Hi,
What a lovely, gorgeous morning. My ride down the hill was perfect. There were 5 tuis chatting away to each other above our garage as I got my bike out. They chortled away and then flew off to go about their business.
The boys were all in fine form. Mike was up early because he hates our radio station and it is becoming a passionate thing for him. Certainly it was this morning. But he doesn't want to switch to another station in case he loses track of the latest music and he is stuck listening to 80s dross for the rest of his life (his choice - not mine!). Toby was awake but luxuriating in his warm bed and not looking like he was going to leap out of bed. I got a nice goodbye kiss though.
Keas went well. Mike came to help me out as Wally was going to be late and I had decided to bake ANZAC cookies with them all. What was I thinking? However, with Mike to keep them busy while I got ready in the kitchen worked well. Ta Mike. And the cookies came out very well. And Mike told them lots of stuff about ANZAC.
Tonight is a evening to ourselves. Unless Ma and Pa want to pop over. :-)
Toby has a new Pokemon toy - courtesy of his Nana. It is called Buttonmon and is very cute. It has pride of place next to some puffles where Toby will be eating his Weetbix on the dining table. I think that is why it is lined up there. Toby is being punished for a misdemeanour at the end of last term at school and has no computer or electronic games for all this week. So he is reading and playing with toys like mad.
That's it. Busy at work. I'm settling in to my new location.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Monday, March 15, 2010
Good morning on Mon, Mar 15
Hi,
What a lovely morning this morning - and after quite an eventful weekend. It started at about 4.15pm on Friday when the big storm hit Wellington with speed and ferocity. Quite spectacular to watch from our office. Needless to say, Mike and I chickened out and took the bus home. There was a bus skewered on a bollard on the corner of Willis and Lambton Quay, so nothing was getting past down Lambton Quay. So Mike said we should go to Farmers as the buses will get re-directed through the back streets. Sure enough, after 15 minutes, a 14 pulled up, mostly empty and we climbed in. We were soaked by the time we got to Toby and soaked even more walking home with him.
Into the car and off to buy chippies for the Gilbert/Lewis Friday night takeaway. Just as Mike got into the car with the dinner, Andrew rang and as the storm had broken the trains to the Hutt, he was at a loose end. Not anymore. We sped down the hill to collect him, and Sally came too! So it was a chippie fest at the Lewis household.
Nice to John again after his journey to Canada for his mother's illness and funeral. He got birthday presents (as did I) and we'd forgotten completely. Oops. Sorry John. We'll rectify that! I have some good reading ahead of me.
Toby got some Benjamin hand-me-downs as we scootered out of the Lewises. Somehow Toby and I had missed the exit of Mike, Sally and Andrew and for a while we thought they had forgotten about us entirely. Everything had been cleared out except our shoes - hanbag was gone, jackets were gone. Very funny. But they were all sitting in the car for us both. I dropped Mike and Toby off at home and drove Sally and Andrew out to their house. Good opportunity to sing loudly for me. But only on the way back! I wouldn't subject Sally and Andrew to too much of that!
Next morning Mike packed for his tramp and Toby and I left for my haircut. Then off to swimming where Toby swam very well. Next week we're away for swimming and it is rebooking day. So I have sorted that already with the swim office.
We went back home to relax before shopping for the Kea sleepover and heading to the Scout Hall. We arrived and carted things into the hall. Everyone started arriving and I cooked up sausages for everyone. We ended up with 11 children and 3 adults and it all went very well. Aidan is officially a New Zealander now as she wrestled with the Zip, and won. Zip hot water systems are an institution in New Zealand community halls. It is a part of my childhood to hear the Zip whistling as it boils. Aidan can now fill a Zip, wait patiently for it to boil, knows the whistling will turn itself off, and can empty the contents into a vessel for use elsewhere. To see her stricken face at the doorway when the Zip started whistling as she worried how to turn it off was unforgettable.
The kids all loved the toasted marshmallows after tea and the laptop episode of Man versus Wild where he went to Hawaii was well received. Then to bed and I sank into a coma as I worried whether I'd be able to get to sleep with all the rustling.
