Hi,
Happy birthday to Mum!
Mike is free from his deadline at work and having today off. Yay for him. He has a lot of housework to do though. The place is a tip. He convinced me to ride the bus home with him last night and after my two hectic days at work, I said yes without much arm twisting.
He will pack today for the tramp this weekend with Toby. They are off to Kapakapanui, behind Waikanae. I might ask them if they can drop in on the Tabor house to make sure everything looks good. Toby also has a movie date with his mate on Sunday afternoon, so they will be racing back for that. Sounds like a great weekend for Toby and Mike.
I will have to make do with a weekend to myself. Such a shame. I'm thinking books and bed for a lot of it. Hahahah. Maybe a trip to the market if Vivienne volunteers. But then again, I'd have to get out of bed for that. :-p
Hope you have a wonderful weekend. If the weather is okay I might go for a bike ride. Maybe.
Love,
Angela
Friday, June 28, 2013
Thursday, June 27, 2013
The Wednesday with tramping club for Mike
Hi,
I rode home and collected Toby in the nick of time (we have a 6pm pickup deadline - but it isn't super hard and fast, but I like to get there before then!). It meant I rode home quite fast because I only left work at 5.30pm. Ooossshhhh! Had a hard day at work, so the hard ride home was just what was needed.
It was Michelle's birthday yesterday and tomorrow is Mum's birthday. I can never keep up with June and July birthdays in our family. Mike, Shona, Sharon, Andrew - and Mum and Michelle. And Karen may as well be included seeing as it is the 1st of August. Busy indeed.
Cooked a quick tea for Toby and did a bit of tidying. The house is a tip because we were away over the weekend. Plenty to do to keep me busy.
Toby had a bath and went to bed. I had a bath and read in there for a while, relaxing. Mike eventually got home and told me about his day (busy!) and his tramping club presentation (good!). He then started working, using video chat with the team at work. Lucky they could only see from the waist up because he was in bed and I was asleep in about 1 minute.
Turns out he worked for ages chatting loudly to the team and showing them our bedroom. I think he missed my sleeping, prone body fortunately.
Oh - I forgot to show off the great meal Mike cooked on Tuesday night for us all.
I also checked out an iced coffee near work. Place called Gasoline. Pretty good it was too!
I nearly yelped with fright when I pulled my socks on at work this morning. One is navy and one is black. And I have a presentation today so I need to look like I can dress myself. Can't stand up in front of clients and convince them I can meet all their needs and more when I can't even co-ordinate my clothes. Hahahah!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
I rode home and collected Toby in the nick of time (we have a 6pm pickup deadline - but it isn't super hard and fast, but I like to get there before then!). It meant I rode home quite fast because I only left work at 5.30pm. Ooossshhhh! Had a hard day at work, so the hard ride home was just what was needed.
It was Michelle's birthday yesterday and tomorrow is Mum's birthday. I can never keep up with June and July birthdays in our family. Mike, Shona, Sharon, Andrew - and Mum and Michelle. And Karen may as well be included seeing as it is the 1st of August. Busy indeed.
Cooked a quick tea for Toby and did a bit of tidying. The house is a tip because we were away over the weekend. Plenty to do to keep me busy.
Toby had a bath and went to bed. I had a bath and read in there for a while, relaxing. Mike eventually got home and told me about his day (busy!) and his tramping club presentation (good!). He then started working, using video chat with the team at work. Lucky they could only see from the waist up because he was in bed and I was asleep in about 1 minute.
Turns out he worked for ages chatting loudly to the team and showing them our bedroom. I think he missed my sleeping, prone body fortunately.
Oh - I forgot to show off the great meal Mike cooked on Tuesday night for us all.
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| Chicken parmigiana - scrumptious |
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| Iced coffee near work |
I nearly yelped with fright when I pulled my socks on at work this morning. One is navy and one is black. And I have a presentation today so I need to look like I can dress myself. Can't stand up in front of clients and convince them I can meet all their needs and more when I can't even co-ordinate my clothes. Hahahah!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
The Tuesday with no quiz night
Hi,
Busy at work. I worked late while Mike went home to do Toby duties. I collected Andrew and we walked to the Speights pub for the trivia night. But as we walked there, the last person besides us in our "team" pulled out. We were now a team of two. Do we turn up and gatecrash another table? Do we just have dinner and check out the competition? Do we have a team of two?
As we walked, Mike rang and suggested we come home for a lovely home cooked dinner. Chicken Parmigiana. It was no contest really. We walked past the pub and all the way home.
Mike's dinner was scrumptious! Can we have that as a regular menu item?
Sally was also working late, so I hopped in the car and collected Sally and took them both home. Enjoyed the drive back, singing at full volume!
It is another glorious morning here. Lovely. No wind. Blue skies. Just perfect.
Have a great day.
Love,
Angela
Busy at work. I worked late while Mike went home to do Toby duties. I collected Andrew and we walked to the Speights pub for the trivia night. But as we walked there, the last person besides us in our "team" pulled out. We were now a team of two. Do we turn up and gatecrash another table? Do we just have dinner and check out the competition? Do we have a team of two?
As we walked, Mike rang and suggested we come home for a lovely home cooked dinner. Chicken Parmigiana. It was no contest really. We walked past the pub and all the way home.
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| Chicken parmigiana - scrumptious |
Sally was also working late, so I hopped in the car and collected Sally and took them both home. Enjoyed the drive back, singing at full volume!
It is another glorious morning here. Lovely. No wind. Blue skies. Just perfect.
Have a great day.
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
The Monday with nothing, but work is busy
Hi,
I rode home after work and enjoyed the ride. My weekend's exertions seem to have taken a bit out of me though. I was in the granny gear for a lot of my ride up. But the traffic is diabolical without any trains running between Petone and town. Everyone leaves at the same time and the motorway clogs up. I cycled past plenty of cars on my way home up Molesworth St.
Got home and collected Toby and started tea. Mike was working late and even had to work once he got home. Poor thing. I have delayed my messages until later in the week. I do need groceries soon though. Toby is going to notice when he gets raw broccoli in his lunchbox as a fruit substitute! Hahah!
Tonight Mike will work from home (he has deadlines) and I will take his place at the pub quiz in Thorndon. See you there! I know Ma would be there in a heartbeat if she lived here still. Kinda hoping Andrew might make it. I can drive him home rather than him braving the bus replacement timetable.
The day is gorgeous here - just like yesterday.
This photo is from the roof at work from yesterday. Today is the same. Very nice. Cold, but nice.
