Dizzy Dee

So I finally got the courage together to clean up my shells!!!

On Sunday I had some help from my boyfriend, and we washed all the shells carefully - picking out some of the rotten dead snails within in the “pumpkin shells” - that was probably the grossest thing I’ve EVER done.

But I’m all done now, and they’re all layed out on newspaper covered table OUTSIDE - I’m leaving them there a while to get rid of the ocean smell.

I’ll soon spray paint them with varnish - makes them look wet, plus it hardens them a bit. Now I have to find something to do with them afterwards though…

Any suggestions?

And so my holiday has come to an end… We arrived back here at home today after nearly eleven hours on the road. I’m really tired now, but thought I’d first check in to see who’s been visiting, or spamming for that matter. I got A LOT of comments which were spam, and Aksiment didn’t catch them, but hey, no one’s perfect - I was just disappointed to see each comment I thought was new was just another “Great Site!” from “qweqwe“….

My holiday was good. We went to Jeffrey’s Bay, its well known surf territory - beautiful beaches, but freezing cold water! I didn’t even ONCE get into the water. As a matter of fact, we couldn’t even go to the beach each day. J-bay is notorious for its winds (mmm - sounds weird), anyhow, the weather wasn’t great, but I got to wear my bikini 3 times, though I just lay in the sun with it - played frisbee to keep warm!!! Even then the breeze had a bite to it, but it was good to get some fresh air, sunshine and READ. I finished two books this holiday!!! I’m so proud of myself! I finished another book from Karen Kingsbury, and then the “Hundred Years Of Solitude” (By Gabriel García Márquez) which I’ve been reading for quite some time now. I would really suggest that book to anyone - it was such a great read!

I couldn’t avoid the shops, and I did do some shopping too - at the Billabong factory shop, got some nice goodies from there.

The last day (yesterday) we picked up shells - and I brought a whole container back - but it smells like something dead (duh). But they’re so pretty though, so when I have the guts to face the stench, I will wash them, and them varnish them. I’m not a “shell person”, but I figured I might as well try it, I can always throw them away if I don’t like it any more, right? Later on we went to “Oysterbay“, a stunning little town - 20km from civilization, which can only be reached by a dirt road. It has wide white beaches, with the bluest sea, and HUGE dunes. There wasn’t another soul anywhere close - no cars, NO ONE on the beach.  There weren’t even ANY footprints!!!  Pretty cool, huh? It seems like a real one horse town - there isn’t anything there except a filling station & a tiny shop which sells everything from pancakes to baby powder. So nice to see a place like that again, but I wouldn’t want to LIVE there. Wouldn’t know what to do with myself!

For the rest we played cards till after midnight, watched cricket (*barf* - I read), and just lazed around.

Sorry for not missing my PC too much, but I’m back now, and going to keep you entertained again

Here’s a photo of the beach - not to make you jealous - just to show how beautiful Jeffrey’s is…

Happy Easter to you all!

Have a nice holiday, if you don’t already know, I’m going to the coast again - which means that I’ll only be back in 2 weeks’ time!!!

Enjoy, and see you then

Yes, its that time of year again - summer!!! December holidays start in 10 days for me!!! I can’t believe that this was 2006. On December 15th I will be working my last day for this year! I’m really looking forward to going to the beach, and spending time with friends in the sun, but its a bit scary to realize how quickly time goes by. Just the other day it was December 2005, and now 2006 is ending?

I’m going to try to make a post of things I’ve achieved this year. There are still things I need to finish at work, but once that’s done, I can relax till next year! It always feels strange to say that, and though its soooo cliché, I still end up using that phrase every year.

I hope you all enjoyed 2006, and everyone is looking forward to the festive season as much as I am!!

[Can't wait to get some sun on my pale skin]

I promised you feedback, and though I might have taken too long according to some people, I eventually got some nice photo's taken with my phone. Tell me what you think? - I was quite impressed! We went away for the weekend (to Mpumalanga), and these were taken either there, or on the way.
Here ya go!

To see the complete set of photo's I took this weekend, check out my Nokia N70 Photo's