Hi,
Poor Mike - he was pretty sick with his migraine yesterday. I was busy at work but I got away for a nice lunch with Aidan when she came into town. Mike had also requested some more bath products so we had a trip to Lush and I am now stocked up on smelly bath stuff. We finished with a cup of tea at Clarks and then Aidan drove me back to work. Her car was parked under the library after all. It wouldn't have been such a silly idea, but we got caught in the graduation parade and waited in the car while the happy graduates walked down Lambton Quay.
I worked late as I had a lot of work come in and I rode home in the dark. Pleasant enough. Mike cooked a lovely dinner of steak when I got home. We all had a bath (and tried out the buttery sensation, or whatever that one was!) and had a great sleep.
Toby woke up in a great mood. Said it was his best sleep in two years! Hahahah. No sign of grumpy Toby from yesterday. Thank goodness.
Mike and I rode in together this morning. The roads were wet from recent rain but the day is supposed to be lovely today.
A long weekend for us in New Zealand. Yay! Toby has his eyes on Armageddon - he loves it. Monday morning he'll be there! Mike has to work and I have loads of house jobs. Nice.
Have a wonderful weekend.
Love,
Angela
Friday, May 31, 2013
Thursday, May 30, 2013
The Wednesday with tramping club for Mike
Hi,
What a gorgeous day yesterday. The day cleared up to a beautiful day and the view from the roof at work was wonderful.
My ride home was great fun and I collected Toby and started cooking tea. Toby practised piano and did homework. He played on the computer for a while and then had a bath and went to bed. I had a bath and went to bed too.
Mike was home late after I made him do grocery shopping after tramping club stuff. Poor chap.
This morning is the most wonderful morning - same as above. I love weather like this. Makes you want to leap out of bed and embrace the day. Shame Toby is such a spoil sport. He woke up on the wrong side of the bed. There were great big gobs of tears. "I'm so tired, I can't go to school". What? I don't understand. Look at this gorgeous day? "Waaaaahhh, waaaaahhhh". Mike has a bit more sympathy because he also hates mornings. But even he lost patience. We jammed Toby into his school uniform and eventually his usual Toby self appeared by the time I walked up to the top of our street with him.
However, this proved too much for Mike's fragile system and he got a migraine. He is probably now in bed and groaning. Or sleeping. Missing the lovely morning and missing lots of work. Poor chap. That's his name now. Mike "Poor chap" Gilbert.
Well, time to start the day with a great cup of tea. I am hopefully having lunch with Aidan T today. And buying bath products to use. Oh yeah!
Have a fantastic day.
Love,
Angela
What a gorgeous day yesterday. The day cleared up to a beautiful day and the view from the roof at work was wonderful.
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| Tararuas with snow |
Mike was home late after I made him do grocery shopping after tramping club stuff. Poor chap.
This morning is the most wonderful morning - same as above. I love weather like this. Makes you want to leap out of bed and embrace the day. Shame Toby is such a spoil sport. He woke up on the wrong side of the bed. There were great big gobs of tears. "I'm so tired, I can't go to school". What? I don't understand. Look at this gorgeous day? "Waaaaahhh, waaaaahhhh". Mike has a bit more sympathy because he also hates mornings. But even he lost patience. We jammed Toby into his school uniform and eventually his usual Toby self appeared by the time I walked up to the top of our street with him.
However, this proved too much for Mike's fragile system and he got a migraine. He is probably now in bed and groaning. Or sleeping. Missing the lovely morning and missing lots of work. Poor chap. That's his name now. Mike "Poor chap" Gilbert.
Well, time to start the day with a great cup of tea. I am hopefully having lunch with Aidan T today. And buying bath products to use. Oh yeah!
Have a fantastic day.
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Facebook - don't be that guy
Running a Facebook fan page seems pretty easy. Set the thing up, post when you feel like it, and get the attention and publicity that only Facebook can offer.
If only it were that easy. Having helped with the Facebook page of my Tramping Club, and seen other organisations' facebook presence either succeed or fail, I've found a few key things you need to keep in mind.
Post stuff that your audience is interested in - not stuff you want to tell them
Hopefully, in general, they'll be the same sort of thing! But keep general interest, "off message" posts going.
Your website is where you old your metaphorical press conferences, and your discussion forum is a dinner party that you're hosting and gently steering the conversation.