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Angela
I rode home after work and enjoyed the ride. My weekend's exertions seem to have taken a bit out of me though. I was in the granny gear for a lot of my ride up. But the traffic is diabolical without any trains running between Petone and town. Everyone leaves at the same time and the motorway clogs up. I cycled past plenty of cars on my way home up Molesworth St.
Got home and collected Toby and started tea. Mike was working late and even had to work once he got home. Poor thing. I have delayed my messages until later in the week. I do need groceries soon though. Toby is going to notice when he gets raw broccoli in his lunchbox as a fruit substitute! Hahah!
Tonight Mike will work from home (he has deadlines) and I will take his place at the pub quiz in Thorndon. See you there! I know Ma would be there in a heartbeat if she lived here still. Kinda hoping Andrew might make it. I can drive him home rather than him braving the bus replacement timetable.
The day is gorgeous here - just like yesterday.
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| Snow on the Tararuas |
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Angela
Monday, June 24, 2013
The weekend with a bike ride to Masterton in dire weather
Hi,
What an incredible weekend. I am so pleased that Andrew is happy to join me on crazy ideas, and motivates me as well. Friday evening is was still atrocious weather so Mike and I took the bus home. We got Indian and ate while watching some documentary. Then we packed for the weekend, went into town to collect Andrew and my mountain bike and headed to Whites Line for the night. Crashed on the floor in the lounge and may or may not have had the heat pump on all night. I actually think Mike turned it off, but it was certainly toastie pie warm.
Up early enough to get ready. Turns out there was no milk so I voted for Maccas for brekkie. Mike kindly took us up to Upper Hutt (where I ate my McMuffin) and dropped us off at the start of the mountain bike track. The wind had died down and the rain was only light drizzle. Mind you, it did rain for the rest of the day!
The Tunnel Gully ride was great fun - the sort of ride we can do with Toby. There is a shortish tunnel to get through and a short stint on tarseal before getting to the bottom of the Rimutaka Incline. We hardly saw anyone, but my surprise was really seeing anyone at all. A man exercising his dogs on a wheeled sled (Andrew says it's a sport! What???), a couple walking in so much wet weather gear I don't think they could hardly see, and on the other side of the hill, another couple walking their dog and a man on a MTB with his dog.
We rode up to the top and took a photo. I look like a drowned rat already.
Through the big tunnel at the top and through two smaller tunnels on the way down. And through a stream that was quite fast and deep. Had to carry my bike and get even wetter feet. Oh, hold on. It probably wasn't possible to get any wetter by that stage.
The other side was downhill all the way. Took 2 and a quarter hours to get to the carpark. Not too bad considering it was a stream on the way down over the path. Surprised two goats although they were probably eyeing me up carefully as Andrew had chased them for 100m down the path before I got to them! Hahahah.
Rode out for a few kms down the road before Mike, Sally and Toby drove past us. They had hot cup of soup for us. What heroes! I ate an entire OSM and a cup of soup, switched to the road bike and we were off. Rode to Featherston and then the 18 km to Martinborough. Kept riding to Masterton. The rain was sometimes a bit heavier, but it was pretty constant. Andrew was freezing as he had to ride at my more sedate pace rather than his manic pace. Mike met us right beside Stonehenge Aotearoa and we gratefully had another cup of soup. An hour later we were riding into the hotel grounds. The Copthorne at Solway Park.
Sally spotted us and helped us in. She had just started two baths running in each of our rooms. So nice! I could hardly get in though as I was so cold and the bath felt like it was fire! Ended up under the shower. Mike had found me lunch so I ate int he cafe overlooking the pool where Toby was reliving his holiday with Grandy a few years back. He loves it at this place.
It took me 50 minutes to stop shivering. Andrew fixed that by staying in the bath for an hour! Hahahah.
Watched Toby swimming for a few hours. Aidan and Janne arrived and joined him in the pool. Then back to the room to relax before tea in the restaurant there. Very nice. Watched the rugby afterwards and went to bed and slept like logs.
Next day was a lot nicer weather-wise. Huge cooked breakfast and then Andrew and I were off. We rode 50 km to Martinborough via Gladstone. Lovely rolling hills at the southern end of the ride. We got there for lunch and enjoyed an antipasto plate. I hopped in the car and Andrew did another 18 km to Featherston before we all went in the car over the hill.
Back home to do some housework and get ready for the week. What a fabulous time!
Let's do it again!
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Angela
What an incredible weekend. I am so pleased that Andrew is happy to join me on crazy ideas, and motivates me as well. Friday evening is was still atrocious weather so Mike and I took the bus home. We got Indian and ate while watching some documentary. Then we packed for the weekend, went into town to collect Andrew and my mountain bike and headed to Whites Line for the night. Crashed on the floor in the lounge and may or may not have had the heat pump on all night. I actually think Mike turned it off, but it was certainly toastie pie warm.
Up early enough to get ready. Turns out there was no milk so I voted for Maccas for brekkie. Mike kindly took us up to Upper Hutt (where I ate my McMuffin) and dropped us off at the start of the mountain bike track. The wind had died down and the rain was only light drizzle. Mind you, it did rain for the rest of the day!
The Tunnel Gully ride was great fun - the sort of ride we can do with Toby. There is a shortish tunnel to get through and a short stint on tarseal before getting to the bottom of the Rimutaka Incline. We hardly saw anyone, but my surprise was really seeing anyone at all. A man exercising his dogs on a wheeled sled (Andrew says it's a sport! What???), a couple walking in so much wet weather gear I don't think they could hardly see, and on the other side of the hill, another couple walking their dog and a man on a MTB with his dog.
We rode up to the top and took a photo. I look like a drowned rat already.
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| I'm wet! |
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| Andrew looks staunch |
The other side was downhill all the way. Took 2 and a quarter hours to get to the carpark. Not too bad considering it was a stream on the way down over the path. Surprised two goats although they were probably eyeing me up carefully as Andrew had chased them for 100m down the path before I got to them! Hahahah.
Rode out for a few kms down the road before Mike, Sally and Toby drove past us. They had hot cup of soup for us. What heroes! I ate an entire OSM and a cup of soup, switched to the road bike and we were off. Rode to Featherston and then the 18 km to Martinborough. Kept riding to Masterton. The rain was sometimes a bit heavier, but it was pretty constant. Andrew was freezing as he had to ride at my more sedate pace rather than his manic pace. Mike met us right beside Stonehenge Aotearoa and we gratefully had another cup of soup. An hour later we were riding into the hotel grounds. The Copthorne at Solway Park.
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| Pretty damp |
Sally spotted us and helped us in. She had just started two baths running in each of our rooms. So nice! I could hardly get in though as I was so cold and the bath felt like it was fire! Ended up under the shower. Mike had found me lunch so I ate int he cafe overlooking the pool where Toby was reliving his holiday with Grandy a few years back. He loves it at this place.
