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I haven't done much swimming this season and time is running out before the big event! However, I swam 1/2 mile on Saturday and just want to share the wonderful dam where I train, when I do get around it to actually train! How lucky can a girl get? The speck in the water is me. The dam is on Goodland, my brother in law, Gene's, game farm.
Just to prove it's really me in the water. I can only swim breaststroke, so I'm slow, but what the heck!
On my way back again to the other side. I swim 16 times to and fro - a little more than 100 m each time.
Thank you Jesus for the privilege to be able to swim and especially to be able to swim in this beautiful dam and to see your clouds, and the sun shining on the water and the wild animals and the birds and...
Sunday after church: Martelize in a good mood despite a slight cold.
Look at my pretty shoes - they were my Aunt Elmarie's once upon a time. (Today was the first day cool enough to wear shoes in a long time.)
Gert and Dorette went househunting this week and I looked after Franco on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday was chaotic with me "losing" their house keys: Franco and I had to rush in rush hour traffic to Dorette's office to get her keys and he wasn't impressed at all. Sorry Franco! (I later found the keys so fortunately the L's are not in danger of a stranger picking them up.) On Wednesday everything went fine, however. We had great fun after I had fetched him from his school. He had a cold, but that didn't dampen his spirits.
He knows what a cell phone is about...! For now he can play with mine. So many of his toys have lights and music - I hope they make baby cell phones with lights and music too!
I raided his mother's Tupperware and found nesting bowls. He was very intrigued with them and played with them for a long time. He does not fit them into each other of own accord yet, but he is very interested. They make great toys to bang together. His new party trick is to clap hands!
Thank you Jesus for my good as gold grandchildren. They are such a blessing!
16 comments:
The dam, it is such a beautiful place. But then I do not need to tell you that. It seems a place where a person can exhale and let Peace settle on you.
I can't even swim for 50m.
Al gewonder hoe dit met jou swemmery gaan. Hou duime vas, hoor. (My maratonne is bloot woordsgewys...en daarom klap ek met groot waardering lank en hard vir alle ouens wat dit fisiek aandurf!)
Ooeee...nou net by Goodland gaan loer...asem-uit-mooi en "goeieland" voorwaar...jy IS daam dam-geseënd en meer!!!
Hoop die "treinspoortjie-siekwees" (dis nou daai twee strepies neuslangs wat die ou kleingoedjies so mislik laat voel), is gou hokgeslaan.
Hi Retha en Mariki
Dit is so salig vir die siel om daar te swem. Ek's maar 'n bietjie benoud oor die Midmar - het veels te min geoefen, maar nou ja...!
Ou Franco se verkoue het toe erger geword en hy het gister mangelontstkeing en oorontsteking gehad, maar is al klaar weer beter. Prys die Heer. Ek hou van jou uitdrukking "treinspoortjie-siekwees" Mariki!
Hallo Ma! Ek verlang tonne na julle ne! En fotos soos die help nie :-) Nog net een slapie en ek is weer by die huis!
Danbaar oor Franco -- mens is so magteloos en hulle kry tog so swaar sonder om te verstaan wat aangaan.
Sterkte met die oefening. Dis in 'n mooi omgewing waar jy kan stilwees en oefen.
Die twee kleingoed word groter by die dag. Geniet hulle
I think it is awesomet that you swim. What a beautiful place to do that. So, nothing bites you in that water??? I think I would be a little nervous. :)
PS Thank you for the very sincerely sweet comment you left this morning.
It's great that you are training by swimming and such (and in such a pretty place, too.)! You inspire me to exercise more.
Your grandchildren are just precious--I can tell you enjoy them!
Dankie vir die 'inloer' het gevoel dit lyk te voorbarig om te se kom na die ander plek toe.
Hi Miekie. Die kleinkinders is te pragtig. Niks mooier is die onskuld van 'n kleinding. Ek neem aan jy gaan more die Midmar swem. Alles van die beste. Eks seker jy gaan 'n baie goeie swem he te oordeel aan jou asemrowende oefendam. Mooi bly.
Dorette
Ek lief julle. So bly alles gaan weer 'n bietjie beter! Sterkte met al die huisplanne!
Sandra
Dis die stil wat die swem daar so besonders maak - baie tyd om met die Here te praat.
Mariki
En daar word Martelize ook so siek dat sy amper in die hospitaal opgeneem is! Thelwyn kon nie tuisbly nie, want sy is in finansies en almal se belastingopgawes moes klaar, so sy is met Martelize en die Nanny wat sy laat oplei het en al werk toe. Dit gaan blykbaar darem beter en Franco is ook so te se sy ou self. Dankie Here vir antibiotika!
Beth
Thanks for the visit. The dam where I train is very clean - I can see my feet under the water as I step in, but then of course I make the water all murky. There is fish, but they don't come near. No crocodiles or such! ha, ha. The dam where I am going to swim is much, much bigger of course and not nearly as clean - it smells of oil of the boats, but it doesn't really bother me.
Kelly
Glad I inspire you, but I am really no role model. Every year, I tell myself that next year I'm going to be really fit, but each year I practice less and less! I convince myself that swimming will be easier this year, seeing that I have gained 8 kg since my previous Midmarmile!
Retha
Ek kuier graag - ek is net so dof dat ek nie gesien het, jy het meer as een blog nie! Duh! Jy kan 'n mens mos maar uitnooi. Ek dink nie dis voorbarig nie!
Desire
Jy het reggeraai - Sondag is ons D.V. by die Midmar. Ek is maar 'n bietjie benoud omdat ek so min geoefen het en die spiere geneig is om te ... nee ek wil nie iets negatiefs dink nie! Ek wil net lewe spreek! Ek sien eintlik baie uit na die swem!
Hi Miekie, EK het lanklaas hier by jou ingeloer en nou tog te lekker saam gekuier met die kleinkinders en die honde en die dam. Ek het ook geswem op skool en jinne... dis die ergste van alle sportsoorte dink ek. STERKTE EN VOORSPOED vir die groot swem. Hoop ons hor net goeie nuus gou
Wow wat 'n mooi plek om te kan swem!!
Sterkte met die Midmar vandag, kan nie wag om alles te hoor nie!
Woo-hoo! Baie geluk met nog 'n suksesvolle Midar-myl swem Ouma Miekie! Ons is trots op jou!
Charmaine
Dankie vir die kuier. Ek het nooit in galas of so geswem nie - toe ek in die laerskool was, het ons baie in Hillcrest swembad geghoef, maar later was die hare net te veel van 'n probleem en 'n swembad het my maar selde gesien, tot ek my eie kinders moes leer swem en daarna weer nie tot so 7 jaar gelede. Ek swem ook net so twee maande van die jaar.
Muriel
Dankie vir die goeie wense. Dit het gehelp!
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