1977/8-ish

Bo: Elma en Riana
Pouse in die Vierkant
Onder: Leana, Sandra, Edna

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Bo: Mariet, Retha, Heino, James, Robert
Geta, Elmien, Ansie, Santa, Elmien, Sandra, Rina, Leana
Annemarie, Rolana, Gerda, Erica
Leana, Rina, Wilma, Elize
Laaste Skooldag
Onder: Dalene, Desia, (Desia is totaal onbewus daarvan dat haar toekomstige manlief wie sy eers twee jaar later "amptelik" sou ontmoet, in die agtergrond is.)

Woonstel Foto's

Sitkamer na kombuis.

Sitkamer na voordeur. Links by die voordeur is 'n kas, en regs (nie sigbaar nie) 'n deur na die klein waskamertjie met 'n "stacked" wasmasjien en droeer.

Gangetjie by C se badkamer, met haar "man-of-the-moment" James Dean, regs.

Alphonse Mucha se 4 seisoene.

Sitkamer/balkon.

Voordeur na eetkamer/sitkamer/kombuis.

Vanaf voordeur na kombuis en LaL se kamer regs.

Carla se kamer.

Vanaf LaLa se bed deur haar aantrekkamer(hokkie) na haar badkamer

Vanaf die voordeur geneem: sien, ons is heeltemal verkanadees met die skoenuittrekkery - 'n baie goeie idee om huiswerk te verminder.

Carla se badkamer: sy is nie mal oor die "juvenile" stortgordyn nie, ons soek nog na 'n "gesofistikeerde pienk" gordyn.

Kombuis: die swart graniet is nou nie wat ek sou kies nie, maar ons het geen keuse gehad met enigiets nie. Ek is ook nie mal oor die swart yskas nie, ek dink staal sou "ligter" gelyk het.

LaLa se kamer met Hildegard se "painting" eindelik op 'n manier teen die muur op sonder om te laat raam.

Winskopie-vloermodel TV kas van Pier1. Stoele en kussings ook van Pier1. Ons het intussen 'n groterig staal Eiffel toring by Winners gekry en links bo-op die kas gesit.

Kykie vanaf die kombuis na die eetkamer/C. se bad- en slaapkamer.

Ek is jammer die foto's is so deurmekaar, maar ek wil dit nou net geplaas kry en is bang ek verloor dit en onthou nie wat is wat as ek dit in volgorde probeer plaas nie, miskien op 'n ander keer.
Ek hoop julle kan wel iets uitmaak van hoe dit is, soos ek al gese het Sus, dis maar klein! (Maar wel baie funksioneel en maklik om skoon te hou, sal nou nie juis iets se oor netjies hou nie; hopelik kom hulle gou by die stadium van, 'n-plek-vir-elke-ding-en-elke-ding-op-sy-plek uit. Ek self is nog nie heeltemal daar nie!Ek dink nie dit sal vir Mam 'n probleem wees nie!)

Daar is nog heelwat wat gedoen moet word; oorverf van sekere mure, mooi vase, plante, ornamente en goed teen die muur, ek is maar stadig met die proses, maar hulle het alles wat hulle nodig het. Ons het ook 'n paar goedjies gekry wat ek gou opgesit het voor ek weg is, maar nie foto's van geneem het nie. Ek wou eers foto's neem as alles perfek en ge"stage" is, maar wat, dalk kom ek nooit daarby uit nie, so hier is dit nou solank.

09/09/09

5 Minutes before 09/09/09 is over! My computer is soooo sloooowwww, I wonder if this will even get posted; oh no!...there's only 2 minutes of 09/09/09 left!

Whew! Glad I got that out of the way...what is it with us and dates like 09/09/09? On the radio this afternoon, they were talking about how many couples were getting married today, especially at 9 am or 9 pm, some with only 9 guests etc. Apparently the number 9 means something like forever good luck, or maybe I have it wrong, (due to the slow computer - definitely time for an Apple - I did not google) but it's something like that.

The rest of the post is in Afrikaans, it's for the family at home who cannot always receive email attachments.

Amper 4 Tande

Die soewenier kepsie van die Wittebrood pas eindelik

Lekker agteroor, voete-op-die-tafel by die Tannies se woonstel.
(Ek wil amper se in tipiese S-man houding!)

Kyk net hoe oulik is Janneman! En wat dink julle van daai doek? Wie sou kon dink babadoeke kan gesogte versamelaarsitems word?! Brianne gebruik net lapdoeke, maar dis defnitief nie die lapdoeke van ons tyd nie, aikona, dis die oulikste goed; klaar gevorm en met drukknopies of so dat 'n "snappy" gebruik kan word. Sekeres is vir slaap en ander is net plein ougat. Ek kan net dink hoe skattig 'n dogtertjie s'n kan wees. Een van sy doeke is selfs van Wihann se gunsteling hokkiespan, ek dink die "Penguins". Ek sal weer foto's neem, wens ek het vroeer daaraan gedink. Die ene op die foto lyk vir my soos 'n kameelperd "print."


