Inspirational Quote

Every now and again we come across a quote we feel we just have to share with other people in hope it will mean the same to them as it did to you. Well today I came across a quote I really wanted to share with all of you. I really hope you like it.

I really believe this quote touched me the way it did is because I really dove into something I have no knowledge about when I started this blog. I have no idea what I'm doing or if I'm even doing this right. All I know is I really wanted to start a blog for years now and share my experiences with the world. But just never gave myself permission to do that, until one day my youngest daughter sat down with me and told me today is the day I'm going to do it. She set up this blogger account for me and showed me how to use. She even helped me write my first post.

It feels like each day I return to this blog I'm better myself and living my dream. I might not have a lot of readers, but I feel grateful and blessed that there are actually people sitting down each day to read what I'm sharing. There isn't a lot in this life which feels as amazing as this. I really just want to thank everyone who has been reading and following my blog post!

Light and Love

Annelie Jordaan

Never Give Up

Today was my first day without bread in a very long time. I actually can't remember the last time I didn't have bread for a day, which is actually very sad if I think about it. Never realized until now how dependent I was on one piece of food, which isn't good for me in any way. I did have moments today were I thought about eating a little bit of bread, but I just couldn't allow myself. There was no way I would allow myself to give in so easily. I am very proud of myself to have made it through today without eating bread.

For lunch today I made myself a little salad. I used lettuce, tomato, cucumber and tuna. I'm not a huge fan of sauces on a salad so I didn't use any. I keep forgetting to take photos of the things I write about here each day, but hopefully tomorrow will go beter and I will have lots of photos for you! 

What did you use today to replace the food you're giving up? Hope it was delicious! 

Other than trying my best not to eat bread today, I opened an Instagram account for myself today. I'm not very sure how it works yet, but the idea behind being able to freely share the photos I take with everyone just seems amazing to me. As soon as I know how it works I will be sure to add it to my blog. I really want to learn more about all the social media platforms there is, though being 50 I do struggle a bit getting the hang of things, but I won't let that stop me from trying to use them! 

Light and Love

Annelie Jordaan

Home Alone

Today my husband drove all the way to George to take his dad home after visiting here for a week. We are going to miss him, but all good things must come to an end at some point. Looking forward to his next visit though.

After everyone went in their own different direction today I had the house all to myself. I made myself a nice big cup of tea, put on some music and sat outside enjoying the fresh air. Somehow this always just lifts my spirit up and make me look at life from a very positive perspective.

Tomorrow is day one of my week without bread and very eager to start. This can only be good for my health. What are you giving up for a week? 

Light and Love 

Annelie Jordaan 

Family Day

Today was a really quiet day for me. I spent most of it relaxing with family as my father in law has been visiting for the past few days. We don't really get to see him as often as we like seeing he lives in George, but we really enjoy his visits.

At the moment we are all curled up in front of the tv ending the day by watching one of my husbands favourite movies. You probably know it as it is very popular. It's called Captain America : The winter soldier. The little jokes made through out the movie have to be my favourite part. What is your favourite Marvel movie?

Tomorrow is my last day of bread before we start on our journey together where we try to leave behind our favourite unhealthy food for at least a week. I am a bit scared I won't be able to pull through on this one, but I really can't wait to at least try. Have you decided on what you want to give up for a week yet?

Hope you have a wonderful day

Annelie Jordaan

My kryptonite

We all have that one food that no matter what we just can't seem to give it up. For some it is chocolate and for other people it might be cheese. For me it is something that is sinfully delicious....it is bread. No matter how I have tried I just can't seem to give it even though I know is very bad for my health.

This week that is coming up I have decided to set a goal for myself. I want to completely remove bread from my diet. I will be replacing it with a salad or some steamed veggies at lunch every day. I heard somewhere if you don't eat something for a week you will stop craving it. Personally I think my love for bread will take longer than a week to break, but it won't hurt to try.

I am still thinking of a reward for myself so if you have any suggestions please let me know. Do you have a unhealthy food you want to try and give up with me for the next week?

Light and Love

Annelie Jordaan

Mia's Miscarriage

I have never really been an animal person. I have just never felt a strong bond with animals and could never understand why they were so loving towards me even though I didn't do anything to deserve their love. I actually avoided them best I could.....but this just one day changed for me in the start of 2013.

I woke up one day just knowing I needed a little kitten in my life. I told my family and we started looking for a cat who could easily fit into a household with 4 dogs. It didn't take long and we found a litter of 3 kittens. We called and said if we picked her up today we could have her. We immediately went to get her. 