It took me 50 minutes to stop shivering. Andrew fixed that by staying in the bath for an hour! Hahahah.
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| Toby with the dice from the claw machine |
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| Janne and Toby |
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| Pre dinner drinks |
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| Breakfast! |
Watched Toby swimming for a few hours. Aidan and Janne arrived and joined him in the pool. Then back to the room to relax before tea in the restaurant there. Very nice. Watched the rugby afterwards and went to bed and slept like logs.
Next day was a lot nicer weather-wise. Huge cooked breakfast and then Andrew and I were off. We rode 50 km to Martinborough via Gladstone. Lovely rolling hills at the southern end of the ride. We got there for lunch and enjoyed an antipasto plate. I hopped in the car and Andrew did another 18 km to Featherston before we all went in the car over the hill.
Back home to do some housework and get ready for the week. What a fabulous time!
Let's do it again!
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Angela
Friday, June 21, 2013
The Thursday with the big storm
Hi,
What a wild night. Wellington is mainly still standing. The damage is widespread but mostly minor. It is still really wild out there. I'd probably call it exciting weather. I didn't ride in. Hahahah. The bus was exciting enough thanks. Didn't see terribly much damage around. Work colleagues are all buzzing.
Toby is having an emotional rollercoaster. Yingjie said school was cancelled. But then he got a text from his mate to say he was on the bus as usual and going to school. So now Mike wants to drive him to school. Aaarrrghhh. Crazy communications. Poor Mike though. It'll take ages to drive.
I think we're still on to cycle to Masterton tomorrow with Andrew. I'll check during the day with him.
Have a great weekend!
Love,
Angela
What a wild night. Wellington is mainly still standing. The damage is widespread but mostly minor. It is still really wild out there. I'd probably call it exciting weather. I didn't ride in. Hahahah. The bus was exciting enough thanks. Didn't see terribly much damage around. Work colleagues are all buzzing.
Toby is having an emotional rollercoaster. Yingjie said school was cancelled. But then he got a text from his mate to say he was on the bus as usual and going to school. So now Mike wants to drive him to school. Aaarrrghhh. Crazy communications. Poor Mike though. It'll take ages to drive.
I think we're still on to cycle to Masterton tomorrow with Andrew. I'll check during the day with him.
Have a great weekend!
Love,
Angela
Thursday, June 20, 2013
The Wednesday with tramping club quiz night
Hi,
After a hectic day I needed a relaxing change of pace. Benjamin was sorting out Toby and Mike and I went to a colleague's leaving drinks. After chatting to people for a while we rushed out to Oporto Burgers. Mike loves them. I am unsure if they are long for this market. Hardly anyone seems to visit them. Their burgers were pretty good. Their chips were far too salty for me.
Off to tramping club and after some confusion (I never got allocated to a team) we were in our own team. Ilske had a hard day at work, and after exchanging a few words with me, she left in the confusion. But it turned out a lot of fun. The questions would have been perfect for Andrew to answer - a huge Tararua component to them.
We have no idea of where we placed, but out of eight teams, we weren't in the top 4. Uh oh! Best swot up for next year.
Got a ride home with tramping club people that live close to us. This meant we caught the bus in this morning. It was so dark, even at 8am, that it felt like a Dunedin winter's morning. Like I remember.
Mike found an Easter Egg in our F&P washing machine. If you hold down certain buttons, and press another one, the anthem of three countries can play. Obviously the NZ anthem is the best! But Scotty might be enamoured as well. As might Aidan. Hahahah. F&P have covered their bases with the export market there. Loved it! How funny. And it washes clothes too!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
After a hectic day I needed a relaxing change of pace. Benjamin was sorting out Toby and Mike and I went to a colleague's leaving drinks. After chatting to people for a while we rushed out to Oporto Burgers. Mike loves them. I am unsure if they are long for this market. Hardly anyone seems to visit them. Their burgers were pretty good. Their chips were far too salty for me.
Off to tramping club and after some confusion (I never got allocated to a team) we were in our own team. Ilske had a hard day at work, and after exchanging a few words with me, she left in the confusion. But it turned out a lot of fun. The questions would have been perfect for Andrew to answer - a huge Tararua component to them.
We have no idea of where we placed, but out of eight teams, we weren't in the top 4. Uh oh! Best swot up for next year.
Got a ride home with tramping club people that live close to us. This meant we caught the bus in this morning. It was so dark, even at 8am, that it felt like a Dunedin winter's morning. Like I remember.
Mike found an Easter Egg in our F&P washing machine. If you hold down certain buttons, and press another one, the anthem of three countries can play. Obviously the NZ anthem is the best! But Scotty might be enamoured as well. As might Aidan. Hahahah. F&P have covered their bases with the export market there. Loved it! How funny. And it washes clothes too!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, June 19, 2013
The Tuesday with Joe around for tea
Hi,
I had a busy day at work and more of the same today. It meant I got away from work late and found Mike and Joe at home already after I rode home in the dark. Avoided any bad weather though, which is surprising given the amount of bad weather around. I finished my part in cooking the dinner while chatting to Joe. He is off to Melbourne to live and rather excited about his new adventure. Hope he does well over there. I have done my bit to try and brainwash him into supporting St Kilda. Hahahah.
Had a nice dinner and chatted away. Then I took him home. He is living with his father in Lower Hutt for his last week in Wellington, having left his flat on The Terrace already.
Home and to bed. I watched an amazing television show called New Zealand From the air. Or something like that. Loads of nice shots of New Zealand scenery from helicopters. Very nice. Makes you want to live there. Oh, hold on. I do! Lucky me!
This silly US-centric blogging site has squiggles under the "Zealand" part of New Zealand. It doesn't know what a "Zealand" is. It's asking me did I mean:
Zeal and
Zeal-and
Headland
Given the nice scenery I saw on the television, I guess zeal might have something to do with it. Crazy.
Benjamin is babysitting Toby tonight. We're off to drinks after work and a quiz for the tramping club night. Should be good for a laugh. The weather is supposed to pack up for the afternoon. Wonder if it'll eventuate?
Have a great day! Stay dry and warm.
Love,
Angela
I had a busy day at work and more of the same today. It meant I got away from work late and found Mike and Joe at home already after I rode home in the dark. Avoided any bad weather though, which is surprising given the amount of bad weather around. I finished my part in cooking the dinner while chatting to Joe. He is off to Melbourne to live and rather excited about his new adventure. Hope he does well over there. I have done my bit to try and brainwash him into supporting St Kilda. Hahahah.
