Today is the one year anniversary of Debbie and Jeanna.........one year of being with the most amazing women I've ever met, one year of Jeanna 'putting up' with Debbie, one year of Jeanna helping Debbie be a better person, and most importantly one year of having JEANNA LOVING ME, … [Read more...]
That's my momma….
Well 65 years ago today the world was blessed by the birth of Olivia Mc Loughlin nee Fritz. Known to everyone as Bino Mc Loughlin. My mom is probably one of the most amazing people I know and ever will know!!! But wouldn't anyone writing a blog post about their mom say that?? … [Read more...]
R.I.P. Uncle Billy
On Tuesday night........about 11:30pm central standard time my cell phone rang, it was my mother, I KNEW this would not be good news as it was 6:30am in South Africa. I was right, she called to let me know that Uncle Billy had passed away. For those who know we well know that … [Read more...]
WTF is wrong with the world???
on my usual catch up with the news headlines today I found the following headlines that leave me asking WTF IS WRONG WITH THE WORLD??? Seriously.....see the headlines below, and a snippet of the story along with the link should you want to read the full story!! Minn. dad who … [Read more...]
You know you're from South Africa when…….
My dad sent me this yesterday!! Couldn't help but re-post in this forum. So excited about our trip to South Africa, wish we could go now, although a break in the middle of winter is going to be AWESOME!!! Hope you all enjoy! YOU ARE PROUDLY SOUTH AFRICAN WHEN: You call a … [Read more...]
Must knows for our trip to South Africa
As everyone knows (the dedicated 2, maybe 3, readers of my blog), Jeanna and I are off to South Africa in February. So I am posting this list of words one should understand when visiting. I think Jeanna probably has most of them down pat already!!Braai What is a braai? It is … [Read more...]
Summer 2011…..thus far
a photo slideshow of our first summer together.....hope you enjoy as much as we have!! … [Read more...]
An itenary for Africa…….Continued!!!
You guessed it......Durban will be our next stop......... This is an interesting excerpt I found about the city: Until the 1970s, DURBAN was regarded as white South Africa's quintessential seaside playground – a status fostered by its tropical colours, oversized vegetation and … [Read more...]
I, myself, am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions…..
I saw this tattooed on someone’s side in an article about literary tattoos and I really liked it, granted not enough to tattoo it all the way down my side, but the words are good, it makes sense!! How many pieces of you make up the whole you? How is your ‘identity’ … [Read more...]
An itenary for Africa….SOUTH Africa that is!!
Well I am really excited as Jeanna and I have officially both now received the approval we need from our bosses to go to South Africa from (probably) February 5th through February 27th, about 3 weeks long. So with that said I thought I’d blog about what sort of things … [Read more...]
