Tuesday, February 28, 2017

9th Birthday with Linky

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Today was Amanda's 9th Birthday! She had a party at our house on Sunday and a class party today at school. She took lucky packets with sweets and chips for her class. Since it was her birthday, she could wear civvies instead of her school uniform. The dress and sandals were a gift from her Nana.

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A gift bag full of treats from
Big Sister, Jessica

Star Wars wrapping paper


A new board game - Classic Cluedo


Lucky packets for the class party

A new outfit from Nana


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Friday, February 24, 2017

Tammy the Cat with Linky

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Last weekend I mentioned that my in-laws' cat, Tammy, was put on a drip and staying overnight at the vet. She recovered, was sent home, and about a day or two later had to be readmitted. She was diagnosed with feline biliary, also known as tick-bite fever. I'm glad it was discovered in time, because it's fatal. It's also a nasty thing to recover from, so please send a prayer her way.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2017

Valentine's Day with Linky

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If you remember from last week's post, Jessica baked the Chocolate Swirl Cheesecake and her boyfriend was going to cook Chicken Curry for dinner (with Jessica's help). If you missed last week's post, then please visit Happy Valentine's Day from South Africa.

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Monday, February 20, 2017

Cover Reveal for Bartholomew Buggins

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New Picture Book, Bartholomew Buggins:
A Zombie with Different Cravings


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Title: Bartholomew Buggins: A Zombie with Different Cravings

Author: Crystal Marcos

Illustrator: Marie Marcos

Number of pages: 32

Recommended ages: 4+

Expected Release Date: April 2017

Book Description: A humorous children's rhyming picture book by award-winning author Crystal Marcos about a distinguished little zombie who just wants to be your friend.

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Award-winning author Crystal Marcos has been a storyteller her entire life. As the oldest of five children, she had to do a lot of entertaining. She lives on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington State with her husband, daughter Kaylee, and toddler son Jaxon. Crystal is the author of Middle Grade Readers, BELLYACHE: A Delicious Tale and HEADACHE: The Hair-Raising Sequel to BELLYACHE, Young Adult Novel, Novus (The Cresecren Chronicles, Book 1), and Children’s Picture Book, Bartholomew Buggins: A Zombie with Different Cravings.





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Friday, February 17, 2017

Jessica Begins University with Linky

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We have had such a busy day getting Jessica registered for university and getting her accommodation organized. Some of the South African universities are still struggling to get back on track after the riots from last year. At Jessica's university, the administration building was burned down. The university also shut down early before the end of the year exams to protect the staff and students. This put everything behind schedule.

We never stopped inquiring about Jessica's online application, but we kept getting the same kind of response that we should not worry and we would eventually be contacted. In actuality, the online applications are a new thing and they still need to work out the kinks in the system. They have been running behind in getting students processed. In our case, important forms that Hubby submitted were missing. Thankfully, he spoke to enough people to finally get the ball rolling. It turns out her classes begin on Monday!

We could really see God helping us get over a bunch of hurdles to make it possible for her to move in on Sunday and be ready to start her classes on Monday. She is studying Accountancy with her goal to become a Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) 😉. We had a lot of friends and family praying and we are thankful for that!

Now we will have two kids at university! Jeremiah is in his third year at Rhodes in Grahamstown. It's about a twelve hour bus ride as long as there are no delays. He's studying Information Systems (IS) and Sociology. Jessica's university is only an hour's drive away. This was her choice, but we're quite happy about it.


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Jeremiah and Jessica with Timmy the Cat

Jessica with Tammy the Cat

The photos I'm sharing were all taken at my in-laws' beach house during our December holiday. Jessica adored the cats when they were little kittens. She was a little girl herself, at the time, and spent hours playing with them. Both cats are now old. Tammy is at the vet tonight and on a drip. Please keep the old girl in prayer. And Timmy, we've been told, has the sniffles.


Fish Curry at the Beach House

Jeremiah with his grandma,
making fish curry

Fish Curry Dinner

The South African grandparents
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