Had a nice dinner and chatted away. Then I took him home. He is living with his father in Lower Hutt for his last week in Wellington, having left his flat on The Terrace already.
Home and to bed. I watched an amazing television show called New Zealand From the air. Or something like that. Loads of nice shots of New Zealand scenery from helicopters. Very nice. Makes you want to live there. Oh, hold on. I do! Lucky me!
This silly US-centric blogging site has squiggles under the "Zealand" part of New Zealand. It doesn't know what a "Zealand" is. It's asking me did I mean:
Zeal and
Zeal-and
Headland
Given the nice scenery I saw on the television, I guess zeal might have something to do with it. Crazy.
Benjamin is babysitting Toby tonight. We're off to drinks after work and a quiz for the tramping club night. Should be good for a laugh. The weather is supposed to pack up for the afternoon. Wonder if it'll eventuate?
Have a great day! Stay dry and warm.
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
The Monday with nothing - but we did have dinner out!
Hi,
Toby remembered to get off the bus at 3.50pm in town! Hooray! I had visions of Mike jumping in a taxi and chasing the bus. Like his some time morning routine, but in some bizarre reversal. Toby did his homework at our work and went to his dental appointment.
Then, afterwards, they called me and said they wanted dinner in town. Choice! It was pelting rain so the idea of not riding home in the rain and having tea in town instead and taking the bus home sounded very appealing. We went to Portofino on the waterfront and I had a great calamari meal. Toby had pizza and Mike had chicken.
Bus ride home in the rain. Evening routine into gear. Off to bed. Slept like a log really.
This morning is Mike's dental appointment. Hahahah. He is there now. Probably making my dental appointment too (I need a normal check up).
Tonight we have Joe around for tea. He is a work colleague that I know from my last work (and this one). And he is leaving this weekend to go and live in Melbourne! Good on him!
Have a great day. The weather is pants here. The skies are dark and foreboding. The weather forecast is for the worst snowstorm in twenty years by Thursday down south. Typical. The year we decide not to go down south for a ski week they have the biggest dumps in years. The front should be on Wellington by Friday. Bit worried now about my bike ride over to the Wairarapa on Saturday morning. My suggestion to Andrew is to check bike routes through the Manawatu. Might be the only way we get there!
Have a marvellous day! I need a tea.
Love,
Angela
Toby remembered to get off the bus at 3.50pm in town! Hooray! I had visions of Mike jumping in a taxi and chasing the bus. Like his some time morning routine, but in some bizarre reversal. Toby did his homework at our work and went to his dental appointment.
Then, afterwards, they called me and said they wanted dinner in town. Choice! It was pelting rain so the idea of not riding home in the rain and having tea in town instead and taking the bus home sounded very appealing. We went to Portofino on the waterfront and I had a great calamari meal. Toby had pizza and Mike had chicken.
Bus ride home in the rain. Evening routine into gear. Off to bed. Slept like a log really.
This morning is Mike's dental appointment. Hahahah. He is there now. Probably making my dental appointment too (I need a normal check up).
Tonight we have Joe around for tea. He is a work colleague that I know from my last work (and this one). And he is leaving this weekend to go and live in Melbourne! Good on him!
Have a great day. The weather is pants here. The skies are dark and foreboding. The weather forecast is for the worst snowstorm in twenty years by Thursday down south. Typical. The year we decide not to go down south for a ski week they have the biggest dumps in years. The front should be on Wellington by Friday. Bit worried now about my bike ride over to the Wairarapa on Saturday morning. My suggestion to Andrew is to check bike routes through the Manawatu. Might be the only way we get there!
Have a marvellous day! I need a tea.
Love,
Angela
Monday, June 17, 2013
The weekend with Mike's birthday!
Hi,
Well, you may have noticed I was off work on Friday. Toby was sick so I stayed home to look after him. I rather suspect it was more a mental health day for him more than anything. But he might have a touch of something because he slept for 12 hours till Saturday morning.
Mike got home Friday night and we ate Burger Wisconsin. Apparently the few Fridays I left Mike and Toby alone recently meant they have instigated a "Burger Wisconsin" Friday night. Aha. We shall see.
Saturday we were up early. Well, earlyish. I went into town to meet Christine for breakfast at Drexels while Mike loaded up a trailer with our rubbish. When I got back from brekkie, Toby and I helped for quite a few hours filling the trailer up. I trimmed the ivy and Mike got all the wood up from below the deck. The house looks pretty good right now.
Saturday night we relaxed in front of the rugby. Go the All Blacks. 30 - 0 drubbing of the French. Made up for the last time I watched them play and hid in the Tabor kitchen too scared to watch.
Sunday morning I got up early to put lunch on (slow cooker stew) and make Mike a yummy breakfast in bed for his birthday. He made himself a cake, popped it in the microwave and then left me all alone in the kitchen. Surely a bad sign. The microwave dinged, I looked at the cake. It looked pretty good. I took it out. I used the microwave for my things. I took the cake out of the mould and let it cool.
Mike eventually came back to the kitchen after guests had arrived for lunch only to be horrified to see the cake out. Apparently he had only cooked it for the half the time. Right, right. Looked okay to me. Anyhow he nuked it more and after I iced it, it was still edible. It's all gone any way.
Lunch was great fun. Christine and wee Tom even came around to join the family fun. We had a good old chat and Mike got some good presents.
Eventually we were left to ourselves. Although not after I committed to another huge bike ride this coming weekend with Andrew. Sally, Mike and Toby will be support crew and we'll stay at the Solway Park hotel in Masterton. Toby has wanted to stay there since Grandy took him there a few years back. I can't wait - it is going to be fun. Mountain bikes for the incline over the hill, then road bikes to Masterton.
Did the ironing in front of television. Off to bed. The end of Mike's birthday! Another year for the next one!
Have a wonderful week. We have shabby weather here in New Zealand. Snow down south though!
Love,
Angela
Well, you may have noticed I was off work on Friday. Toby was sick so I stayed home to look after him. I rather suspect it was more a mental health day for him more than anything. But he might have a touch of something because he slept for 12 hours till Saturday morning.
Mike got home Friday night and we ate Burger Wisconsin. Apparently the few Fridays I left Mike and Toby alone recently meant they have instigated a "Burger Wisconsin" Friday night. Aha. We shall see.
Saturday we were up early. Well, earlyish. I went into town to meet Christine for breakfast at Drexels while Mike loaded up a trailer with our rubbish. When I got back from brekkie, Toby and I helped for quite a few hours filling the trailer up. I trimmed the ivy and Mike got all the wood up from below the deck. The house looks pretty good right now.
