The monthly update...

Well that is what it seems to be at the moment. Things have been extremely busy everywhere, at work and at home.

I managed to run a little over the last month, but still not as much as I need to, but hey it has been busy.

School holidays have come and gone and it is the final stretch of the school year. During the school holidays we spent a week in Hazyview. It was totally awesome, and we have not been there in about two years. Staying just outside of the park(Kruger National Park) we drove in for the day. It was Adam's first time, and he got a chance to see Ellies and Giraffe up close. Devon just loves the park, outdoors, and holidaying! He was in seventh heaven all of the time.

The goings on...

A short post to keep you up to speed on what's been going on in Miller Land lately...

Time has been flying by... and I have been playing catch up all the time.

I entered Comrades 2010 about a week ago, so now all I need to do is put my A into G and get on the road and start some serious training at some point. A bit too early to set the goals, at this point it is just a finish and being able to walk afterwards. That would be good!

Kyle has had to choose his subjects for next year. He's going with Maths, Science, Life Sciences(Biology) and Geography. It's going to be interesting to say the least.

Lindsay is working as hard as ever... writting reports for the end of term as we speak.

Devon is still talking the hind leg off of a donkey. The chirps are just getting bigger and better. Soccer season has ended and swimming has started again.

Adam has sprouted a couple more teeth, still not too many words, but oh is he a character!!!!!

Something to look forward to.... going to Sabie River Sun for the upcoming holidays, and a wine tasting on Tuesday.

The Result...

The Spring Hat competition is over for another year. In my last post I attached a picture of this years effort.

I am happy, and Devon even more so to report, that we won. That makes it 2 out of three entries... the preasure is on already for next year.... any ideas....

Spring time again...

Spring has sprung the grass has riz, or however it goes. Spring is here and it is the good 'ol Spring Hat time at Devon's school. Tomorrow is the day when he has to, along with his school pal's, parade his spring hat. This means that every year we have to get the creative juices flowing and come up with some kind of spring hat...

So here it is... this year contribution...

Volvo powered by Ford!

So last Thursday I come around the corner after picking Kyle up from tennis, and I am confronted by a road that is filled with people and cars. I look a little closer and notice that the majority of the cars are stsanding right in front of my driveway. Furthermore, some of the cars are ambulances and tow trucks. Panic starts to set in a little and I park the car and stsart heading on foot to my house. As I weave throught he cars and passers by, I notice my wife's car is parked in the oncoming traffic with hazard lights on and nobody is is the car. Lying on my pavement is a body that the paramedics are working on. My heart starts to race, my legs start to move faster, and I realise that I am now running. It is an aweful feeling that starts to fill up my body and my mind...

On further investigation I discover that the body on the pavement is okay, and best of all, not that of my wife.

There had been an accident right outside our house. A Ford Territory had collided with a Volvo head on, 70m away from our house at the robots. The Volvo was at a stand still at the robots waiting to turn when this Ford came across the intersection and collected the Volvo. The driver of the Volvo says he remembers not seeing anyone in the Ford behind the wheel or in the passenger seat. He car was powered by the Ford and forced back for 70m until it mounted the pavement and hit a tree. The wheels of the Ford continued spinning causing a whole lot of smoke. My wife had come home and sort of witnessed the event. She had to drive through this thick smoke and stopped her car in oncoming traffic to avoid further trouble.

The driver of the ford must of had a fit and fallen unconcious and steered his car unknowingly into the Volvo. I am happy to report that both drivers were uninjured with not even a scratch on the bodies. The driver of the Ford regain consciousness before being taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital.

I'm just relieved that everyone was okay at the end of the day, most especially my wife...