Living The Glugster Life…..

Considering the hectic weekend we have just had I feel suprisingly rested and energised today.

The weekend already started with a bang on Friday with Angel & I going for our weekly dancing lessons. We usually dance on a Wednesday night but had to postpone to Friday due to a delivery of 200 cupcakes to Warmbaths! When we got home Angel got going on baking and icing more cupcakes for all the Saturday orders. (Visit http://www.angelscupcakes.co.za for a yummy look!)

On Saturday morning we loaded up my car to deliver some cupcakes in Hatfield, Pretoria. I think I should start putting some cupcakes signs on my bakkie! From there we took the 1 hour drive (which turned out to be a 2 hour drive to Meyerton to go and visit my sister before she leaves for a year to go and work on a cruise ship in the Carribean.

We could only spend a few hours there and then had to rush back to Bryanston in the North of Johannesburg. We were off to see Meryl who needed somebody to house sit her place and her mutitude of animals while they are away. We graciously volunteered Damien for the job, and he graciously accepted.

Sunday morning we went to visit SheBee at her pad, to go and pickup the two new members of our family, Diva and Turk. They are two cute kittens that will fit in perfectly with our family. The 3 boys, especially Magic, however were not very impressed with the new additions, hissing at each other through the door (We are keeping the little ones seperate for the time being).

Once the kittens were set and secure Angel and I were off to the shops to eat and to find Angel a hat. Yes, a hat. We had a Mad Tea Party to attend that afternoon. It was great fun. After the Tea Party, a hundred people dressed in funny hats made their way to The Zone at Rosebank to watch the 3D movie, Alice in Wonderland.

I enjoyed the movie, though my eyes still get’s tired from looking at too much 3D stuff.

When we finally got home Sunday night, I went straight to bed.

And here I am now.

It surprises me that people still believe that politicians can apply common sense.

It surprises me that people think that politicians only care about their personal power and gain.

It surprises me that people think politicians are there for the greater good.

It surprises me that people can be so stupid.

What brought on this post? I’m glad you ask. The other night at work me and a bunch of inDUHviduals got involved in a bit of a discussion about this here country of ours. And once again it just struck me as odd how these inDUHviduals tried to apply logic and the principle of the greater good to the hopeless state our politicians and goverment are in.

Wake up people. Politicians don’t care about the greater good. They don’t care about the masses. The don’t care about the state of the nation. All they care about is how they can gain more power or money from the way things are. They don’t want to stamp out corruption. If they did, they would not be able to be corrupt themselves. They don’t want to effectively fight crime. Why would they? The government is one of the biggest beneficiaries of crime.

And the worst kind of politician? The worst kind of a politician is the one who thinks he or she can make a difference.

And don’t start with the crap about it being so bad because it’s a black government. One thing the current black government has done very well is learn from the previous white government. Things were not better for the country during the apartheid years. The white politicians were not good. They were just as useless and corrupt. They just had more practice at hiding it. People are quick to forget just how unhappy they were with the NP.

Wake up people. This is a beautiful country we live in. Opportunities abound. Just open your eyes and look around. Stop waiting for the government to make things happen for you.

Your future is only as bright as you believe it to be.

End rant

Angel and I had our engagement photo shoot this morning in Newtown, Johannesburg. It was great fun, even for me who normally don’t like being in the limelight!

A sampling of the photos are available here on Jenty’s photography site.

Thank’s Jenty!