My heart is broken. Can’t really describe the feeling. All I know is everything is gone.
My dad phoned us in the morning to tell us they broke into our new house. Iaan and I just moved there a week ago and things were still half unpacked. But now EVERYTHING was gone. All electronics, all cameras, all lenses, all my hard drives. Our tv, all my jewelery & engagement ring, some of our kitchen and every single thing in our offices. (except my laptop that I had with me)
I’m sitting down now, wondering what happened to the past 4 months. In my mind it’s some sort of ‘swooosh’…Ok I just realized that makes no sense. But how do I explain it… I woke up one day in June, after a nice busy wedding season. Then jumped on a plane with iaan. Traveled to Europe to do some weddings and two workshops. Then we came back to South Africa. We visited our new piece of land as soon as we arrived back. There they were, laying the bricks one by one and I realized we’re building a house. Which is absolutely insane, but totally awesome!
As our anniversary month approaches next month, I’m looking back at 12 months of absolute bliss! I know we stay this quite often, but I can’t believe it’s been almost a year ago! And what a lovely reminder of our happy day, when our wedding was featured in the latest Sarie Bruid. Sarie Bruid is definitely one of my favourite wedding magazines. Thanks to the editor and team for featuring my and iaan’s wedding. It’s a privilege to be associated with such a gorgeous edition!
When you log into your Wordpress blog and you have to think twice about your password, then you know you haven’t been blogging enough :) Well that’s what happened to me this morning. But I have some good news…I have a load of blog posts on their way… So if you’ve been missing my blog post, you have some gorgeous things coming your way in the next few days.
Today we reached the one year mark with The Pretty Blog. I can’t believe it’s been a full year!
I have to thank my awesome partner Nicola for all the amazing work she has been doing for the blog. I love working with her! They say you have to choose the people you work with wisely, even more carefully than you choose a life partner and I have to agree, this was a match made in heaven! Nicola is a blessing beyond my wildest dreams. I know this is only the first year of many more to come! Thank you Nicola for all your patience! For your hard work and you’re enthusiasm! The blog could not have been this awesome without you!
We’ve been having so many good times here in Europe! Last weekend iaan and I shot a wedding in Mallorca Islands, which was so gorgeous! The island was tropical with amazing weather. I also shot a wedding in Munich under the Alps the past weekend and now I’m preparing for the Munich workshop, which starts on Wednesday. So loads of photos still to come :)
The past few weeks were crazy. Actually, crazy is an understatement! Seriously so much happened, I thought I wasn’t going to make it. My mind was constantly thinking of so many things, things that had to be done, things that I had to remember, things I had to pack, things I had to organize, I ended up having lists of list. And I wanted to blog about everything, but there was just no time.
Finally here I am. Sitting in Carmen & Ingo’s apartment in München, writing a blog post. I feel like I’m in a movie with a European backdrop. Tying away with a view of all the apartments around us. It’s actually surreal!
When I opened my calendar earlier this year I saw that iaan’s birthday fell on a weekend. I knew if I didn’t book it out right away, I’d probably get busy with other things and then the lovely opportunity to go away that weekend would be lost. So I looked into some places and decided the west coast would be the place to go.
I have a special connection to the west coast. It’s so clean, beautiful, serene and absolutely a place where you can rest! One of the places I love in particular is Jakkalsfontein.
Yesterday I did something I’ve never done before…I posted a ‘I don’t feel that well’ update on Facebook and within minutes there were so many comments!!! Thank you to every person who commented and share something with me that made my day! So if you feel bad and need inspiration here is a little something for you!
Today I want to share this poster with you, that I firstly saw online. It is something that I just had to save and keep on my laptop. It really made me think.
Life is full of things. And things keep us busy. I’m the queen of being busy and lately I started feeling like I should sometimes just live, say no to everything the world expects of me and just do some things that make me smile. I don’t want to say from today on things are going to change, because they never really do. We all know that. But the first step is to recognize if we want to make some changes in our lives and secondly is to start implementing things that will bring change :) And then, when things have changed, I will write about my experience. Then I can truly say I’ve made a few changes :)
