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Monday, October 19, 2026

The weekend in Wellington

Hi,

I am feeling quite nostalgic - seeing the sold sign on the house. Seeing Sally and Andrew's house all spruced up and ready for their open homes coming up. Wellington had a rainy wet day on Saturday - but it did come right by the end. And Sunday was a stunner. The sort of day that makes you fall in love with Wellington.

Houses all nestled in the hills. Harbour like glass. Sky blue. No wind. The sort of place that makes everyone glad they live here.

Yes - sold!

Well done to Mike and Chris and his team

Home made iced latte

Mike has stacked our stuff in the back room for when we get back from Nepal

All there

We did not parkrun. It was hosing down rain and super windy. But Janine said it was nice up the coast. Weird. I ran out to get us all pastries and coffees from Shelly Bay Baker in Karori. Then people got up. Tom was still sick and Mike was now sick.

Uh oh.

No trapline for us. Terrible weather and sickness. Sigh. Bit sad about that. But we did get a lot done. Mike got most of our stuff packed and stored away. Ready for us to drive it to Chc in Nov.

And he fixed the old rubber on the bench press. Looks good again now.

Then Mike replaced the rubber on the bench press

Looks good and is nice and bouncy

We got some RAT test kits for covid, flu A and B and RSV for Tom. And Mike. Both were negative but Mike now has a cough.

Quiet night before bed.

Saturday night

Sunday dawns a bit grey

While Sunday dawned a bit grey - it turned into a superb day. We got a wash out. And we went to get some t shirts off Janine for taking to Nepal. Popped in to see Sally and Andrew and Mike decided he was well enough to have tea with them and John.

Mike and Tom and Katla

Gorgeous day in the Hutt and the house looks amazing

Sun starting to go down

Back home to Elly and Tom's for a bit. Then back to 40 WLW for tea. Fish n chips. Andrew was finishing the back shed door. Good fun.

Good to chat to John. He is well. Benjamin is well. Home again and off to bed.

Monday I was up for my PT session online. Mike usually has the Monday morning one. But today it was me because Mike thought he had an appointment for his follow up rabies shot. He did not.

I did bench with Quentin online. 40kg. 3 reps x 4 sets. And Larsen 3 sets x 10. And a bit of arm raises. 10 reps x 3 sets.

Mike and I will share tomorrow's session. Me the first 30mins and Mike the last 30 mins.

After my session and a shower, I had brekkie and drove in. Got a park right outside. Strolled in (remembered to grab my prescription from last week on the way in). And as I registered for my 9am appointment, the receptionist said there was a cancellation for 9.15 for Mike if he could make it. So I called him and he jumped on a scooter and made it easily.

So now both of us are jabbed for rabies. Two shots. Saves us from future traumatic intervention should a rabid creature bite us in the wilds of Nepal. You still need treatment - but it is far less harrowing and less time pressure.

$187 today for that jab. Each.

We are at work today and tomorrow and then off on our adventure. Busy day for me today. Work through to 19:00. Waaaaahhh. I better stay alert for that! Hahah.

Have a great start to your week.

Love,

Angela

Monday, October 12, 2026

The weekend where our house sold

Hi,

Guess what? I could call myself homeless. Although Karen points out, technically I have somewhere to live. It is just already occupied. Hahahah.

YEs. Late Friday afternoon (maybe 4pm) the real estate agent rings to say we had an offer. At 430pm Mike was free so we chatted to Chris Day - our agent. He said the offer - and it was unconditional.

It was above the figure we would have been chuffed to get (only just - perfect placement by the buyer) so we decided to accept it. But that means that we had to bring the deadline forward from the 15th to the 10th (Saturday) at 2pm.

Chris rang around anyone interested and said the deadline was now 2pm Saturday and did anyone want to make an offer too.

Turns out someone did. So 2pm Saturday we had the original offer and another offer that was a tiny bit more - but subject to finance.

So - we accepted the original offer. Signed the paperwork. And settlement is Friday 13th Nov. So - open home was cancelled. And now we are homeless. Well - not really.

Chicken

Maranui iced latte

We had to be within phone reach Saturday so could not go into the bush for trapline as intended. To distract me, Mike took me to Maranui for brekkie. And a walk on the beach.

What a view

Walk on the beach

Rock pool

He sees wee fish and hermit crabs

Then Elly called and we met her at the cake tim to watch the Championship women's final. Pride v Kauri.

I had no skin in the game and was equally excited whenever anyone made a decent run with the ball. Alice was behind us - with Tamatha. And I pointed them out to Mike and got spotted by Alice. She waved. I waved.

Awks.

Hahahah.

With Elly at the women's rugby final

Go rugby! I did not mind who won

Us - with Alice behind

Pride smashed Kauri in the end. Good game. I enjoyed seeing Krystal Murray back on the field for Kauri. She played a huge game.

And as we walked out of the stadium, Chris called with the two offers. I mentioned all that. So by the time we got back to the car opposite Freedom Furniture, we had sold our house.

Back home to chill. Up Sunday and Mike was keen to get some projects done. He changed the batteries on his hair clippers. Such a good job. Took about an hour. Lots of fiddling and soldering. And we used a hot knife to cut away some of the internal plastic so the slightly bigger batteries could fit. All worked a treat.