Saturday night we relaxed in front of the rugby. Go the All Blacks. 30 - 0 drubbing of the French. Made up for the last time I watched them play and hid in the Tabor kitchen too scared to watch.
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| Lunch is served |
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| Cake cutting |
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| Overflow into the lounge |
Eventually we were left to ourselves. Although not after I committed to another huge bike ride this coming weekend with Andrew. Sally, Mike and Toby will be support crew and we'll stay at the Solway Park hotel in Masterton. Toby has wanted to stay there since Grandy took him there a few years back. I can't wait - it is going to be fun. Mountain bikes for the incline over the hill, then road bikes to Masterton.
Did the ironing in front of television. Off to bed. The end of Mike's birthday! Another year for the next one!
Have a wonderful week. We have shabby weather here in New Zealand. Snow down south though!
Love,
Angela
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Wednesday with nothing
Hi,
Well, nothing for me and Toby. I rode home and again had a great ride. Someone was on my tail the whole way so I rode hard. Hahahah. They never overtook me, so it must have worked. No wind again, so it was lovely. But the moreporks must have been sleeping in. Like Mike and Toby like to do. :-p
Got home and made home made burgers for me and Toby. Toby had done his homework at Yingting's house, so the evening was perfect! We had a bath and eventually Mike came home. He had tramping club committee meetings and then went back to work and actually worked more. Crazy hours.
This morning's ride was also lovely. The roads weren't quite dry, but they were close. So I hooned down the hill. Very enjoyable.
I managed to talk for 4 hours at the client site yesterday. They seemed to be happy enough with the content. Hooray! Had a nice lunch afterwards with one of the staff there. He told me all about his recent holidays which made me wish I had travel plans to anticipate. Also got an iced coffee at Joe's Garage. Choice!
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Angela
Well, nothing for me and Toby. I rode home and again had a great ride. Someone was on my tail the whole way so I rode hard. Hahahah. They never overtook me, so it must have worked. No wind again, so it was lovely. But the moreporks must have been sleeping in. Like Mike and Toby like to do. :-p
Got home and made home made burgers for me and Toby. Toby had done his homework at Yingting's house, so the evening was perfect! We had a bath and eventually Mike came home. He had tramping club committee meetings and then went back to work and actually worked more. Crazy hours.
This morning's ride was also lovely. The roads weren't quite dry, but they were close. So I hooned down the hill. Very enjoyable.
I managed to talk for 4 hours at the client site yesterday. They seemed to be happy enough with the content. Hooray! Had a nice lunch afterwards with one of the staff there. He told me all about his recent holidays which made me wish I had travel plans to anticipate. Also got an iced coffee at Joe's Garage. Choice!
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Tuesday with a physics lecture
Hi,
It's been many years since I sat through a physics lecture. Last night I attended one with Andrew and his dad. I received an email about an inaugural lecture by a physicist at Vic Uni and as it was all about particles and miracle materials, I thought Andrew and Ron might enjoy it. And we did.
I walked up to the uni with Andrew and chatted away. His dad was there already, saving us seats. The lecture was aimed at plebs like me that know next to nothing and it was all rather interesting. The finger food afterwards was great too! Yummy!
Mike came past to collect us and after I dropped Andrew at the station and him home I drove Ron home. I had a nice cup of tea with Helen and Ron when I got there too. Very nice.
This morning I am busy at a client site. Training them! I have to talk for 4 hours. Hahahah!
The ride in was a little damp and I had to go back after about 800m when I realised I had forgotten my shoes (the different routine last night meant I went home with work shoes on - not my bike shoes!).
Mike has tramping club stuff tonight. Toby and I will chill out at home.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
It's been many years since I sat through a physics lecture. Last night I attended one with Andrew and his dad. I received an email about an inaugural lecture by a physicist at Vic Uni and as it was all about particles and miracle materials, I thought Andrew and Ron might enjoy it. And we did.
I walked up to the uni with Andrew and chatted away. His dad was there already, saving us seats. The lecture was aimed at plebs like me that know next to nothing and it was all rather interesting. The finger food afterwards was great too! Yummy!
Mike came past to collect us and after I dropped Andrew at the station and him home I drove Ron home. I had a nice cup of tea with Helen and Ron when I got there too. Very nice.
This morning I am busy at a client site. Training them! I have to talk for 4 hours. Hahahah!
The ride in was a little damp and I had to go back after about 800m when I realised I had forgotten my shoes (the different routine last night meant I went home with work shoes on - not my bike shoes!).
Mike has tramping club stuff tonight. Toby and I will chill out at home.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
The Monday with nothing
Hi,
Wow - I cannot describe what a wonderful ride home I had last night. But I'll try. There wasn't much wind and it was just on dusk. The moreporks had decided it was a gorgeous evening and they were out hunting early. There is something atmospheric about riding home with the calls of rurus around you. I also caught another cyclist on the hill - that's always good for a bit of motivation.
Collected Toby and started dinner. Mike got home and both boys loved my simple meal of rice and chicken. They are funny. I went out grocery shopping after that because the reason we had rice and chicken was because there was little other options available. No one goes shopping on Monday nights. Or is it that no one goes shopping on June 10th? Not sure. But I had the place to myself (not really, but it was easy shopping).
My last dental appointment is this afternoon to fix my broken tooth. Yay! Hope it goes well. The temporary one has been fine.
Andrew and Ron and I are off to see a physic lecture tonight at the university. It is this lecturer's inaugural lecture. Should be a bit of fun. Andrew and Ron enjoy the topic. And it is sure to be beyond me! I should have done some reading beforehand!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
Wow - I cannot describe what a wonderful ride home I had last night. But I'll try. There wasn't much wind and it was just on dusk. The moreporks had decided it was a gorgeous evening and they were out hunting early. There is something atmospheric about riding home with the calls of rurus around you. I also caught another cyclist on the hill - that's always good for a bit of motivation.
Collected Toby and started dinner. Mike got home and both boys loved my simple meal of rice and chicken. They are funny. I went out grocery shopping after that because the reason we had rice and chicken was because there was little other options available. No one goes shopping on Monday nights. Or is it that no one goes shopping on June 10th? Not sure. But I had the place to myself (not really, but it was easy shopping).
My last dental appointment is this afternoon to fix my broken tooth. Yay! Hope it goes well. The temporary one has been fine.
Andrew and Ron and I are off to see a physic lecture tonight at the university. It is this lecturer's inaugural lecture. Should be a bit of fun. Andrew and Ron enjoy the topic. And it is sure to be beyond me! I should have done some reading beforehand!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
Monday, June 10, 2013
The weekend with the best Saturday
Hi,
What a great weekend. Friday night came together in a symphony orchestrated by luck than anything else, but it worked perfectly. Mike left work early for his tramping trip to Mt Hector (he had the van to drive up).
