Hi,
Thursday was a lovely day here - although the wind was getting up. After a manic day at work involving copious amounts of tissues for me (yes, that cold is progressing along nicely) we had a last minute decision to go to the Green Man pub and use our bar tab winnings from Monday night.
It was lovely - their food really is rather good. I had the seafood chowder and it was really yummy. Mike had the pasta special (avocado and bacon - yum!) and Tom and Christine shared pizza and chicken nibbles. It was all yummy. Dessert was good too (I tried some of Mike's and kept eating it!).
Back home and I went straight to bed and fell asleep! This morning the weather has changed to a typical windy cloudy Wellington day. But with a warm northerly. We've decided to leave super early tomorrow morning instead of leaving Wellington at 8pm tonight. Probably sensible. We have leaving drinks for a colleague after work. That'll be sad as I like working with her.
Up to see Bruce Springsteen in Auckland Saturday and Sunday. Mike is working in Auckland on Monday so I am driving back by myself early Monday morning. I am hoping for good weather, loud music and lots of singing! And some yummy snacks to munch along the way!
Have a lovely weekend!
Love,
Angela
Friday, February 28, 2014
Thursday, February 27, 2014
The Wednesday with tramping club
Hi,
I rode home at a leisurely pace yesterday after work. I believe I may have to admit to having a cold. And I think it might have come from Aidan as my symptoms are awfully like hers. Toby's cold was a bit different. Mike thinks I have the potential to get both at once and recombine the DNA of the cold to mutate into some previously unknown pandemic. Hahahahah. Typhoid Mary will fade into obscurity, replaced by Bubonic Angela.
Christine had cooked a great dinner and Mike got home from Auckland in time to join us. Scrumptious. Then off to drop off Toby's weekend clothes and his uniform at the Tabor residence. Aidan was there because she had gone home sick from work. This is a bad thing because she hates sick leave and she is a week ahead of me with this cold. It is entirely possible it might get worse for me. I'm not sure denial is going to work with this one.
Mike and I then went to tramping club. We had to be early because Mike was on door duty. But when we got there, he told me I was on door duty and he wandered off doing goodness knows what socialising with other committee members. I had to greet everyone and smile and take their money. But it was a good thing I went because William's Dad (yes, Toby's friend) Pete was talking about his book. It was a wonderful session. Pete really came across as genuine and open and his talk was well constructed. It was a journey and it was well reflected in his photos and thoughts.
Pete's book - An occasional climber
Pete has a real talent for photography too. Yep - it was a good night. Back home and to bed.
This morning I rode slowly into work. But today is stunning here. Look at this from our deck this morning.
Yep - it's a great day to be in Wellington!
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
I rode home at a leisurely pace yesterday after work. I believe I may have to admit to having a cold. And I think it might have come from Aidan as my symptoms are awfully like hers. Toby's cold was a bit different. Mike thinks I have the potential to get both at once and recombine the DNA of the cold to mutate into some previously unknown pandemic. Hahahahah. Typhoid Mary will fade into obscurity, replaced by Bubonic Angela.
Christine had cooked a great dinner and Mike got home from Auckland in time to join us. Scrumptious. Then off to drop off Toby's weekend clothes and his uniform at the Tabor residence. Aidan was there because she had gone home sick from work. This is a bad thing because she hates sick leave and she is a week ahead of me with this cold. It is entirely possible it might get worse for me. I'm not sure denial is going to work with this one.
Mike and I then went to tramping club. We had to be early because Mike was on door duty. But when we got there, he told me I was on door duty and he wandered off doing goodness knows what socialising with other committee members. I had to greet everyone and smile and take their money. But it was a good thing I went because William's Dad (yes, Toby's friend) Pete was talking about his book. It was a wonderful session. Pete really came across as genuine and open and his talk was well constructed. It was a journey and it was well reflected in his photos and thoughts.
Pete's book - An occasional climber
Pete has a real talent for photography too. Yep - it was a good night. Back home and to bed.
This morning I rode slowly into work. But today is stunning here. Look at this from our deck this morning.
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| Mt Kau Kau looking fantastic |
Have a great day!
Love,
Angela
Wednesday, February 26, 2014
The Tuesday with Macbeth in the botanic gardens
Hi,
Well, my day at work was pants, but my day outside of work was great! At least life isn't boring, right? I caught up with Aidan for lunch and I was in the mood for talking. I think she is probably still suffering from ringing in her ears. She often does a lot of the talking, but not yesterday. My soup went a bit cold. Lucky my drink was an iced coffee so it couldn't get any colder. Actually, the Mojos across from her work does the best iced coffee. They call it a frappe there. But it is gooooood!
I also cadged a lift home at the end of the day from her and Josh. Got home and gathered up picnic ingredients, a change of clothes for Mike and galloped out of the house. I picked up Mike and we drove up Aurora Terrace opposite work and around the corner to the gardens. Walked into the Dell and caught up with Sharron and her mates for a fantastic evening watching a rollicking interpretation of Macbeth. Everyone in the cast was in a gang. But it worked really well. The witches were so energetic! Yep - good stuff.
Got home and fell into bed. Mike was up at some horrendous time to get to Auckland today for work. I tried to roll over and get back to sleep. Maybe I drowsed. Anyhow, it is another lovely day here today!
Have a marvellous day!