Your Facebook page is a more raucous party that your fans have shown up to and are wandering about in trying to make friends. You don't want to be that boring guy who talks about nothing but work. You need to have your work conversation interspersed with interesting, off topic, slightly controversial posts that people like, and share, and talk about. If its just stuff you want people to know, rather than stuff others want to read, then your fan base won't grow.
You also don't want to be that other guy who sits in the corner and doesn't talk to anyone. So aim for around 2-3 posts a week, and sometimes post about less important things just to fill the silence before it becomes awkward.
There's science behind it. Science! It all starts on your page's 'insights' page:
Things to note here are:
We have 189 fans - that is, a post will be seen by up to 189 people. But those fans have 38,000 friends (and you've got to assume that a lot of those go tramping if they're friends with a tramper). If we post something interesting enough that our fans like or comment on the post - it can reach 38,000 people because it will appear in their timeline and their friends will see it.
So: interesting posts get seen by massively more people than boring posts - and new people, not just people who already know us.
The graph shows our 'reach' - how many people see our posts. Purple blobs are posts. You can see that when we had a dry period of no posts - our reach went massively down. More posts - better reach. Better reach - more people seeing our brand and our name.
So: post often and post interesting, otherwise your fan page withers on the vine.
Underlying this is Facebook's 'edge ranking'. When browsing facebook, have you noticed that the news feed is not in time order? Stuff from interesting pages - pages you interact with a lot, and pages other people interact with a lot - are pushed closer to the top of your news feed, and boring pages - pages that don't create much interaction - get pushed to the bottom.
So: Post interesting stuff that's just plain interesting (not necessarily 'on message'), otherwise no-one will see the posts you actually want them to read.
What constitutes an interesting post? The table underneath tells us that. You can look through it and see which posts are talked about more than others. For example, a post about fixing the lodge roof was one of our best stories. That's all down to a couple of people that commented, and that made people comment on those comments, and so on. Comments feed comments and they feed reach. That's also why slightly controversial posts and comments are gold (as long as they're not negative or detrimental!) - prompt a bunch of people to comment and you've hit reach paydirt.
Here's facebook's version of the above (they talk about paying them money to promote posts a lot more than I did)
https://www.facebook.com/business/engage
If only it were that easy. Having helped with the Facebook page of my Tramping Club, and seen other organisations' facebook presence either succeed or fail, I've found a few key things you need to keep in mind.
Post stuff that your audience is interested in - not stuff you want to tell them
Hopefully, in general, they'll be the same sort of thing! But keep general interest, "off message" posts going.
Your website is where you old your metaphorical press conferences, and your discussion forum is a dinner party that you're hosting and gently steering the conversation.
Your Facebook page is a more raucous party that your fans have shown up to and are wandering about in trying to make friends. You don't want to be that boring guy who talks about nothing but work. You need to have your work conversation interspersed with interesting, off topic, slightly controversial posts that people like, and share, and talk about. If its just stuff you want people to know, rather than stuff others want to read, then your fan base won't grow.
You also don't want to be that other guy who sits in the corner and doesn't talk to anyone. So aim for around 2-3 posts a week, and sometimes post about less important things just to fill the silence before it becomes awkward.
Things to note here are:
We have 189 fans - that is, a post will be seen by up to 189 people. But those fans have 38,000 friends (and you've got to assume that a lot of those go tramping if they're friends with a tramper). If we post something interesting enough that our fans like or comment on the post - it can reach 38,000 people because it will appear in their timeline and their friends will see it.
So: interesting posts get seen by massively more people than boring posts - and new people, not just people who already know us.
The graph shows our 'reach' - how many people see our posts. Purple blobs are posts. You can see that when we had a dry period of no posts - our reach went massively down. More posts - better reach. Better reach - more people seeing our brand and our name.
So: post often and post interesting, otherwise your fan page withers on the vine.
Underlying this is Facebook's 'edge ranking'. When browsing facebook, have you noticed that the news feed is not in time order? Stuff from interesting pages - pages you interact with a lot, and pages other people interact with a lot - are pushed closer to the top of your news feed, and boring pages - pages that don't create much interaction - get pushed to the bottom.
So: Post interesting stuff that's just plain interesting (not necessarily 'on message'), otherwise no-one will see the posts you actually want them to read.