I got home, collected Toby, got him changed and picked up our overnight gear. We have a door for our deck! It looks amazing.
By this time Andrew was ready for pick up at his work and in the final master stroke, Sally arrived by taxi from the airport at the same time. We all drove home together via the chippie in Moera. Had tea, and then Toby and I snuggled into sleeping bags and watched The Incredibles.
Andrew got up early (5am!) to head off for a day tramp and I eventually got up and got ready for my day. Sally had agreed to look after Toby for the day after an unexpected commitment from Mike for this tramping weekend. I drove back home and put a wash on and did a few things before heading out to the day spa to meet Aidan.
Aidan was already there drinking the peach/ginger tea (yuck - "Yes, I'll have a glass of water please". They have odd tea choices there) and we soon went in for our pedicure. This is just an excuse for someone to play with my feet for an hour. I'd pay anyone anything to do that! And this is pretty cool. They use something that looks like a cheese grater (with a finer side than any cheese grater I own, mind you!) and rub a crystalised sugar into your feet. And massage with oils and soak in lovely warm water. I like this lark! Choosing polish is merely something to be endured. I chose red again. Aidan chose a girly pink because unlike my feet, her feet will be on show a lot over the coming weeks. She's off to summer in the northern hemisphere (family event and work event). So her toes have to match a wide variety of outfits. Sure, sure. She just wanted girly pink!
After that pampering we went to the recycle clothes shop in Petone and I wandered around getting in her way but holding the clothes she wanted to try on. She was keen for dresses, but ended up with trousers. Go figure!
By now I was hungry! We went out to Eastbourne and to Cobar. I quite like Cobar. They have a stunning view and the food is pretty good.
I had steak and Aidan had a lovely salmon. I think she won that round! Mine was tasty though. We shared a cheese board. Well, we ordered a cheese board to share. I ended up eating most of it and it tipped me over the edge to bursting. Hahahah.
Back to the car via the pier and a shot of our toes against the backdrop of an overcast Wellington.
I drove Aidan home and had a cup of tea. Caught up with Josh and the boys and watched while they had their haircuts. They all look very handsome now!
Back to Sally and Andrew's house to hear about the movie (they saw Fast and Furious 6) - Toby has declared it in his top ten list. Hahahah. I hope his taste improves over time! :-p Sally said it was just all about driving fast and explosions so I guess I see the appeal to a ten year old.
I got sucked into Sally's couch and we ended up watching home movies of her and Vivienne when they were young. Such fun. Toby loved the ones with Mike in them (not many in that selection).
I eventually took Toby home and we watched a movie (Electra) and went to sleep. Next morning I found out the tramping club family walk had been cancelled due to rain and they would no longer be coming for afternoon tea. Yay! I pretended to tidy the house (some of it got done) and listened to music.
Mike got back early from his tramp and I went to collect him just before 1pm from the ferry terminal (that's where the van is stored) and went home to cook lunch. Toby asked William over to play and Mike did some work around the house.
Sunday afternoon disappeared and ironing took front stage. Sigh. Toby was chatting to friends on Skype so I put headphones on and bopped away to music while I ironed. I was told to stop singing!
Mike got another migraine at the end of our bath. It's a shame for him. Especially as this is his birthday month and his birthday at the end of this week. He has sworn off coffee and alcohol for a month. Boo for him. But, as his birthday is on Sunday and the deck doors are in, we're having a deck warming party on Saturday night. Come around. Say 6pm. And drink the beer Mike can't drink!
And today is Aidan's actual birthday - I hope she has a great day. She's flat out with work, so no chance to relax and enjoy her day. Don't tell anyone, but it is a significant birthday as well. She's all grown up now. Hahahah!
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Angela
What a great weekend. Friday night came together in a symphony orchestrated by luck than anything else, but it worked perfectly. Mike left work early for his tramping trip to Mt Hector (he had the van to drive up).
I got home, collected Toby, got him changed and picked up our overnight gear. We have a door for our deck! It looks amazing.
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| Doors! |
By this time Andrew was ready for pick up at his work and in the final master stroke, Sally arrived by taxi from the airport at the same time. We all drove home together via the chippie in Moera. Had tea, and then Toby and I snuggled into sleeping bags and watched The Incredibles.
Andrew got up early (5am!) to head off for a day tramp and I eventually got up and got ready for my day. Sally had agreed to look after Toby for the day after an unexpected commitment from Mike for this tramping weekend. I drove back home and put a wash on and did a few things before heading out to the day spa to meet Aidan.
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| Doors in the daylight. Yes - I am rather taken with the doors. |
Aidan was already there drinking the peach/ginger tea (yuck - "Yes, I'll have a glass of water please". They have odd tea choices there) and we soon went in for our pedicure. This is just an excuse for someone to play with my feet for an hour. I'd pay anyone anything to do that! And this is pretty cool. They use something that looks like a cheese grater (with a finer side than any cheese grater I own, mind you!) and rub a crystalised sugar into your feet. And massage with oils and soak in lovely warm water. I like this lark! Choosing polish is merely something to be endured. I chose red again. Aidan chose a girly pink because unlike my feet, her feet will be on show a lot over the coming weeks. She's off to summer in the northern hemisphere (family event and work event). So her toes have to match a wide variety of outfits. Sure, sure. She just wanted girly pink!
After that pampering we went to the recycle clothes shop in Petone and I wandered around getting in her way but holding the clothes she wanted to try on. She was keen for dresses, but ended up with trousers. Go figure!
By now I was hungry! We went out to Eastbourne and to Cobar. I quite like Cobar. They have a stunning view and the food is pretty good.
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| What to have? Aidan wanted the first thing she read. Then the second thing. Then the... Well, it was a good menu. |
Back to the car via the pier and a shot of our toes against the backdrop of an overcast Wellington.
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| Nice toes. Nice bird. |
Back to Sally and Andrew's house to hear about the movie (they saw Fast and Furious 6) - Toby has declared it in his top ten list. Hahahah. I hope his taste improves over time! :-p Sally said it was just all about driving fast and explosions so I guess I see the appeal to a ten year old.
I got sucked into Sally's couch and we ended up watching home movies of her and Vivienne when they were young. Such fun. Toby loved the ones with Mike in them (not many in that selection).
I eventually took Toby home and we watched a movie (Electra) and went to sleep. Next morning I found out the tramping club family walk had been cancelled due to rain and they would no longer be coming for afternoon tea. Yay! I pretended to tidy the house (some of it got done) and listened to music.
