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Happy Mother’s Day! Issue 149 | Pietermaritzburg & Midlands | May 2019

| Editor’s Life

From the Editor’s Desk...

Happy Mother’s Day to all our yummy mummies! We have some cute Mother’s Day gift and craft ideas for you in this issue. Why not make some yummy truffles that are so easy to make (or rather get Dad or Granny to make them with the kids, while you have a lovely lie in bed with your favourite book!)

What did you think of the new look April issue? We have had some great response from our readers and we’d love to hear from you too, so please do send an email with your comments.

Last month we had our highly anticipated annual PMB Ladies Breakfast on 12 April, which was a huge success. Over 200 ladies dressed to the ‘Fifties’ theme and much fun was had by all. We managed to not only raise lots of funds for The Sunflower Fund but also helped to raise awareness too. My family and I have just returned from a very wet and cold Easter weekend at Splashy Fen! We had a great time though and got to watch some really great bands. We managed to explore all the stages and various activations that they had on site. I really would recommend going next year if you haven’t been already.

Wishing you all a wonderful Mother’s Day!

Victoria xxx

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Meet the Cover Star Homemade Chocolate Truffles for Mother’s Day Clean up Your Act with CJ Cleaning A Swinging Time at our Ladies Breakfast Enjoy the Outdoors at Msinsi Resorts and Game Reserves

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Healthy Life & Beautiful Life 8 10 11

Mother Nature’s Tincture Charcoal Masks: Good or Bad? Multiple Sclerosis Awareness Month

Kids’ Life 12 14

Why Team Sports are a Win for Your Little Champ Mother’s Day Craft: Egg Carton Flowers

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The Mum’s Mail Team

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Meet the Cover Star

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Our handsome cover star this month is three-year-old Kingston Bishop.

“Kingston is a confident and outgoing little boy. He can be quite social but also loves some alone time. He loves to busy himself with his ‘traffic box’, especially all things construction themed. His absolute favourite outdoor activity is riding his balance bike with ‘blazing speed’. He has just started on training wheels and loves the

challenge. Mom and son time consists of reading together (another favourite) and painting (mom’s favourite). He adores his sister and loves to play clown making her giggle!” says Tammy.

“Alaska is a happy baby... laughs easily and is full of beans. She is just about to start crawling and already says ‘mumumum’. I’m taking that as ‘mom’!”

As a family they love taking weekend walks and bike rides in the forests around Hilton their two four-legged children included! Sunday family braais or picnics have also become a little tradition - Kingston even GRADES 1 - 12

His parents are Tammy and Andrew Bishop from Hilton. He also has a little sister, Alaska, who is 7 months old. Tammy is a former social worker who is now a stay-at-home mom, while Andrew runs his own business.

has his own little Weber to braai next to his dad!

On being a mom: “Connect with other moms for support and if you need more than that... see a professional counsellor or psychologist.

Motherhood is beautiful and challenging but nothing prepares you for the emotional rollercoaster. There is no shame in finding the support and outlet you need... in the end it makes you a better and more capable mother,” concludes Tammy.

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Homemade Chocolate Truffles for Mother’s Day You can really impress your mom this Mother’s Day by making her some homemade chocolate truffles.

Add the butter, if using, to the chocolate and pour the heavy cream evenly on top. Let the warm cream and chocolate sit for five minutes. Add the vanilla extract then stir until the chocolate has completely melted. Place a piece of plastic wrap directly on the surface (to avoid condensation) and refrigerate for one to two hours.

Tip: Pour into a flat shallow dish, so the mixture evenly and quickly sets.

They sound really fancy, but we’ve found a super easy recipe at Sally’s Baking Addiction blog.

Give it a try and let us know how it goes!

• Optional: 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened to room temperature • Optional: 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract • Toppings: unsweetened cocoa These homemade chocolate powder, sprinkles, crushed nuts, truffles are extra creamy with the melted or tempered chocolate, addition of butter. After mixing coconut and chocolate sprinkles the ingredients together, let the etc. Use your imagination and mixture set in the refrigerator, have fun! then roll into balls. You can coat in your favourite toppings and Instructions: add lots of fun flavours, too!

Place the chocolate in a heatproof bowl. Set aside.

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Scoop the set truffle mixture into two teaspoon-sized mounds. For larger truffles, use tablespoon size mounds.

