The sand loves when… the waves come
The sky can’t wait… for the light of the sun
So how could you look… me in my eye
And not see what… what i feel inside
Tell me how could you, doubt the fact that I
I love you…
I love you
Don’t you ever think like that
Don’t you ever never do that
There will never be two things that go together better
Than you and me…
North needs south east needs west…
No needs yes yes yes
Up needs down life needs death…
No needs yes yes yes
I need you
I need you
I need you
You…I need you
I Need You, Alicia Keys
I pray that you are well, safe and content. You will never be forgotten.
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Rhys was taken “out” by his Uncle and Aunt on Sunday. All dressed up, with his shoes nicely shined and his hair brushed so very well, off they went.
“Mommy, I am going out!”
“Out in unco’s car. Bye Mommy.”
Banange my son was excited. Now don’t start thinking that we are so recluse and take the boy to places in the car, Rhys loves cars. They get him so kyamukated. Maybe he will be the Shumacker of his time… ((gone off to the land of seeing my son’s name in the spotlight, oh my)). Okay, back to this land…
Now the thing is, they weren’t going anywhere fancy, just to Game. His Aunt wanted to buy a DVD Player for him. Yeah, I know my family spoils my son and I love it. The Player is so that Rhys can watch his shows without any interuptions. What shows? In addition to the Cartoon Network, Disney Channel and Boomerang, for him to now watch Elmo, Teletubbies and watch his other cartoons that catch his fancy. Kale all we had in our days was Pingu, Punky Brewster, Duffy Duck, Didi on tv and then Popeye and the Disney movies on VHS! Wabula…
Hatiya, they were gone for just over two hours; wasn’t complaining , was enjoying the rare free time that is derived as a result at such times. Very rare times! When they do finally get back, it’s minus the DVD Player but there is a truck for my boy. Sebo is mob excited, seriously hyper. If I didn’t know better, would have thought he had smoked some weed or drunk some strong coffee. He loved the outing and loved his truck. Is still loving the truck. He puts his “baby” (read teddy bear) on it and pushes it around.
It was so good to see him in such a high mood. His happiness gives me so much joy!
In other news, our neighbour opened an airtime kiosk just outside our gate. It even has kara, elec for the evenings when it is dark. Airtime for all networks! I am so welcoming this coz at some weird hour can actually run out of airtime and need to make an urgent call. So we are now so sorted.
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I am riding on a serious high. Real pure bliss… like on a fluffy white cloud… one of those highs when you are crazy enough to shout ‘next round of all drinks on me’ in a bar. Boundless happiness… What is causing all this?
Well, a friend who has been having a couple of complications with her pregnancy gave birth naturally to a healthy 3.6kg baby boy on the 7th of the 7th month of 2008. Clearly going to be a very blessed boy - Stephan.
I watched a movie that I really really really liked, more than I thought I would, Hancock. Peter Berg did a very good job, don’t care what none of you say about it. Had a good time watching it with him at the cinema.
We love each other and I have gotten to the point where I don’t give a hoot about kissing him on Kampala Road. For me that is really a big deal. He accepts me for who I am, even my craziness that hits at times… he hadn’t even noticed that I had put on weight till I mentioned it. No Tandra, he was not just humouring me. Thank you for being you baby.
Rhys is wonderful and in good health, intelligent, handsome, blessed, cheeky at times, playful, energetic, loving… the apple of my eye. He puts a smile on my face after a hectic day all the time.
A good friend is coming back home from outside countries this week and that gives me some more joy. Its been long since I last ‘looked upon’ your face…
God is good. Jesus loves yoy and He is always in control.
I am loving and enjoying my everyday life.
Thank you Jesus.
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The other day, he said to me, “ I can’t believe I will have to convince my wife to have children. It’s supposed to come naturally.”
He was referring to me not wanting to have any more children. Thought that was very intereting.
Guys, do you feel for him? Is it always a given that the female human species will want to have loads of kids?
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This is the new stuff concerning Rhys:
His new word is What! You ask him something and he says, What, ask again and he will repeat it. Before that, like a week ago, he was loving Okay! Though he still uses it, its not as much as before. It is just so cute.
