Well, as usual I have been quiet for so long that I have almost forgotten how to use Blogger. Adding to that I am totally disgusted with Blogspot for allowing spamming to go on - I was reading through old posts whilst trying to find a new template, and was horrified to find how many comments have been left on some of my posts by spammers - and of course it's all lewd and porn and the like. I honestly think Blogspot need to pull their finger out and put an end to that as it will definitely result in me going elsewhere if it carries on. 

Over and above that minor rant, I have been very busy. Building, which of course has been hindered hugely by a stupid builder being totally incapable of turning up for work, so we just sit and wait and listen to a million excuses, one after the other. So that has ground to a halt, and we also have to wait three months AT LEAST for the municipality to authorize the plans - TIA!!! For those of you who think that means a stroke, it really means This Is Africa, and it's very likely that it will give you a stroke, so maybe that's where it come's from :).

I also decided as now that we have two houses and we want to speculate on a few more, I should do the estate agent's exam, which is this afternoon, and I have been studying like absolute mad as I really don't want to fail and didn't give myself very long to get all the work done, so it has been study study study like mad for the last three weeks and am now so sick of reading the book and writing notes that I have now totally given up and am blogging instead. 

I am a little shocked at how they teach you and what they teach you - I found many things that to me blatantly imply that estate agent's are money-grabbing s.h.1.t.s but I suppose that is personal opinion. Their excuses for insisting on sole mandates are pathetic, and the clause's that go into a contract just to ensure that you get your commission, whether or not you do the job, has kind of put me off totally. Besides, lets be logical, it doesn't cost much to do the exam versus paying an agent an extortionate amount of money for very little work, when three weeks of your time and some cash will enable you to do it yourself and never have deal with an agent ever again. What I have just done is a classic breach of the Code of Conduct .... blegh!!! At least I won't be working as an agent and will only manage my own properties. 

I will leave in twenty minutes for the exam, and then afterwards I will be going for a drink to celebrate the fact that I don't have to study anymore!!!! Whether or not I fail or pass, the information has in some senses been worth it (when it's not called simple application of logic) and might be helpful. 

We have been very quiet and haven't left the house a lot lately either; we are trying very hard to save money and to get all bills and accounts and everything paid up so we can buy another house, that we have been chilled out and rather boring. People come over and braai or whatever, which is so much cheaper than going out these days; although I must say going out doesn't seem to hold the same thrill it used to, the drunks and idiots annoy me lol. 

What gives you the idea I am either very frustrated or everything annoys me!!! :-P

The babies are all good, except for poor little Lucifer who has started picking up skin damage from the sun as he's snow white and now has to be sun-screened, and I keep forgetting to do it so am very worried about him. He also has gotten gum disease and plaque so has to have very expensive food ... oh joy! Little bugger :) and all the cats absolutely hate the food and eat it with very long teeth which I find quite amusing as Zazu is a hoover when it comes to Friskies and now is highly disgusted that his favorite biscuits that he devours by the bowlful three times a day (and isn't overweight at all mind you - what a shock!) are now no longer in sight and he has to eat Hills ... 

The garden has been coming along nicely, and we planted seeds everywhere as the roll-on lawn wasn't growing as we have had no rain and are in the midst of a drought. I then planted seeds which have to be watered twice a day, only for the Windhoek Municipality to decide a month later that we are on water restrictions and can't water the garden anymore - awesome!!! Bye bye little seeds ... 

Anyway, got to get going and write this exam! Here's hoping I pass!!