The Tuesday with Cubs

Hi,

I rode home via the car parked at the library and the Toby pick-up.  On Tuesday it saves me 5 minutes to have the car parked at the library.  It seems to be working out quite well.  Mike orders dinner from somewhere (pizza, fish n chips, whatever) and Toby and I collect the dinner on the way to the Sampson house.  We all scoff down food before Cubs.  Manic but usually fun!  And it is good to catch up with the Sampsons.

Mike ran the pinhole camera activity and I saw most pinhole cameras were working quite well.  There weren't quite enough tubes to go around each Cub so some of them played up until I growled at them.  Toby got his photo badge and is very pleased.  We'll sew it on tonight together.  I need all the help I can get doing that.

Tonight is karate night.  Mike's turn to do the Toby pickup.  I'll ride straight there to go home with them.  Mike put the slow cooker on this morning so a yummy tea should be waiting for us.

Have a good day!
Love,
Angela

The Monday with good riding conditions

Hi,

Mike rode in and home - even with groceries. He may be starting a good habit (as compared to those other habits he has which can tend towards bad - like taking the bus!).  Let's see, eh?

Last night we had tea and relaxed before making a pinhole camera prototype for tonight's Cubs.  I hope it goes well.  We had a bit of fun with it anyway!

Then last night I dreamed of a friend of ours - Mai.  And her family as well.  But Mai figured more.  Well, Mai, and my grandparents (my grandfather and Mike's grandmother).  We all sat on a couch and looked at a photo album with really old photos in it.  Weird.  Dinner also played a part in the dream.  Pot luck?  Don't know - that bit is vague.

Anyhow - that's not really the super freaky part.  The freaky part is I was thinking about Mai as I rode down the hill this morning (and the roads were so dry I was hooning down them) because of the dream when I bumped into her!  Well, perhaps not quite so freaky as it has happened once before.  But he coincidence was freaky.  So I had to tell her.  She might think I am a bit weird now.  Heheheh.  She's flat out at work so I heard a bit about that.

Tonight is Cubs night and should be fun.  Mike knows heaps about pinhole cameras now and cameras in general.  And Toby will be presenting his photo presentation to see if he gets his photo badge.  Woo hoo!

Have a great day!
Love,
Angela

The weekend with a bit of everything

Hi,

Friday night was relaxing - as Toby always wants it.  We watched dinosaur documentaries and fell asleep.  Well, I know Toby and I did.  Mike got up at 4am to watch some Air Crash Investigation episodes.  Heheheh.

Anyhow, swimming went well.  Mike got a new aerial for our car while Toby was swimming and now we have great reception.  I should be able to sing along to the radio tunes all the way out to Waikanae now.  The stubby sawn-off aerial lost reception at Pukerua Bay usually.

After swimming we went to Queensgate shopping centre to buy cardboard for Toby's Photo Badge work.  And pick up a show box for the pinhole camera activity this coming Tuesday.  Then Toby spotted Mr Popper's Penguins at the movies so Toby and I bought tickets and Mike left us to drive into work to start studying.

Mr Popper's Penguins finished (it was quite good) and I texted Sally to see if we should walk around there (we had to get to the train station anyhow to get back to town, so may as well pop in on the way).  She said sure, and if we walked down the riverbank, we might see Mike!  Huh?  Yep - study avoidance.

So we walked to Sally and Andrew's place and I had lunch and we chatted for a while.  Then off to get at least some messages done.  At home we packed Toby's overnight bag and dropped him off at Benjamin's while we took Benjamin's parents out for a nice dinner at Soi in Evan's Bay.  Sally and Andrew met us and we ate yummy food.

Dropped John and Vivienne off home and back to sleep until an early rise for a day at the Zoo.  Aidan texted me as I was gathering picnic provisions to say she couldn't make it.  Oh.  I texted back with some variation on the plan, then she replied saying she could come after all.  Anyhow, I collected Toby who enjoyed his sleepover (ta Benjamin) and we went to McDonalds for breakfast at Newtown.  Then up to the Zoo and in for a quick look around before the Tabors arrived.

It was a great day - I was in a t-shirt.  Well, three quarter sleeves.  But it was just a t-shirt!  It was breezy but warm enough.  Saw the penguin on its last day at the Zoo.  There were tonnes of people there for it.  The boys had loads of fun.

Home to finish the Photo Badge work and relax before the week ahead.

Have a great week!
Love,
Angela

The Thursday with nothing much on

Hi,

Mike and I rode home together last night at 1700.  He could leave early after putting in loads of hours the day before.  We swapped the lead on the way up the hill.  I think he may be slightly more competitive than me.  Heheheh.

We had tea and Toby finished his homework and we all went to bed.  I fell asleep during Time Team and no one noticed.  The boys were playing or reading or something.

Today is gorgeous here.  The ride down the hill was lovely.  I hope the weekend holds up this well (but I think not looking at the forecast).

Swimming tomorrow, followed by a quick check of the car wreckers to see if they have an aerial for our car (we snipped it off to fit in the garage but now we think we can use a full aerial in the lower garage - yay - reception once more would be nice), and buy some cardboard for Toby's photo badge.  Then Sunday we're off for breakfast (me and Toby) and then collecting Duncan and Emerson for a trip to the Zoo.  Should be good fun!

Have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with no karate - again

Hi,

Toby was feeling fragile and had the evening off karate.  Perhaps he is tired.  He certainly was weird in the evening - just wanting to vege and want cuddles.  Hopefully he comes right over the weekend with lots of sleep.  Tonight Toby has to finish homework so it should be a relaxing night for him again.

Busy at work - and Mike too.  He worked until after 9pm last night.

The weekend is filled up with swimming, possibly dinner out with Vivienne and John (I must organise that - the tramping trip I was taking Toby on this weekend has been cancelled), visits to the Zoo to say goodbye to Happy Feet (the Emperor Penguin washed up on Peka Peka Beach near the Tabors) and lots of studying by Mike.

Have a good day!
Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with Cubs

Hi,

Oh - apparently we were covering the coming-in activity as the leader rostered on wasn't attending.  Oops.  Anyhow - a quick game of ice hockey saw the Cubs very happy.

We had a talk from a Cub's father who is a professional photographer (like his father before him) and it was very interesting to see his portfolio photos being passed around.  He has taken photos of some famous NZ historic moments and figures.  Even Sir Ed's funeral - but Toby and I weren't in any photos.

Home to bed.  Phew.  Mike is on karate duty this evening and I will ride there to catch a bit of it.  We'll probably go home and put some tea on and collect Toby at the end.  Seems to work well.

Have a good day!
Love,
Angela

The Monday with a good start to the week

Hi,

Not too much happened yesterday.  I caught the bus in having left the bike at work on Friday.  I listened to some music on the way in and got stuck into work.

Monday evening I rode home and collected wee Toby.  I chatted to Del (Toby's carer at Skids) for a while and he is also going to the AUS v USA ruby world cup game.  I told him we'd be supporting the USA (sorry Scotty).  Well, I hardly think Aus is going to lose that one.  Should be a try-fest for the Australians.  But I'm hoping the USA get some points on the board!

Home to cook tea and get some homework out of the way.  Then Mike got home and managed to pick up some lunch provisions and then we went to bed.  Mike had a bit of homework to get done too.

Cubs tonight and it is a session by a photographer - Simon Woolf.  Should be good fun!  The Cubs will work for their photography badge.

Have a good day!
Love,
Angela