She was 6 weeks old and completely scared of us. She wasn't use to people around her. I felt a connection to her and knew she felt the same way. She ended up staying in my youngest daughters room till we had her litter box trained and she came to think of my youngest daughter as her mother. She felt safest with her, but this didn't mean she loved me any less. I might not have been able to save her out of a high tree, but she did seek cuddles from me daily. 

I'm not a dog person and I'm not a cat person, but I'm most definitely a Mia person. She is 3 years old now and in the end of last year she became pregnant. She had been carrying the kittens a bit over 2 months and my youngest daughter had become worried about her as belly had started taking a weird shape. But when she started to bleed from behind she immediately went to the vet around the corner from us to make an appointment for as soon as possible. They told her to bring Mia in immediately as it sounded like an emergency.

I sadly wasn't home at the time and couldn't go with Mia. The doctor informed my daughter that Mia had to get a c-section as soon as possible and it would be quite expensive, but if she didn't get it she would most likely die. The doctor also said when he does the operation he could sterilize Mia to prevent any infection there, but obviously this would up the price even more.

I'm not really sure who loves Mia more me or my daughter, but she told the vet she didn't care about the price. He should do whatever would be best for Mia. I'm not gonna say the exact price, but it cost her a few thousand rand to save our precious little girl and she is definitely worth every cent.

Mia had to spend 2 weeks inside the house and she absolutely hated it and kept crying to go outside, but the day we finally went to get the stitches removed and she could go outside .....well she chose to stay inside....well that's cats for you.

Light and Love

Annelie Jordaan

I'm back!

Hello everybody,

I know I just started with this blog, but I have to say I truly missed being able to sit at my computer and type out all my thoughts and share with you what has been happening in my life lately.

As I mentioned before I have noticed my health has been back tracking and I wish I had realized a bit sooner as my daughters rushed me to the emergency room the other day when I suddenly forgot who I was and who are the people around me. This was such a scary experience for me, but the doctor told me after we did every test possible I was just suffering from shock.....yeah this probably sounds weird, but let me back track a few days and fill you in on all the blanks.

The day after you last heard from me I had scheduled a doctors appointment because I have been feeling so tired lately that almost every 3 hours I need to take a 20 minute nap. The doctor checked all he could in his office and couldn't find the cause of this. He then decided we should get some blood work done just to check out a few things there so I went to have that done right after my doctors appointment. I was feeling tired after this big trip out that I went straight to bed when I got home. Don't worry I was fine and nothing happened on that day further, but  a few days had gone by and I still haven't heard back about the blood tests yet so I was still super tired all the time. Now we are at why I was in shock....

Being very tired I was in my bed sleeping when I was woken up by my eldest daughter screaming at the top of her lungs. I jumped out of bed and ran to her as fast as I could not knowing what to expect. She was squatting 35kg when she had slipped on her own sweat and doing a split mid air with this weight on her neck and her head having hit the bench. I tried best I could to lift the weights off her but I couldn't.....I wasn't strong enough.....my other daughter got there a few moments after me and we lifted the weights off her neck and helped he up. But in the moments before my other daughter arrived I thought I was going to lose my daughter because I was physically too weak to save her...

After this I was a bit shaken up, but all in all I thought I was fine. Another hour passed and my youngest daughter offered to make us lunch after I finished my nap. When I woke up I went to the kitchen to start preparing a salad for myself when she asked me if I didn't want her to make me lunch anymore and I couldn't remember to offered earlier....she thought this was a bit weird but just assumed it was cause I just woke up. As she was making lunch I proceeded to open all the doors and windows in the house which immediately alerted her because we were keeping everything shut to keep our cat inside after her operation (I will be posting about her operation tomorrow) as she had stitches and was wearing a collar of shame. She quickly closed everything and asked if I didn't remember that our cat had to stay inside.....I said no....

I didn't remember she had a operation....I didn't remember about the lunch....I didn't remember my daughters boyfriend....I didn't remember anything anymore at that moment....she immediately got me in the car and drove me to the emergency room fearing another stroke might be starting.....when we got there the emergency room doctor feared I might have developed a blood clot that is starting a stroke but after a scan it didn't seem to be the case. He proceeded to call my primary doctor and after a full examination  and an entire day I was allowed to go home. The doctor told me this all happened to me because of the big shock I got seeing my daughter so hurt and possibly dying.....

But the good news is I am fine again and got the green light to start exercising again. I don't know what it is, but I feel happier than ever and happy to be alive and have my family as close to me as they are.

Thank you for stopping by and expect to here from me quite often from now on!

Light and Love

Annelie Jordaan