When I woke Toby was off his sleeping mat and on the wooden floor. So I cuddled him up to me on my mattress and fell back to doze for a bit. Morning came and Aidan helped me cooked a ton of bacon and eggs. Ryan's family had supplied the eggs from their chooks. Yummy! Aidan suggested I use bread as an egg mould and that worked a treat as we had no spatula to turn the eggs.
Aidan rushed the kids off to their first hockey game (I hope it went well and I hope to see photos) and we tidied up and left as well. The pans all scrubbed up well, even the bacon ones!
When Toby and I got home we decided to eat the leftover Chocolate Thins. Not a good idea as when I went over to get one, after Toby had started on them, I noticed mice nibbles on the end one in the packet. So Aidan did hear mice during the night! Hopefully the mice were clean eaters and Toby will suffer no ill effects.
We had lunch and went to collect Mum to go shopping. The mirror shop was shut so we went to Woolworths to get groceries. Then Mum started feeling sick again (migraine perhaps) and so we dropped her home and went to our house instead of staying for tea. It's a shame for her.
Mike got home soon enough after his successful tramp and we had tea and Mike rang his parents about the architect plans and we all went to bed. Phew. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was asleep.
Have a wonderful week.
Love,
Angela
What a lovely morning this morning - and after quite an eventful weekend. It started at about 4.15pm on Friday when the big storm hit Wellington with speed and ferocity. Quite spectacular to watch from our office. Needless to say, Mike and I chickened out and took the bus home. There was a bus skewered on a bollard on the corner of Willis and Lambton Quay, so nothing was getting past down Lambton Quay. So Mike said we should go to Farmers as the buses will get re-directed through the back streets. Sure enough, after 15 minutes, a 14 pulled up, mostly empty and we climbed in. We were soaked by the time we got to Toby and soaked even more walking home with him.
Into the car and off to buy chippies for the Gilbert/Lewis Friday night takeaway. Just as Mike got into the car with the dinner, Andrew rang and as the storm had broken the trains to the Hutt, he was at a loose end. Not anymore. We sped down the hill to collect him, and Sally came too! So it was a chippie fest at the Lewis household.
Nice to John again after his journey to Canada for his mother's illness and funeral. He got birthday presents (as did I) and we'd forgotten completely. Oops. Sorry John. We'll rectify that! I have some good reading ahead of me.
Toby got some Benjamin hand-me-downs as we scootered out of the Lewises. Somehow Toby and I had missed the exit of Mike, Sally and Andrew and for a while we thought they had forgotten about us entirely. Everything had been cleared out except our shoes - hanbag was gone, jackets were gone. Very funny. But they were all sitting in the car for us both. I dropped Mike and Toby off at home and drove Sally and Andrew out to their house. Good opportunity to sing loudly for me. But only on the way back! I wouldn't subject Sally and Andrew to too much of that!
Next morning Mike packed for his tramp and Toby and I left for my haircut. Then off to swimming where Toby swam very well. Next week we're away for swimming and it is rebooking day. So I have sorted that already with the swim office.
We went back home to relax before shopping for the Kea sleepover and heading to the Scout Hall. We arrived and carted things into the hall. Everyone started arriving and I cooked up sausages for everyone. We ended up with 11 children and 3 adults and it all went very well. Aidan is officially a New Zealander now as she wrestled with the Zip, and won. Zip hot water systems are an institution in New Zealand community halls. It is a part of my childhood to hear the Zip whistling as it boils. Aidan can now fill a Zip, wait patiently for it to boil, knows the whistling will turn itself off, and can empty the contents into a vessel for use elsewhere. To see her stricken face at the doorway when the Zip started whistling as she worried how to turn it off was unforgettable.
The kids all loved the toasted marshmallows after tea and the laptop episode of Man versus Wild where he went to Hawaii was well received. Then to bed and I sank into a coma as I worried whether I'd be able to get to sleep with all the rustling.
When I woke Toby was off his sleeping mat and on the wooden floor. So I cuddled him up to me on my mattress and fell back to doze for a bit. Morning came and Aidan helped me cooked a ton of bacon and eggs. Ryan's family had supplied the eggs from their chooks. Yummy! Aidan suggested I use bread as an egg mould and that worked a treat as we had no spatula to turn the eggs.
Aidan rushed the kids off to their first hockey game (I hope it went well and I hope to see photos) and we tidied up and left as well. The pans all scrubbed up well, even the bacon ones!
