Hi,
Phew, it's hard getting back into normal routine after being away for a week. It was a long day. Toby is enjoying the 3D gaming course again this week.
Mike and I got home and ate Toby and Nana's leftover pizza and then Mike dropped his Mum off at home and did our grocery shopping.
I think I fell asleep reading in bed. At least that is what Mike tells me.
Have a great day. Off to see Roz tonight for dinner (she is down from Auckland). Yay!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
The Monday back at work
Hi,
What a damp day here in Wellington! We have driven in to drop Toby off at his 3D gaming school holiday programme (he wanted to do it again). But it was so wet, I'd be hard pressed to ride my bike in this morning.
Our ski week was wonderful - such a lot of fun. I will write it all up at my leisure.
Hope you have all been well.
Love,
Angela
What a damp day here in Wellington! We have driven in to drop Toby off at his 3D gaming school holiday programme (he wanted to do it again). But it was so wet, I'd be hard pressed to ride my bike in this morning.
Our ski week was wonderful - such a lot of fun. I will write it all up at my leisure.
Hope you have all been well.
Love,
Angela
Friday, July 6, 2012
The Thursday evening with chaos
Hi,
I picked up the boys and Liz from her hotel (she is in Wellington for two days only - like a touring pop star or something, eh?) and we drove home to meet Barry (he's going to sort out our new bathroom) and make dinner. Sarah arrived unexpectedly to meet Liz and I ended up feeding them all for dinner. Lucky I made heaps.
After they all left Mike and I finished off a bit of the bathroom space. Mike demolished a wall and we are looking good for leaving it available for Barry to work on next week. Hooray!
Last blog for a bit as we're all off to Mt Hutt for our ski week next week. I can't wait. It has been snowing there all week. Yay!
Have a marvellous week.
Love,
Angela
I picked up the boys and Liz from her hotel (she is in Wellington for two days only - like a touring pop star or something, eh?) and we drove home to meet Barry (he's going to sort out our new bathroom) and make dinner. Sarah arrived unexpectedly to meet Liz and I ended up feeding them all for dinner. Lucky I made heaps.
After they all left Mike and I finished off a bit of the bathroom space. Mike demolished a wall and we are looking good for leaving it available for Barry to work on next week. Hooray!
Last blog for a bit as we're all off to Mt Hutt for our ski week next week. I can't wait. It has been snowing there all week. Yay!
Have a marvellous week.
Love,
Angela
Thursday, July 5, 2012
The Wednesday with nothing
Hi,
I collected the boys from their school holiday programme (they are still mad keen on it and were taken to Spiderman the movie yesterday and McDonalds for lunch - they may never want it to end) and went to the Oaks Satay Noodle cafe for some cheap and cheerful dinners. Saved cooking.
We went home and cleared out most of the ensuite area. Barry is coming tonight (Thurs) to look at the space and figure out exactly what we need to do. Should be fun!
Mike also wants to workshop space in the garage sorted out. Mike and Toby have some projects they want to do (birdbox, and a billy cart) so they want a space of their own. Good on them.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
I collected the boys from their school holiday programme (they are still mad keen on it and were taken to Spiderman the movie yesterday and McDonalds for lunch - they may never want it to end) and went to the Oaks Satay Noodle cafe for some cheap and cheerful dinners. Saved cooking.
We went home and cleared out most of the ensuite area. Barry is coming tonight (Thurs) to look at the space and figure out exactly what we need to do. Should be fun!
Mike also wants to workshop space in the garage sorted out. Mike and Toby have some projects they want to do (birdbox, and a billy cart) so they want a space of their own. Good on them.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, July 4, 2012
The Tuesday with nothing
Hi,
School holidays are great. You come home, you eat, you watch TV and you sleep. Great! Until 10.36pm when an earthquake wakes you all up again. Heheheh. A big one off the coast of Taranaki, but quite deep, fortunately. It woke Toby up too - so that shows how strong it was here.
My bike has been serviced and is a dream to ride. Better than it ever was. The iRide bike shop seems to be very good.
I will collect Toby from his school holiday programme and we'll eat in town tonight. Fun!
We need to go home after that and empty the ensuite area as work is scheduled to commence next week. Can't wait for that.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
School holidays are great. You come home, you eat, you watch TV and you sleep. Great! Until 10.36pm when an earthquake wakes you all up again. Heheheh. A big one off the coast of Taranaki, but quite deep, fortunately. It woke Toby up too - so that shows how strong it was here.
My bike has been serviced and is a dream to ride. Better than it ever was. The iRide bike shop seems to be very good.
I will collect Toby from his school holiday programme and we'll eat in town tonight. Fun!
We need to go home after that and empty the ensuite area as work is scheduled to commence next week. Can't wait for that.
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
The Monday with Cubs planning
Hi,
I collected Toby and Alex from their 3D gaming school holiday programme and on the way home in the car Toby said "I can't wait until tomorrow when I go back to the course". I think that means it is entirely successful.
I went out to Cafe 162 in Karori for dinner and Cubs planning with Jo - the other leader. We finished in record time and had a lovely meal to boot. We think the two of us should plan every term near the start of school holidays and get it over with and ensure Jo gets a glass of wine along with it. It must ease the burden somehow.
Back home to help Mike empty the soon-to-be ensuite area as Barry is aiming to start work on it soon! Woo hoo!
Today I rode down into iRide and dropped my bike off for a service. I got a loan bike for the day and enjoyed riding that into work. It has a single gear and is very light. I'll leave work at 5pm to collect my bike and ride home via Sar Street!
Have a fantastic day!
Love,
Angela
I collected Toby and Alex from their 3D gaming school holiday programme and on the way home in the car Toby said "I can't wait until tomorrow when I go back to the course". I think that means it is entirely successful.
