Hi,
I rode home on Monday evening to collect wee Toby and make dinner. We had an online shopping grocery drop due that evening, but I had bought the ingredients for tea already. Cooked up beef strogonoff and had a lovely dinner. It was so warm - 22 degrees still at 6pm. Wow! Groceries arrived and the pantry is full again now. When I went to bed to read at about 8pm, I had to open the French doors in the bedroom for heat relief. Nice!
Mike had to prepare for the accountant (we're seeing them at 5pm today) and I fell asleep reading before he came to bed. Heheheh. He tidied away my book and turned out my light!
Toby's last day of school holidays today! He is pretty excited now. Hope he likes his new school.
Busy few weeks at work now. Not that this is an unusual thing. Heheheh.
Sally and Andrew should be starting their walk today I think. They are in Abel Tasman and enjoying good weather (I hope).
Have a marvellous day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
The weekend that disappeared in a blink
Hi,
The weekend seems to have vanished in the blink of an eye. Guess that is what a normal weekend feels like after the three day weekend before that one. Lucky this weekend coming is another three day one. Roll on Friday!
Let's see. What did we get up to over the weekend? I rode home with Mike (sort of) on Friday. He zoomed through an intersection at the Beehive that detained me. And I never saw him after that until we met at Jack's house. Toby had been to wee Tom's birthday party at Maranui (Christine said it was a great venue) and went back to Jack's house to play afterwards.
We went home to cook dinner and relax for the evening. Saturday saw us up with good intentions. But, well... Not too many of our tasks got crossed off over the weekend. Saturday morning I met Christine for coffee. I really wanted to keep driving in the wee green car as it was a glorious day. But Christine had to get away afterwards so I had a coffee with her (yes - I drank a real coffee - and it was yucky!) and then went for a drive the long way home.
Saturday afternoon after lunch I took Toby swimming to H2OXtreme. We met Rex and his family (well, actually, we drove to their place and all went in their huge car together) and bought pies for lunch (second lunch!) and then sat in a traffic jam for thirty minutes. Eventually we got to the pool, ate all the pies (yum!) and swam. Great fun!
Home again and a relaxing Saturday evening. Sunday was also relaxing. We surfaced after a massive breakfast of mushrooms on toast (two breakfasts for me! - Yikes - I see a pattern) and went out to Lower Hutt to get school shoes for Toby. All sorted. Also popped in to see Mike's parent's unit in Epuni. All looks fine!
Back home to relax (more of the pattern) and cross off some tasks at the last minute before falling asleep!
This week is busy once more and Toby starts his new school on Wednesday. He told me this morning he was excited about it now. Great!
Have a wonderful week.
Love,
Angela
The weekend seems to have vanished in the blink of an eye. Guess that is what a normal weekend feels like after the three day weekend before that one. Lucky this weekend coming is another three day one. Roll on Friday!
Let's see. What did we get up to over the weekend? I rode home with Mike (sort of) on Friday. He zoomed through an intersection at the Beehive that detained me. And I never saw him after that until we met at Jack's house. Toby had been to wee Tom's birthday party at Maranui (Christine said it was a great venue) and went back to Jack's house to play afterwards.
We went home to cook dinner and relax for the evening. Saturday saw us up with good intentions. But, well... Not too many of our tasks got crossed off over the weekend. Saturday morning I met Christine for coffee. I really wanted to keep driving in the wee green car as it was a glorious day. But Christine had to get away afterwards so I had a coffee with her (yes - I drank a real coffee - and it was yucky!) and then went for a drive the long way home.
Saturday afternoon after lunch I took Toby swimming to H2OXtreme. We met Rex and his family (well, actually, we drove to their place and all went in their huge car together) and bought pies for lunch (second lunch!) and then sat in a traffic jam for thirty minutes. Eventually we got to the pool, ate all the pies (yum!) and swam. Great fun!
Home again and a relaxing Saturday evening. Sunday was also relaxing. We surfaced after a massive breakfast of mushrooms on toast (two breakfasts for me! - Yikes - I see a pattern) and went out to Lower Hutt to get school shoes for Toby. All sorted. Also popped in to see Mike's parent's unit in Epuni. All looks fine!
Back home to relax (more of the pattern) and cross off some tasks at the last minute before falling asleep!
This week is busy once more and Toby starts his new school on Wednesday. He told me this morning he was excited about it now. Great!
Have a wonderful week.
