'Not so Wordless' Wednesday

I thought I would steal Michelle’s ‘Wordless Wednesday’ due to the following amazing photo but prior to posting I realized I babbled on about it making it not so wordless (sorry I have a hard time keeping my mouth shut---shocker I know).

Colt's fans this is posted especially for you………………



And for my blog friends that are solely in it for the food and are shopaholics (um that would be Michelle again) this one’s for you………



Enough said!

Beware of Baboons

Typically when we host teams from the USA or wherever, we always end their stay with a nice safari experience. In early Jan we had a small team from Texas and it was no different. Their last two days would be spent enjoying a splendid overnight safari.

Rich asked one of our South African friends, Ross to join them as there was extra room in the guy’s chalet. Ross did join and it proved to be quite an experience.

After enjoying an early morning game drive the guys returned to their chalet to find quite a sight. The room was in shambles…food half eaten and strewn all over, curtains ripped down, and garbage everywhere. In addition piles of poop accompanied the disaster. Someone left a window open and baboons took this as an invitation to invade the place.

Ross quickly ran upstairs to his room to assess the damage and Rich said he knew it was bad when they heard, “No, No…ah come on….you have got to be kidding me!”
Ross came down the stairs with this precious sight……………


….a thoughtful gift from one of the baboons presented nicely on his pressed and folded shirt.

So when you see the ‘baboon warning’ signs you’d be wise to adhere. I am sure ‘baboon’ pestilence is a growing concern for you in the good ole USA.

Back to the Land of Oz

..........not much of a story with this one, well there is but its purpose today is to bring my blog back to a G-rating. So what is your favorite G-movie and when last did you see it?

African Delectables

Periodically I like to give a look into my ‘African’ world. Today, I thought I would give you a peek at our supermarkets. I detest grocery shopping because it is impossible to get everything on your shopping list at one store. Most often it is a 3 store deal before checking everything off. That is why the following photos in a very disturbing way bring me joy while shopping. These photos are not from a forever forward circulating the globe they were actually taken at a local supermarket. Warning if you have a weak stomach do not proceed any further..........



Hard to read but the label says "FAT"...yes this is a kilo of fat found in the fresh meat section. Ironically it was placed next to the lean meats.



And umm this one is self-explanatory….hey, at least it is fresh.

So if you ever have a chance to come for dinner I’ll be sure to give you a side of fat with your meal and fresh ass cake for dessert. Ah, only in Africa!

Look-alikes

I know this has been blogged on but all my adult life I've been told I look like someone. The more famous names that have come up over the years have been Linda Hamilton, Kim Bassinger and Candice Bergman. In fact Mitchell called me "Murph" (Murphy Brown) for years. With this I was curious to see what the diagnostics would say. I tried a few different pictures and by golly all 3 of those women came up at one time or another. I chose the following as it was the only one that showed my "male" look alike being Bon Jovi. How cool is that?! See I was destined to sing on stage...now for the voice.




And much to Rich's chagrin here is his...he grunted when I showed him his results. I take it men don't get into these type of things. :-)



So who do you look like??

Da Bears

Upon awaking this morning I saw a glorious statement slathered across my computer screen, “Bears Maul Saints to earn Super Bowl trip”…..much better than yesterday morning’s “I’m in it to win” statement from Hillary Clinton which made me gag!

Being from the windy city and growing up with 2 older brothers I was (am) a Bears, Bulls and White Sox fan! Yep, fellow Chicagoans I said the White Sox NOT the Cubs but this post is about da Bears I’ll save da Sox for another post!

I felt it pridefully appropriate to take a stroll down memory lane….to Super bowl XX, where da Bears won da ring (and some serious cash)! What a great team, with “the refrigerator” Perry, Jim McMahon (Mr. Cocky) the colorful Mike Ditka and my personal favorite, #34…the late great Walter Payton!

Jan 26, 1986 also marked the first and only Sunday night as a kid that my brothers and I were allowed to stay home from church (bona fide PK’s). We would sing the Super bowl Shuffle instead of choir songs that night! I still know the words….to the Super bowl Shuffle that is!

To my dear friends in Indiana….do you think we can get tickets on the street for $10 a piece day of game? Jason, get working on that paper airplane as it will be the only highlight the Colts will see! Next headlines will read; “Bears MAUL the Colts to win the Super bowl!”

So who are you rooting for to take Super bowl XLl....or do you watch purely for commercial entertainment?

One Week Down...

…..42 more to go, of school that is! Skyler and Blake just completed their first full week of school. Sky started grade 2 and Blake is in grade 00 ('double not'…zero is pronounced ‘not’ here) or the equivalent to Pre K-4. Blake’s transition meant moving to Skyler’s school and going everyday which he was quite excited about.
So essentially I am back to being “transport mom”. Amazing that my kids are only 7 and 4 with limited extracurricular activities yet I seem to spend much of my day in the car.

Back to school, as in entry into a new year, was always exciting for me as a kid. I loved buying and organizing all the brand new school supplies for the first day of school. As an adult I don’t find as much joy in it as I did as a kid. Perhaps because here you don’t just buy the basic markers, paper, pencils, etc you buy everything from the basics to writing tablets, textbooks and storage containers. Can you say ‘chaching’? And of course it is British-English so an interpreter must accompany you to the store.