Mike got back early from his tramp and I went to collect him just before 1pm from the ferry terminal (that's where the van is stored) and went home to cook lunch. Toby asked William over to play and Mike did some work around the house.
Sunday afternoon disappeared and ironing took front stage. Sigh. Toby was chatting to friends on Skype so I put headphones on and bopped away to music while I ironed. I was told to stop singing!
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| Toby doesn't like tortellini |
Mike got another migraine at the end of our bath. It's a shame for him. Especially as this is his birthday month and his birthday at the end of this week. He has sworn off coffee and alcohol for a month. Boo for him. But, as his birthday is on Sunday and the deck doors are in, we're having a deck warming party on Saturday night. Come around. Say 6pm. And drink the beer Mike can't drink!
And today is Aidan's actual birthday - I hope she has a great day. She's flat out with work, so no chance to relax and enjoy her day. Don't tell anyone, but it is a significant birthday as well. She's all grown up now. Hahahah!
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Angela
Friday, June 7, 2013
The Thursday with packing
Hi,
I rode home after work and Mike was dishing up dinner just as I walked in. I love the house husband routine! How pleasant.
We ate a scrummy dinner of homemade burgers and then Mike and I put off packing for ages while we chatted at the dinner table. Eventually I got too impatient and started packing. Mike gathered all his gear together in a pile and put off packing until this morning.
Great sleep and great morning. Everyone was chipper. Maybe the absolutely gorgeous morning had something to do with that. No wind, blue skies. The sort of day that makes you want to sing!
We got Toby out the door and Mike flung his gear in his pack and we left too. Mike had the WTMC van to drive into work. So I got a ride with him. Tonight I'll go collect Toby, get him changed, pick up our gear and go and spend the night with Sally. Fish n chip night I think! Not sure if Andrew is around or not.
Tomorrow I get to spend a lot of the day with Aidan. It's her birthday on Monday (and a significant one too!). So I have a day planned that hopefully she'll enjoy. Starts with feet, has her stomach covered (lunch!) and hopefully she avoids hearing me sing as we drive around in the car. Fun!
Mike will be leaving work early to collect trampers and drive up Otaki way for a weekend in the Tararuas. Mt Hector is in his sights - if the weather co-operates.
Time for tea!
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela
I rode home after work and Mike was dishing up dinner just as I walked in. I love the house husband routine! How pleasant.
We ate a scrummy dinner of homemade burgers and then Mike and I put off packing for ages while we chatted at the dinner table. Eventually I got too impatient and started packing. Mike gathered all his gear together in a pile and put off packing until this morning.
Great sleep and great morning. Everyone was chipper. Maybe the absolutely gorgeous morning had something to do with that. No wind, blue skies. The sort of day that makes you want to sing!
We got Toby out the door and Mike flung his gear in his pack and we left too. Mike had the WTMC van to drive into work. So I got a ride with him. Tonight I'll go collect Toby, get him changed, pick up our gear and go and spend the night with Sally. Fish n chip night I think! Not sure if Andrew is around or not.
Tomorrow I get to spend a lot of the day with Aidan. It's her birthday on Monday (and a significant one too!). So I have a day planned that hopefully she'll enjoy. Starts with feet, has her stomach covered (lunch!) and hopefully she avoids hearing me sing as we drive around in the car. Fun!
Mike will be leaving work early to collect trampers and drive up Otaki way for a weekend in the Tararuas. Mt Hector is in his sights - if the weather co-operates.
Time for tea!
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela
Thursday, June 6, 2013
The Wednesday with tramping club
Hi,
I rode home last night and started dinner. Mike had to work late so he missed out. I got compliments from both Toby and Mike's mother. Toby and his Nana had a great day again. The weather was horrible but they managed to get out for Toby's haircut at least.
After dinner I jumped in the car and collected Mike. The tramping club talk looked fascinating. A ski tour of Svalbard. That's an island above Norway well within the Arctic Circle - and famous for polar bears. I loved the talk. A German woman called Katja showed her awesome photos of the trip. Snow and ice everywhere. Polar bears. Twenty four hour sunshine. Mad! And she is now a guide herself on the very same island!
I dropped Mike at home and collected his mother and dropped her at her home. She's off to Dunedin again this weekend.
That's about it. Another busy day at work.
Hope you have a fabulous day!
Love,
Angela
I rode home last night and started dinner. Mike had to work late so he missed out. I got compliments from both Toby and Mike's mother. Toby and his Nana had a great day again. The weather was horrible but they managed to get out for Toby's haircut at least.
After dinner I jumped in the car and collected Mike. The tramping club talk looked fascinating. A ski tour of Svalbard. That's an island above Norway well within the Arctic Circle - and famous for polar bears. I loved the talk. A German woman called Katja showed her awesome photos of the trip. Snow and ice everywhere. Polar bears. Twenty four hour sunshine. Mad! And she is now a guide herself on the very same island!
I dropped Mike at home and collected his mother and dropped her at her home. She's off to Dunedin again this weekend.
That's about it. Another busy day at work.
Hope you have a fabulous day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
The Tuesday with nothing
Hi,
At around 5pm the rain and wind were lashing Wellington and it was dark. It didn't seem sensible to ride home, so Mike and I found a bus and took that home. Probably for the best, despite the fact that I dislike catching the bus in the morning because I get to work all sleepy.
We had dinner last night and chatted to Toby and Mike's mother. They had had a good day at home (with no computers or television, but Toby indicated he hoped that would change now that we were home! Hahahahah!). I went grocery shopping after tea and braved the weather with a few other hardy souls at the New World. Mike did his homework and I got home and we went to bed.
Bit boring, eh? Hahahah.
Mike has a tramp this weekend and Toby and I have a family party to attend. Benjamin is now 18 (last month!) and we celebrate this Saturday night. I think. Pretty sure.
It's a short week, so all good! I just need a nice cup of tea about now.
Love,
Angela
At around 5pm the rain and wind were lashing Wellington and it was dark. It didn't seem sensible to ride home, so Mike and I found a bus and took that home. Probably for the best, despite the fact that I dislike catching the bus in the morning because I get to work all sleepy.
We had dinner last night and chatted to Toby and Mike's mother. They had had a good day at home (with no computers or television, but Toby indicated he hoped that would change now that we were home! Hahahahah!). I went grocery shopping after tea and braved the weather with a few other hardy souls at the New World. Mike did his homework and I got home and we went to bed.
Bit boring, eh? Hahahah.
Mike has a tramp this weekend and Toby and I have a family party to attend. Benjamin is now 18 (last month!) and we celebrate this Saturday night. I think. Pretty sure.
It's a short week, so all good! I just need a nice cup of tea about now.
