n handvatsel. Huise is van hout gemaak net planke wat geisoleer is. Ek probeer dit alles nog uitfigure - dalk eendag. Bakstene is bleikbaar baie duur? Die drie varkies sal 'n fees he hier ek wonder of julle die storie hier vertel en hoe ouers dit aan hulle kinders verduidelik.
Geboue lyk dieselfde maar baie anderste as in SA. Een van die eerste resturante waarin ek was het my geskok in hoe dit lyk. Ek dink ons is gewoond om in 'n mall te eet. Ons is nie regtig gewoond aan 'n resturant in die middle van niks nie. Iets soos Papoetsies in Linden. Hier is dit glad nie vreemd om in 'n straat 'n paar resturante te he nie maar elkeen is op sy eie met sy eie parkeer terein sy eie erf. Dakke oor die algemeen is ook plat so dit lyk amper iets soos 'n garage. Dis moeilik om dit te beskryf - dis net baie anderste en jy het nodig om dit te sien om te verstaan. ek sal kyk as ons uitgaan vandag om bietjie fofo't te neem. Hier is 'n paar strip malls waar daar baie groot winkels langs mekaar is - soos woodmead. Ek was nog net in een Mall dit was 'n klein ene maar ek dink dit was seker amper so
groot soos clearwater mall.
Jy gooi jou eie petrol in - tegnologie het ook darm al gevorder so nou kan jy by die pomp betaal jy hoef nie noodwendig uit te klim en binne te betaal nie. Daar is ook winkels by die pompe. In SA is hulle snaks georienteer, ek was geskok om te sien dit is amper net koeldrank en dan algemene goed. Ons petrol stasie winkels is amper soos great winkels.
Ons het gister so bietjie van 'n sneeu storm gehad, baie sterk winde met sneeu wat orals waai en dit was bitterlik koud! Dustin wou die hele dag net buite speel en ek moes net keer en hom herrinder dat ek van Sub-shara Afrika af kom waar dit warm is baie warm is en dat drastiese weer soos die my sal dood vries.
Soms is die anderste dinge goeie dinge. Soos as jy 'n koeldrank koop saam met jou maaltyd dan gee hulle vir jou gratis refils - so veel as wat jy wil he - en glase is nie klein nie die kleinste glas is gewoonlik 'n 16oz die average glas size so ongeveer 22oz dalk 'n bietjie meer dis baie juize. Ice tea is algemeen en dit voel soms asof hulle 'n dit op die tafel sal neersit soos water. 'n Added extra is goed
soos die room op jou koffie wat jou nie meer sal kos nie. Ons het vir Dustin 'n koek gekoop vandag en hulle het sy naam vir hom geskryf somer gou daar in die winkel "at no extra cost".
Hier ry hulle aan die ander kant van die pad. Ek het die ander dag vir die eerste keer bestuur en dit is vreemd. Ek het een van hulle pad toetse op die internet gedoen my eerste toets was nie te great nie die tweede keer was 'n breez so ernste dalk volgende week as dit weer 'n bietjie rustig sal wees sal ons kyk of ons dit gedoen sal kry.
Oor die algemeen is mense baie vriendlik, nie klein dorp vriendlik nie maar vriendlik. Ek het nog net eenkeer gehoor hoe iemand gese het dat hy kwaad is, en hy het nie kwaad vir my geklink nie.
Die bank hier is amazing!! MAN het SA 'n paar dinge om te leer. Polk City met sy 2000 inwoners het 'n baie klein bank so dit is okay, maar ek was saam met Beth in 'n groter bank vandag, sy moes 'n check inbetaal ek maak gereed om uit die kar uit te klim en ek kon sien sy kyk snaaks na my. Soos sy opry na 'n paal druk sy 'n knopie en iemand van die binnekant groet haar, en daar is 'n bottel onder 'n flappie wat se "flip to open", in die bottel ding is daar 'n pen 'n deposito strokie 'n paar ander papiere sy sit toe haar tjek in en jy kan hoor hoe hierdie bottle ingesuig word. Ons wag toe 'n paar min en die volgende ooblik is die bottle terug met 'n deposito strokie - wow bank diens kan amazing wees.
