The Monday back at work

 Hi,

Big day at work today so short blog. Monday was good fun working from home. Less meetings than usual so got a bit done to prep for today.

Cats enjoyed my presence - but they were tetchy with each other. I think after Smudge saw Tenzing off, she was on edge and Moxley was in the wrong place. That is - far too close to Smudge. I caught Smudge holding firmly to Moxley's ear.

My pics are not inserting. Goodness knows what that is about.

Mike got home after work and we chilled with tea and TV. Chatted to Mike's Mum for a bit. She gets to see my parents today and they are having dinner at No7 Balmac. I love that place. Had a good sleep and up early as a real shock to my system.

Gym with Quentin. Bench. 35kg 6 reps x 5 sets. Yeah - my arms are like wet noodles now.

All day planning at work today. Wish me luck!  Have a great day.

Love,

Angela

The weekend in Wellington with trap line work with Callan and Ange

 Hi,

Well, here I am at my desk at home starting the working week after an excellent holiday break. Yes, I will blog more about our adventures for you. And yes, I apparently say that every January and you never hear anything more. Sorry. Hahah. Mike found a bunch of draft posts in my blog recently that were my good intentions.

Friday saw us take Chris and Gail to the airport for their flight to AKL. And Mike and I jumped at the chance for lunch at The Botanist. Woot!

Smudge cat model

Moxley with all paws on deck

Saturday was gorgeous. Mike and Janine did park run in Waikanae. We got a few things done around the house. Callan and Stacey were on the ferry coming home from their southern fun.

The Botanist with Mike

Sourdough

Sunday was a bit wet. But we had trap line to do and Callan and Ange said they would help! Woot. We picked up Ange early and got the eggs and Erayz all sorted. Then decided to have a coffee. But nothing was open. Except Maccas. I do not like their iced coffees. But they had a good poster up for it. So I got a selfie!

The best was to take a selfie at Maccas with iced latte

Me and Ange tackle Sunny Grove and a bit of KAT

We got a view

Slightly wet

Ange and I did Sunny Grove and drain clearing and Mike and Callan hared off to the top to do UTS and KAT.

It took me and Ange 1 hour 45 to get to the top. Not bad. No rats. We them popped into KAT to do 1, 2 and 3. Still no rats. So back to the main track and down to finish drains. Met Ian McDonald from the trust and chatted to him about his new trap line. With cameras and feral cats. Ange got a sore knee and we had a nice slow descent from close to the top.

We sat in the car in sunshine and read books until 6pm when Callan and Mike got out. They had done the UTS part we missed due to a lack of eggs.

We all got just 1 rat. UTS2. I guess this is good.

Back home after a quick supermarket trip to get Drano and drop Ange home. Readers - the Drano did not unblock the bath.

We had tea. Stared morosely at the slowly draining bath a few times. Got washing done. Tidied a lot.

And now - work!

Hope your week is a good one.

Love,
Angela