Sunday, February 15, 2009

VALENTINES DAY.

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Here it is 2009 and at last we are making an attempt to figure out how to use this software to keep in touch with the family.      While we are staying with the Marais family it is a good time to try as Pierre is a whizz at using the computer and very necessary help is at hand.

Yesterday was St Valentine's day, and Dad's seventy fifth birthday.

What a pleasure to be sharing it with the family in Cape Town.  They always make us feel so welcome and  wanted that it is a wonderful time for us to be together and to cuddle up the kids and experience their growing up.    Friday morning is a special time at their school as it is grandparents' day.     We are so glad that we are here and can support the children by attending the function and for them to see us in the audience while they do their thing on the platform.     

Anyhow, back to the Birthday party.

We invited the rellies in Fish Hoek to come to a dinner party at Michelle's but they were unable to, so Michelle said "We will have a party just for the family.       Michelle gave a list of 10 possible meals with different levels of liking from yuk to wow and Dad filled it in with a choice of 4 wows with prawns at the top, and lemon meringue for dessert, and cocktail fruit (canned) for starters.

While Geoff  watched TV  - rugby -  and I watched stuff on M's computer, Michelle and Pierre swung into action with decorating the 'conservatoire' into a party and preparing the food fit for a grand old gentleman's birthday.

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The Conservatoire

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09-01-09  Slide show backgrounds 008 I09-01-09  Slide show backgrounds 079                                                     We  will always send you a  short "check our blog" message so you know when a post is waiting for you to read.     Colin and Hayley please do the same.     One gets tired of looking to see if there is a blog from you and eventually miss a blog when you do send one.

If this goes off successfully, it is really easy to operate, and great to be able to send you a lot of photos.

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