What rotten weather. Good, eh? It must be bucketing down snow. We're off tonight to Christchurch for a week skiing. Fingers crossed it snows every night and is sunny every day.
Nothing from me for a week or more. Bear up well under the strain, everyone.
Dad is driving over the Rimutaka Hill to collect Ma and Toby this morning. I hope he fares well on the drive because that hill is sometimes horrible in bad weather and can be closed. We don't want to miss the sirplane tonight. Oh dear. Poor Dad.
We'll head to Ngaio collect wee Toby after work.
Friday, July 9, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Good morning on Thurs, Jul 8
Hi,
Another wintry morning in Wellington with continuing galeforce southerlies. We don't feel the southerly in our house at all really. It's always amazing to pop up to street level and feel the full force of a cold southern blast. This is bringing lots of snow to Mt Hutt. We head off there tomorrow night.
Yesterday I woke with a headache, got a migraine in the morning at work, and then got another headache in the afternoon. So I went home and ate and packed a little more. Kara popped in for dessert and a cup of tea. Then I watched some TV and fell asleep in seconds.
We woke at 5.15am to go into town to watch the semi final between Germany and Spain. We were keen for Germany to win (Mike drew them in the office sweepstake) but Spain were all over them with pace and control. Nothing for them. The breakfast was good value. $5 for lots of bacon, two poached eggs, toast, hash brown, baked beans and tomato. And bottomless coffee.
Home after work to finish the packing and make sure the house is in order. We need someone to come and feed the fish from time to time too. Perhaps my mother will volunteer for that. We'll ask the neighbour if she can feed the cat. Poor Merlot is going to be cold!
Ok. Time to get stuck in.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Another wintry morning in Wellington with continuing galeforce southerlies. We don't feel the southerly in our house at all really. It's always amazing to pop up to street level and feel the full force of a cold southern blast. This is bringing lots of snow to Mt Hutt. We head off there tomorrow night.
Yesterday I woke with a headache, got a migraine in the morning at work, and then got another headache in the afternoon. So I went home and ate and packed a little more. Kara popped in for dessert and a cup of tea. Then I watched some TV and fell asleep in seconds.
We woke at 5.15am to go into town to watch the semi final between Germany and Spain. We were keen for Germany to win (Mike drew them in the office sweepstake) but Spain were all over them with pace and control. Nothing for them. The breakfast was good value. $5 for lots of bacon, two poached eggs, toast, hash brown, baked beans and tomato. And bottomless coffee.
Home after work to finish the packing and make sure the house is in order. We need someone to come and feed the fish from time to time too. Perhaps my mother will volunteer for that. We'll ask the neighbour if she can feed the cat. Poor Merlot is going to be cold!
Ok. Time to get stuck in.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Good morning on Wed, Jul 7
Hi,
The weather is foul. Strong southerlies that will get to galeforce in exposed places. Like most of the hills around Wellington I imagine. The rain is definitely horizontal.
Last night was a lot of fun. We went to The Quiet Lady in Karori and had a nice meal and came third in the pub quiz. Not too shabby. We were only two points adrift coming second.
When we got home, we were in bed surfing a site that sends me to sleep when our friends in Canberra called us on the Skype phone. They giggled helplessly for a good minute or so when they realised we were in bed. Our Skype phone has a webcam on our computer in the bedroom. Well, it was 10.30 at night! Turns out our friend Carolin is being seconded for six months to the United Arab Emirates with her work. She modelled her clothes (army boots and everything) and seems to be very excited about the whole thing. Criag, on the other hand, says he'll get to watch the footy in peace, but I think he'll miss her a lot.
Tonight we're out again. Tramping club trip planning for Mike and then the usual club night. I'm going to pop along for it tonight.
Then some packing before bed and more of the same tomorrow night. I might miss table tennis to make sure I have everything sorted for heading off on Friday. The house has to be tidy because the cleaner will arrive while we're away. And I need to sort out Toby's clothes and gear bearing in mind he has a week's worth of clothes away with him and Ma.
I don't think I heard from them yesterday. I wonder what they got up to. Hopefully I can get a chance to chat to them today.
Have a good day!
Love,
Angela
The weather is foul. Strong southerlies that will get to galeforce in exposed places. Like most of the hills around Wellington I imagine. The rain is definitely horizontal.
Last night was a lot of fun. We went to The Quiet Lady in Karori and had a nice meal and came third in the pub quiz. Not too shabby. We were only two points adrift coming second.
When we got home, we were in bed surfing a site that sends me to sleep when our friends in Canberra called us on the Skype phone. They giggled helplessly for a good minute or so when they realised we were in bed. Our Skype phone has a webcam on our computer in the bedroom. Well, it was 10.30 at night! Turns out our friend Carolin is being seconded for six months to the United Arab Emirates with her work. She modelled her clothes (army boots and everything) and seems to be very excited about the whole thing. Criag, on the other hand, says he'll get to watch the footy in peace, but I think he'll miss her a lot.
