Two thousand and eleven... is SAFFA heaven.

I'm so excited about this year I can hardly contain myself.  2011 is Saffa Heaven.

I started this year with organising a South African day at our church, the expats had a blast! We had a good old South African braai (with the boerewors works) and ended it with all the South African desserts our homesick minds could come up with! Yum.

Brandwag welcome

The place settings

The salads

Madiba welcome... well... if you squint and turn your head to the right

Braai in full swing

We'll be going on a month long South African trip shortly.  My husband and his best friend (A Pom) will be doing a 12 day motorcycle tour through the West Coast of South Africa (Read more: http://miermoto.blogspot.com/.)  While I'll be getting some "gees" at the Klein Karoo Kunstefees.  My sister will also be there for 10 days.  Mum has a porch where we plan to have lots of Champaign brunches (Hello my friend JC le Roux) and Red wine afternoons accompanied by South African Snackage (Droëwors, biltong, green figs, blue cheese... blindevinkies, cheese sausage, chicken wings, etc, etc, etc).  Then there is the exchange rate... R7 to the $1 is not too shabby. We'll pretend there's no crime and just have a good time.

(Photo: Pieter Louw)

Super 15 Rugby! And the best of all is MELBOURNE has FINALLY made the best move ever! Rugby is coming to Melbourne! Bestest of the bestest... my brother-in-law will be playing HERE on the 3d of June.  BAZINGA! Go the Stormers! GO PIETER LOUW! Jou lekker ding!

Then, there is the IRB World cup... Go the Bokke! Can they do it again this year?

*Deep and satisfied sigh*

2011 smells like it's got potential! VISION and PURPOSE! I'm off to clean my pigsty of a house.  Later!