When Toby and I got home we decided to eat the leftover Chocolate Thins. Not a good idea as when I went over to get one, after Toby had started on them, I noticed mice nibbles on the end one in the packet. So Aidan did hear mice during the night! Hopefully the mice were clean eaters and Toby will suffer no ill effects.
We had lunch and went to collect Mum to go shopping. The mirror shop was shut so we went to Woolworths to get groceries. Then Mum started feeling sick again (migraine perhaps) and so we dropped her home and went to our house instead of staying for tea. It's a shame for her.
Mike got home soon enough after his successful tramp and we had tea and Mike rang his parents about the architect plans and we all went to bed. Phew. As soon as my head hit the pillow, I was asleep.
Have a wonderful week.
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Good morning on Tues, Mar 2
Hi,
I was on Toby drop-off duty again today. Toby was very good and we were nice and early out of the house. Toby scootered to school and I rode down the hill in good, dry conditions. A superb ride!
Last night was our first Kea excursion and it was very successful. We went to the local (to the Scout hall) swimming pool. The young Keas all splashed about for about 90 minutes, interrupted only by a fuel stop (I had made everyone cheese rolls, and they had an apple juice and biscuit as extra energy). Toby had an absolute ball. I think this was the first time where he has been swimming with kids his age that aren't as confident in the water as him. He was doing somersaults into the water in the deep end and the other kids thought he was the bees knees. He looked pretty chuffed with himself.
We went home and got Toby ready for bed. Before that Toby bailed up Duncan as Duncan admitted to some partial Pokemon knowledge. Toby read him the whole of Jessica's Pokemon handbook (well, perhaps not quite all the 150 Pokemons in there) but Duncan certainly got a lot of Pokemon. At least nine when I asked how many he had! Toby thinks Duncan is pretty special now. Kathleen was as mystified as me about the whole thing.
Mike has packed for the weekend already! I know! You've all fallen off your chairs, haven't you? I'm astonished. So, it's all systems go for the long weekend (Toby and I have Thurs and Fri off to tootle around with Duncan and Kathleen seeing Napier and Tongariro in the 4 days). Mike will come up on Thursday evening so he gets one more day at work.
That's about it. Duncan is preparing dinner tonight. Yum! What great guests, eh? And I think Ma and Pa are keen to pop over tomorrow night for karate and to meet Kathleen and Duncan, so I might get two dinners cooked for me in a row. Yes! Choice!
Oh - and we will get some photos from the weekend up on the internet soon. Promise!
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Angela
I was on Toby drop-off duty again today. Toby was very good and we were nice and early out of the house. Toby scootered to school and I rode down the hill in good, dry conditions. A superb ride!
Last night was our first Kea excursion and it was very successful. We went to the local (to the Scout hall) swimming pool. The young Keas all splashed about for about 90 minutes, interrupted only by a fuel stop (I had made everyone cheese rolls, and they had an apple juice and biscuit as extra energy). Toby had an absolute ball. I think this was the first time where he has been swimming with kids his age that aren't as confident in the water as him. He was doing somersaults into the water in the deep end and the other kids thought he was the bees knees. He looked pretty chuffed with himself.
We went home and got Toby ready for bed. Before that Toby bailed up Duncan as Duncan admitted to some partial Pokemon knowledge. Toby read him the whole of Jessica's Pokemon handbook (well, perhaps not quite all the 150 Pokemons in there) but Duncan certainly got a lot of Pokemon. At least nine when I asked how many he had! Toby thinks Duncan is pretty special now. Kathleen was as mystified as me about the whole thing.
Mike has packed for the weekend already! I know! You've all fallen off your chairs, haven't you? I'm astonished. So, it's all systems go for the long weekend (Toby and I have Thurs and Fri off to tootle around with Duncan and Kathleen seeing Napier and Tongariro in the 4 days). Mike will come up on Thursday evening so he gets one more day at work.
That's about it. Duncan is preparing dinner tonight. Yum! What great guests, eh? And I think Ma and Pa are keen to pop over tomorrow night for karate and to meet Kathleen and Duncan, so I might get two dinners cooked for me in a row. Yes! Choice!
Oh - and we will get some photos from the weekend up on the internet soon. Promise!
Have a wonderful day.
Love,
Angela
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