The music he is loving at the moment:
- 4 Minutes, Justin Timberlake & Madonna
- Tattoo, Jordin Sparks
- Kiss Kiss, Chris Brown ft. T-Pain. He has loved this one for a while, the video is just his thing. He even tries out the moves.
- Sensual Seduction, Snoop Dogg (seriously do not understand why)
- And the new Shaggy song, can’t remember the name
- No One, Alicia Keys; thought this is extremely sweet considering that I think of him when I listen to it. It’s our special song. He can actually sing the chorus…
This reminds me, my son flattered me! We were watching the Teenage Love Affair video when Rhys kept on pointing at the screen and saying, ‘Mommy’ whenever Alicia Keys would come on. I was flabbergasted (Tandra, its okay for you to check the dictionary). Alicia Keys is the epitome of beautiful and is so very hot! I was mob mob mob flattered. Banange my boy thinks I look like her, he is so good for my ego.
I really like Alicia Keys. She has wonderful music, have loved all 3 of her albums and besides being a celebrity, still has integrity. She doesn’t feel the need to show off her body or should I say get naked to attract fans to watch her video, listen to her music and thus buy her albums. She is one of the few young hot artists who does that. She is an all rounder, besides her superb voice, she has talent (playing the piano), writing music, is beautiful, hardworking and still remains a really lovely woman. She is one of the few artists who I would actually want to go for a show if she had one in Uganda, even if it was like at Nakivubo! She did come here but not perform, for charity related stuff.
Have so diverted from the main point, Rhys…
He loves kisses; giving them and receiving them. And for him it is not just one on the cheek. He wants to give and get kisses all together on both cheeks, the forehead and then on the top of the head. And when giving them, he likes to make the ‘mwah’ sound. Now aiint that just so sweet?
Omwana wangye nimurungi!
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Yesterday I wore a very cute pink top (not hot pink Iwaya! so divert the line of thinking that you were headed for). Anyhu, a suttle pink tending to peach (that is the colour Mr. B2B, not the fruit). Its a lovely top, the problem is that it shows off a lot of my bust. A LOT!
Actually, for most chicks it would be okay but I have a big bust, have had it since high school although it got bigger after having Rhys. As a result of this display of a more-than-normal amount of flesh, I got the looks and lust filled smiles from so many guys. So not my thing but survived the day, continued being my confident self throughout the day.
This made me realise that since forever, I have never been one to show off ’skin’, basically my body, prefering to wear trousers instead of skirts that would put my legs on display, long sleeved shirts of all kinds to cover up my arms and closed shoes, most of the time sneakers, to cover up my feet. To make it worse, they would be loose clothes. A good friend of mine, over the years has been slowly trying to turn me to the “dark side”. Sawa is one of those girls who has a beautiful hour-glass shaped body and a moderate bust size so she can wear almost anything because it looks good on her; from spaghetti strap tops, hipsters, sleek evening dresses to the most shapeless of dresses because her curves will still ’shine’. It’s amazing. It is so much fun to walk with her and be entertained by guys’ reactions when they see her in one of her fitting outfits.
Whenever we go out shopping for clothes, she picks out for me the short sleeved shirts, really fitting trousers (she wouldn’t bother with skirts coz she knows me too well), strapless tops… basically taking me to her side of the ‘clothes wearing’. So gradually, my wardrobe has been transformed over the years to also include the “forbidden” type of outfits. And therefore, at the end of the day Sawa, I blame you for me buying the cute pink top that got me way too much attention.
Fact: Had I worn that top a couple of years ago and gone to the taxi park, I would have been undressed, literally. (Do you remember those days when that used to happen? Princess were you born by then?)
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The love for movies is ingrained in my family’s genes, even Rhys gets excited when he sees me putting in a DVD into the player. There a couple of movies according to our standard which are a general must watch… one cannot really be my friend, okay that may be stretching it a bit… one cannot really know me if you haven’t watched at least half of these movies on this MUST WATCH list… they are not in any particular order…
- Shawshank Redemption
- Saving Private Ryan
- The Matrix
- Terminator
- Terminator 2
- Gone With The Wind
- Face/Off
- Sound Of Music
- Lion King
- Popeye (technically not a movie but deserdvedly on this list)
- The Prince Of Egypt
- The Usual Suspects
- Speed
- Singing In The Rain
- An Affair To Remember
- Ever After (yes yes yes)
- Fight Club
- Primal Fear
- Heat
- The Fifth Element
- Back To The Future
- Evita
- Spiderman 1 & 2
- Braveheart
- Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
- The Mexican
- Desparado
- True Lies
- The Mummy
- Scarface (not to be watched more than once)
- Aliens
- Grease
- Gods And Monsters
- Batman
- Casino
Technically this was supposed to a maximum of 20 but they just kept flowing… these are the movies that I can watch over and over and over again… and then some.