Love,
Angela
Friday, January 27, 2012
My disorganised morning
One thing Angela didn't mention last night was the wind. Windy it certainly was on the way home! Exciting gusts that try blowing you into the traffic down in the city, and very unusually a head-wind going up our steep hill. Normally that hill is very sheltered, which is a small mercy. Not yesterday. Still, I did the not-terrible time of 11:15 up the hill, which given the conditions was pretty well alright. Under 11 minutes I consider good, and under 10 minutes means I am an exceptional athlete. Well, in my mind.
This morning I was up very early, getting into the shower straight after Angela before 6am. I had lots to do and an early meeting and wanted to make sure everything went well. But, of course, time warp kicked in, and I ended up later than if I'd have got up at 7am. I don't really know how that happens.
My organisational skills were also sadly lacking. I was running around in a panic from about 7:30 onwards. (Toby was very helpful and got his jobs done and then looked after me). The nadir was the time I spent searching the whole house for Toby's jacket, since Angela had mentioned that it wasn't in his bag and she didn't know where it was. Only to find that she's clearly since found it and put it in his bag for us!
I had to go back twice from the garage, to get Toby's present for Tom, and then to get a garage key. Twice was clearly not enough, since I don't have my wallet at all, which is going to make lunch time slightly problematic - no sandwiches for us this morning. And I need to keep my jersey on all day - because the 'casual friday' T-Shirt I grabbed has a big picture of a dog licking its balls on the back of it, which is probably a bit too casual.
But all worked out. I was panicking because I had an 8:30 meeting and everything has to run just right to make it on time. But we made it to Toby's holiday programme before it opened, so I was on my bike right on time. I rode down in spite of the rain, because bike is the only way to make that sort of deadline - it's the fastest way in, even compared to driving, because there are rat runs you can do on a bike that you can't do on a car, and the traffic is pretty slow that time of morning. Yes - it was wet and cold. But not particularly so. I brought a towel and a complete change of clothes in and was quickly warm and comfortable. Bring it on I say! Though I envy Angela's disc brakes. Mine were pretty useless. They're also very worn out which doesn't help at all. I went pretty gingerly down the hill.
Oh well, it's Friday which is great! I have a very busy weekend with many jobs to get done - don't quite know how that matches up with Angela's lazy weekend. But we will see. Forecast I think, is for this rain to blow through tonight and the weekend to be okay, which bodes well for another day in the garden. Enjoy your day!
This morning I was up very early, getting into the shower straight after Angela before 6am. I had lots to do and an early meeting and wanted to make sure everything went well. But, of course, time warp kicked in, and I ended up later than if I'd have got up at 7am. I don't really know how that happens.
My organisational skills were also sadly lacking. I was running around in a panic from about 7:30 onwards. (Toby was very helpful and got his jobs done and then looked after me). The nadir was the time I spent searching the whole house for Toby's jacket, since Angela had mentioned that it wasn't in his bag and she didn't know where it was. Only to find that she's clearly since found it and put it in his bag for us!
I had to go back twice from the garage, to get Toby's present for Tom, and then to get a garage key. Twice was clearly not enough, since I don't have my wallet at all, which is going to make lunch time slightly problematic - no sandwiches for us this morning. And I need to keep my jersey on all day - because the 'casual friday' T-Shirt I grabbed has a big picture of a dog licking its balls on the back of it, which is probably a bit too casual.
But all worked out. I was panicking because I had an 8:30 meeting and everything has to run just right to make it on time. But we made it to Toby's holiday programme before it opened, so I was on my bike right on time. I rode down in spite of the rain, because bike is the only way to make that sort of deadline - it's the fastest way in, even compared to driving, because there are rat runs you can do on a bike that you can't do on a car, and the traffic is pretty slow that time of morning. Yes - it was wet and cold. But not particularly so. I brought a towel and a complete change of clothes in and was quickly warm and comfortable. Bring it on I say! Though I envy Angela's disc brakes. Mine were pretty useless. They're also very worn out which doesn't help at all. I went pretty gingerly down the hill.
Oh well, it's Friday which is great! I have a very busy weekend with many jobs to get done - don't quite know how that matches up with Angela's lazy weekend. But we will see. Forecast I think, is for this rain to blow through tonight and the weekend to be okay, which bodes well for another day in the garden. Enjoy your day!
The Thursday with my serviced bike and Cubs planning
Hi,
Yesterday was great - I collected my serviced bike (free one at 6 weeks) with new pannier rack on it and road tyres. Mike and I rode home together and then we decided against further grocery shopping and got Burger Wisconsin instead. We scoffed that down just before the other Cub leaders turned up for a few hours to plan the new term. It all got pretty sorted. Hooray!
Toby went to bed on his own pretty much as we all chatted excitedly about what we'd like to do this term with the Cubs. He's a good kid!
