Update and The Travelling Jock of the Bushveld

The Jock Projecct is for South African bloggers.

Jock is making his way around South Africa meeting new people, new places adn showing the English Foreigh Lanugeage Classes in France, what South Africa looks like and who lives there.

This initiative was created by Jenette Reitsma and to show her French kids in Flers, Orne in Lower Normandy what South Africa looks like, up close and person.

All you have to do is sign up and take Jock with you and take a few photos.

Jock at the local Alberton Football Club

The girls with Jock next to the AFC pitch.

Jock getting a kiss from A Daft Scots Lass in her office at work

Jock joined us for some KFC take-away South Africa style

Jock even went shopping with us to the Meyersdal Mall

If you want to take part, leave a Comment, Email me, Tweet me or YouTube me with your details so I can contact you and forward Jock on to you.

He's adorable and he doesn't pee on the carpet. 

Easter Project

Get organised and make your own message board to post those endless to do lists, school calendars and reminder notes. With this message board you won’t need to stress of constantly making mental notes.

To make a dazzling message board, glue crystals, beads, coloured tacks or antique buttons around the edges of a purchased board or if you’re really feeling energetic, you could even make your own message board.

A cork message board is the easiest to make, here’s what you’ll need:
· Two pieces of cork board (you can purchase mine at an office supply store)
· Heavy duty all-purpose glue
· Whatever fabrics you like to cover the board with
· Scissors
· Ribbon

1. Glue two pieces of cork board together – one isn’t thick enough for tacks.


2. First decide what fabrics you are going to use. Use a variety of colours to add interest, but you could use more simple colours as well. Warning, if you use really pretty fabrics, you may not want to put anything on your board!


3. You’ll want to cut a piece approximately one inch bigger than the cork board so you can wrap the extra fabric around the edge to the other side.


4. Glue the corners of fabric on the back side of your board, and then put glue around all the fabric edges You could also use staples instead.

If you have bought a whiteboard you could use memorable magnets to funk it up by gluing a pretty jewel onto a small mirror and attaching the assemblage to a magnet. Or customise magnets to include your favourite photo or company logo. These funky magnets will keep all your notes firmly attached to your newly created message board.

The possibilities are endless…use your creativity and get the whole family involved. A great Easter Project if you’re not planning on going away on holiday.

Tip : Make sure to use glue that’s strong enough for the materials you’re adhering.