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The month of birthdays
Tuesday 7th February 2023 February is a month of birthdays for me. Today I had lunch with a dear friend who celebrated a big one. We went...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 7, 20231 min read
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Catch ups
Monday 6th February 2023 Today I went to a place that I had never been to before and met with my friend who'd introduced me to badminton...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 6, 20231 min read
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Sunday divisions
Sunday 5th February 2023 My graveyard work was amended due to my lift having an injury and I found out early enough to go for a run. I...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 5, 20231 min read
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Bouncey Saturday
Saturday 4th February 2023 I had an early meeting with a friend who is moving to London next month so she said 'come along to my...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 4, 20232 min read
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Flying & dogs
Friday 3rd February 2023 I woke up early after dreaming about 3 majestic owls in a tree and remembered that I was housesitting. I lay...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 3, 20232 min read
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Drones and dogs
Thursday 2nd February 2023 Our power didn't return by the time I'd left my sister's for my housesitting. And it's still off in her area...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 2, 20232 min read
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Munday
Wednesday 1 February 2023 Today I took my time getting up and out on the road again because the weather was cool. Molly excitedly ran to...
Cathie Rooyen
Feb 1, 20231 min read
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Recalibrating....
Tuesday 31st January 2023. That's the first month of the year done. In some ways it feels like it dragged and then others not. I dragged...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 31, 20233 min read
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Monday maintenance
Monday 30th January 2023 I can tell when I haven't left the house in the day because my camera 'reel' is empty, lol. So it's animals and...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 30, 20232 min read
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Tour of the South West
Sunday 29th January 2023 Tour today, but participating not presenting! My great tour guide trainer, Maria Louise, organised a day of...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 29, 20232 min read
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Styling
Saturday 28th January 2023 I woke up with the evening loadshedding and then the power went off again at 6.30am until 3pm. It was a...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 28, 20232 min read
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Droning on
Friday 27th January 2023 'Bird FM' wakes me up nowadays and I quite like the moments before the world bursts into traffic noise and...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 27, 20232 min read
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Friends
Thursday 26th January 2023 I gave myself a morning off from running seeing as I had two running sessions yesterday and my body felt...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 26, 20231 min read
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Rabbie and Rabbit
Wednesday 25th January 2023 The power kicked in last night, not long after I'd posted yesterday's blog so IÂ enjoyed the fan and kept my...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 25, 20232 min read
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Call me!
Tuesday 24th January 2023 I woke up early, expecting sister to get up for her run but she slept through her alarm. I lay listening to...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 24, 20232 min read
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Tours ahoy!
Monday 23rd January 2023 Today I got my Tour guide badge from the Gauteng Tourism Authority! That means I can do tours of particular...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 23, 20231 min read
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A lovely hike
22nd January 2023 Nestled in the spiky ridge of Johannesburg lies a 128 hectare public park. A nature reserve that houses the first gold...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 22, 20232 min read
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Cliff hangers
Saturday 21st January 2023 Three weeks of this year done already and it feels like I haven't done much in the way of new year energy but...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 21, 20232 min read
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A good Friday
Friday 20th January 2023 I woke up feeling much better and I was very relieved. Molly was on run duty so we set off grateful that it was...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 20, 20231 min read
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Poegai
Thursday 19th January 2023 I've been having really realistic dreams this past while so I woke up with a start wondering where I was...
Cathie Rooyen
Jan 19, 20231 min read
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