Op troues tik mense ook teen glase maar dit is nie om 'n heildronk in te stel nie dit is om die bruid en bruidegom te kry om te soen. Ek kon duidelik sien wie die eerste glas tiker was en hy was family so ek wag toe vir almal om sagter te begin praat maar die volgende oomblik is daar net meer en meer glas tikers en ek is verward - Beth heel verras se toe "ooee, julle is veronderstel om te soen" ons het nog 'n paar keer daai aand gesoen.
Vars lug is min! Omdat dit so koud is speel ons nie baie buite nie dit is regtig koud. Maar ek kry myself dat ek smag na vars lug. Ons huis en ek weet nie of dit standaard is nie - was nog nie in te veelhuise nie. Ek is seker ons huis se lug word gesekuleer met vars lug maar so elke 30 na 45 min dan blaas daar lug in die huis - dit begin koud en dan raak dit lekker warm - ek het gou geleer dit is die beste tyd om in die badkamer te wees want dan is dit lekker warm :) Die huis en ek dink meeste huise hier het dubble glas vensters - so jy hoor bykans geen klanke van buite nie. Vensters maak ook anderste oop, jy draai 'n handvatsel. Huise is van hout gemaak net planke wat geisoleer is. Ek probeer dit alles nog uitfigure - dalk eendag. Bakstene is bleikbaar baie duur? Die drie varkies sal 'n fees he hier ek wonder of julle die storie hier vertel en hoe ouers dit aan hulle kinders verduidelik.
Geboue lyk dieselfde maar baie anderste as in SA. Een van die eerste resturante waarin ek was het my geskok in hoe dit lyk. Ek dink ons is gewoond om in 'n mall te eet. Ons is nie regtig gewoond aan 'n resturant in die middle van niks nie. Iets soos Papoetsies in Linden. Hier is dit glad nie vreemd om in 'n straat 'n paar resturante te he nie maar elkeen is op sy eie met sy eie parkeer terein sy eie erf. Dakke oor die algemeen is ook plat so dit lyk amper iets soos 'n garage. Dis moeilik om dit te beskryf - dis net baie anderste en jy het nodig om dit te sien om te verstaan. ek sal kyk as ons uitgaan vandag om bietjie fofo't te neem. Hier is 'n paar strip malls waar daar baie groot winkels langs mekaar is - soos woodmead. Ek was nog net in een Mall dit was 'n klein ene maar ek dink dit was seker amper so
groot soos clearwater mall.
Jy gooi jou eie petrol in - tegnologie het ook darm al gevorder so nou kan jy by die pomp betaal jy hoef nie noodwendig uit te klim en binne te betaal nie. Daar is ook winkels by die pompe. In SA is hulle snaks georienteer, ek was geskok om te sien dit is amper net koeldrank en dan algemene goed. Ons petrol stasie winkels is amper soos great winkels.
Aanpassing in America
So ons het veilig aangeland in Amerika ongeveer 'n maand gelede al :).
Die vlug is lank en baie ongemalklik ek verstaan ook nou hoekom somige
mense niks van vlieg hou nie. Dit was 'n belewenis en ek is seker daar
sal nog baie wees.
Die aanpassing in Amerika is groot. Hollywood laat dit na 'n baie
anderste plek lyk. Hier in Iowa is dit platteland darm nie klein dorp
platteland nie. Ons bly buite die dorp op 'n plaas - sonder diere -
wel hier is wilde kalkoene en "deer" en as jy nog nooit deer gesien
het nie hulle lyk soos oorgroot baie groot duikers. In die geweste is
dit algemeen om hulle te jag wat hartseer is. Die kultuur is verseker
baie anderste. Ek onthou hoe Dustin my vertel het van dinge wat ons
anderte se. Wel hier tel ek baie daarvan op.Daar is nooit niks haas
nie maar dinge gebeur en as jy gevra word om iets te doen is die
verstaan dat jy dit nou sal doen. Dis 'n anderste lewe maar dit is
goed.
