Now count with me: 1 2 3 4 1 2 ....

I don't have huge gripes with the whole Eskom issue. Yes its somewhat inconvenient not to have electricity at times, but hey...we've had some cool picnics because of it :) And I love candlelight!

But, the one thing I don't get, is why traffic lights are switched off too. Can't they bypass that? Especially at peak hours. There seems to be confusion at the intersections, especially the big ones.

Usually people treat it as a 4-stop when the lights aren't working, and that's the right way I think (though its really slow). But people get impatient I guess....and sometimes cross in huge clumps. That makes it even more confusing and slow, because you never know which will be the last car to join a specific group. And they don't take proper turns either (I guess some people struggle to count 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4......)

And we're gonna have How many more years of this??

*sigh*

3/4 cake

It's my brother-in-law's birthday today, and since he loves my chocolate cake (he says its the best ever....and he's very fussy *grin*), I thought I'd bake him a cake. Problem is, trying to bake a cake with so many little fingers around, only about 3/4 of the batter actually make it to the oven!! *sigh* Oh well....

The birthday boy (hmm...man) loved the surprize. That's all that matters....

What? I'm a spammer?

Ok, so I'm the person that NEVER responds to or forwards any junkmail...even from close friends. Be it the 'return this to me if you're my friend' or the cute little bear 'have a nice day' variety. Even the 'you will never have good sex again in your life' type. I just don't.

But then today, Facebook decided to call me a spammer!!?? Huh? I wrote a message to two different people (people that I know btw, not strangers), and the next thing a big red block pops up informing me that my account is suspended because I was spamming! So what's the deal, only allowed one message a day? *shakes head*

And then they don't even have any address on the site to contact with little issues like this.

Okay, so the refund for the Josh Groban tickets (show that didn't happen) might not be paid out after all? How do people get away with this stuff? *shakes head* And we had 5 tickets....not small change... :-(

Dilemma...

A friend of my son (8) came to play and slept over last night. He's been over before, and though he is quite a 'busy' chap, he's never really been too out of hand. But this time he was just wayyy too much for me....and even for my son (who told me last night already that he thinks we should take the friend home). And by noon today he was almost begging that we take the guy home. I was completely shocked at how a child can become a scary terrorist! I was soooo relieved to drop him off at home around 2pm today.

The problem is, I like his parents. Get along great with the mom, they seem like really nice people. But I will not have their son over ever again! Don't know if I should tell her, or just make excuses.... My gut says just tell her...in a nice way. But how do you tell someone that their child is a tyrant, and you can't stand the little bugger? *sigh*