A perfect Summer day today

There's been a lot of change in my life over the past few months. We sold our house, the new house we were supposed to go to fell through at the last moment and we ended up having to temporarily move in with my in-laws. We decided to do some travelling and because of the timing we didn't want to move into a new house and then leave it empty for a month while we were away - the high crime situation in South Africa makes it risky. So I'm still with the in-laws, we got back from overseas three weeks ago.

My whole life just about I have dreamed of going to New York....and that's just what we finally decided to do, and it was the most incredible, fabulous experience. We stayed in Manhattan for two entire weeks, we rented a little apartment in Chelsea, and afterwards we we went to Canada for two weeks, to Toronto, Montreal and Quebec City. I'll write more about my travels and post some pics in future posts.

I share cooking dinner with my mom-in-law and it's actually quite nice and sociable. While it's obviously better to have your own home and space, I'm finding out that there are benefits to being part of an extended family, especially when they're really nice and you get along with them. As far as in-laws go, I am truly blessed. Sometimes we take turns to make dinner, sometimes we cook together, last night was my turn and I decided to go Indian and did a Balti chicken curry. It came out great, very tasty.

My dog Bandit, who's also staying with us and who lives up to his name. He loves to "help" out in the kitchen waiting for tasty tidbits to fall on the floor. This dog will eat just about anything and there's nothing more he enjoys than a good, strong cup of coffee in the morning. I'm one of those people who can't function in the morning without a cup of coffee - I have to be careful where I put my coffee mug, if I go away for a minute, by the time I get back the coffee will have disappeared except for the giveaway splashes on the table.

.....enjoying the warm Summer days......

Well it's been suuuuuuuuuuch a long time since I last posted and so much has happened.......mostly great stuff and I'm feeling quite happy these days. I'm planning to start blogging here more regularly.......and just enjoying the excellent Summer weather we're having in Joburg at the moment.

Journal pages

Sold

Some random pics around the house - which is now sold. I'm happy about that and also have a bit of trepidation about what the future will hold. We have until the end of August to find another place to live and so far still no luck. If the worst comes to the worst we will have to put all our stuff into storage and move in with my in-laws temporarily. Which actually as far as the worst things happening is far from the worst all things considered, just not an ideal situation. My main worry about living with the in-laws is that our poor cat will end up in the kennels for a while and he hates going there.

Mental meanderings

I have been a bad blogger, I am finding it harder to write about myself and talk about my life than I thought. And also I am not in the best mental space right now and I don't want to be one of those people that are always complaining about how bad things are and then never get off their butts to do anything about it. Half of my problem I think is that I'm not working full time at the moment and I have too much time on my hands and spend too much time alone during week days. When I have the opportunity to go out and interact with people I feel a lot better.

Anyway the good news is that I am going on holiday down to the ocean tomorrow for a week with my husband and some friends.....and when I get back I REALLY have to sort out my life and my headspace and fucking well move on!!!!! I WILL get out of this rut I'm in, and I WILL find some gainful employment or volunteer for a worthy cause....and I am going to sign up for the Photoshop course I want to do!!!!