Good morning on Fri, Sep 3

Hi,

Another busy day.  I hope Toby has a good time at his full dress rehearsal for the school play.  He's a possum!  Heheheh.

The weather is lovely here today.

Swimming tomorrow.  The a quiz night then the Rimutaka Incline for some family fun on Sunday.

Have a great weekend.

Love,
Angela

Good morning on Thurs, Sep 2

Happy birthday to Cameron (and yesterday for Jamie, and for Sunday for Abby!!).

The conference in Auckland was superb.  I learned heaps.  Now I am up to my eyeballs in work.  So not a lot here to catch you all up on news.

Mike is away till tonight still.  He stayed on an extra day to catch up with work colleagues in Auckland. 

I am eating my grapes that Ma put in my lunchbox.  How nice to eat a lunch my mother made for me.  I feel like I should be in a school yard.

Toby was happy to see me and I can tell he loved his stay with Grandy and Gramps while we were away.

Roll on Friday evening for a chance to get back into routine.

Have a great day!
Love,
Angela

Good morning on Fri, Aug 27

Hi,

The week that was, eh?  Was unusual with Toby being sick and yesterday was absolutely frantic at work.  But I have recovered enough to draw breath and all is good once more.

Last night Mike and Toby left for the South Island.  They are in St Arnaud where Mike is leading a family tramping trip.  I just got a text from Mike and Toby is still asleep.  Wow - must have been a very exciting adventure last night for him to be still asleep at 8am!

I have the house to myself and I am going to watch the things I like to watch and read all weekend!

I'm off on Sunday at midday to Auckland for a few days.  We'll be back at work on Thursday morning all fired up and ready to get stuck in.  We're both (Mike is coming early Monday morning after the tramping trip) going to TechEd - the Microsoft conference.  It usually is very good although the Australian one this week has copped a lot of flak for having half naked women handing out promotional material.  Made me laugh.

Toby is off to stay with Grandy and Gramps while we're away.  He is looking forward to that!  I'll come and collect him from their house early on Thursday morning and drop him at school.  Mike is away until Thursday night.

So, that's about it.  I'm going to check the weather conditions in St Arnaud now, to make sure they are going to keep dry!

Have a great weekend!
Love,
Angela

Good morning on Wed, Aug 25

Hi,

Well, I am sitting in the dining room typing in my bike gear.  I was almost ready when we decided that Toby should have another day off school.  So I am now a tiny bit freezing!  But today I am working from home.  Toby is under strict instructions to leave me alone as much as he can!  Poor kid.

His cough is still bad and we suspected his teachers would be calling us to come and collect him if we sent him today.  Last night Mike started his training regime and we walked with him for a while until Toby retched from his coughing and the two of us went home.  Mike forged ahead with his pack full of kitty litter and beer (the heaviest things to hand) climbing the hills of Wadestown.

Let's see how I get on working on these tiny screens and trying to communicate effectively with work colleagues.  First time I've tried this working from home thing here.

Have a great day!
Love,
Angela

Good morning on Mon, Aug 23

Hi,

What a weird weekend.  We had nothing planned - apart from swimming.  Which was just as well, because Toby is a little sick.  We didn't take him swimming as he woke up coughing and spluttering and got worse over the day.  He ended up sleeping most of the day with a fever.  Very rare for wee Toby.

Anyhow, come Sunday he seemed much better and was positively perky by 5pm.  So we took him to the Bichans for tea, but I think in retrospect, we should have kept him at home.  His coughing was still a bit distracting.  Mike re-built Helen's PC though - so we were some use over there.  He was quite chuffed at how well it went.

Mike went into work last night to get some stuff done and it means he didn't have to get in super early this morning.  However, I think Toby is having a sick day - and so is Mike.  To look after Toby.

Keas might be a bit tricky tonight with only me available.  I'd best sort that out.

Have a great week!
Love,
Angela

Good morning on Fri, Aug 20

Hi,

Phew - what a week.  I can't keep track of my life.  Things are sliding out of view before I have a grasp of them.  Anyhow - tonight we're having tea at 40WLW.  I'll ride home, collect Toby and Mike (he'll come home on the bus as he is still a bit asthmary) and then collect Ma and head to Lower Hutt for the feast.

Last night went well.  Ma and I played table tennis for the first time in three weeks (sick, then holidays then work kept me away) and I was pants!  Talk about rusty.

Saturday we have swimming.  Then the weekend is pretty free.  I need to do some gardening (moving plants around for the main part) so hopefully it rains overnight to keep the soil easy to work with and is sunny during the day.

I'd better get stuck in.
Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela

Good morning on Thurs, Aug 19

Hi,

Phew - what hectic times.  Last night we saw Mum and Dad as they collected Toby from school and cooked tea for us.  Toby's favourite - chicken schnitzels.  He was pretty chuffed.  Ate a mountain of mashed potato to boot.

Mike went off to tramping club and signed up for a winter trip to scale Mt Ngauruhoe in mid September.  Wow!  He'll be riding and walking everywhere from now to then to get fit for it.  Good on him.

We're all a bit tired this morning as Toby woke up several times during the night.  No television or computers for him today.

Toby is off for a playdate after school though.  To Jack's house.  I'll collect him on the way home as I rode right past their house.

That's about it.  Table tennis tonight.  Haven't been for a while with colds, holidays and work.  So Mum and I are looking forward to it.

Love,
Angela