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
The weekend with more days than normal
Hi,
Friday we had takeaways at Vivienne and John's house. We tried the new Indian takeaway at the Wadestown shops and we all decided it was pretty good really. It did take 45 minutes for the food. We think their first Friday evening was a bit much for them. The evening meal with Vivienne and John was a lot of fun! I took my boys home and drove Mike's mother home and enjoyed my drive back.
Saturday morning was relaxing. Eventually we decided to paint the deck. Well, start to paint the deck. Such a nice day - I sat on the deck for ages in a t-shirt and was quite comfortable. Not too bad for the first of June! We painted for quite a few hours and only managed a third of it. It is undercoat still. So by our estimates, we should be done by summer! Hahahah. Mike is calculating if we only eat rice for the next 6 months, could we afford the painter's services.
After the painting was done for the day I took Toby out to a movie. We went to see Star Trek Into Darkness. Toby loved it.
Spoiler alert (from Mike):
Skype was open on the laptop when I started using it, so I saw Toby's comment to Akash about the very best scene in Into Darkness:
So, I think that means Toby gave it the thumbs up.
Back home to bed. Sunday we were up early. Mike went off to work and I took Toby to the market with Vivienne and Ramble. I think Toby liked it. Not too sure if I'll get him there again any time soon. Unless Ramble is there, maybe.
Back home and I packed a bag for Toby. He had a sleepover arranged with Jake. After he was picked up, I had a bath and then went out to Petone to buy a new pan. I bumped into Ian and Robyn (and wee Emma - who is not so wee) and we both bought the exact same pans. I have already used one of them and it worked great! Tried to buy singlets for Toby and failed. What is wrong with this place? I want to buy white size 12 singlets for Toby. Bonds. Can I find them anywhere?
Went to Kathmandu to buy Toby new tramping gear (his is all size 8 and looking a bit tight). Nothing. I give up. I'm going to Sydney to do my clothes shopping!
Back home and dressed for dinner. Took the bus in and met Mike at work. We drove to the other end of town and had a great meal at Capitol. Very pleasant. I like it there. I had fish and Mike had the chicken. Finished off with their great chocolate pudding. Yum!
Monday we woke up and Mike had to go back to work. He took me and Alex and Jake to the train station and the boys and I went to Armageddon.
Back home eventually and cooked dinner. Mike came home and his mother stayed. She's looking after Toby today and tomorrow because it is teacher only day.
Had a nice ride in this morning. The roads were wet but no rain at all. My bike computer is working (thanks Mike!). Two people in vehicles did try to kill me. It does wonders for your adrenaline. I wonder what part of my flashing bike and fluoro body they cannot see. Well, actually, given I was watching both of them, I know neither of them actually looked. They both just took off. No indicator. Just drove off while I was right on their driver's door. The neighbour close to us had no excuse except perhaps a lack of coffee and he shouldn't be allowed to operate a car until he is awake. The truck driver had another vehicle to watch, so obviously he couldn't see me - that would require two things to do at once He actually apologised, which was nice. And then said "You snuck up the side of me". Right. Snuck. With my flashing lights and fluoro jacket. While he was parked. And another car coming the opposite way so I had to pass quite close to the truck. Snuck. Yep - bikes like to sneak, so no one sees them and they get knocked off and killed. Obviously.
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Angela
Friday we had takeaways at Vivienne and John's house. We tried the new Indian takeaway at the Wadestown shops and we all decided it was pretty good really. It did take 45 minutes for the food. We think their first Friday evening was a bit much for them. The evening meal with Vivienne and John was a lot of fun! I took my boys home and drove Mike's mother home and enjoyed my drive back.
Saturday morning was relaxing. Eventually we decided to paint the deck. Well, start to paint the deck. Such a nice day - I sat on the deck for ages in a t-shirt and was quite comfortable. Not too bad for the first of June! We painted for quite a few hours and only managed a third of it. It is undercoat still. So by our estimates, we should be done by summer! Hahahah. Mike is calculating if we only eat rice for the next 6 months, could we afford the painter's services.
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| White undercoat |
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| And still lots to paint |
After the painting was done for the day I took Toby out to a movie. We went to see Star Trek Into Darkness. Toby loved it.
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| Nom, nom. Toby loves his Maccas |
Skype was open on the laptop when I started using it, so I saw Toby's comment to Akash about the very best scene in Into Darkness:
haha lol admirals head EXPLODED :-D
khan is the best character EVA
So, I think that means Toby gave it the thumbs up.
Back home to bed. Sunday we were up early. Mike went off to work and I took Toby to the market with Vivienne and Ramble. I think Toby liked it. Not too sure if I'll get him there again any time soon. Unless Ramble is there, maybe.
Back home and I packed a bag for Toby. He had a sleepover arranged with Jake. After he was picked up, I had a bath and then went out to Petone to buy a new pan. I bumped into Ian and Robyn (and wee Emma - who is not so wee) and we both bought the exact same pans. I have already used one of them and it worked great! Tried to buy singlets for Toby and failed. What is wrong with this place? I want to buy white size 12 singlets for Toby. Bonds. Can I find them anywhere?
Went to Kathmandu to buy Toby new tramping gear (his is all size 8 and looking a bit tight). Nothing. I give up. I'm going to Sydney to do my clothes shopping!
Back home and dressed for dinner. Took the bus in and met Mike at work. We drove to the other end of town and had a great meal at Capitol. Very pleasant. I like it there. I had fish and Mike had the chicken. Finished off with their great chocolate pudding. Yum!
Monday we woke up and Mike had to go back to work. He took me and Alex and Jake to the train station and the boys and I went to Armageddon.
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| Wrestling. "It's so fake". Yes, but they loved it. |
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| The Main Stage - where I sat and listened to B stars while the boys wandered |
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| Lunch. |
Had a nice ride in this morning. The roads were wet but no rain at all. My bike computer is working (thanks Mike!). Two people in vehicles did try to kill me. It does wonders for your adrenaline. I wonder what part of my flashing bike and fluoro body they cannot see. Well, actually, given I was watching both of them, I know neither of them actually looked. They both just took off. No indicator. Just drove off while I was right on their driver's door. The neighbour close to us had no excuse except perhaps a lack of coffee and he shouldn't be allowed to operate a car until he is awake. The truck driver had another vehicle to watch, so obviously he couldn't see me - that would require two things to do at once He actually apologised, which was nice. And then said "You snuck up the side of me". Right. Snuck. With my flashing lights and fluoro jacket. While he was parked. And another car coming the opposite way so I had to pass quite close to the truck. Snuck. Yep - bikes like to sneak, so no one sees them and they get knocked off and killed. Obviously.
Have a fantastic week!
Love,
Angela
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