Roll each into balls. This gets a little sticky, so Sally suggests you cover your hands in a bit of cocoa powder to reduce stickiness.

Roll each truffle into toppings, if desired. Truffles taste best at room temperature!

Cover tightly and store truffles at room temperature for 3 to 4 days or in the refrigerator for up to two weeks.

Place the truffles into a cellophane bag and tie a ribbon around the top, or into a special gift box with tissue paper.

Source: www. sallysbakingaddiction.com.

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Clean up Your Act with CJ Cleaning

CJ Cleaning is an owner supervised and bespoke cleaning service in Pietermaritzburg which has been in operation since 2006.

CJ Cleaning has built its reputation on the high quality of their work, their reliability and their professionalism. They are fully insured and the staff are trained in all aspects of professional carpet and upholstery cleaning. Each client has unique requirements, and they aim to fulfil these requirements every time.

and industrial chemicals which assist in ensuring that your carpets and furniture remain cleaner for longer.

Pam recommends cleaning carpets, mattresses and upholstery regularly for health reasons – the regularity varies from person to person and depends on CJ Cleaning is not limited to carpets and furniture how heavy the traffic - they have the ability to clean vehicle interiors as in your home or well as Persian and Oriental rugs. premises is. “If you CJ Cleaning’s prices are competitive and have a heavy flow CARPET & affordable. Their free estimate service and advice of guests, children provide an honest assessment of the likely or pets, one would UPHOLSTERY outcome of any work or treatments they are asked need to wash more CLEANING to undertake, to ensure that their clients can make frequently.

Happy an informed choice. Owner Pam Mulder visits Mother’s Day each of her clients’ homes and remains with her Written by employees until the job is complete. The cleaning Sarah Pam 083 448 3520 Owner supervised is done professionally using industrial machines Mackintosh

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A Swinging Time at the MUM’S MAIL PMB

‘Fifties’ Ladies Breakfast

The 6th Annual Mum’s Mail PMB ‘Fifties’ Ladies Breakfast in association with The Sunflower Fund and sponsored by PMB Arch Lifestyle Centre, held on 12 April at The Victoria Country Club in Pietermaritzburg, was a resounding success. The theme this year was the Fifties - think Grease, jukeboxes and swing dresses. What a fun theme it was! The ladies went all out for the dress code, and there was a prize of a complete hair and make-up makeover sponsored

by Terry Scott Hair Fashion for the best-dressed guest exemplifying the Fifties era.

Guests enjoyed a two-course breakfast and a cappuccino, decadent individual desserts

by Chateau Gateaux, a B.O.N Natural Oils gift per lady, jampacked goodie bags, guest speakers, surprise treats and loads of exciting prizes and

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giveaways. There was also a fun photo booth, a pamper station, a ‘Fifties make-up’ touch up station, and retail therapy popup shops.

“All funds raised from the event will go to The Sunflower Fund...”

There were amazing raffle prizes to be won – a pamper package, a travel package and a home and entertainment package, all valued at more than R7000 each, and the surprise envelopes on sale didn’t disappoint this year. There was even a secret auction to win a lovely prize that included a six-pack of Chateau Gateaux desserts, two movie tickets and two private Pilates sessions.

All funds raised from the event will go to The Sunflower

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Fund and will help to create awareness as well as educate and recruit more blood stem cell donors. This is fundamental in offering the hope of life to patients suffering from lifethreatening blood diseases like leukaemia who are in need of a blood stem cell transplant from an unrelated matching donor.

A big thank you to sponsors PMB Arch Lifestyle Centre, Victoria Country Club, Candles & Décor, Fashion Designer Karen Monk-Klijnstra, Terry Scott Hair Fashion, Kryolan KZN, Make My Day, BON Natural Oils, Oakleigh Funeral Home, Chateau Gateaux, Wired Media, die shoppie, Penny Katz Photography and iNsingizi Game Lodge & Spa. For more information on The Sunflower Fund, please call toll free 0800 12 10 82 or visit www.sunflowerfund.org

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Enjoy the Outdoors at

Msinsi Resorts and Game Reserves

Msinsi Holdings has five beautiful reserves and resorts - situated around some of the largest and most picturesque dams in KZN. You will find a number of activities and different forms of accommodation to suit your holiday needs.

