Last night my sometime OCD husband got into a “clean up this house” mood. I do appreciate these moods, but don’t always share them. Anyway I summoned up some energy to join him and started with my bedside table. Suddenly, I noticed something shiny on the floor next to the bed and realised it was ONE of my diamond stud earrings. I usually take them off at night and put them on my bedside table and this meant that the other one should be in the near vicinity, but NO, it was not in the usual spot which suddenly meant …  Read More »

These are all photos of my Wedding taken on 20 April 2002… images: all photos by Nina Challis (please excuse the quality – these were taken before the days of digital photography!!)

At the beginning of the year I sat down to think of my New Year’s Resolutions – I usually pick something to give up (this year is fizzy drinks – Coke!) and a word to focus on (Truth)… besides that I’m not particularly good at keeping them! After thinking about it for a while I realised that what might be easier for me is to make small changes throughout the year – a new one every week. I had planned to blog weekly in detail about each change but as you can tell it is now the beginning of March …  Read More »

Today I am taking part in a blog link up over at Inner Vision called Trending Tuesday. The idea is to share what things are “trending” in your life at the moment and share them with other bloggers! So here are my “trends” My favorite product. Read my review on Moroccan Oil for my hair! My recommended movie. The Bang Bang Club was a really challenging, educating watch I recently saw on DVD. Esp as a South African. I would recommend all South African’s watch it to discover more about what was going on in Soweto prior to the 1994 …  Read More »

Today it’s my blogversary! Happy Birthday Becoming you!! As a way of celebrating this past year and all that I have learnt and achieved I thought I would share with you some of the lessons and ways I have grown in my role as a “blogger”. I often get asked questions about “How to start a blog” so here are my Top 10 Tips for new Bloggers! 1. Be Yourself The most important thing when starting out blogging (or anything really!) is to always be yourself. Let your personality shine through. Your readers, when they come, will want to hear …  Read More »

Today I am… Wearing… My NEW grey and white polka dot dress from the Jo Borkett sale ;) Feeling… Lower back and pinched nerve pain. aarrgghh. A trip to the Physio is in order soon me thinks. Wanting… My husband to come home soon xx Needing… My children to co-operate while I am a single mom for a few days Thinking… I must stop being side-tracked when I am meant to be blogging…. facebook, twitter, pinterest are the scourge of good intentions! Eating… Strawberry yoghurt Drinking… Cold water Enjoying… My tiny girl’s wonder at the world. “Look Mom” at everything. …  Read More »

My Facebook page status made me think that I should start a post where we can all share are quirky/ dirty/ naughty little secrets…. Don’t judge me, but….. Today I finally took down the Christmas tree – mostly due to extreme laziness…. and a little bit of nostalgia too (I do love my tree!) So, what’s yours – leave a comment to share. “Don’t judge me, but….” No judgement here ;)

Last week I was honoured to be featured on neofundi as one of their blogger spotlight interviews. Here are my answers from my interview on neofundi…. I thought you might like to know a little bit more about me! Tell us about your blog ‘Becoming you’ I started blogging because I wanted to do something for me – as a mom of 2 young kids I realised that life had become all about the kids and my responsibilities at home and work and I had forgotten what it was that I enjoyed doing most like photography, interiors, travel etc. I …  Read More »

Recently I was invited to the annual O Tea Party hosted by O, The Oprah Magazine. This year the Cape Town event took place among the vineyards of the Groot Constantia Wine Estate – at Simons restaurant. Before the event started I knew to expect a fun and fanciful afternoon when I read on the the invitation to wear a hat. Besides sun hats for the beach I have never been one to wear hats as I find them far too flamboyant but I wasn’t about to be the only guest without one so managed to borrow one at the …  Read More »