what would you do if you weren’t afraid?

I would…

Skydive. Tomorrow.
Pack my backpack and head off to Europe for an undetermined amount of time. Followed by South America, Thailand, India and Australia.
Do a yoga teacher training course in Bali.
Learn how to scuba dive.
Bake and ice a three-tier wedding cake.
Knit a pair of baby booties.
Quit my job and sit down for three months straight to write down the story that won’t stop bashing around in my brain.
Go topless on the beach.
Walk around in a bikini without sucking my tummy in.
Sit in a bikini without sucking my tummy in.
Stop sucking my tummy in full stop.
Say no to the things and people who waste my time and suck the energy out of my existence.
Fall pregnant.
Tell that person how and why he broke my heart into a million pieces.
Forgive that person.
Let Andrew go on a three week boys trip to Ibiza.
Give my entire month’s salary to someone who REALLY needs it. And then,
Put everything on the credit card.
Dye my hair pink. Or blue. Turquoise.
Get another tattoo. In a visible place.
Stop drinking.
Run a marathon.
Get serious about my health. Like six-pack serious.
Buy a herd of alpacas.
Get married again. In a short gyspy dress, with flowers in my hair and sandals on my feet, on a desert island somewhere, with no one in attendance but my husband and I.
Write down my dreams.
Delete this blog and save all my creativity and clever ideas for that novel mentioned above.
Be honest. (the hardest, scariest thing of all)

What would you do?

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lately I’m…

>> Reading Smoke and Mirrors by Neil Gaiman. This man. I’m obsessed, especially after discovering and reposting this video. He is a master of tales and characters. Cannot wait to get stuck into more of his work.
>> Watching The Great Gatsby on DSTV Box Office. Over and over again. I know a lot of people didn’t like Baz Luhrman’s interpretation of Fitzgerald’s classic, but man, the clothes, the music, the colours. And the enchanting Carey Mulligan… On repeat.
>> Drinking a Savana. But not out of a can. That’s just gross. Also, lots of ice cold water with lemon. Perfect for hot spring days and lemon is great for detoxing. Which I’m always in need of with my crazy lifestyle.
>> Eating lots of crunchy salads and especially enjoying the healthy, wholesome lunches at Cafe Bloom. And a pretty environment in which to sit and eat never hurt either.
>> Sponsoring my most favourite blog, indieberries, created by one of the coolest people I know, Che. Pop on over to look at my pretty ad space and if you haven’t already discovered indieberries, see ya later. You’ll be stuck there for days. Also, if you are a blogger, business owners, photographer, designer, general-all-round-cool-person, click here to sponsor indieberries too.
>> Dreaming about my holiday in Italy. Yes, I have decided that that is where I am going next year. Bottom line. Currently spending all the spare time pinning to my love(italy) Pinterest board.
>> Listening to Miley Cyrus. What?
>> Stalking Emma Jane Nation. This blog is my new favourite happy place. Also this post inspired said determination to visit Italy next year. And now you wanna go too, right? Let’s ALL go.
>> Shopping at the brand new Typo shop at Liberty Mall in Pietermaritzburg. Yes, you heard right. The Midlands opened a new shop before Durban did. And it’s glorious!
>> Totally digging this lady’s instagram feed, as well as her awesome illustrations.
>> Wearing pyjamas and my old Pass Out shirt. And the only pair of the four new pairs of jeans Andrew bought for me from London which actually fits. Which brings me to…
>> Running. EVERY SINGLE DAY.

Clockwise from top:  Vernazza, Italy (source); indieberries blog (source); my stash of new jeans; Neil Gaiman’s Smoke and Mirrors; lunch at Cafe Bloom; illustration by Kat Cameron (source).

my honeymoon on Getaway Blog

I’m so excited to have my second travel story published on Getaway Blog! If you haven’t read it yet, click here.  It’s all about Saint Lucia and the fun stuff we got up to there on our honeymoon.  I will take this opportunity to thank my husband (and myself) for being hyperactive little explorers and making an active mission to leave our hotel whilst in the Caribbean – otherwise I’d have had nothing to write about! Check it out:

Yea, I took this photo.  I’m pretty proud of it.  :)

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scenes from Cape Town

Cape Town was fast, fun, delicious and beautiful. It was a family affair, but I managed to see my lovely friend, Tash, and meet her awesome husband, Graeme, as well as do a bit of wine tasting with my and mine and Andrew’s matchmaker, Megan.  It was too short (as always). I feel like I need at least three weeks in Cape Town to do and see everything. Even that would probably not be enough. Oh well, one day when we’re gazillionaires… But for now, a little weekend here and there will have to do.

update

We’re back home after a busy few days in Cape Town, straight into working a wedding weekend and opening the new bar at the restaurant. Cape Town was delightfully crazy as always, and we managed to fit in a lot of good family time, which is quite a remarkable achievement these days, what with siblings and cousins scattered all over the place. More on our trip and what we got up to for another post. Next week I move to part time work to spend more time on my blog and writing, which I’m quite looking forward to. I have to learn to discipline myself at home, because on a farm there are always distractions – but I have already set up some meetings for next week and so organisation is going to be key in keeping myself on track. I wish we could make office pods in the sky for freelancers. Clever genius inventor people are you listening? I just gave you a free idea. DO IT. I’ll be your first customer.

There really is not much other news from my side, it’s been one of those weeks. Last week I was spewing out posts left, right and centre. This week – downtime. Funny how things, including inspiration, come in cycles. From next week it’s back to the 5am club, yoga and running. Also, my mom brought me the groot meneer of juicers a couple of weeks ago, and I swear it would juice a new born child in five seconds flat. It is that good. Looking forward to getting on the health track for summer which is coming around at a rate of knots.

Have a great weekend everyone – if you’re in the Midlands be sure to pop into Sapore on Saturday for the opening of the new bar. Red Light Stereo are playing sets from 3pm until late, so it should be rip-roarer.

This is Andrew and I in Kalk Bay before he went to the fancy shmancy Scar to have his hair cut. (How does this happen that my husband gets to have his hair done at the best hair joint in Cape Town? I am still a little jealous.) Andrew was delighted to tell me that his stylist thought his choice of hair cut very “refreshing” in the sea of mainstream hipster hairstyles she has to do every day – you know the one she’s talking about – short sides, long front? I wonder who’s going to be the brave one to bring back the middle-path step, ala Backstreet Boys circa 1998. THAT would be so retro!

Have a good one lovelies xxx