Good morning on Mon, Nov 2

Hi,

Nov 2nd eh? Must be Jupiter's birthday (our old dog - and I still miss him) today and Melbourne Cup tomorrow. Woo hoo! Better sort out a bet for me, Mike and Toby.

The weekend was great fun and quite busy. We went swimming on Saturday morning and Toby swam very, very well and listened very well. Good on him. After that we went to Sally and Andrew's house to fix their computer (C drive full and emails not coming down due to lack of space) and ride bikes (Toby - well, he rode for about 3 m and decided he wouldn't do it anymore) and have lunch. It was very pleasant.

Then a rush home after Mike made vegetarian lasagne (his best dish!) at Sally and Andrew's place to save time. We dropped Toby off at William's party and dropped the lasagne off at our party then rushed home to pack Toby's overnight bag and sort out a Halloween costume for him. He got a sheet with eyeholes and when Mike dropped off his bag and costume (and William's present), Toby was overjoyed to have his own costume. Better keep that for next year.

We went to our party after that - Christine's great Halloween party. Yummy food, good company. I enjoyed it. Then Mike and I went home and watched The Pianist for a sobering late evening. We had no idea what it was about so to find a good movie about horrible events in Poland was a bit shocking. So when the movie finished at midnight we watched Time Team to stop us thinking about it all. Didn't work. Mike and I both had dreams affected by the movie. I was hunted all night and Mike seemed to be constantly shifting in his dream.

Sunday we went and got wee Toby and Chelsea turned up at our place. We got ready for Kea Day and wandered out to Aotea Lagoon. We had a good day. Toby was so tired after staying up "all night". Our activity was just the right one - not too busy. We had some that loved it. And we sat in the sunshine all day doing almost nothing while the kids ran around like mad things. It was great!

A relaxing evening was had by us as Toby was exhausted. So, all good.

Phew! The ride in was lovely this morning - a strong tail wind. Off to Keas tonight.

:-)

Have a great day!
Love,
Angela