Hi,
It wasn't a bad ride in this morning but the southerly has given us lower temperatures than usual. And although it is forecast warmer for the rest of the week, rain is falling on most of the days! Never mind - because I have Monday and Tuesday off! Yippee! I'll spend some time with Toby before school starts on Wednesday. He needs shoes and a haircut. And quality time with his mother.
Last night Dad collected wee Toby from KidsCo so I didn't need to ride there to get him. It meant a nice early start to dinner. I think Dad might do the same again today if I'm lucky. Mind you, I have no idea what to cook for tea tonight. Hmmmm. Homemade pizzas? I'd better buy the ingredients today then.
Not much else to report. Our evening went well. I fell into a coma very early (perhaps it was 9.30?).
Have a great day. It is midweek, after all.
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Good morning on Tues, Jan 27
Hi,
I think I rode to work in low cloud this morning. It was a weird misty rain that I think was just cloud! I didn't get very wet. However, Mike might decide against riding to KidsCo with Toby. Toby no longer has a date with Jonathan this afternoon so Dad doesn't need to collect him at 1330. But his friend Maddie starts KidsCo today so I think Toby will be very pleased.
The weather for the rest of the week looks fine - and this cloud is supposed to burn off by the afternoon. We shall see!
Mike and Toby had a good ride home from KidsCo last night although Mike got scared riding up the hill slowly when Toby decided to lean over and pick a flower for me! They nearly toppled over. And it was quite a main road too. Needless to say, Toby is now almost fully trained in road riding etiquette! Mike even says he has got Toby to stop honking as he pedals (honking is flopping the bike back and forth as you pedal hard). It was scary for me to go slowly up a hill and have Toby swing the bke back and forth. Very much the tail wagging the dog. And with his strong legs actually making a difference on uphills I was loathe to ask him to stop pedalling!
I hope you all have a marvellous day. I need my tea and Weetbix.
Love,
Angela
I think I rode to work in low cloud this morning. It was a weird misty rain that I think was just cloud! I didn't get very wet. However, Mike might decide against riding to KidsCo with Toby. Toby no longer has a date with Jonathan this afternoon so Dad doesn't need to collect him at 1330. But his friend Maddie starts KidsCo today so I think Toby will be very pleased.
The weather for the rest of the week looks fine - and this cloud is supposed to burn off by the afternoon. We shall see!
Mike and Toby had a good ride home from KidsCo last night although Mike got scared riding up the hill slowly when Toby decided to lean over and pick a flower for me! They nearly toppled over. And it was quite a main road too. Needless to say, Toby is now almost fully trained in road riding etiquette! Mike even says he has got Toby to stop honking as he pedals (honking is flopping the bike back and forth as you pedal hard). It was scary for me to go slowly up a hill and have Toby swing the bke back and forth. Very much the tail wagging the dog. And with his strong legs actually making a difference on uphills I was loathe to ask him to stop pedalling!
I hope you all have a marvellous day. I need my tea and Weetbix.
Love,
Angela
Monday, January 26, 2009
Good morning on Mon, Jan 26
Happy Australia Day to the Aussie contingent. Toby came home waving an Aussie flag so it is obvious he is coming home just in time to stop any brainwashing. Heheheheh.
He was very excited to see us at the airport. He ran through ahead of my parents. Mum and Dad were exhausted by their "holiday" and are recovering at home now. Toby was pleased with the helium balloons we had at the airport to welcome him back. He was even more pleased once we got home to see his bedroom and toys. He said how nice it was to be back in his house. He was all over me and Mike - I got many kisses.
We had a very nice evening with Vivienne, John and Benjamin. There were Christmas gifts exchanged and we had a Toby favourite meal - spaghetti bolognese.
Wee Toby went to bed very well. I read him a new book he got for Christmas (he loved it - it is called Dinosaurs love Underpants and he giggles a lot as I read it) and he climbed up to bed. After about 5 minutes he called out he wasn't sleepy. Not surprising as it was only 6pm Sydney time. I got him some books to read and I told him he had to stay in bed but he could read until whenever he wanted. There was no other peep from him. Well, apart from some reading noises for a wee while as he got into some book or other. I may well have fallen asleep before him but I don't know.
This morning I was late to work as I let Toby sleep in. He woke at about 8.15 - so not too bad. We rode to KidsCo on the bike and Toby is so much stronger now. He can pedal and help so much! I dropped him off and there was only a little moan about KidsCo. But he went straight to some toys and seemed happy. I left his bike locked to a post outside. Mike will ride to collect him at about 1700. He has his bike gloves, safety vest and a jersey in his backpack with his helmet attached.