What constitutes an interesting post? The table underneath tells us that. You can look through it and see which posts are talked about more than others. For example, a post about fixing the lodge roof was one of our best stories. That's all down to a couple of people that commented, and that made people comment on those comments, and so on. Comments feed comments and they feed reach. That's also why slightly controversial posts and comments are gold (as long as they're not negative or detrimental!) - prompt a bunch of people to comment and you've hit reach paydirt.
Here's facebook's version of the above (they talk about paying them money to promote posts a lot more than I did)
https://www.facebook.com/business/engage
The Tuesday with the last Cubs
Hi,
I rode home and only got hailed on twice! Hail is dry for the most part anyway. Although I have noticed that the hailstones accumulate in the vents in your cycle helmet and then proceed to melt icy water for a wee while. Like a reminder of the hail long after it has finished.
Got home and collected Toby. Cooked him a great dinner of two minute noodles. Fortunately he loves them!
Mike got home and took Toby to Cubs. Toby then resigned from Cubs. It was his last night. I'm a bit sad really. He has done it for so long there. And only a wee while shy of moving to Scouts.
It was so cold last night. Our heat pump can't keep up in the lounge/dining area because we have no gib on the walls. The heat just disappears. So after about 15 minutes chatting to Mike there I asked if we could go downstairs. We turned the oil heater on there and watched a DVD huddled around it. After about 30 minutes of that I couldn't stand it any longer. I got into my pyjamas and turned on my electric blanket and went to bed. Finally - warm!
Mike went to get Toby and we were all in bed very quickly (the cold!). Had a good sleep and up to have a hot shower. Still cold outside. We all piled in the car with my bike on the back and I collected Alex and Yingjie, dropped them all at the bus stop, dropped Mike at the dentist and took the car in near the Basin to get new tyres. I rode my bike back along the waterfront. The southerly meant I flew to work.
A wee flaw in our plans sees me typing this at my desk in my bike gear. Mike has my work clothes with him. Oh well. Lucky I am warm from the ride still.
I am in denial at the moment. I am not catching a cold. Nope. Nothing. Throat not scratchy. Nose not blocked. Nope. Healthy. I only have a fresh box of tissues on my desk as a preventative measure, in CASE I get sick. :-p
Have a great day. Stay warm if you're in New Zealand. An icy blast continues - but it is supposed to stay dry I think. Well, in Wellington anyway. The mountains have buckets of snow. The hills on the far side of the harbour (Orongorongos) have a huge amount of snow on them. I love it when Wellington is surrounded by snow.
Love,
Angela
I rode home and only got hailed on twice! Hail is dry for the most part anyway. Although I have noticed that the hailstones accumulate in the vents in your cycle helmet and then proceed to melt icy water for a wee while. Like a reminder of the hail long after it has finished.
Got home and collected Toby. Cooked him a great dinner of two minute noodles. Fortunately he loves them!
Mike got home and took Toby to Cubs. Toby then resigned from Cubs. It was his last night. I'm a bit sad really. He has done it for so long there. And only a wee while shy of moving to Scouts.
It was so cold last night. Our heat pump can't keep up in the lounge/dining area because we have no gib on the walls. The heat just disappears. So after about 15 minutes chatting to Mike there I asked if we could go downstairs. We turned the oil heater on there and watched a DVD huddled around it. After about 30 minutes of that I couldn't stand it any longer. I got into my pyjamas and turned on my electric blanket and went to bed. Finally - warm!
Mike went to get Toby and we were all in bed very quickly (the cold!). Had a good sleep and up to have a hot shower. Still cold outside. We all piled in the car with my bike on the back and I collected Alex and Yingjie, dropped them all at the bus stop, dropped Mike at the dentist and took the car in near the Basin to get new tyres. I rode my bike back along the waterfront. The southerly meant I flew to work.
A wee flaw in our plans sees me typing this at my desk in my bike gear. Mike has my work clothes with him. Oh well. Lucky I am warm from the ride still.
I am in denial at the moment. I am not catching a cold. Nope. Nothing. Throat not scratchy. Nose not blocked. Nope. Healthy. I only have a fresh box of tissues on my desk as a preventative measure, in CASE I get sick. :-p
Have a great day. Stay warm if you're in New Zealand. An icy blast continues - but it is supposed to stay dry I think. Well, in Wellington anyway. The mountains have buckets of snow. The hills on the far side of the harbour (Orongorongos) have a huge amount of snow on them. I love it when Wellington is surrounded by snow.
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
The Monday with nothing much but the winter is definitely coming
Hi,
Wow - Tuesday is definitely cold. My team lead just sent this through now - he lives in Dunedin.
