An Ordinary Life

Story Time

pamiejane — Thu, 23 May 2013 10:26:58 +0000

Story Time is taken very seriously in the Ordinary Life household! I love that Little OL loves books. Filed under: Baby OL, Children, Family, Ordinarylife Tagged: Books, children, Life, Ordinarylife

I plan to run this city (and its surrounds)

pamiejane — Wed, 22 May 2013 08:01:59 +0000

I am not a fan of winter, however if it continues like this I might just change my mind. It was 30 degrees in PE on Monday. In fact I think I am going to change my mind anyway, regardless of the weather. My reason –trail running! I love trail running. I have done a […]

Conversations with a 3 year old

pamiejane — Mon, 20 May 2013 09:11:11 +0000

3 is cute. I love that she is now talking and I get a glimpse into what she is thinking. It can however also be very frustrating when she thinks she knows everything and that she is right. Sometimes though, even that can be very funny. On our drive into school/work each day we pass […]

Retirement – will you be ready?

pamiejane — Wed, 15 May 2013 14:16:00 +0000

226 Months – that is the amount of months I have till I retire! Or in other words the number of salaries I have left assuming I work until I turn 60. Scary isn’t it! Two of my Facebook friends posted about financial wellbeing or retirement today. The one posted the following: “47% of women […]

I had fun! Honest.

pamiejane — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:23:11 +0000

Today I am not drinking any water! None! I know it is supposed to be good for me blah, blah blah…. But the toilets are on a different floor to my office and I am not going up and down them unnecessarily. My legs are in pain, actual physical pain! I am so stiff I […]

Just saying

pamiejane — Thu, 09 May 2013 13:26:13 +0000

(pic found FB) Filed under: Ordinarylife

I have been told she is now 18

pamiejane — Mon, 06 May 2013 14:06:06 +0000

At each stage/age of Little OL’s life I have said that “I LOVE this age”. I always thought that I would prefer just to be given a 2 year old so it came as a total surprise that I would even remotely enjoy the baby stage but I did. So, as she gets older and […]

Her first race – not quite according to plan

pamiejane — Thu, 02 May 2013 11:17:55 +0000

I signed Little OL up for her first running race this Workers Day. It was part of the Spar Ladies Race – which is on Saturday. This was organised for the girls that are too young to take part in that and was called the Little Ladies. She loves running (see picture chasing bunnies HERE) and […]

Dear Monkey Land

pamiejane — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:22:25 +0000

Dear Monkey Land Just a heads up…. The troop of baboons that hangs around the entrance to your sanctuary is not very good for business. Yours sincerely Mrs OL We spent the weekend in Plett. On the way home we thought we might pop into Monkey Land so Little OL could see the monkeys. You […]

Courage, grit and determination

pamiejane — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:34:45 +0000

On Sunday the 9th annual Ironman South Africa was held in Port Elizabet, it was also my birthday and I could not think of a better way to celebrate than to be there supporting all the amazing athletes, which is why I am struggling with the fact that somebody would target an event like the […]