Die ander foto's is van die girlkies se woonstel wat uiteindelik na my onbeplande-verlengde 10 dae lange besoek (en "liefdadigheidsbydrae") bietjie meer "homey" begin lyk. Ek het langerig terug vooruit vlugte geboek, toe dit op sg. uitverkoping was, en sowaar, hier boek ek my terugvlug vir die spesifieke besoek (J. het nie daar gaan werk die keer nie) vir 14 dae, ipv 7 dae. Is dit 'n "honest mistake" of is dit nou ouderdom of wat? Dit was langnaweek in Kanada en natuurlik was vlugte ewe skielik meer as dubbel soveel as gewoonlik en kon ek eers eergisteraand terugkom. Nie dat ek kla nie, ek het dit baie geniet daar, maar 'n paar afsprake tuis gemis. (En J. se dat die honde en katte my vreeslik gemis het...!!)

(En blogger is nog steeds besig om die "images te upload". Dis darem seker nie hulle skuld nie, ek dink hierdie rekenaar is die probleem.)

Die foto's van die woonstel is vir Sus; dis min of meer hoe groot Mam se beplande woonstel gaan wees. Is maar klein, maar sy se dis wat sy wil he. Ek se vir haar ons moet maar Kanadees gaan en 'n kelder laat grou, sodat sy al haar, um, versamelaarsitems daar kan stoor!

(Wag steeds vir die blogger upload... en dis net die eerste klomp wat ek wil laai.)
(Wag nog steeds, en ek moes al in die bed wees, ek sal more die foto's plaas. )
(Ek gaan die pos wel plaas, sal more verder hieraan werk. Wonder wat sal gebeur as ek die 'upload' "aanlos" en nie kanselleer nie?)
(En steeds is dit 'n langdradige storie om foto's gelaai te kry; ek probeer later weer.)

Beskuit

Still not the same as my mom's potato yeast rusks, but getting there...

Ingredients

• 500g All-purpose flour (next time I'm going to add 125ml cornstarch, I read somewhere on the net that that will help with whatever is missing in the non-SA flours?)
  
• 500g Wholewheat flour (or use just white flour)
  
• 10 ml Salt
• 62 ml (1/4 cup) Sugar
• 10 g Instant yeast
• 45 ml (3 Tbs) Anise seeds (optional)
• 3/4 Can of condensed milk
• +- 500 ml (2 c) Tepid water
• 200g Butter, melted

Method

• Sift flours, salt, sugar, yeast and anise seeds.
• Mix condensed milk with water and add little by little to flour mixture to make a soft dough.
• Put some melted butter in hands and start kneading dough, adding more butter until dough is smooth and pliable. (Knead 10-15 minutes)
• Smear some butter over the dough, cover and let rise in a warm spot until doubled.
• Grease 3 bread pans. (12x22 cm/5x9")
  
• Knock dough down lightly.
• Form balls with hands and pack in pans. Cover and let rise until doubled.
• Preheat oven 180C/360F.
• Bake rusks 40-60 minutes until cooked and golden brown.
• Turn out onto a cooling rack.
• Cool completely.
• Break into pieces, pack onto cookie sheets, slightly apart and dry out in a cool oven. (100C/200F)
• Makes 3-4 dozen, depending on preferred size.

Sympathy

OUMA

Thank You everyone, for the sympathy comments, I appreciate it very much. But, I do feel a little fraudulent/sheepish; my grandmother died exactly one month ago, yesterday. I stupidly wanted to write the perfect eulogy with the perfectly suited photos etc. Last night I decided that it's OK to just announce it.

This may sound unfeeling and weird, but we are all very happy that she's gone Home. She has been ready for quite a few years and although she was actually fairly healthy and never suffered terribly, she was bedridden. She slept most of the time, still enjoyed her meals and especially something sweet, but was literally just skin-and-bones. When she was awake she was mostly lucid, but there were times when she talked for hours on end, not sleeping and even when no one was there to listen.

She was loved dearly and for my mom and her two brothers and the grandchildren, it is the end of an era. To me it feels as if my life is a little less connected, my circle a bit smaller. God's Word does not give us too much information about the hereafter as far as our loved ones are concerned, but we know not to mourn too much because we know she was saved and is with the Lord, that she was ready to go.

"We realize how helpless then

Are all the gifts of mortal men

No words which we have power to say

Can take the sting of grief away

That Power which marks the sparrow's fall

Must comfort and sustain us all."

(Thanks for these comforting words Mariki.)


About the perfect eulogy; it sickens me to put this in writing, but I cannot find the notebook with Ouma's life-story that I wanted to use. On a visit to SA one year, I sat with her for a few hours each day to write down whatever she wanted to tell me about her life. I brought the book home with me and stored it somewhere, and now I cannot find it.
To everyone who still has a grand- or great-grandparent: go now and record their history, AND keep it safe, where you will find it again.

OUMA

P.R. du Toit (nee Pringle)

1911 - 2009

1 Husband

4 Children

15 Grandchildren

29 Great-grandchildren

1 Great-great Grandson

Celebrating in heaven with her ancestors and brothers, husband, oldest son, son-in-law, oldest granddaughter, oldest grandson, another granddaughter, oldest great-granddaughter and a great-grandson.

A Note to Parents

A Note to Parents

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