I am very pleased to have wee Toby back. Mum said it may have been a little too long for his first big holiday without us. But I think it has made him even more independent. So, thank you to the Sydney family for looking after him so well. I can tell he loved it.
Have a great week! The weather here is exceptional!
Love,
Angela
He was very excited to see us at the airport. He ran through ahead of my parents. Mum and Dad were exhausted by their "holiday" and are recovering at home now. Toby was pleased with the helium balloons we had at the airport to welcome him back. He was even more pleased once we got home to see his bedroom and toys. He said how nice it was to be back in his house. He was all over me and Mike - I got many kisses.
We had a very nice evening with Vivienne, John and Benjamin. There were Christmas gifts exchanged and we had a Toby favourite meal - spaghetti bolognese.
Wee Toby went to bed very well. I read him a new book he got for Christmas (he loved it - it is called Dinosaurs love Underpants and he giggles a lot as I read it) and he climbed up to bed. After about 5 minutes he called out he wasn't sleepy. Not surprising as it was only 6pm Sydney time. I got him some books to read and I told him he had to stay in bed but he could read until whenever he wanted. There was no other peep from him. Well, apart from some reading noises for a wee while as he got into some book or other. I may well have fallen asleep before him but I don't know.
This morning I was late to work as I let Toby sleep in. He woke at about 8.15 - so not too bad. We rode to KidsCo on the bike and Toby is so much stronger now. He can pedal and help so much! I dropped him off and there was only a little moan about KidsCo. But he went straight to some toys and seemed happy. I left his bike locked to a post outside. Mike will ride to collect him at about 1700. He has his bike gloves, safety vest and a jersey in his backpack with his helmet attached.
I am very pleased to have wee Toby back. Mum said it may have been a little too long for his first big holiday without us. But I think it has made him even more independent. So, thank you to the Sydney family for looking after him so well. I can tell he loved it.
Have a great week! The weather here is exceptional!
Love,
Angela
Friday, January 23, 2009
Good morning on Fri, Jan 23
Hi,
Shhh - don't tell Toby but we have started decluttering his bedroom. It will require a lot of work again tonight but I think we'll finish it. Then we have Saturday to tidy up and I desperately need to get into the garden. It is a complete mess. However, I do have a few tomatoes on my plants and the gooseberry bush has sprouted some new leaves from its 2 centimetre shorn off branches. So there may be life left in it yet!
We probably need to do a run to the tip tomorrow with quite a few bags of rubbish from Toby's room. And I might get loads of weeds as well.
Of course, the biggest excitement is for Sunday afternoon when Toby and my parents return from Sydney. I spoke to Toby yesterday when he kindly took 1 minute out of his hectic play schedule to talk to me. Feel free to pop around for dinner on Sunday. It'll be an early dinner (and probably a Toby favourite like spaghetti bolognese). There are some presents to open for him still. And there are some Lewis presents under the tree too!
Oh well. There's Friday to get through still. The cloud is supposed to lift to display a glorious day. Bring it on!
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela xxx
Shhh - don't tell Toby but we have started decluttering his bedroom. It will require a lot of work again tonight but I think we'll finish it. Then we have Saturday to tidy up and I desperately need to get into the garden. It is a complete mess. However, I do have a few tomatoes on my plants and the gooseberry bush has sprouted some new leaves from its 2 centimetre shorn off branches. So there may be life left in it yet!
We probably need to do a run to the tip tomorrow with quite a few bags of rubbish from Toby's room. And I might get loads of weeds as well.
Of course, the biggest excitement is for Sunday afternoon when Toby and my parents return from Sydney. I spoke to Toby yesterday when he kindly took 1 minute out of his hectic play schedule to talk to me. Feel free to pop around for dinner on Sunday. It'll be an early dinner (and probably a Toby favourite like spaghetti bolognese). There are some presents to open for him still. And there are some Lewis presents under the tree too!
Oh well. There's Friday to get through still. The cloud is supposed to lift to display a glorious day. Bring it on!
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela xxx
Thursday, January 22, 2009
Good morning on Thurs, Jan 22
Hi,
It's a lovely day in Wellington again. The forecast is sunny for the next 4 days! Bring it on! This must be summer.
Last night Mike and I had a romantic evening in Porirua. We drove out there in the Corolla and went to The Warehouse to buy some storage crates in preparation for decluttering Toby's room. Then we went to Mike's favourite Indian restaurant (this is the romantic bit) where the staff recognised him from his time out there with NZDF. However, the tennis was showing so I kept watching it over Mike's shoulder. So the romance was pretty slim on the ground. Poor Mike. Heheheheheh.