I went out to Cafe 162 in Karori for dinner and Cubs planning with Jo - the other leader. We finished in record time and had a lovely meal to boot. We think the two of us should plan every term near the start of school holidays and get it over with and ensure Jo gets a glass of wine along with it. It must ease the burden somehow.
Back home to help Mike empty the soon-to-be ensuite area as Barry is aiming to start work on it soon! Woo hoo!
Today I rode down into iRide and dropped my bike off for a service. I got a loan bike for the day and enjoyed riding that into work. It has a single gear and is very light. I'll leave work at 5pm to collect my bike and ride home via Sar Street!
Have a fantastic day!
Love,
Angela
Monday, July 2, 2012
The weekend that was wonderful
Hi,
What an incredible weekend - one of the best ever! Friday night I was so excited I could hardly sleep. Got up at 3am and showered and dressed in my ski gear. Went out to pick up Andrew at 4am and we were off to Turoa for the day. We made good time, only stopping to get petrol at Waiouru and take a photo of the Tabor poster there. I came out in silhouette - it was still quite early in the morning.
Then up the mountain for the start of the lifts. We did have a bit of a delay putting chains on the car. Whoops. I perhaps should have paid more attention whenever Mike did it. Andrew did well with his chain and mine was decidedly slack and clanked when Andrew drove the car 2m up the road. Andrew sorted it out and we were off.
The day was fantastic. Little wind and clear skies. They could do with more snow - a metre at Turoa. But more is better! We hardly stopped all day. A quick lunch break after everyone else came back onto the snow after their lunch. But that was it. My toes are pretty sore now though and I need to sort out my boots.
Back down the hill at 4pm with a staff member wanting a hitch down. Into the chocolate eclair shop for a decadent snack.
Then back down the highway towards Wellington. A quick cup of tea in Waikanae and then an exciting drive back to Upper Hutt via the Akatarawa back road. Awesome! Home by 10pm.
Toby had Will sleepover for the night so he was happy on Saturday. Mike got a lot of work done.
Sunday we were off to breakfast with Jacqui, fresh off the plane from Hawaii. We met at Joe's Garage and had a scrumptious breakfast. Then off to the supermarket to get berries and cream for dessert for lunch.
Lunch was at the William's house and we caught up with John Holloway from the UK in town for a few hours on his way back home. I hugged him when I saw him, and threw my arm around his neck. Not too easy as he is pretty tall. As I flung my arm around him, I knocked my sunglasses off my head. So I grabbed my sunglasses with my arm that I had flung around John, locking him in a fierce embrace that must have startled him quite a bit as I didn't let go until I had my sunglasses secured. Not so much a hug as a headlock, really. Hahahah.
We had a wonderful lunch thanks to Mike's culinary skills. Then chatted for a while before taking John to Sarah's birthday afternoon tea at Zealandia.
From there we dropped John off at the airport and went out to Sally and Andrew's place for tea. I ate so much and it was all so yummy! Caught up with loads of family. Watched Andrew open presents and went home exhausted and happy.
This morning we drove in as Toby has a school holiday programme at the Te Papa end of town. He is learning 3D gaming or something. We shall see. Complicated logistics mean my bike is due into R&R for a service.
What a weekend! Woo hoo!
Love,
Angela
What an incredible weekend - one of the best ever! Friday night I was so excited I could hardly sleep. Got up at 3am and showered and dressed in my ski gear. Went out to pick up Andrew at 4am and we were off to Turoa for the day. We made good time, only stopping to get petrol at Waiouru and take a photo of the Tabor poster there. I came out in silhouette - it was still quite early in the morning.
Then up the mountain for the start of the lifts. We did have a bit of a delay putting chains on the car. Whoops. I perhaps should have paid more attention whenever Mike did it. Andrew did well with his chain and mine was decidedly slack and clanked when Andrew drove the car 2m up the road. Andrew sorted it out and we were off.
The day was fantastic. Little wind and clear skies. They could do with more snow - a metre at Turoa. But more is better! We hardly stopped all day. A quick lunch break after everyone else came back onto the snow after their lunch. But that was it. My toes are pretty sore now though and I need to sort out my boots.
Back down the hill at 4pm with a staff member wanting a hitch down. Into the chocolate eclair shop for a decadent snack.
Then back down the highway towards Wellington. A quick cup of tea in Waikanae and then an exciting drive back to Upper Hutt via the Akatarawa back road. Awesome! Home by 10pm.
Toby had Will sleepover for the night so he was happy on Saturday. Mike got a lot of work done.
Sunday we were off to breakfast with Jacqui, fresh off the plane from Hawaii. We met at Joe's Garage and had a scrumptious breakfast. Then off to the supermarket to get berries and cream for dessert for lunch.
Lunch was at the William's house and we caught up with John Holloway from the UK in town for a few hours on his way back home. I hugged him when I saw him, and threw my arm around his neck. Not too easy as he is pretty tall. As I flung my arm around him, I knocked my sunglasses off my head. So I grabbed my sunglasses with my arm that I had flung around John, locking him in a fierce embrace that must have startled him quite a bit as I didn't let go until I had my sunglasses secured. Not so much a hug as a headlock, really. Hahahah.
We had a wonderful lunch thanks to Mike's culinary skills. Then chatted for a while before taking John to Sarah's birthday afternoon tea at Zealandia.
From there we dropped John off at the airport and went out to Sally and Andrew's place for tea. I ate so much and it was all so yummy! Caught up with loads of family. Watched Andrew open presents and went home exhausted and happy.
This morning we drove in as Toby has a school holiday programme at the Te Papa end of town. He is learning 3D gaming or something. We shall see. Complicated logistics mean my bike is due into R&R for a service.
What a weekend! Woo hoo!
Love,
Angela
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