Een van die groot events wat ons gehad het was ons tweede troue! Dit
was beautiful en baie groot. Daar was ongeveer 150 mense en in
vergelyking met ons SA 45mense troue is dit baie. Beth my skoonma het
'n great werk gedoen om dit alles georganiseerd te kry en ek moes op
die einde van die dag net opdaag. Julle is welkom om na foto's van
altwee troues te gaan kyk by
www.flickr.com/photos/dustin-rene-wedding/. Die troue het begin met 'n
video van ons SA troue wat Mias (my broer) vir ons gemaak het. Ons het
toe ingestap in dieselfde kleure wat ons aangehad in SA (Dankie Jaco
die rok het net so goed gewerk die tweede keer! Dankie!) Warren 'n
goeie familie vriend het die seremonie gelei en toe het ons ge-eet!
Dit was regtig 'n wonderlike aand.
Verder gaan dinge goed. Dustin het begin met sy studies en kry engels
en wiskunde uit die weg. Sodat hy twee vake minder het om te doen as
sy kursus begin in Augustus. Ek help uit met die bediening soos ek kan
en verder probeer ek maar my voete vind. Dit lyk asof ek dalk 'n
kusrus of twee sal kan doen aangesien dit redelik goedkoop is.
Die vlug is lank en baie ongemalklik ek verstaan ook nou hoekom somige
mense niks van vlieg hou nie. Dit was 'n belewenis en ek is seker daar
sal nog baie wees.
Die aanpassing in Amerika is groot. Hollywood laat dit na 'n baie
anderste plek lyk. Hier in Iowa is dit platteland darm nie klein dorp
platteland nie. Ons bly buite die dorp op 'n plaas - sonder diere -
wel hier is wilde kalkoene en "deer" en as jy nog nooit deer gesien
het nie hulle lyk soos oorgroot baie groot duikers. In die geweste is
dit algemeen om hulle te jag wat hartseer is. Die kultuur is verseker
baie anderste. Ek onthou hoe Dustin my vertel het van dinge wat ons
anderte se. Wel hier tel ek baie daarvan op.Daar is nooit niks haas
nie maar dinge gebeur en as jy gevra word om iets te doen is die
verstaan dat jy dit nou sal doen. Dis 'n anderste lewe maar dit is
goed.
Een van die groot events wat ons gehad het was ons tweede troue! Dit
was beautiful en baie groot. Daar was ongeveer 150 mense en in
vergelyking met ons SA 45mense troue is dit baie. Beth my skoonma het
'n great werk gedoen om dit alles georganiseerd te kry en ek moes op
die einde van die dag net opdaag. Julle is welkom om na foto's van
altwee troues te gaan kyk by
www.flickr.com/photos/dustin-rene-wedding/. Die troue het begin met 'n
video van ons SA troue wat Mias (my broer) vir ons gemaak het. Ons het
toe ingestap in dieselfde kleure wat ons aangehad in SA (Dankie Jaco
die rok het net so goed gewerk die tweede keer! Dankie!) Warren 'n
goeie familie vriend het die seremonie gelei en toe het ons ge-eet!
Dit was regtig 'n wonderlike aand.
Verder gaan dinge goed. Dustin het begin met sy studies en kry engels
en wiskunde uit die weg. Sodat hy twee vake minder het om te doen as
sy kursus begin in Augustus. Ek help uit met die bediening soos ek kan
en verder probeer ek maar my voete vind. Dit lyk asof ek dalk 'n
kusrus of twee sal kan doen aangesien dit redelik goedkoop is.
07 January, 2008
Photo Problems
I am not able to add photo's on to my blog at this stage. Something to do with Mac :) So please check out my facebook for some photo's about coming to the USA . If anyone know how to solve my photo problem please let me know.
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