Albert Falls Dam and Game Reserve Between the rolling Karkloof hills, just 24km from Pietermaritzburg, lies one of KwaZulu-Natal’s largest dams. On its shores you’ll find the ideal family resort. Albert Falls has 110 camp sites - 60 at Notuli, overlooking the game reserve and 50 at Pelican Bay overlooking the dam.

Hazelmere Dam and Resort Tucked away just 40km north of Durban city centre, you’ll discover the tranquillity of one of the north coast’s hidden treasures. There are 35 demarcated sites with electrical points and each site accommodates up to six people.

Bon Accorde Resort At Bon Accorde, sister resort to Albert Falls on the shores of the dam, tranquillity rules. There are 25 campsites, their location making the most of Bon Accorde Resort’s waterside position.

Inanda Dam and Resort Inanda Dam and Resort is set right beside the water’s edge with stunning views of the surrounding hills. You can choose from 40 electrical campsites or one of the additional sites where no electricity is provided.

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| Healthy Life/Beautiful Life

Mother Nature’s Tincture Is 2019 the year of the Cannabis Transdermal Patch? Curious about the new buzzword?

A Cannabis Transdermal Patch is legal, safe, potent, high quality, affordable and odourless - with zero hallucinogenic properties. It is also nonpsychoactive.

functions such as mood and relaxation.

It can help ease the following conditions: l Epilepsy l Parkinsons l Anxiety l Seizures l High blood pressure l Stress l ADD/ Simply stick on the breathable, ADHD l Multiple Sclerosis flexible, waterproof patch that moves with your body - whether l Chronic pain l Anorexia l Sleep Apnoea l Migraines l exercising, swimming or IBS l Insomnia l Neuropathy showering - and carry on with l Hepatitis C l Osteoporosis l your life.

Eczema l Fibromyalgia l Asthma l Glaucoma l Cancer l PTSD The THC FREE CBD (drug free) is a 96-hour DermaFusion l Crohn’s disease l Reduce inflammation l Antibiotic resistant TransDermal slow release infections l Neurological patch. Scientific and clinical disorders studies indicate that CBD is effective in easing symptoms Did you know that transdermal of a wide range of difficult-todelivery and release systems control conditions. It supports provide an efficient, safe and helps to regulate bodily

and easy to use method for delivering active ingredients to the body through intact skin, offering advantages over the traditional dosage forms?

Supplements are delivered directly to the blood stream: nothing gets burned up in stomach acid and there is no metabolic degradation.

Transdermal delivery and release systems have been on the market since the 80s.

That’s almost 40 years of extensive research put into this technology. Most major pharmaceutical companies market Transdermal systems for dispensing medical agents and other solutions, including the well-known anti-smoking nicotine patch.

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They are food supplements that are completely safe for human consumption.

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Charcoal Masks:

Good or Bad?

So you’ve all seen those funny videos online of people pulling off a painful charcoal peel-off mask…

And you may also have read about the amazing benefits of charcoal masks… but then you’ve also heard they might not be so good for you. So which is it; are they good or bad for your skin?

charcoal peel-off masks are Therapy and Cosmetology says made from charcoal and glue… this; “They look very damaging doesn’t sound very good. And to the skin. You’re literally ripping these masks the surface layer “activated charcoal of skin off (and are being sold online by does have wonderful probably the unregulated purifying benefits for vellus hair with beauty it)... your skin” I did a little internet research, companies. and here’s what I found out…

As for all those “blackheads” Andy Millward, a qualified it pulls out, the majority of the According to an article on www. aesthetician and member of the oils pulled from the skin will be cosmpolitan.com, many of those British Association of Beauty sebaceous filaments which are actually needed by the skin so will be replaced within 30 “...there is a difference days anyway to ensure healthy between a peel-off mask and skin balance. Blocked pores (blackheads) are entirely different a wash-off, clay-based mask.” to sebum lined pores.”

He says continued use can cause secondary skin concerns.

Some women even experienced chemical burns. However, there is a difference between a peel-off mask and a wash-off, clay-based mask. It’s the peel-off ones that are so damaging to your skin.

The general consensus seems to be that activated charcoal does have wonderful purifying benefits for your skin, and as long as you use an organic, clay-based, wash-off mask – you should be safe! However, I am no expert and it’s probably best to ask your aesthetician before trying anything new!

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Multiple Sclerosis

Awareness Month

May is Multiple Sclerosis Awareness month, and Mum’s Mail chatted to Carly Erasmus, a local mom and entrepreneur who was diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis in December 2011.

