Thursday, 8 April 2010

Conversations with Kaylin

Conversation No. 1

After supper last night I noticed Kaylin's little pot belly was poppin' out more than usual. 

Me : Kaylin, whats going on with your tummy?  Did you eat too much, darlin'?

KK:  No.

Me:  What's in there then? *touching her pot belly*


KK:  A baby!

Me:  A Baby?!?!

KK:  Yes, its a girl.

*Me rubbing her tummy*

KK:  No!!  Sshhhhh, you'll wake the baby.

Me:  Okay sorry!

KK:  See now!  You've woken the baby up!

Me:  Sorry *gently patting her tummy*

KK:  No, don't take the baby out!

Me:  Alrighty then......

This morning she was telling me it was a boy and his name was Jordie.


Conversation No. 2


Me:  Kaylin, what sound does a cow make?
KK: Mooooooooooooooo!
Me: What noise does a pig make?
*KK snorts*
Me:  What sounds does a bird make?
*KK flaps her arms up and down to motion a bird in flight*  Fly! Fly! Fly!

Tuesday, 6 April 2010

Easter Weekend

We spent most of the Easter Weekend with friends cooking. 

The husbands took turns to cook meals for the girls so we could have some "time off". 

On Good Friday Percy made pancakes and savoury mince, on Saturday Dirk made Nazi Goreng (a Indonesian dish) and on Sunday it was our turn.

Riaan made an awesome bacon and salami  Pasta with creamy cheese sauce and I made a side dish called Gibanica (pronounced Gib-a-nee-zah).

Man, it was the shizzle!!!  I got the recipe from a Yugoslavian friend a while ago and had never tried it.  I thought it was the perfect opportunity for everyone to try something "different".  Its so easy to make and fairly cheap too.  I will certainly be making it as a side dish at braais (aka barbeques) in future.  Here's my version of the recipe:

1 tub Original Feta Cheese
1/2 tub Black Pepper Feta Cheese
600ml Bulgarian Plain Yoghurt
1 tub smooth cottage cheese (I use Philidephia)
50ml butter
Packet of Phyllo Pastry
10 Eggs

Crumb Feta Cheese into a Bowl
Mix in the Yoghurt, Cottage Cheese and 8 eggs

Grease a flat baking dish
Lay down 3 layers of pastry and let the dough flop over the sides
Add a layer of the mixture
Continue layering until you fill the dish.
Place 3 layers of pastry on the top and fold the first bottom layers to make an "envelope".
Mix the remaining two eggs and a little milk together and brush on the top,
Poke a few holes in the top

Bake in a pre-heated oven at 180 degrees C for about 40 minutes or until the top goes golden.

Its yummy hot or cold!

My Easter Bunnies enjoying chocolate for breakfast after their Easter Egg Hunt.


Some of the Easter Egg Hunt "stash"
that had been nibbled on by our kitten, Pickles, during the night


Football Practise
Alex and Megan

Megan does her laps

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Why? Oh Why?

Why do we press harder on a remote control when we know the batteries are almost dead?

Why do banks charge a fee on "insufficient funds" when they already know there is not enough money?

Why does someone believe  you when you say there are four billion stars; but have to check when you say the paint is still wet?

Why doesn't Tarzan have a beard?

Why does Superman stop bullets with his chest, but ducks when you throw a revolver at him?

Why do Kamikaze pilots wear helmets?

Whose idea was it to put an "s" in the word lisp?

If people evolved from apes, why are there still apes?

Why is it that no matter what color bubble bath you use the bubbles are always white?

Is there ever a day that mattresses are not on sale?

Why do people constantly return to the refrigerator with hopes that something new to eat will have materialized?

Why do people keep running over a string a dozen times with their vacuum cleaner, then reach down, pick it up, examine it, then put it down to give the vacuum one more chance?

Why is it that no plastic bag will open from the end on your first try?

How do those dead bugs get into those enclosed lightfixtures?

When we are in the supermarket and someone rams our ankle with a shopping cart then apologizes for doing so, why do we say, "It's all right?" Well, it isn't all right, so why don't we say, "Fek it, that really hurt, why don't you watch where you're going with that thing?"

Why is it that whenever you attempt to catch something that's falling off the table you always manage to knock something else over?

In winter why do we try to keep the house as warm as it was in summer when we complained about the heat?

How come you never hear father-in-law jokes?

And my FAVORITE......
The statistics on sanity is that one out of every four persons is suffering from some sort of mental illness. Think of your three best friends - if they're okay, then it's you.

Monday, 5 April 2010

Monday Male

Our Monday Male this week is a double whammy!!!  Monday Male Squared, if you will...

These two local boi's are quite impressive and have an interesting story to tell.

Ryan McFadyen and Jason Stewart started HaveYouHeard Word-of-Mouth Agency in Cape Town 18 months ago, towards the end of  2008 and has gone from strength to strength. 

HaveYouHeard is South Africa's first specialist Word-of-Mouth marketing agency. They believe so strongly in the value of an honest recommendation (from a friend) that we've built a successful business around stimulating conversations for brands and products. We focus on getting influential individuals sharing their opinions - about your products - with their peers.

Jason says :  I ran a business division doing something very similar but got very frustrated within their structures and culture. I have always been very Entrepreneurial and good at making things happen so I  decided that I could offer clients a lot more value and a much more effective platform if I had complete control.  So we built this  business and have notched up some very successful campaigns for some big blue chip companies.

We work very well together and have a great understanding even though  in personality we are quite different.  Ryan is an uber-achiever who loves anything extreme (cliff diving). I  am not too sure how to describe myself, but maybe Entrepreneur is the  right word because it encompasses a lot of who I am.


What we have in common though is that we are both very ambitious and  we want to be measured against the best in the world, rather than just the best in SA. We both want to make an impact on business and society and change the way people think about and do things - we are innovators and are  always looking at how we can add value or improve.

On a personal note, Ryan is a bit of a playboy, or I guess a highly desirable eligible bachelor is a better term.  A bit like Tom Cruise of  the 90's - a ladies dream. I on the other hand are more boring and have been married for just over a year, 8 years together, and can humbly say that I am the luckiest man in the world and my wife is the most important part of my day.

HaveYouHeard is just the start for us. It is my first company and Ryan's second but both of us will be building empires over the next  few decades. 


What drives that passion is the challenge of doing something new and being the best in the world at it and each day we get closer to that goal!

These two blokes are going to go far!  

Jason Stewart

Ryan McFadyen
 

Give both their website and Blog a visit and say hi.



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