Mike and I rode in but we didn't have to battle through snow drifts. Actually, we missed any rain of note. But it was freezing. And it is supposed to worsen here during the day. It's going to be a cold ride home.
Monday I rode home just after Mike and met Mike and Toby walking back from Yingting's house right at the top of our street. Perfect timing. We started dinner. Mike started peeling the potatoes, we got the sausages out (leftovers from the weekend feast) and Mike started the water boiling. Or not. Yep - Ma will be very interested to hear that we had run out of gas. All gone.
I made an executive decision that was well received. "Let's put this in the fridge for Wednesday night and have Burger Wisconsin".
Mike hurtled out to collect the burgers and we all ate our lovely comforting food.
We went to bed early and listened to the weather lash the house. We slept well though. When we woke it sounded horrendous outside and the news was saying things like severe weather warning, hail, snow, galeforce. What do they know? I convinced Mike we should ride and ride we did. Brrr. My hands were frozen. But we stayed mostly dry.
Cubs night tonight. Woo hoo! Have a wonderful day. Stay warm!
Love,
Angela
Wow - Tuesday is definitely cold. My team lead just sent this through now - he lives in Dunedin.
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| Dunedin this morning |
Monday I rode home just after Mike and met Mike and Toby walking back from Yingting's house right at the top of our street. Perfect timing. We started dinner. Mike started peeling the potatoes, we got the sausages out (leftovers from the weekend feast) and Mike started the water boiling. Or not. Yep - Ma will be very interested to hear that we had run out of gas. All gone.
I made an executive decision that was well received. "Let's put this in the fridge for Wednesday night and have Burger Wisconsin".
Mike hurtled out to collect the burgers and we all ate our lovely comforting food.
We went to bed early and listened to the weather lash the house. We slept well though. When we woke it sounded horrendous outside and the news was saying things like severe weather warning, hail, snow, galeforce. What do they know? I convinced Mike we should ride and ride we did. Brrr. My hands were frozen. But we stayed mostly dry.
Cubs night tonight. Woo hoo! Have a wonderful day. Stay warm!
Love,
Angela
Monday, May 27, 2013
The weekend with cultural highs
Hi,
What a great weekend. Do I say that every Monday morning? I rode home on Friday and collected Toby and cooked a lovely dinner of tacos. We promptly watched Wreck It Ralph and ate the whole lot. I think I ate more than Toby - but only just! The movie wasn't too bad - Toby loves it.
Eventually we went to sleep - but then Mike came home just as we were nodding off really. And he was indeed very merry. His antics involved falling asleep fully clothed on his side of the bed and drooling over his sheets (not my side fortunately), getting up to shout at the toilet, deciding the heated tiles in the bathroom were very inviting, and singing one of his favourite songs from the eighties to us. Toby and I were giggling at his harmless, good-natured antics. Eventually we all went to sleep in our bed. I am not doing that again. The boys seem to ooze out over the whole bed and I am left with a wee sliver. Consequently I had an awful sleep.
Anyhow, up in the morning at a vaguely respectable time. Off to the African festival via Adam's house. The festival was a little low key - but maybe we were there during a hiatus in action. The Ethiopian food was scrumptious. Bet Dad wishes he was there for it. He'd have flashbacks to the restaurant in Finsbury Park.
Off home via the supermarket for provisions for Saturday night. Up to Waikanae for some cooking homemade pizzas (even the dough from scratch - yummo) and watching Eurovision. Josh was away at a Scout training session for the weekend. Aidan was working hard to meet a deadline for her work (turns out she worked 40 hours in the last 4 days - and did the usual running of the household). So Mike and I cooked most of the dinner with supervision from Aidan when we looked dangerous. The boys played Minecraft - Lex was there when we arrived so they had a ball.
Mike and I watched Eurovision on Josh's laptop (thanks, Matt - he provided the file - a final in Swedish - made it even better I think!) and giggled our way to the end. Love Eurovision! Next year, party at our place on the big screen! Come on - you know you want to! What a great cultural experience. This is something Europe can share with the world and serve to make a more level playing field! Honest. The diplomatic possibilities are endless. Just check out the Swedish host - she was amazing! And Mike and I were astounded to see Bonnie Tyler as the British entry. Wow!
