On Saturday...

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I love it when I wake up on a Saturday morning and see there is still lots of time left before I actually need to get up, because that means I can read.

I will prop up all my cushions behind me to get into a comfortable position, and then I will continue where I left off last night.

Oftentimes I will get up briefly to make myself a nice, hot cup of tea with honey, and then slip back under the covers to revel in the warmth and continue the story.

Only once this part of me that has this insatiable hunger to read a book of sorts is stilled, can I get up to attend to my laundry and other life maintenance chores.

The accompaniment of music is almost a must. I have come to love the combination of the ESC, finish and command keys on my keyboard because they bring me to my selection of music according to genre, artist or song. I usually choose genre. My mood dictates what genre I want to listen to.

If all is well with the world, I will go for the Praise & Worship, but when exercising, I choose the club mixes, and when angry, I listen to Pink - she's on a class of her own.

My latest investment was a steamer. Someone, a guy called Sven, told me he uses a steamer to cook his food. It's the healthy way to cook. I liked the idea. As a matter of fact, I thought it was high time that I looked into the cost of a steamer. It is part of the requirements of Bill Phillips' 12 week "Body for Life" program.

So today was my first meal of steamed vegetables and haddock. And it was delicious, thanks to the added olive oil and salt, I must add.

As for my health regime, it hasn't officially started... again... because I made my very own banana and peanut butter milkshake today, and it was grrrrreat! This one restaurant, Milaneza, in the Rustenburg Mall is famous for its banana and peanut butter milkshakes. They are scrumptious, but as I picked up my weekly rusks for work today, I saw bananas... and then I remembered the peanut butter I still had at home, and Spar had a special on the Vanilla ice cream, and before you know it, Nicole had filled her trolley with the ingredients for the greatest shake in town! No regrets, it was NICE.

More is nog 'n dag. Meaning Adios Amigos! Arrivederci! Au revoir! Aufwiedesehen. Totsiens. Good-bye.

Bis zum nächsten Mal!

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