This morning dawned - if you can call it a dawn when it is raining and the sky merely lightens as opposed to seeing the sun come up - rainy but with considerably less wind than last night's strong gusts. However, it is a southerly now. I was soaked within a kilometre of home and by the time I got to work, the tips of my fingers were cold. An unusual sensation at this time of year!
My bike clothes are soaked. I wrung out socks and gloves and I have sneakily hung up my shirt and shorts under my desk. Hope it isn't too obvious. Paper towels are now stuffed down my bike shoes in an effort to dry them off before I have to pull them on at the other end of the day! Yucky! I may be bringing down the dress standard around my part of the office today...
Anyhow - it's nearly the weekend! Yay! We have to buy school shoes for Toby (and socks and singlets - all white) and a new lunchbox. But apart from that, we have a swimming playdate at H2OXtreme and not a lot else. Choice! A relaxing weekend.
Bring on a cup of tea now, and everything will be brilliant. At least, I am dry now.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Love,
Angela
Yesterday was great - I collected my serviced bike (free one at 6 weeks) with new pannier rack on it and road tyres. Mike and I rode home together and then we decided against further grocery shopping and got Burger Wisconsin instead. We scoffed that down just before the other Cub leaders turned up for a few hours to plan the new term. It all got pretty sorted. Hooray!
Toby went to bed on his own pretty much as we all chatted excitedly about what we'd like to do this term with the Cubs. He's a good kid!
This morning dawned - if you can call it a dawn when it is raining and the sky merely lightens as opposed to seeing the sun come up - rainy but with considerably less wind than last night's strong gusts. However, it is a southerly now. I was soaked within a kilometre of home and by the time I got to work, the tips of my fingers were cold. An unusual sensation at this time of year!
My bike clothes are soaked. I wrung out socks and gloves and I have sneakily hung up my shirt and shorts under my desk. Hope it isn't too obvious. Paper towels are now stuffed down my bike shoes in an effort to dry them off before I have to pull them on at the other end of the day! Yucky! I may be bringing down the dress standard around my part of the office today...
Anyhow - it's nearly the weekend! Yay! We have to buy school shoes for Toby (and socks and singlets - all white) and a new lunchbox. But apart from that, we have a swimming playdate at H2OXtreme and not a lot else. Choice! A relaxing weekend.
Bring on a cup of tea now, and everything will be brilliant. At least, I am dry now.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Love,
Angela
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Wednesday with dinner out
Hi,
Benjamin collected Toby from Skids and looked after him for the evening while Mike and I met up with Sally and Andrew for dinner. It was good to see Sally and Andrew and catch up with them. I also think I have arranged Toby to stay with them for my birthday weekend while Mike whisks me off to Nelson. A few wee details to sort out (namely, Toby getting off the school bus at the right moment to find Sally in town). We had dinner at Voodoo Lounge in Manners Street. Southern American cuisine - quite yummy too.
Benjamin is such a lovely boy - his parents should be proud. Toby enjoys his company. They demolished their pizzas last night! Good on them!
My bike is in for a service today - its first one. And a new carrier for panniers. I have been wearing a backpack with this new bike and I am looking forward to going back to the panniers - so much easier when riding! I can't wait!
Caught the bus in as a consequence of the service being done today. It is a bit windy here. Might be a fun ride home!
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Benjamin collected Toby from Skids and looked after him for the evening while Mike and I met up with Sally and Andrew for dinner. It was good to see Sally and Andrew and catch up with them. I also think I have arranged Toby to stay with them for my birthday weekend while Mike whisks me off to Nelson. A few wee details to sort out (namely, Toby getting off the school bus at the right moment to find Sally in town). We had dinner at Voodoo Lounge in Manners Street. Southern American cuisine - quite yummy too.
Benjamin is such a lovely boy - his parents should be proud. Toby enjoys his company. They demolished their pizzas last night! Good on them!
My bike is in for a service today - its first one. And a new carrier for panniers. I have been wearing a backpack with this new bike and I am looking forward to going back to the panniers - so much easier when riding! I can't wait!
Caught the bus in as a consequence of the service being done today. It is a bit windy here. Might be a fun ride home!
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
The Tuesday back at work
Hi,
The weather continues its great run and the ride down the hill this morning was wonderful. Kicked the bike into top gear and pedalled like mad down the hill. I really must put the bike computer back on to see how fast I am going. I'd hate to be breaking any speed limits - kinda. Heheheheh. There was a misty cloud just over Mt Vic and it gave the sun a filter and made the harbour look ethereal. Somes/Matiu was like a silhouette in the stillness of the harbour. Gorgeous.