Tonight we're out again. Tramping club trip planning for Mike and then the usual club night. I'm going to pop along for it tonight.
Then some packing before bed and more of the same tomorrow night. I might miss table tennis to make sure I have everything sorted for heading off on Friday. The house has to be tidy because the cleaner will arrive while we're away. And I need to sort out Toby's clothes and gear bearing in mind he has a week's worth of clothes away with him and Ma.
I don't think I heard from them yesterday. I wonder what they got up to. Hopefully I can get a chance to chat to them today.
Have a good day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Good morning on Tues, Jul 6
Hi,
Our lovely weather has come to an end now. This morning looked a bit horrid out there. But it was fine from the warmth of the car. Yes, we're going out again tonight. But last night we went to the Penthouse cinema (for the first time since we lived close to it many years ago) with Kara to watch a turgid French movie about people with as much passion for life as sloths. 96 minutes to make you realise how sparkly your own life is. Perhaps that's where its worth lies? Certainly wasn't in the polished dialogue.
The highlight of the night was finding an Ethiopian restaurant right next door to the Penthouse. They time share the restaurant with a Thai restaurant and are only open on Mondays. The other days of the week you'll get a green curry. Last night I ordered Doro Wot (a chicken dish I remember from Senke in Finsbury Park - Mike's mother found this wonderful Ethiopian restaurant when she visited us once and it became a huge hit with us) and it was as good as I remember. Dad might be feeling dread as he reads this as he still gains mileage from recounting the time we took him to Senke and sat him on the ground, gave him no cutlery and made him eat spicy food with his fingers. Hehehehe. This place is not quite as authentic. We had chairs and cutlery.
Tonight is quiz night at The Quiet Lady. Come around if you're free. It is still a little half baked plan because I am unsure of the start time (aiming for 6.30pm) and whether there is a quiz on at all. But their food is good, so if nothing else I'll be full! I'll confirm today and email some people more details.
Toby and Mum are having fun. Sounds like Cartoon Network was the highlight of yesterday. Toby said something about golf, ping pong and snakes and ladders. But it was hard to hear him on the speakerphone. Looking at the weather, it might be an indoor day today too.
OK. Better get stuck in. Busy.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Our lovely weather has come to an end now. This morning looked a bit horrid out there. But it was fine from the warmth of the car. Yes, we're going out again tonight. But last night we went to the Penthouse cinema (for the first time since we lived close to it many years ago) with Kara to watch a turgid French movie about people with as much passion for life as sloths. 96 minutes to make you realise how sparkly your own life is. Perhaps that's where its worth lies? Certainly wasn't in the polished dialogue.
The highlight of the night was finding an Ethiopian restaurant right next door to the Penthouse. They time share the restaurant with a Thai restaurant and are only open on Mondays. The other days of the week you'll get a green curry. Last night I ordered Doro Wot (a chicken dish I remember from Senke in Finsbury Park - Mike's mother found this wonderful Ethiopian restaurant when she visited us once and it became a huge hit with us) and it was as good as I remember. Dad might be feeling dread as he reads this as he still gains mileage from recounting the time we took him to Senke and sat him on the ground, gave him no cutlery and made him eat spicy food with his fingers. Hehehehe. This place is not quite as authentic. We had chairs and cutlery.
Tonight is quiz night at The Quiet Lady. Come around if you're free. It is still a little half baked plan because I am unsure of the start time (aiming for 6.30pm) and whether there is a quiz on at all. But their food is good, so if nothing else I'll be full! I'll confirm today and email some people more details.
Toby and Mum are having fun. Sounds like Cartoon Network was the highlight of yesterday. Toby said something about golf, ping pong and snakes and ladders. But it was hard to hear him on the speakerphone. Looking at the weather, it might be an indoor day today too.
OK. Better get stuck in. Busy.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Monday, July 5, 2010
Good morning on Mon, July 5
Hi,
What a lovely weekend - our weather was beautiful. Wee Toby has left for the week with Grandy and they seem to be enjoying themselves over in the Wairarapa. Saturday the boys got haircuts and then we went home for lunch and headed out to the Sampson's house. We ended up invited for tea so we had a roast lamb dinner and it was scrumptious.
Then I dropped the boys off at home and went around to see Ma and Dad. Every second Saturday or so I'll pop over and watch movies or do something else with Ma. Just for fun. We watched some frivlous thing about Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (or something similar). But I also watched an episode of "It's in the bag" from Dunedin in 1974 (and another one from Dunedin in 1975). My primary school teacher was in the audience and he was exactly how I remember him.
Sunday morning we woke up and got Toby ready for his adventure. We picked up Mum and back for Mike (he was getting the wee laptop ready for Toby to take) and then off to the train station. Lo and behold if there weren't bus replacements in place. So we drove out to Petone to pick up the train there. Mum and Toby settled into a window seat and they left on their journey. How exciting for them.