What movies would you have on your list?
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Have been on a bit of vacation for the past 3 days and it has been sheer bliss…
Waking up at 10am, spending the days with my cutie Rhys, with him all over the place saying Mommy this and Mommy the other… I think he has also enjoyed having me at home. Have been playing with him, taking walks, giving him baths, kisses to soothe the pain when he gets hurt… its been amazing. I guess this is what housewives are able to enjoy everyday, besides the house chores… don’t think I would handle being one. After all those years of scholling, hassling at MUK with their beyond ridiculous system of administration and taking all of that crap (did i ever mention that none of my children will be going to that fake university on the hill? Harvard oyee!- have already started saving for that). Anyhu… have started straying like Tandra…
It has really been a joy spending so much time of my days with Rhys. The amazing thing is, so many of my workmates were asking me what I has planned for this time off work and when I told them that was going to sleep and have time with Rhys, they were surprised. The majority of them usually travel when on vacation, peeps at my office are loaded like that… very soon I shall also start telling tales of the Seychelles and all that…
At the moment, the songs he is really feeling are Touch My Body, Mariah (can you imagine! a 2.6 year old! children of these days…) and Kiss, Chris Brown ft T-Pain. He even knows the dancing moves that Chris Brown ‘does’ in that video, kika. Speaking of music, listened to Lady by Modjo, haven’t heard it in like forever, it brought back some memories… interesting memories…
Still have a few days left and planning on exhausting them with joy joy and then some more joy… anybody want some? holla!
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I have put on weight! Tis seriously alarming. And the alarm for me went off today morning.
I usually prepare my outfits for the week on Sunday and basically reconfirm it the evening before, its a chick thing boys so I will so understand if you don’t get it. Anyhu, so decided to wear a ka cute top I bought last month with a skirt I haven’t worn in like forever. So get up, do the necessary and then adorn the top and low and behold, tis too small! I almot had a small heart attack! I had tried it on last month and it was fitting so well! (stop laughing tandra). Crap, crap, crap! At that point wanted to use a few swearing words, but as a good Christain have to refrain, even on the blog since it is Universal.
The thing is that my weight usually flactuates, put on some and then it comes off naturally without me having to go on a diet or hit the gym so hard. But of late it has just been piling on and not leaving at any point. When I mentioned this to two of my closest friends, they said that it was because I am happy. That got me thinking, does that mean that small peeps aiint happy?
Don’t think that that’s the reason I am putting on weight. We have been going out a lot, basically eating ”rich” food and as much as it is fun, I think I will start ordering for salad or some drama like that. Oh the horror…
I have never really stressed concerning my weight but now it seems like its a bit too much. The diet drama, no thank you. The solution will most likely be exercising but it really is not any fun… maybe dancing…
Anyone have a fast and painless solution for me?
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It is amazing how the simplest of the stuff we do everyday can cause so much joy and excitement for a child.
Brushing our teeth before we go to bed with Rhys is like some serious progi of the day! When going to the bathroom, he announces to anyone within the vicinity or who he runs into,
“Going to brush teeth.”
Then when he finishes, proudly declares to everyone,
“Is brushed teeth!”
and can proudly display them for you like some form of evidence.
He also loves to put the lids or covers of anything and everything, mostly kitchen stuff; the juice jug, flasks, pans, bottle lids… basically anything that can be covered. When he sees you in the process of handling any of them, he starts,
“I want to cover.”
and at times when I am really busy trying to get things done in a hurry, he uses his very special kryptonite…
“Mommy please.”
and how can I dare resist that.
These days, as soon as I walk into the house with migugu, he rushes towards me to help me carry the stuff. He’s growing to be such a helpful young man, let’s pray he stays that way all through out his adult life… be a real gentlemen unlike so so so many Ugandan men…
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