Mike and I slept on the floor in the lounge. Bit hard on the carpet - but okay. I can't be too old just yet then. Up early with Lulu (well, 1.30am to let her out and then I had to stay at the door to let her back in, so I dozed on the mat) especially at 5.30am when she dropped her squeaky toy in my face when Toby said "Drop it, Lulu!". Such an obedient dog!
Up to cook breakfast. Right. Aidan still flat out with work meant we were in charge of the stove. The big element has one setting - nuclear! A few burnt pancakes before we realised when Aidan said it had to be on Lo it really meant off. So Mike got to grips with the stovetop and wrestled some yummy pancakes out of it. I charred some bacon and sausages and we ate well.
I rushed into the shower and Mike and Aidan wisely decided Aidan couldn't make the Yum Cha. So we left Toby there to play with the boys and Mike and I drove back for Yum Cha. It was very nice, thank you. Yummy.
Off to Joe's afterwards for an iced coffee. Heavenly for me.
Back home for a quick session on the piano with Mike and his mother. Mike wants to learn a song with Toby that Mike likes.
I dropped Mike's mother home and then headed back to Waikanae to collect Toby. We went for a walk when I got there along the river. Such a nice walk. And because Aidan had finally finished and met her deadline, I got to chat to her. Yay!
Back home for a cup of tea and then the drive back to Wellington. Mike had tidied up outside under the deck when I got home - and he hung the television downstairs on the wall! It looks great! Now we have other plans for some decluttering. And painting our wardrobe doors - and the deck! This coming weekend is a long weekend. Maybe!
The ride in this morning was awful! So windy and threatening rain! Wild and woolly. What fun!
Andrew had an amazing weekend. Have a read here. Makes me want to go tramping. But not with him. He's a machine!
Have a wonderful week ahead. I have my dental appointment today. Yikes!
Love,
Angela
What a great weekend. Do I say that every Monday morning? I rode home on Friday and collected Toby and cooked a lovely dinner of tacos. We promptly watched Wreck It Ralph and ate the whole lot. I think I ate more than Toby - but only just! The movie wasn't too bad - Toby loves it.
Eventually we went to sleep - but then Mike came home just as we were nodding off really. And he was indeed very merry. His antics involved falling asleep fully clothed on his side of the bed and drooling over his sheets (not my side fortunately), getting up to shout at the toilet, deciding the heated tiles in the bathroom were very inviting, and singing one of his favourite songs from the eighties to us. Toby and I were giggling at his harmless, good-natured antics. Eventually we all went to sleep in our bed. I am not doing that again. The boys seem to ooze out over the whole bed and I am left with a wee sliver. Consequently I had an awful sleep.
Anyhow, up in the morning at a vaguely respectable time. Off to the African festival via Adam's house. The festival was a little low key - but maybe we were there during a hiatus in action. The Ethiopian food was scrumptious. Bet Dad wishes he was there for it. He'd have flashbacks to the restaurant in Finsbury Park.
Off home via the supermarket for provisions for Saturday night. Up to Waikanae for some cooking homemade pizzas (even the dough from scratch - yummo) and watching Eurovision. Josh was away at a Scout training session for the weekend. Aidan was working hard to meet a deadline for her work (turns out she worked 40 hours in the last 4 days - and did the usual running of the household). So Mike and I cooked most of the dinner with supervision from Aidan when we looked dangerous. The boys played Minecraft - Lex was there when we arrived so they had a ball.
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| Mike and Angela using The Stove of Death and Destruction! Note how carefully we're watching. It needs it! |
Mike and I watched Eurovision on Josh's laptop (thanks, Matt - he provided the file - a final in Swedish - made it even better I think!) and giggled our way to the end. Love Eurovision! Next year, party at our place on the big screen! Come on - you know you want to! What a great cultural experience. This is something Europe can share with the world and serve to make a more level playing field! Honest. The diplomatic possibilities are endless. Just check out the Swedish host - she was amazing! And Mike and I were astounded to see Bonnie Tyler as the British entry. Wow!
Mike and I slept on the floor in the lounge. Bit hard on the carpet - but okay. I can't be too old just yet then. Up early with Lulu (well, 1.30am to let her out and then I had to stay at the door to let her back in, so I dozed on the mat) especially at 5.30am when she dropped her squeaky toy in my face when Toby said "Drop it, Lulu!". Such an obedient dog!
