I was so long in labour they had to shave me twice

Yesterday was a public holiday here in South Africa. Its was Human Rights Day so I invited my big sister and her clan over for a good old fashioned Souf Efrikén braai.

Unfortunately, the heavens opened up on us and it pissed with rain most of the frikken day but that didn't stop us from firing up the braai and enjoying some XBOX Kinect.

Megan, Janie, Mick, Claire and Kaylin enjoying their braai

Our newest edition to our family.  Meet Lucy

Me and Lucy-Loo-Loo

I also get a brilliant surprise in the post!  I got a parcel from fellow blogger Mr Cool aka Tom Tomoser with a lovely letter and his latest Greatest Hits CD just for me!  Thanx so much Tom - what a loverly surprise.

We're all just Human after all

So, I've beeen reading a lot of blog Monday updates today and they all seem to either be about improving ourselves as human beings or have inspiring and uplifting messages about not taking life too seriously.

The sooner we realise that we're NOT perfect and no matter how much we try, we are going to fall and bump our heads but its up to us to CHOOSE to pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off and carry on with life.

Life is what WE make of it.

In my web travels today here's a list of things that I stumbled across.

1. You will receive a body. You may like it or hate it, but it's yours to keep for the entire period.

2. You will learn lessons. You are enrolled in a full-time informal school called, "life."

3. There are no mistakes, only lessons. Growth is a process of trial, error, and experimentation. The "failed" experiments are as much a part of the process as the experiments that ultimately "work."

4. Lessons are repeated until they are learned. A lesson will be presented to you in various forms until you have learned it. When you have learned it, you can go on to the next lesson.

5. Learning lessons does not end. There's no part of life that doesn't contain its lessons. If you're alive, that means there are still lessons to be learned.

6. "There" is no better a place than "here." When your "there" has become a "here", you will simply obtain another "there" that will again look better than "here."

7. Other people are merely mirrors of you. You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects to you something you love or hate about yourself.

8. What you make of your life is up to you. You have all the tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you. The choice is yours.

9. Your answers lie within you. The answers to life's questions lie within you. All you need to do is look, listen, and trust.

10. You will forget all this.