It was the first time since she was very young, that the three of us have done anything together since I moved out months ago. It was a special day for me!

The weather was beautiful and Kirsten was rested up after her mid-day nap. We set off to the park: lunch packed; camera on hand; batteries charged and my fingers were itching to get her in front of the lens to capture hundreds of her expressions.

The park is amazing. A true haven for kids to enjoy a sunny Cape Town day!

It was the first time I’d been there. I was excited. I was excited to see how Kirsten would react with the other kids. How the parents – complete strangers – would interact with other children running around. The potential for squabbles amongst both the adults and little-uns.

I was pleasantly surprised to find that there was nothing of the sort! The children got on remarkably well. It made me wonder where humans go wrong.. at this age, everyone is your friend. Everyone is friendly and everyone is a potential play-mate. We could learn a lot from these children!

Myself and Tracy too loads of pictures! It was such a stunning day!

Unfortunately, I will never be able to process those pictures. I will never be able to see, over and over again, the joy on Kirsten’s face while her Daddy pushed her on the swing. Higher and higher. My laptop bag was stolen along with the SD card from the day, the following evening and I’d not had a chance to back them up yet, as I’d spent Sunday evening processing a photoshoot from the Saturday.

I’ll never forget those images, however little Kirsten. The three of us had a wonderful day! You make my heart swell with joy!

Considering all of the red tape we had to jump over (and sometimes through!); the long nights; the last minute – and I really do mean LAST MINUTE game-changers that we had to over-come and I am proud to say that it has been rather successful.

EntryReady.com has been launched with a plan to aggressively grow into a hangfull of niches within South Africa and provide a service (or group of services) to make Event Organiser’s lives a pleasure.

The Freshpak Fitness Festival 2012 is marked as the first event of many to come and will no doubt receive many references in the future.

Cheers to all of the ideas, hard work and perseverance!

Ah and, good luck to all the participants too

It has been a while, you can check for yourself exactly how many days, since I last blogged. Blogged about anything. Helpful. Entertaining. Useful. Annoying. Anything at all..

Well, I’ve been busy.

I wonder if my daughter will one day read these ramblings and get a better idea of who I am, why I do (in this case did) the things that I do..

Years ago when this little blog was a buzzing, ranked site there were constant updates, uploads and a continuous source of entertainment.

These days, not so much.

Well the good news is that I’ll be filling these pages with updates and explanations as to what I’ve been busy with. There is over a year’s worth of goodies waiting to be punched into riply.co.za so bare with me!

The sound “is a lot more driving” and is going to be spread on a huge local tour, starting out this weekend at Kirstenbosch.

Come and join us for a picnic in the sun!

Tickets are available online or at the gate!

My time was re-prioritised with news of little Kirsten Lily Gerber (my now born, little baby girl). With exciting new challenges on the horizon and a will like no other, I set off to build a master plan to grow my wealth.

I am happy to report that although several setbacks, I am on track to achieving those goals. Upward and onward 2012!

I will be blogging on riply.co.za again. Writing. Inspiring. Sharing. Helping. Most importantly of all, I will again, be re-prioritising my time in the pursuit of a balanced life: family, friends, business, leisure and lifestyle.

Kirsten has two parents who she depends on now. Unfortunately I am not able to spend as much time as I would like to with her, however I will be using that time to build a future for her. For us.One day she will look up at me and say: “Thank you Daddy.”

2012 is it guys and girls. Those goals that you have hidden away that you think about just before you blow out that birthday candle and make ‘that‘ wish – pull your finger out of your arse and make it happen. This year. I’ll tell you a little secret – no one else is going to do it for you.

I trust that you will all enjoy the rest of your new year’s celebrations and keep safe!

Until tomorrow,

CJC

Some other hot chic.

I wonder this… as  I look at myself in the mirror, and well…. I can’t see how anyone would find this appealing. “This” being the whole package…head to toe..including the bulging belly and thunder thighs. (I never thought I’d ever have to use that description for myself – “Thunder Thighs”, that was always used to describe someone else, never me… but I guess I’ll just have to embrace it now as each time I heave myself onto the scale it groans back at me with a heftier weight than before)…

So if I can barely look at myself in the mirror, I can only imagine other’s thoughts as I put on my bikini to go for a swim at the gym (yes, a bikini, as my bather no longer fits….. and I know it ALL hangs out… every last bit… “Go big, or go home” I say… but what must I do?)… I do see the stares from everyone, and I am aware that I no longer waddle, I wobble.

But whatever. I’ll just have to find the time to go to gym or something once Baby arrives… inbetween looking after Baby, cleaning up the flat, and working a full-time job… bleh… I’m sure I can do it? Maybe?

There’s nothing attractive about being pregnant at all. So I don’t blame you. I wouldn’t want to cuddle this either. They shouldn’t glamourize pregnancy in the magazines… It only makes the rest of us feel grotesque…

Photobay.co.za is doing well. Very well.

We launched our CRM early last week and already, our site’s traffic has climbed over 3500% – 295780 hits this month already. Photobay’s community is sitting at over 100 registered members in less than 7 days!

There are big things coming for Photobay.co.za and the community that is being built around it. We are busy networking away, literally and figuratively speaking, building and developing – teething, fixing, progressing. All very exciting!

What I love about taking photos for Photobay.co.za is that I am 9 times out of 10, outdoors. It’s a great excuse to go on a ‘hike’ and soak up the outdoors. Sure, I’m am mostly alone – but there’s nothing like time to think and snap the occasional picture of someone doing something they love – recording their expressions for their family and friends to look back on, again and again!

So now, I have all of these great photographs, and more.. what do I do with them after the race? Well, I sell them to Photobay.co.za Where else can I get some bucks from my hours, laboring away?

With a little research, it looks like iStockphoto.com is a good place to start looking. I have just registered under ChristopherCombrink to see what they can offer.

I will report on them again, once I make my first sale!

We have decided to run a Special Offer over at Photobay.co.za – ALL of your photos taken at the event, for only R55. Not too shabby, not too shabby at all!

To get your pictures, you can place your order directly HERE.

Here are some pictures that I took of the event below. You can browse the entire directory, over at photobay.co.za too!

So this is roughly where it all began… except not here, on this day, or in this spot. Who knows when the big bang actually happened… this is just a random picture of “mom and dad”. Gosh that’s going to take some getting used to… 

So 2010 is the year it all began, and roughly July sometime you were created. Since then… I have changed shape, at an alarming rate! Good bye tummy…. hello baby…! The only thing I’ll admit to liking about this morphing is the fact that for the first time in my life i have some boobies…. I skipped that part of puberty… but with some luck you’ll get those genes from dad’s side of the family we can only hope! Although if dad is so hell-bent on making you a tom-boy then maybe inheritting my genes might not be such a bad thing after all! Only time will tell….