Monday, March 30, 2009

My Angel....

It feels like I haven't updated for a while but life just seems to be so busy On the 4th of March Riaan and I celebrated our 3rd Wedding Anniversary.. A whole three years... And whilst it may not seem like such a long time, to us and with everything that we have been through, it means so much.
Riaan decided to take me away for the weekend on our first holiday since our honeymoon and when I say it was overdue, then it was just that...Overdue..


We spent the weekend at Sun City and it was awesome. No phones, no worries, no "shop talk"... just me and him... I came back from there so refreshed and ready... ready to face challenges and hard times because if the weekend away taught me anything, it was this... Life is always going to throw us curveballs and there will always be rain, sometimes thunder storms too, but as long as we remember how much we love and adore each other and how much the life that we have means to us... it is so worth it and it means everything...
And I am hoping that we will have many, many more.....

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Fearless (Part 2)

To me, FEARLESS is living in spite of those things that scare you to death.

We all have things that scare us to death… one of my greatest fears is the dark… that paralyzing feeling I get the second the lights go out is something I live with everyday… It hasn’t gone away but just the fact that I am dealing with it makes it easier….

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Fearless (Part 1)

When I read the quote from the cd cover of Taylor Swift's new album "Fearless" I needed to write about it. These words are so thought provoking that you can’t read it and not be left with that feeling that this passage applied to you.

I have chosen certain parts of this passage that really hit home on so many levels …..

FEARLESS is getting back up and fighting for what you want over and over again even though every time you've tried before, you've lost.
How true is this? I think that I have lost count of the number of times I have found myself having to get up and fight for what I want, especially when I had struggled to get up after having fallen face first in the muck. And make no mistake about it, getting knocked out is the easy as pie part… it’s the other part that is so hard. Having to pull yourself up from whatever pit you had fallen into and then taking that step into the ring again.

Over the years I fought for a number of things... I fought for the career I wanted, even after I had given up that I would ever get there. But I did. I fought for a friendship that had crumbled only to have it replaced with a stronger and more solid one. I fought for love... I fought for a marriage that was slowly breaking, just to realise that it will always be a work in progress and that it doesn’t have to be perfect....and I fight and I fight……….everyday….

I have cried and fought and laughed and fought my way out of the pit but I have always gotten up and lifted myself out of that pit…Sometimes I tried for all the wrong reasons and then there were those times when I just knew without a shadow of a doubt what it was I was fighting for… It always came down to the life I wanted and knew that I deserved…

It also helps when you are fighting a battle to have a really strong support team.. Team Turton is Riaan's team and it is a team I am so proud to be apart of.. I don't think I would have been able to be where I am now if it wasn't for his belief in me and his constant "nagging" for almost a year that I should get up off my bottom and fight for what I want.

Having his unwavering belief in me makes me feel...FEARLESS....

Mrs T... xoxo

Gotta Love Hilarie...



I saw this photoshoot of Hilarie and all I can say is Holy Moly... can this women get any hotter... and those legs really go on and on and on.....

Gotta Love Hilarie....

Sunday, March 15, 2009

Things that make me go Hmmmmm

So I have decided that Sunday's will be the day when I post something that makes me go Hell Yeah!! that is what I am talking about.

Now it can be anything, cause let's face it, there is so much out there... from music to literature to people to things that affect you in the most profound way....

If You Don't Wanna Love Me - James Morrison

So today I will start with this...

I bought James Morrison's cd "Songs for you, Truths for me" by default really after hearing Broken Strings and absolutely loving it and needing to hear it all the time. We were travelling to Sun City for a weekend away when I played this cd and wow!!! I was totally blown away... His lyrics are powerful, his voice is so soulful and soothing and I loved travelling on the long road with James....
The song below is one of my those things just made me go Hmmmmm

When you lower me down,
So deep that II can't get out.
And when you'r lost, lost and alone,
Yes you'd think it was a liers place,
You'd come back for more
If you don't want me to leave,
Then don't push me away,
Rather blow out the lights you can watch it all fade.
But I'm going nowhere I'm gonna stay.
When you just wanna fight.
When you'r closing you'r eyes
'Coz you don't wanna love me.
I'm gonna stay.
You can't push me too far.
Theres no space in my heart.
When I don't wanna love you.....

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

Oh my.....

Well I haven't written anything for a few days now, not because I don't have anything to write about but because there was so much going on the last couple days that I just haven't had the time... But an update is coming soon... Very soon!!

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Show me who your friends are and I will show you who you are..


I was so inspired by so many blogs that I have read this evening, starting of course with the post form Hilarie about her best friend.

I have been very fortunate in my life to have been blessed with two best friends. Bradley (who I chatted about on Sunday) and Nicky. Two very different souls but two people I am so blessed to have.