Sunday project

Last time at our house - maybe

Garage is empty

Grabbed the last things of ours from our old house. Saw Shane's 3D printed car charger holder in the garage and took a last pic. It was so useful. Thank you Shane.

Got a trailer from G.A.S in Ngaio and headed to Sally and Andrew's to help them take more stuff to the tip.

Getting a trailer

Filling the trailer

That's what 580kg looks like

Had lunch with them. And then a few hours later headed back to our house to get the outdoor furniture. Got that back to Elly and Tom's place and Mike took the trailer back and I reassembled the table. We had to take the legs off to get it out of the house.

One of the captive bolts had expanded and come out. So I got 3 legs back on but needed Mike's brain to help with the captive bolt. Wood glue and a hammer was not working.

He put a different shorter bolt into the captive bolt and screwed it back into the leg. And that worked a treat.

Got it all back together and it is so much more stable than when we were using it. Hahahah.

Drizzly rain continued off and on all day. But it never caused us any bother.

Up for PT session for Mike - and jabs for Nepal for him. And I get my stitches out today. Yay!

Have a good day.

Love,

Angela

Monday, October 5, 2026

The weekend with our open home

Hi,

What a huge weekend. We did not get up early Saturday for parkrun. I am soft. The rain put me off. But we had a lovely brekkie at home with Elly. Tom was already up and about.

Lewis Road

Saturday brekkie

Elly got our house ad in her socials

When we did Wordle, Elly got our house ad on her phone. Wow! We did admin through the day. Well, Mike did. I helped Elly move some stuff. And we hung some pictures. The rain cleared away by evening.

Chickens

Sunday pile of mulch

Sunday was stunning - a perfect day for our open home. And we went out to help Sally and Andrew with some stuff.

Trailer load of old wood

We got a trailer load of mulch and that got scattered around the garden. Then a huge effort to get all the old wood for projects out of the back shed and garage. We took wood to the trailer for ages - and then I went and checked in the back shed. And really - if you told me we had done nothing, I might have believed it. There must have been so much in there. Good on Andrew for parting with it all.

Ended up with 2 trailer loads to the tip. Woot! Back home to relax and make tea for us all. Burgers. Mmmm. Watched the sunset.

Evening views

Sunset

Up to another glorious day here. WFH today. Will fit in a run. Enjoy your week.

Love,

Angela

Tuesday, September 29, 2026

The weekend with spring challenge

Hi,

Thursday saw Michelle and Tim hanging out with Toby and Tessa in Chc. They took them to Poms as you should. So nice to see pics from that.

Michelle and Toby

Mike dropped me at the airport and we had a quick tea before my flight on Sounds Air to Blenheim. Smoothest flight in ages - and no cloud.

Iona picked me up and we chilled at her place sorting out gear before bed. Up to get ready and Col took Twigg to the kennels. Then off on our roadie. Until the local bakery. Then I switched to Nic and Tony's car for the rest of the trip. They took the inland route from just south of Kaikōura - first time on that road for me.

Road trip

Iced latte in Kaikōura

Registration

Got to Hanmer Springs at about 2.30pm. Registered just before it officially opened. Met Iona and Col and went to our lovely accommodation. 7 Mt Charon Rd. Super nice place. Bathroom for everyone.

My room

Our route

We had tea while we planned our route. 6am start for the rafting. Nic was hopeful for a good time looking at the route. I just wanted to finish.

Col and Nathan

Brekkie of champions

Up at 4.15am. Dressed into wetsuit and bib. Brekkie. Then away at 5am. 3 of us in the backseat. Col and Tony in the front. Seamless transition to the start line. Short walk - but through a freezing stream immediately. Then transponder on and a wait to 6am.

Lewis Road for the win

Team getting ready

Wetsuit and bib on

Woot!

And off. A 1.25km run to the rafts - all slightly downhill and not too rough. Into a raft with Mutton something team. And Zoe our raft guide steering the raft superbly.

An hour of paddling and we were coming into the beach to get out. Not too rough, not too bad a raft. I did jump into the front to try and get some timing. But goodness knows if that worked or not. Made me feel better.

Walk to TA1 and the support crew found us and helped us transition to bikes easily. Fueled up our bodies then off.

6 or 7km along a flat gravel road before some checkpoints and then into forestry. This was hard work for me. Any incline made it very hard work. And my bottom was not happy.

Rafting done and now on MTB part

Downhill was good fun

I did enjoy the route Nic and Iona planned. A lot of downhill to have fun on. I got quite mucky.

Not as dirty as last year

TA2

TA2 was after our compulsory gear check. Warm hat, jacket and first aid kit. Tick. Then into change to hiking mode. Lots of food taken onboard.

The weather was superb. Wind hadn't got too bad at all. A little rain on the MTB section but not much.

Hiking section

Walking, walking

Almost done

About 15km of route finding - another excellent navigation section from Iona and Nic.

Old trig checkpoint

And back down from Conical Hill into town and we got back before 3pm. We did it in 8 hours and 39 mins. So well done.

And finished

Off home after some cake and a welcome shower. Then an excellent tea - venison burgers. Yum. Ta Tony.

I was asleep nice and early. But up at 3am (daylight savings kicked in so my alarm was set for 1:55am for the 3am start) to watch the Black Ferns v England in Twickenham. What a game. I am happy with the team even though they lost right at the end.

Brekkie, pack up and then prizegiving. In the pouring rain. The tent worked great. We were all glad it was not the weather the day before.