The Weekend Edition

The end of the weekend has come and we enter our last week in Raleigh before we make our great trek up north to Cleveland, OH. It was a good weekend and it had a great start on "Family Friday". Firstly I "chatted" to my mom (as I do most days) on Skype. A bit later my sister came online, and we too had a "chat". Shortly after that, my cousin Ian called me on Skype and we had a face to face talk (thanks to Skype's video streaming). Then another cousin called me up on Skype too, letting me know that he also has high speed internet at home! I had to cut him short, because our home phone stared ringing! It was Liesel's folks from Botswana! It is really special talking to family back home and hearing the South African accent. Thank you to all of you who made our Friday special!

We went back to the park so that Nathan could go on his swings and slides again. It was a lovely day and we could spend more time at the park and even take a walk down to the lake. On the pathway to the lake, a lady stopped us and asked us if we were South African. Apparently she saw Nathan's t-shirt with pictures of lions and giraffes on it, and that gave it away. It turns out that she is also South African and her family moved here 5 years ago. She says there is a huge South African contingent in Raleigh! Its good being able to have a conversation with someone that has the same accent as yours!

Saturday's weather also treated us well. Liesel and I decided to go looking for yet another playground for Nathan. We found it and WOW!!! You can hardly believe how good the parks are here. Just read the description of this one taken from a website : "All Children's Playground was carefully designed for the enjoyment of children of all physical capabilities. It offers an elaborate wooden play structure of tunnels, bridges, towers, swings and rings built over soft sand. Laurel Hills Park includes a new recreation center, athletic fields and a paved basketball court with bleachers."
It makes me want to be a child all over again!

Today, we woke up and it was raining. It has been raining the entire day :-( Lying in bed at 7:30, a heard a number of explosions! Luckily it wasn't Osama's chommies, but rather a building about 1.5km down the road that was imploded. There was live coverage on the TV that Liesel and Nathan saw (I was still lying in bed). To look at the report and/or a video of the implosion, click here. Next on the agenda was Church. It was a good service and we will miss the Summit when we are in Cleveland. On the way home we stopped at Boston Market and bought ourselves a Sunday lunch. We had rotisserie chicken, roast potato, spinach and feta (Liesel did) and sweet potato. We bought the family of 3 size, but portions here are ridiculously oversized. This meal should last Liesel and my self, another 2 meals at least. Suppose there are some advantages to the huge portions here! Luckily I am married to a dietician ;-)