the week that was

this is a gorgeous necklace of peridot chips.


this is the painting i got a few weeks ago of the belly dancer. noiyce

hi everyone, thank you dear minerva for her lovely christmas cards on her blog. you are a dear. i wouldn't have thought to put an individual card up for everyone. that's very thoughtful. i love mine and the one for elle.





well, what a week! i went out to dinner last night with my friends D and L. L is our belly dance teacher. D still dances but i gave it up a while ago coz i had a dicky hip and it hurt too much. i should have worked through the pain and kept going but you know. the cook was very attentive, especially to L who is very young, attractive and quite voluptuous if you know what i mean. D and L went to Egypt earlier this year for a dance workshop. the restaurant is on port road near the entertainment centre. it's east african. nice food. fantastic coffee. there was a football match on and we couldn't get a park, however, the restaurant has a carpark at the back so we went there after driving around for 15 minutes. we had a nice evening. D married for the third time last year and her husband collects shells, varnishes them and makes jewellery. they gave us a pendant each. how nice.





i've had so many early meetings this week i'm exhausted. we have a program launch to do monday and then things may calm down a little at work. i'm hoping so anyway. we will be really short staffed over christmas and new year.





today i am going to be weighed. oh dear. i don't think i've done very well this week. too many breakfast meetings. i'm taking Kim to a house in my street later on. they sell Indian gemstone jewellery. gorgeous stuff. they import it and may have a business somewhere. Kim is into jewellery big time. i think she has a room for it at home. i know she has a few rooms for her clothes. no kidding.





it rained last night here which is good. i don't think it was much though. my plants are suffering. i want to plant a cherry tomato today, i've been meaning to get one for ages.





i went to the dentist again on wednesday. bloody hell it was horrible. he stopped half way through and took an xray. seems there's another canal on that tooth so he had to drill another 3ml. doesn't sound much but it certainly seemed a lot. he just kept drilling and drilling. i couldn't stand it anymore. instead of one more appointment i have to go back for two more. not fair. not to mention the cost. to make matters worse, the tooth on the other side is a bit more sensitive to cold atm. than usual, i'm hoping it will go away, i have 'sensitive' gums so have to use special toothpaste. maybe it's just that. maybe! i must get some herbal toothpaste, it's supposed to be much better for your gums.







i'm hoping to see the kids today, i might go up for tea. i have some chockies for them. oh well, enough rambling from me. enjoy your weekend everyone. bfn