24 posts tagged “gina”
Gina, Aaron, Jared and I had a picnic at the Johannesburg Botanical Gardens today. Sam and Lawrence were supposed to join us but they ditched us in favour of some stuff they had to do so we went ahead, just the 4 of us and had a pretty good time there. The park/gardens is in Emmarentia (I usually refer to them it as the Emmarentia Dam) a nd I usually go to the dam side. Jared took us up to the botanical gardens themselves and I was impressed with them. They are beautiful and there are a number of spots under trees (and in the open) where people can settle down for a nice picnic or just a general social thing with friends and family. We will definitely be going back there for another picnic.
Anyway, we picked a spot under a big tree on the corner of one of the levels (the section of the gardens we were at is made up of a series of gardens on different levels and you climb a couple steps to get to the next one. Each one has a few rose gardens and a water feature of some kind.
No picnic would be a real picnic without some tasty treats from Woolworths so Gina popped out before we headed out to the gardens and bought us some chicken salad sandwiches, koeksisters, chips and some very tasty litchis. Jared brought with him a slab of Lindt dark chocolate with chili (a very interesting combination).
Gina and Jared took out some decks of cards after we had fed and changed Aaron so I put him into the Moby wrap Gina bought a couple weeks ago and went for a walk around with my camera. He fell asleep almost straight away and seemed to be perfectly comfortable in the wrap. It settles him and it has the huge benefit of enabling us to keep our hands free to do what we need to do. I have started using the wrap at home when he doesn't settle so I can work or do what I need to do. I am actually wearing it now, he gets a bit niggly when he is home (not sure why he does that mainly when he is home and not when he is out or at my mother in law). Anyway, I just took a whole lot of photos of the gardens and a couple photos of some weddings that were going on. There must have been 4 separate weddings happening at the same time on the grounds. Jared says this is pretty common there.
We just got back home from Sandton City where we saw Stardust (great movie, lots of fun). We went to the food court for lunch afterwards. Gina went to the Steers for a burger and I went to KFC. I was waiting in line when she appeared, pretty upset.
It turned out that she was waiting in line behind two people who were paying. Once they were done she moved to the counter where the manager was standing. He saw her standing there, all of 8 months pregnant. Instead of acknowledging her presence, he instructed the cashiers to serve two other people. He ignored an obviously pregnant woman and let people push in front of her without saying a word.
What a pig.
I told Gina that I saw Rooibos cappucino style drink at the @Home store in the Design Quarter in Fourways. She maintained I was talking nonsense for quite a few months. Until yesterday at least when I showed her what I saw. She was a good sport and posed with the proof and then bought it.
We went to visit Gina's grandparents on her dad's side. Her grandmother was in hospital after an accident of some description (we have heard that she hurt her back, had a hip replacement and one or two other reports on her condition but with no independent confirmation of any of them).
Anyway, I shot two photos of Gina and Matt (who is back here from Israel before he moves there permanently in a couple weeks) which came out pretty well, I think:
We just had breakfast with Shirley at Aromas in Killarney. It was packed and the food was pretty good. We sat next to a door that some rude people didn't close when they walked through it, letting a cold draft in.
It is Ari's birthday party today and we are at JB's in Melrose Arch for a quick supper and celebration.
I am at least a decade older than anyone else at this party (except for Gina of course).
After weeks of heat we have rain. It has been raining for the last half hour or so and the day has turned into a perfect "stay at home" day (Gina prefers BMW to describe the day). I have a bit of work today so that is what I am up to this afternoon. I have a Fleetwood Mac list on iTunes which I am playing. It seems like perfect music for this weather.
On another note, Gina has been blogging up a storm on her blog. She has really taken to it and I look forward to reading what she publishes. I'd love to take credit and say that all my blogging has rubbed off on her but that isn't really true. Her real inspiration is Tertia Albertyn whose blog, So Close, is a tremendously successful blog here and which Tertia uses to share her experiences with her infertility, her gorgeous twins and her life in general.
Anyway, I must get back to work. Still got some money to earn so I can bill it at the end of next week.
Gina is blogging! Go girl!
Gina took this with her snazzy new phone.
We're visiting Gina's grandparents on her dad's side. They are both in their 90s (which is something) and still living on their own.
