The biker and the baker

Low Carb, High Fat Diet We are trying to follow a Low Carb, High Fat diet after hearing about all the healthy benefits for your body.  We've been doing this for a while now and I can assure you, body and mind feels good.  No more lethargic, fatigued me!  I no longer get my energy from carb loaded foods but rather from full fat foods.  My body loves this.  If you don't know anything about this diet, please research it immediately!  You will love me for it <3  Our whole family, including 2 little boys, aged 6 and 3 is following it.  Oh, and it shouldn't be called a diet.  Diet sounds so depriving...  It's a HEALTHY LIFESTYLE!! It's amazing what you can eat.  I just got rid of all carb food in my cupboards.  No more sugary cereals, no more "healthy cereals"  (oats, muesli).  No more pastas, no more breads - the breads were a biggie for me, as I loveD bread.  But it was easier to give it up, than what I ...

A beautiful day dawned in beautiful Cape Town and we had a breakfast date with Grandie and Gran  :-) We all piled into Grandie's Mazda and headed into the beautiful city, also fondly known as the Mother City.  We  had no problem with parking, as we made use of a parking garage. That's a big YAY in this part of town! So off we went to Bowl restaurant - part of the Adderley Hotel. They served a nice buffet breakfast. The boys had such a great time helping themselves to all the yummy breakfast snacks. I had a fresh croissant with ham and cheese, as well as an omelette with mushrooms and cheese. With the coffee and the juice, it was more than enough for me. The staff was friendly, the manager helpful and the food satisfactory - your ordinary run of the mill buffet breakfast. Served in style  :-) I love hotel buffet breakfasts.  It's also a lovely old building, apparently built in 1903. In deep conversation with Gran After a...

I had a day to myself which does not happen often enough!  Daddy and the boys went on a long awaited fishing trip and mommy was not expected to go with :-) They slept over at Grandie's house. Soooo had the whole house to myself when I arrived back at 8 that evening. A nice chick flick was in order, along with some delectable chocs - who can blame me, it was Easter weekend and Micah's 3rd birthday... The movie chosen for the momentous occasion was What to Expect When You're Expecting.   It is an endearing, funny story of couples getting ready for life with a baby. It was nice being eight months preggies and having some empathy with all the other pregnant girls.  This is a cute and funny movie, with some real feeling behind it.  By the way, if you are in the Blouberg area, there is a movie rental shop at the big Parklands Spar, with quite a good contract deal - R180 for 20 movies. After a relatively  peaceful sleep (I usually don't sleep well...

The dunes at Atlantis provide an expansive and varied playground for sand riders. Of particular value, the area provides sections that are sufficiently mild for those relatively new to sand riding and sections that are adequately challenging for the experienced sand rider. Doug organised a ride with the hope that there would be enough interest in an outing to the Atlantis dunes to bring together both skilled and not-so-skilled sand riders, with the former providing example, insight and support and the latter being given the opportunity to enjoy a new experience. Permits are required to access the dunes and if you make use of the area, I would encourage you to only enter with valid permits as this access is a real privaledge - and risking it is shortsighted.  I have heard via the grapevine that for a long time now, there may be pressure from nature conservation to close off this facility for motorised use.  I hope that if we all continue to supprt the current perm...

More than a month had passed since our baby turned 2.  I've been meaning to write and share the experience since then but time just ran away with me, like always... We started the day with our traditional cupcakes in bed for breakfast routine.  And don't forget the sparkler.  Micah was whisked off to our bedroom and Happy birthday was sang whilst cupcakes with sparklers were ushered in.  He really enjoyed the moment and it is so much fun to see that he knew that it was something special for him.  After a whole lot of crumbies on our bed, Micah proceeded to open his pressies.  He did not look to keen on the Lego from Dad and Mom (duplo) but Jethro's gift took first prize - Micah was really impressed with his electric drill. Cupcakes with White Chocolate Ganache decorated in brights and pretties :) Happy birthday to you, dear Micah Yum Yum Yum It's my party! Pressies! Thank you Jedo :) Getting it out the box!?!?! ...