Last night I missed the visit by Aspen Landscapes. They came to check out our garden and hopefully come up with some cool ideas. Mike said he required smelling salts to revive him when he had a look at the concrete slab held up by rotting railway sleepers. The rest of it he seemed okay with! That's good! Let's see, eh?
Tonight Benjamin is collecting Toby from Skids holiday programme and looking after him while Mike and I have dinner out. Should be very nice. I must find out how late I can leave my bike here before the building is alarmed (apparently it is alarmed overnight). Then I can ride home with Mike afterwards. We shall see.
Tomorrow night is Cubs planning night. Got to sort out the Cub Camp and Term 1 activities. It's going to take a while I think.
My routine has changed a bit. I am waking up at 5.30am (ooohhh - Sally, how do you do that early morning thing every morning? - two mornings have been enough for me) and getting to work by 7am. This is to be able to leave work by 4pm every day. However, that isn't likely really. But I live in hope. Toby will be coming home around that time from his new school this year. My theory is to be home at the same time as him and help him with homework while I prepare tea. Theories are good to have anyway. Right?
Have a marvellous day. I hope the weather where you are is a wonderful as here!
Love,
Angela
The weather continues its great run and the ride down the hill this morning was wonderful. Kicked the bike into top gear and pedalled like mad down the hill. I really must put the bike computer back on to see how fast I am going. I'd hate to be breaking any speed limits - kinda. Heheheheh. There was a misty cloud just over Mt Vic and it gave the sun a filter and made the harbour look ethereal. Somes/Matiu was like a silhouette in the stillness of the harbour. Gorgeous.
Last night I missed the visit by Aspen Landscapes. They came to check out our garden and hopefully come up with some cool ideas. Mike said he required smelling salts to revive him when he had a look at the concrete slab held up by rotting railway sleepers. The rest of it he seemed okay with! That's good! Let's see, eh?
Tonight Benjamin is collecting Toby from Skids holiday programme and looking after him while Mike and I have dinner out. Should be very nice. I must find out how late I can leave my bike here before the building is alarmed (apparently it is alarmed overnight). Then I can ride home with Mike afterwards. We shall see.
Tomorrow night is Cubs planning night. Got to sort out the Cub Camp and Term 1 activities. It's going to take a while I think.
My routine has changed a bit. I am waking up at 5.30am (ooohhh - Sally, how do you do that early morning thing every morning? - two mornings have been enough for me) and getting to work by 7am. This is to be able to leave work by 4pm every day. However, that isn't likely really. But I live in hope. Toby will be coming home around that time from his new school this year. My theory is to be home at the same time as him and help him with homework while I prepare tea. Theories are good to have anyway. Right?
Have a marvellous day. I hope the weather where you are is a wonderful as here!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
The weekend with three days!
Hi,
Can I request all weekends be three days long? So nice. Mike and Toby went tramping on Saturday morning till Sunday late afternoon with the tramping club. They had a great time by the sound of it. I spent my time reading and watching some of the DVDs Mike got me for Christmas.
I also sent to John's party on Saturday night (otherwise I would have been away tramping too). This was John's 50th and a big deal. Family and friends were there and John cooked up a storm on the BBQ. The theme was Hawaiian 70s cop shows. Josh lent me the best shirt ever (a real authentic Hawaiian one!) and with a sarong I was off. I blended in quite well with other people. Fortunately.
Monday was spent looking at our new computer and trying to sort out our old one before we retire it to Sally and Andrew's place. Toby played with Alex and enjoyed that a lot.
This week is busy once more. Mike and I have a Cubs planning session on Thursday night, and dinner out on Wednesday night. Lucky it is a short week!
Have a great week.
Love,
Angela
Can I request all weekends be three days long? So nice. Mike and Toby went tramping on Saturday morning till Sunday late afternoon with the tramping club. They had a great time by the sound of it. I spent my time reading and watching some of the DVDs Mike got me for Christmas.
I also sent to John's party on Saturday night (otherwise I would have been away tramping too). This was John's 50th and a big deal. Family and friends were there and John cooked up a storm on the BBQ. The theme was Hawaiian 70s cop shows. Josh lent me the best shirt ever (a real authentic Hawaiian one!) and with a sarong I was off. I blended in quite well with other people. Fortunately.
Monday was spent looking at our new computer and trying to sort out our old one before we retire it to Sally and Andrew's place. Toby played with Alex and enjoyed that a lot.
This week is busy once more. Mike and I have a Cubs planning session on Thursday night, and dinner out on Wednesday night. Lucky it is a short week!
Have a great week.
Love,
Angela
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