Here is my contribution to Cees Share Your World questions this week.   

When writing by hand do you prefer to use a pencil or pen? 

Good question!  I much prefer typing on a device than actually using pen and paper as I find writing a struggle.  When personal computers became hit the world I immediately started using them for all my school work and was the first in my school to hand in computer generated mark schedules and attendance registers – it certainly eliminated the pain of re-doing them when I made frequent mistakes.   But when I do have to write my first choice would be a pencil – so I can erase errors!   Of course certain things have to be written in pen and then I use one with a fine nib.

What’s your choice: jigsaw, word, maze or numeric puzzles?

Oh word puzzles without doubt although I also enjoy Sudoku.   And of course I do them in pencil with an eraser close at hand!  I am useless and jigsaw but I have a daughter who loves them!

Do you prefer long hair or short hair for yourself? 

I love long hair as tying it up in a ponytail or bun is really easy but it is doesn’t suit me, so I go to the opposite extreme and keep my hair pretty short.

List five of your favorite blogs.

This is difficult.  I love reading blogs.   I am going to name five in no particular order.  Others I read are also very much enjoyed.

Crazy Train to Tinky Town  A young woman’s writings about her experiences with parents, lovers, travel and people she meets.   Truly delightful.

Just left awkward suddenly approaching old – A woman my age writing about the past and the present. We have such a similar take on life.

Shail’s Nest – Completely different – writing from India about many different topics including Indian culture and values, family, pets and we have a common interest in birds.

So here’s us  A moving blog by a brave and wonderful mother.  Her family includes biological and adopted children, special needs children and now  cancer has struck one of her little ones.  It’s an honest account of how she copes.

Something over Tea Delightfully written by a like-minded nature loving, tea-drinking South African.

Bonus question:  What are you grateful for from last week, and what are you looking forward to in the week coming up? 

Last week I wrote that I was looking forward to whatever surprises the following week had in store – and wow – what surprises there were.  We’re making changes to our home and one of the things on the list was to get a fake cane suite for the lounge. After much researching on the internet we did a 24-hour round trip to Cape Town to visit the showrooms and Bingo we found just the thing for a fraction of what we thought we might have to pay!

So of course I am looking forward to its delivery and rearranging my living room.  But I might have to wait more than a week for that.

Another surprise was a spur-of-the-moment trip to Warmwaterberg for two nights – and one of the highlights was an excellent ‘Boerekos’ meal at the restaurant – Lamb Pie for Hubby and Bobotie for me.  Because we said, “Hold the rice and potatoes,” they gave us extra vegetables – gem squash filled with peas, cauliflower and broccoli with cheese sauce and sweet pumpkin – all  delicious!