Pensioner Gets Learners Licence

My brave and wonderful mother has never owned a car, she has never driven in a car alone, never happily tooted the horn by herself and now she believes its time...

My mum recently joined a Driving Academy that takes you through all the steps - from attending classes on helping her study for her learners licence, puting her through dummy tests, setting up dates for her to write the actual test, daily driving lessons, dummy driving tests and finally getting her drivers licence.  She pays a once off fee and they help you do everything.

In the process of attending the Driving Academy, my mum has become quite the celebrity at the Academy.  At 65 years old she's obviously the oldest student there and all her young peers call her "Granny".  She doesn't mind this at all, in fact I think she secretly loves the attention and special treatment she gets. 

"Granny" always gets to go first in the queue, gets the good seats in class and gets the best driver instructors. Being Granny has its advantages....my mum ain't no dummy...heehee

So, my mum recently got 86% and 97% for her dummy learners licence tests and was super nervous and anxious about doing the actual test - the real deal.  Clearly she had nothing to be nervous about because she spent every spare moment with her nose in her books - studying her road signs, road markings, controls and general rules of the road. 

Its been 40 years since she's studied ANYTHING so you can imagine how nervous she was taking her first test in 4 decades!

Great News!  She passed!

When she got back to the Academy with her Certificate to tell everyone the good news, they all cheered for her and put her photograph up on the Academy's "Hall of Fame".  My mum couldn't be more chuffed and empowered.

I'm so proud of her taking the bull by the horns at this age and doing something that her heart has told her to do for many years.  This is another step towards her independence. 

I can just imagine my mum's petite size 6, five foot frame in the drivers seat, peering over the steering wheel, a wee smirk on her face, tooting her OWN horn.  How awesome will that be!

I'll keep you posted on her progess with her Driver's Test which should be in a few months time.

Toothpaste for Dinner

Drew and Natalie aka Toothpaste for Dinner and Married to the Sea are a couple of comics who have the  funkiest T-Shirts for sale online.

Take a visit to Sharing Machine and have a lookie...

Here's my personal favourite:

Answers! Answers! Answers!

There were not that many questions for me...

otin said... You have been blogging over two years. Do you still enjoy it?

Yes, I still love it.  Its my way of escaping from it all.  Its also my way of sharing my voice with the world (not that you want to hear my voice...a Scots accent is an ugly thing.)


Sally-Jane said... Have you ever kissed a girl and if so did you like it ;-) and if not would you ever?

Yes I have kissed a girl and I liked it!  :-)  Thats all I'm saying.

What boys name did you have for if the girls were boys?

When I was pregnant both times, if it was a boy it was to be Nathan.  I wouldn't choose the same name now though.  Not that I'll ever be pregnant again...

One place you want to travel to before you die?

Italy - actually anywhere in Europe but Italy would be my first choice.

If you could do any job in the whole world what would it be?

A Journalist or doing something in Creative Advertising.


Laura said... What has kept you and your boerewors so close together?

For those of you who don't know who "My Boerewors" is, it is my pet name for my dear husband. And yes we are VERY close. 

We have had our fair share of ups and down in our marriage (espeically in the first few years) but the thing thats kept us together is our love for one another.

We respect one another - even in a heat of an argument we both believe in no swearing or name calling.  It breaks down your respect for one another and one becomes resentful.   We both work on our communication all the time and if we have a problem we talk and sort it out as soon as possible and for as long as it takes. 

We don't give something to receive in return - we give, for the pleasure of giving. We believe that it all comes back to you eventually.  We don't keep score.  I'm not just talking about material things here.  I'm talking about the little things in life.

We do fun things together and don't take life too seriously.  A good laugh can diffuse any situation..

We rely on one another to be there with the other one needs help, even if its just a hug or a friendly smile.  We stick up for one another!  We're a team and he's my biggest fan, even though I have a dimpled arse and I'm getting wrinkles - he still thinks I'm HAWT.

It sounds cheezy but love does conquer all - we've proved it - more than once.

What more can I say.  He's my precious BOEREWORS.

Miles Brown on Ellen

He's 4 years old and soooo adorable!!

The Success of Simply Slim

I've been on Simply Slim natural weight loss capsules for 8 days now.  Together with watching what I eat and cutting out junk, I've lost a total of 3kg

Luckily the only side affect that I experienced was a constant dry mouth, which forced me to drink between 3 and 4 litres of water a day to quench my relentless thirst.  I won't complain about that, because I usually have to force myself to drink even half a litre a day.  I didn't experience insomnia like I experienced with many other weight loss products so, I could still get my very important beauty sleep at night.

Just thought I'd share this with everyone as it really wasn't that difficult - my appeteit was suppressed and my energy and concentration levels went up.

Wish me luck for next week!