Up to cook breakfast. Right. Aidan still flat out with work meant we were in charge of the stove. The big element has one setting - nuclear! A few burnt pancakes before we realised when Aidan said it had to be on Lo it really meant off. So Mike got to grips with the stovetop and wrestled some yummy pancakes out of it. I charred some bacon and sausages and we ate well.
I rushed into the shower and Mike and Aidan wisely decided Aidan couldn't make the Yum Cha. So we left Toby there to play with the boys and Mike and I drove back for Yum Cha. It was very nice, thank you. Yummy.
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| Yum Cha |
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| Iced coffee at Joe's |
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| Smalltown boy piano lessons |
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| River walk |
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| Fetch, Lulu! And get clean while you're there. |
The ride in this morning was awful! So windy and threatening rain! Wild and woolly. What fun!
Andrew had an amazing weekend. Have a read here. Makes me want to go tramping. But not with him. He's a machine!
Have a wonderful week ahead. I have my dental appointment today. Yikes!
Love,
Angela
Friday, May 24, 2013
The Thursday with dinner out
Hi,
I rode home and collected Toby and rushed him back to home get changed. As we were running around like mad things, Mike got home and also ran around like a mad thing. We ended up at Christine and John's house only 30 minutes later than the scheduled 6pm dinner. Fortunately they were serving children first and I no longer qualify as a child. Haven't for some time now.
We had a great dinner and met some of their friends too (a grown up Toby and wife Diane - turns out they are Henry's parents who Thomas used to bring to karate with him). Chatted for a while until yawns from Mike meant we couldn't stay much longer. I had already spent time sprawled on the ground. I also positioned myself close to the cheese board - I decimated the cheese. Not a lot left for anyone else - but they weren't elbowing me out of the way either!
Home to bed. I had a hard day because at lunch time my back upper molar broke. About a third came off. It has always had a massive filling in it and dentists have told me over the years that it is likely to break. It did. :-( An emergency appointment at our dentist means I have a temporary fix, and will go back for 1 1/4 hours this Monday to get it sorted. A crown. The tooth appears to have a healthy nerve still. It certainly smarted when the dentist sprayed a can of cold into it. It had made me a little sad though, as I like my teeth and I never have any bother with them. Oh well.
This morning's ride in made up for that! It is sunny and calm today with blue skies. Lovely and cold. I hurtled down the hill - pedalling like mad. Shame my bike computer is still broken as I may have hit a new maximum speed! I was in the mood to get rid of some funk!
The weekend looks like fun. All weekends do, though. An African festival on Saturday, followed by us watching Eurovision on Saturday night. We have Yum Cha booked for Sunday. Yep - a good weekend. I rather fancy a bike ride on Saturday. I might see if Josh is up for something.
Have a wonderful day - and a great weekend!
Love,
Angela
I rode home and collected Toby and rushed him back to home get changed. As we were running around like mad things, Mike got home and also ran around like a mad thing. We ended up at Christine and John's house only 30 minutes later than the scheduled 6pm dinner. Fortunately they were serving children first and I no longer qualify as a child. Haven't for some time now.
We had a great dinner and met some of their friends too (a grown up Toby and wife Diane - turns out they are Henry's parents who Thomas used to bring to karate with him). Chatted for a while until yawns from Mike meant we couldn't stay much longer. I had already spent time sprawled on the ground. I also positioned myself close to the cheese board - I decimated the cheese. Not a lot left for anyone else - but they weren't elbowing me out of the way either!
Home to bed. I had a hard day because at lunch time my back upper molar broke. About a third came off. It has always had a massive filling in it and dentists have told me over the years that it is likely to break. It did. :-( An emergency appointment at our dentist means I have a temporary fix, and will go back for 1 1/4 hours this Monday to get it sorted. A crown. The tooth appears to have a healthy nerve still. It certainly smarted when the dentist sprayed a can of cold into it. It had made me a little sad though, as I like my teeth and I never have any bother with them. Oh well.
This morning's ride in made up for that! It is sunny and calm today with blue skies. Lovely and cold. I hurtled down the hill - pedalling like mad. Shame my bike computer is still broken as I may have hit a new maximum speed! I was in the mood to get rid of some funk!
The weekend looks like fun. All weekends do, though. An African festival on Saturday, followed by us watching Eurovision on Saturday night. We have Yum Cha booked for Sunday. Yep - a good weekend. I rather fancy a bike ride on Saturday. I might see if Josh is up for something.
Have a wonderful day - and a great weekend!
Love,
Angela
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