We went around to Sally and Andrew's place and baked in the heat. I was just in a t-shirt. We chatted away for ages for we headed home. Mike got some work done and I started a new book. Then we went out for dinner to Wagamama. Very pleasant.
Our week is getting busy now. Tuesday looks like a trivia night at the Quiet Lady if anyone's interested.
Have a great week!
Love,
Angela
What a lovely weekend - our weather was beautiful. Wee Toby has left for the week with Grandy and they seem to be enjoying themselves over in the Wairarapa. Saturday the boys got haircuts and then we went home for lunch and headed out to the Sampson's house. We ended up invited for tea so we had a roast lamb dinner and it was scrumptious.
Then I dropped the boys off at home and went around to see Ma and Dad. Every second Saturday or so I'll pop over and watch movies or do something else with Ma. Just for fun. We watched some frivlous thing about Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (or something similar). But I also watched an episode of "It's in the bag" from Dunedin in 1974 (and another one from Dunedin in 1975). My primary school teacher was in the audience and he was exactly how I remember him.
Sunday morning we woke up and got Toby ready for his adventure. We picked up Mum and back for Mike (he was getting the wee laptop ready for Toby to take) and then off to the train station. Lo and behold if there weren't bus replacements in place. So we drove out to Petone to pick up the train there. Mum and Toby settled into a window seat and they left on their journey. How exciting for them.
We went around to Sally and Andrew's place and baked in the heat. I was just in a t-shirt. We chatted away for ages for we headed home. Mike got some work done and I started a new book. Then we went out for dinner to Wagamama. Very pleasant.
Our week is getting busy now. Tuesday looks like a trivia night at the Quiet Lady if anyone's interested.
Have a great week!
Love,
Angela
Friday, July 2, 2010
Good morning on Fri, Jul 2
Hi,
It's a happy birthday day for Andrew. And what a cracker of a day he has here in lovely Wellington. Blue skies, crisp air, no wind. It's a heavenly day.
Table tennis was lots of fun last night. I seem to be getting slightly more consistency. Maybe I need a better bat?
Anyhow, the weekend kicks off in 8 hours or so. Toby is away Sunday morning with Mum for a week to Masterton. How weird is that going to be? Then we he gets back on Friday, we're off immediately to Christchurch for a ski week. I hope it's not too busy on the mountain for school holidays. It's been many years since we braved school holiday ski crowds. I'm a bit worried.
Toby has new ski gear this season, having grown out of his gear we bought when he was 3 1/2. Hopefully I'll recognise him on the slopes with the different clothes. He really wants skis and boots too - but he grows so quickly it's pointless...
Anyhow, let's see what the rest of the weekend has in store.
Love,
Angela
It's a happy birthday day for Andrew. And what a cracker of a day he has here in lovely Wellington. Blue skies, crisp air, no wind. It's a heavenly day.
Table tennis was lots of fun last night. I seem to be getting slightly more consistency. Maybe I need a better bat?
Anyhow, the weekend kicks off in 8 hours or so. Toby is away Sunday morning with Mum for a week to Masterton. How weird is that going to be? Then we he gets back on Friday, we're off immediately to Christchurch for a ski week. I hope it's not too busy on the mountain for school holidays. It's been many years since we braved school holiday ski crowds. I'm a bit worried.
Toby has new ski gear this season, having grown out of his gear we bought when he was 3 1/2. Hopefully I'll recognise him on the slopes with the different clothes. He really wants skis and boots too - but he grows so quickly it's pointless...
Anyhow, let's see what the rest of the weekend has in store.
Love,
Angela
Thursday, July 1, 2010
Good morning on Thurs, Jul 1
Hi,
The month of July commences. What a good month. And we have one week down south skiing this month, so it's going to be a good month! Woo hoo!
Mum cooked up a fine meal last night for after-karate repast and that was despite her feeling a bit under the weather. I hope she feels better soon. We have table tennis tonight.
The ride in was dry this morning. Lovely really. My brakes work very well in the dry. Unlike the wet where my brakes merely pretend to work.
Better get stuck in. Got lots on. Started well too with Roz and I getting 14/15 on the daily quiz on http://www.stuff.co.nz/. Any day we score that well has to bode well for the rest of the day.
Have a marvellous day.
Love,
Angela
The month of July commences. What a good month. And we have one week down south skiing this month, so it's going to be a good month! Woo hoo!
Mum cooked up a fine meal last night for after-karate repast and that was despite her feeling a bit under the weather. I hope she feels better soon. We have table tennis tonight.
The ride in was dry this morning. Lovely really. My brakes work very well in the dry. Unlike the wet where my brakes merely pretend to work.
Better get stuck in. Got lots on. Started well too with Roz and I getting 14/15 on the daily quiz on http://www.stuff.co.nz/. Any day we score that well has to bode well for the rest of the day.
Have a marvellous day.
Love,
Angela
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