I was very heart broken when Nicky got the job of a lifetime just after I got married in 2006. She starting working for Emirates and was going to be based in Dubai.

She loves living there and the things she has done since she been there has been so exciting. I always tell her that I live vicarously through her life and travels. ( I hate flying and therefore put off any real plans to visit her even though she always asks).

She and I talk as often as we can but sometimes I wish that she was right there so that instead having to cry and tell her that I love her and miss and that whatever we were both going through, we would be okay, we could just reach out and touch each other.

She is fiesty and stubborn and has an amazing voice. She wears her heart on her sleeve and gives 100% in all the relationships that she has. She is outgoing and funny. A nice balance to my stay at home and shy self...

She is the person I want to have around when I am 80, sitting on the front porch laughing and reminiscing about how we got so lucky to still be friends after all these years....

She's one of my person's...

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Phoebe..

The Age of 2..

Today is our niece's birthday Phoebe.. She turns 2 today....

I cannot help but smile when I think of her. She is a gorgeous child. So full of energy and so smart...

This evening we went to visit her and give her gift since we are not going to be at her birthday party on Saturday. I thought that this year we wouldn't buy her clothes but rather something more educational. So I settled for a mini blackboard (perfect for her age), crayons and chalk and visual aids...

Never the less, we were so happy when she took to our gift and played with it for most of the evening...

New OTH Promo for Episode 17

Oh my....

Lucas: if continuing this pregnancy means i lose you, then we end it (shows flash back to season 1, the championship game kiss, the scene where they walk out of a church)Peyton: its not an It, luke, this is our BABY
Lucas: THEN STOP IT
Peyton: if you would like to talk about it, then call it what it is. an abortion.

I cannot wait to watch it and find out what is going to happen. An intense couple of scene's between Lucas and Peyton for sure. Chad and Hilarie are so great...

Cannot Wait...

Monday, March 2, 2009

March... how do I love thee... Let me count the ways

March is one of the busiest months Riaan and I have for the year.

Let me break it down for you:
Firstly, the happy moments......

A. The many birthdays...
1- Bradley (godbrother)
3- Phoebe (niece)
6 - Chantal (work collegue)
8- Elton (friend)
10-Harry (dad)
11-Elleanor (cousin)
12- Jonathan (brother)
14- Hazel (mom)
15- Dorcas (friend)
26- Tsepiso (work collegue)

B. Our wedding Anniversary - 4th

Secondly, the sadder moment
The anniversary of the death of my brother... He died two weeks after Riaan and I got married.. :-(

Life is full of unexpected twists and turns BUT faith is a such a funny thing....

Sunday, March 1, 2009

Being Bradley....


Today is my God-brother Bradley's birthday. He is 31 today..Now I started this blog so that I could talk about how Precious all the people in my life are... Bradley, or "My Precious Pooh Bear" as I like to call him, is one of those people.

He is amazing really and I'm not exaggerating. He is an enigma and I tell him that all the time. So private too that it is frustrating but that is also what makes him Bradley...

Some background information on my relationship with Bradley:-

We met when we were 5yrs old, became close friends not so long after that, I became as close to his family as I did to him and a while after that I became their god-child. My god-father Lazie is the pastor of our church, my god-mother Gloria is an amazing women whom I aspire to be like one day. A lady through and through. Lizette is my godsister and since I am the only girl in my family, she is the closest I will ever have to a sister and that makes me smile. Jade is Lizette's daughter, she is also entering the teenage years and my word when it comes around, it comes around hard and fast.:-). She is gorgeous though and that stresses her uncle Bradley out big time. Gran Lizzy is my godmother's mom and also such a part of my heart.

Ever wonder if events are predestined. No? I didn't think so either but looking back now, I know that God had planned for this family and I to be apart of each other's lives, long before I even knew it.

Back to Bradley... He's great. I mean he's smart.He's not a conventionally good looking guy but he is so fine and he has that something that makes him so beautiful. He's funny and he such wit about him. He's a big ol' scaredy cat. Just mention the word “heights” and suddenly he comes up with just about every excuse under the sun to not go there and do that. It's pretty amusing. He's honest. Make no mistake about it, just because you wanna hear something doesn't mean he is going to say it. He says what you need to hear. You can always count on getting the truth from him even if the truth hurts. We fight a lot.. Boy do we ever! He can be so frustrating at times. But he's a really, really good friend. He is loyal to a fault.
I'm a dreamer and a believer of fairy tales so it's good to have somebody like that in my life. God, if we ever found ourselves not in each other lives; I don't know what I would do. I mean he's my pooh bear, you know?

Well.... he's more than that ...he's everything....(or my "other man" as Riaan would put it)

So yeah...Happy Birthday my Precious Pooh Bear... I love you and wish you all of life's blessings because you deserve it.