Time for a rant!!
So we have had water problems in the small town of Vryheid were I live on and off for a couple of years. Its frustrating. This last week the problem has just gotten worse.
Monday - water but low pressure
Tuesday-no water from 3pm
Wednesday- water in the morning but switched off at 4pm
Thursday- still no f*cking water
My son has forgotten what a bath is.
Cooking is an issue.
We have some water in buckets for the toliets but its running out.
So the cause of all this misery.
It varies but mostly its the pump is broken and there is no money to fix it and nobody has bothered to repair or replace the back up pump. The other reason is the pipes are old and they burst from the pressure.
The reason there is no money well four years ago the municipality paid 76% of its budget to salaries and since then they have allocated even more money to salaries. The amount of money our mayor earns is equal to people at the top of the corporate world in cities like Joburg. She also gets a car, bodyguards and a phone allowance. Thats just a few of her many perks.
Last Friday I was driving to Durban when I was run off the road by a blue light brigade(for overseas readers thats a South African thing where even the lowest politician can have a couple of cars with bodyguards and flashing blue light. They drive at whatever speed they want and happily run people off the road and pull guns on those that don't obey.) Of course there is nothing you can do about it so I went off the road. Luckily I drive a 4x4 as I landed in a huge pothole that would have seriously damaged most cars.
So the point of this rant is that I am over this. I am over paying rates but not getting water. I over politicians thinking they deserve massive salaries but don't want to do any work. I over politicians thinking they need more protection then the President of the United States and that they can drive at whatever speed they want.
Give me ticket out today because today I just hate Africa.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Grrr
So the main point of this blog post is to ask about spam filters. I am getting about 40 spam comments a day and they are all from the same site. Its driving me a bit nuts. No its just really pissing me off.
This week has been crazy with work. After a dry spell of nothing for a few months I now have 175 data loggers to work through and a couple of small(sadly not paid) writing projects. It never rains but it pours. So I am crazy busy and at the busiest time of the year.
In a few minutes I am off to drinks and dinner with one of my best friends Rebecca. I am sure we will have a lovely time and talk a lot of Sh*t as you must do when two friends get together. Tomorrow I am taking Philip to Durban for a fun night away for his birthday. We are going to see Breaking Dawn then hit a restaurant at Gateway for drinks and fun. I will post pics next week. One thing is for sure it will be great fun and my diet will be thrown out the window yet again.
The insane amount of swimming and running I am doing at the moment have resulted in lots of cm loss so for the moment thats all I am interested in. I am watching myself carefully though as I can feel myself falling into my old habits. I want to be skinny again but I never want to look like a pic I saw of myself in high school again. Very scary with bones sticking out. I am trying to eat healthily but diet is a bad word to someone like me as before you know it I will virtually stop eating again. Trying to control it but I can feel myself slipping every now and then. Problem is that the lady running the challenge keeps going on about how we must eat to lose weight but I have this little voice in my head going BS I used to not eat and I weighed very little. Eating makes me fat. Hopefully I will find a balance and shut that voice up for good. Its not easy but I will try.
This week has been crazy with work. After a dry spell of nothing for a few months I now have 175 data loggers to work through and a couple of small(sadly not paid) writing projects. It never rains but it pours. So I am crazy busy and at the busiest time of the year.
In a few minutes I am off to drinks and dinner with one of my best friends Rebecca. I am sure we will have a lovely time and talk a lot of Sh*t as you must do when two friends get together. Tomorrow I am taking Philip to Durban for a fun night away for his birthday. We are going to see Breaking Dawn then hit a restaurant at Gateway for drinks and fun. I will post pics next week. One thing is for sure it will be great fun and my diet will be thrown out the window yet again.
The insane amount of swimming and running I am doing at the moment have resulted in lots of cm loss so for the moment thats all I am interested in. I am watching myself carefully though as I can feel myself falling into my old habits. I want to be skinny again but I never want to look like a pic I saw of myself in high school again. Very scary with bones sticking out. I am trying to eat healthily but diet is a bad word to someone like me as before you know it I will virtually stop eating again. Trying to control it but I can feel myself slipping every now and then. Problem is that the lady running the challenge keeps going on about how we must eat to lose weight but I have this little voice in my head going BS I used to not eat and I weighed very little. Eating makes me fat. Hopefully I will find a balance and shut that voice up for good. Its not easy but I will try.
Friday, December 2, 2011
The lamp you all want
I have recently made a new friend through the wonderful world of the bloggersphere. Her name is Natasha and if you don't already read her fantastic blog http://littleandbunny.blogspot.com/ do yourself a favour and head over there now. I will wait I promise.....
Ok you are back. Great blog isn't it?
The point of this post is that Natasha's husband Graeme has designed the most awesome lamp that I am sure as soon as you see it you will want one. I have asked hubby for one for my birthday next month. Its going to sit on the desk next to me and keep me company while I work. Its called the Sitting Lamp and it really will sit next to me or stand or maybe hold some books. We shall see.
So here are some pics.
Ok you are back. Great blog isn't it?
The point of this post is that Natasha's husband Graeme has designed the most awesome lamp that I am sure as soon as you see it you will want one. I have asked hubby for one for my birthday next month. Its going to sit on the desk next to me and keep me company while I work. Its called the Sitting Lamp and it really will sit next to me or stand or maybe hold some books. We shall see.
So here are some pics.
Here is one more pic with the lamp holding some books.
So now of course you all want one. You can email natashahappyduck@gmail.com to find out more or place and order. Come on guys lets all support him. This really is design at its best and I can't wait to have my lamp sitting next to me. I am sure we will have some fun times.
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