Then we went grocery shopping at New World to stock up a bit. Then drove home. Mike was so excited by some of our crates, he immediately re-housed all our old photos. Some of those cartons are from when we packed up in Wellington back in 1997! Now they're gone and Mike is very pleased with the new storage option for them. So we snuggled into bed and looked at a selection of old photos. Nice.
Mike took the bus in today because his bike is sick and at the bike doctors. Hopefully he gets it back today.
Have a marvellous day!
Love,
Angela xx
It's a lovely day in Wellington again. The forecast is sunny for the next 4 days! Bring it on! This must be summer.
Last night Mike and I had a romantic evening in Porirua. We drove out there in the Corolla and went to The Warehouse to buy some storage crates in preparation for decluttering Toby's room. Then we went to Mike's favourite Indian restaurant (this is the romantic bit) where the staff recognised him from his time out there with NZDF. However, the tennis was showing so I kept watching it over Mike's shoulder. So the romance was pretty slim on the ground. Poor Mike. Heheheheheh.
Then we went grocery shopping at New World to stock up a bit. Then drove home. Mike was so excited by some of our crates, he immediately re-housed all our old photos. Some of those cartons are from when we packed up in Wellington back in 1997! Now they're gone and Mike is very pleased with the new storage option for them. So we snuggled into bed and looked at a selection of old photos. Nice.
Mike took the bus in today because his bike is sick and at the bike doctors. Hopefully he gets it back today.
Have a marvellous day!
Love,
Angela xx
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Good morning on Wed, Jan 21
Hi,
I think I will making a recording of the inauguration of Obama because the National Radio programme was playing it when the alarm went off and Mike leapt out of bed to turn on the TV. Mike never leaps out of bed. I might get it to come on at 5.59am every morning!
So, we watched the inauguration for quite a while. I like the hope that everyone seems to be feeling about this change. Fingers crossed.
Because we were leaving late, I had a shower at home to make sure it gave me more time once I got to work. However, we were 2 minutes away from work approaching traffic lights when they went out. And the bulding was in darkness when we got here. We switched on our feeble bike lights (feeble because they haven't been used since winter ended so the batteries are running down) and made it to the bike rack. The lift was running but dark so we kept our lights on.
When we got to the ground floor, all the lifts in the building were broken. Everyone was mulling around. Mike's bike had broken on the way home last night (he stopped and nearly fell off at one stage with some choice words, and then again a few hundred metres on). The hub is broken and you can freewheel the pedals in both directions! It catches every now and then and you can pedal properly. Mike made it into work ok, but he decided to take it in to get fixed as there was no action in the building. The bike should be ready tomorrow evening.
So, I got dressed in the dark in the ground floor toilets. I seriously wondered if my clothes were on right and what my hair looked like as I stepped back out into the bright light. I switched my bike light back on and walked up the stairs in the pitch black to our floor. Then the people that had either arrived bfore the outage, or managed to climb the stairs, all sat around chatting and listening to the radio to find out what was going on.
It is all back up and running now. And the American chap we work with has cookies and cake to celebrate a new beginning. Just perfect with my cup of tea.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
I think I will making a recording of the inauguration of Obama because the National Radio programme was playing it when the alarm went off and Mike leapt out of bed to turn on the TV. Mike never leaps out of bed. I might get it to come on at 5.59am every morning!
So, we watched the inauguration for quite a while. I like the hope that everyone seems to be feeling about this change. Fingers crossed.
Because we were leaving late, I had a shower at home to make sure it gave me more time once I got to work. However, we were 2 minutes away from work approaching traffic lights when they went out. And the bulding was in darkness when we got here. We switched on our feeble bike lights (feeble because they haven't been used since winter ended so the batteries are running down) and made it to the bike rack. The lift was running but dark so we kept our lights on.
When we got to the ground floor, all the lifts in the building were broken. Everyone was mulling around. Mike's bike had broken on the way home last night (he stopped and nearly fell off at one stage with some choice words, and then again a few hundred metres on). The hub is broken and you can freewheel the pedals in both directions! It catches every now and then and you can pedal properly. Mike made it into work ok, but he decided to take it in to get fixed as there was no action in the building. The bike should be ready tomorrow evening.
So, I got dressed in the dark in the ground floor toilets. I seriously wondered if my clothes were on right and what my hair looked like as I stepped back out into the bright light. I switched my bike light back on and walked up the stairs in the pitch black to our floor. Then the people that had either arrived bfore the outage, or managed to climb the stairs, all sat around chatting and listening to the radio to find out what was going on.
It is all back up and running now. And the American chap we work with has cookies and cake to celebrate a new beginning. Just perfect with my cup of tea.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
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