Multiple sclerosis is an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system that interrupts the flow of information within the brain, and between the brain and body. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis.

Although she didn’t realise it, Carly was having symptoms as early as 2007 – four years before she was diagnosed. At the time of diagnosis, Carly had a stressful executive job and it became difficult to function – she got tired easily and suffered from short term memory loss.

For the first two years after diagnosis, Carly also suffered from depression and gained weight.

In 2017 Carly became a mom and moved to Durban to open a travel business with her sister.

She lives with her mother and son on her sister’s property. This ensures she has a good support system around her – this is important for MS sufferers, especially a single mom like Carly. Her son Matthew is now two years old and is a real fireball, according to his mom!

Carly works from home - this ensures she can rest when she’s tired, which is essential for MS sufferers.

“I have to wear flat shoes all the time in case I fall, sometimes I can’t talk, sometimes I shake and I forget words… I have to inject myself three times a day and take 13 pills, twice a day. I never want my son to feel as if he has to take care of me. As he gets older, I will explain more about my disease.”

Of course Carly hopes a cure will be found. Until then, Carly

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says it’s important to raise awareness about MS and how to support those you know that have MS.

“If you know someone who has MS – be mindful of the fact that there are many side effects. Be patient – we have no control over it. Support them where you can.”

To those who have MS, Carly has this advice: “Be kind to yourself, it’s not your fault. Take a deep breath and surround yourself with people who love you and understand. Cut out stress and negativity in your life.”

For more information about MS, visit www. multiplesclerosis.co.za.

Written by Sarah Mackintosh.

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Why Team Sports are a Win

for Your Little Champ Some kids are natural born athletes… and then you get the little ones who need a little more persuading to take to the field.

Whether your child is a Messi in-the-making, or is anti-activity at the best of times – here’s how sports will help your little ones become champs at life.

They’ll learn how to get along with others – even those they don’t like Children who are a part of a team learn to overlook - and work with - those who they might not necessarily like off the field. Teammates learn to accept one another’s differences and really root for each other at the end of the day.

They’ll learn the benefits of friendly competition Respect is one of the most important things your child will learn as part of a team. They’ll learn to play fair, respect their teammates, and of course,

respect their coach’s and captain’s decisions. And while being competitive is not a bad thing, it’s respect that’ll encourage friendly competition amongst happy, secure children.

They’ll learn the skills to become future leaders Organised team sports teach children the discipline, patience, respect and focus that will take them beyond extramural sports, and well into their working careers. They don’t have to be number 1 gold medalists season after season, but just being part of a team and balancing school life with sports is what will harness a good work ethic that will take them far.

They’ll learn that you don’t always win On the field is where kids will

start learning that life isn’t fair – and that there’s times when you win, and there’s time when you lose. This is where they’ll learn the importance of endurance, perseverance and always trying their best at whatever they do.

They’ll discover their strengths and capabilities When it comes to sports, every sporting legend had to start somewhere. And the same applies to your little athlete. As they grow as athletes, so will their self-confidence. Mastering a skill, sport or even a position on the field will boost their confidence – and give them the self-assurance they need to take on challenges later in life.

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Mother’s Day Craft:

Egg Carton Flowers

We’re always scouring the internet for cute craft ideas, and we stumbled across this beautiful flower craft from www. easypeasyandfun.com - just in time for Mother’s Day! You will need: • Cardboard egg cartons or an alternative • Paint • Glue • Scissors • Paint brush • Canvas or cardstock Instructions: If working with egg carton, cut the “cups” – each cavity makes one cup. If working with any other carton, like a cup holder, cut in the same manner.

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cut leaves, stems and a short straight strip from the flat top of the egg carton.

Shape the sides, make them round. You will need three cups, one with smaller “petals” and two with larger ones for this project, so keep this in mind as centre of the smaller, shorter flower piece. Glue two egg you shape your petals. carton cups one on top of the other.

If crafting with younger kids, let them just use one or two cups for one flower as this will make it Now glue the small part in the centre of the two you previously easier for them. glued together. You can leave the rolled spiral as it is or you Roll the short straight strip into can colour it too. a spiral.

Bring out your favourite floral colours and paint all the petals.

Don’t forget to also paint the stem and leaves green.

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Glue the flowers on the canvas (painted or white) or on construction paper.

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