Love,
Angela
Well, my day at work was pants, but my day outside of work was great! At least life isn't boring, right? I caught up with Aidan for lunch and I was in the mood for talking. I think she is probably still suffering from ringing in her ears. She often does a lot of the talking, but not yesterday. My soup went a bit cold. Lucky my drink was an iced coffee so it couldn't get any colder. Actually, the Mojos across from her work does the best iced coffee. They call it a frappe there. But it is gooooood!
I also cadged a lift home at the end of the day from her and Josh. Got home and gathered up picnic ingredients, a change of clothes for Mike and galloped out of the house. I picked up Mike and we drove up Aurora Terrace opposite work and around the corner to the gardens. Walked into the Dell and caught up with Sharron and her mates for a fantastic evening watching a rollicking interpretation of Macbeth. Everyone in the cast was in a gang. But it worked really well. The witches were so energetic! Yep - good stuff.
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| Nice set too |
Have a marvellous day!
Love,
Angela
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The Monday with dentist and pub quiz
Hi,
Still busy at work and the day was lovely out. The evening was jam packed full of excitement. I caught up briefly with Aidan to walk to her car and then a major incident at work kept the excitement levels high. Wandered off to my dental appointment (all good!) and then back to The Green Man for the pub quiz. Mike stopped off somewhere to chat to Josh over some beers, so our table was just the four of us (two work colleagues and Christine) and we won!
Mike arrived in the last round and he believes we won because of his efforts in the final round. Sure, sure.
Dropped everyone off and home to bed. Had a great sleep. I hope Toby's first night at school camp went well too!
Up on the bus this morning. I hate the bus. Hahahah. Will ride home tonight and get ready for Shakespeare in the botanic gardens. Macbeth! Yay - I love that one!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
Still busy at work and the day was lovely out. The evening was jam packed full of excitement. I caught up briefly with Aidan to walk to her car and then a major incident at work kept the excitement levels high. Wandered off to my dental appointment (all good!) and then back to The Green Man for the pub quiz. Mike stopped off somewhere to chat to Josh over some beers, so our table was just the four of us (two work colleagues and Christine) and we won!
Mike arrived in the last round and he believes we won because of his efforts in the final round. Sure, sure.
Dropped everyone off and home to bed. Had a great sleep. I hope Toby's first night at school camp went well too!
Up on the bus this morning. I hate the bus. Hahahah. Will ride home tonight and get ready for Shakespeare in the botanic gardens. Macbeth! Yay - I love that one!
Have a wonderful day!
Love,
Angela
Monday, February 24, 2014
The weekend with loads on and Mike gardening
Hi,
What a frantic weekend. Busy, busy. Friday night saw Mike and Toby attending the Dr Who Spectacular with Sally. Apparently it was great fun. Jack stayed with us because they were down for the same thing.
The next morning Mike attacked the garden with ferocity. Look at the photo below - there is a tree on our path!
I then went out for lunch with Christine and Aidan. I saved the table while they ordered and it was a great idea. Aidan ordered me the best burger - I would never have ordered it for myself. Slow beef. It was so good!
Back home and into town to drop Jack off to his parents. And then back home to get ready for a party at the GP. That was a lot of fun! Picked up Ange on the way in. Benjamin looked after Toby.
Up on Sunday early for Mike. He met Lesley and collected the fridge, dryer and washing machine from her place. These are now in our garage. The car is on the street! Also helped Christine move into our place. Then lunch and helped Mike with the chipper, reducing garden waste to small chips. Great fun!
Sarah and Hamish came around and we had tea and chatted. Then we were off to family dinner. Yummo. It was my birthday family dinner too. Great! The food was yum, the cake was yum - and I got presents!
Off home and Toby loved the summer evening - he poked his head out the window!
What a busy weekend. And a busy week ahead too. Toby was at school at 6.45am and off to school camp for the week. We'll see him on Friday. Or not. We're going to Auckland on Friday evening and he's going to stay with Josh and Aidan. So, we might not see him at all.
Right. Time for tea.
Have a great week!
Love,
Angela
What a frantic weekend. Busy, busy. Friday night saw Mike and Toby attending the Dr Who Spectacular with Sally. Apparently it was great fun. Jack stayed with us because they were down for the same thing.
The next morning Mike attacked the garden with ferocity. Look at the photo below - there is a tree on our path!
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| Mike gardening |
I then went out for lunch with Christine and Aidan. I saved the table while they ordered and it was a great idea. Aidan ordered me the best burger - I would never have ordered it for myself. Slow beef. It was so good!
Back home and into town to drop Jack off to his parents. And then back home to get ready for a party at the GP. That was a lot of fun! Picked up Ange on the way in. Benjamin looked after Toby.
Up on Sunday early for Mike. He met Lesley and collected the fridge, dryer and washing machine from her place. These are now in our garage. The car is on the street! Also helped Christine move into our place. Then lunch and helped Mike with the chipper, reducing garden waste to small chips. Great fun!
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| Mike and Hamish enjoying the deck |
Sarah and Hamish came around and we had tea and chatted. Then we were off to family dinner. Yummo. It was my birthday family dinner too. Great! The food was yum, the cake was yum - and I got presents!
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| Family dinner - look at the evening we got! |
Off home and Toby loved the summer evening - he poked his head out the window!
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| Hahahah - lucky he doesn't have floppy ears. |
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| The view from Petone foreshore of Wellington. No wonder Toby was looking out the window! |
Right. Time for tea.
Have a great week!
Love,
Angela
Friday, February 21, 2014
The Thursday with the hottest day of the summer
Hi,
After the fog cleared the day was indeed lovely. I had a great ride home in hot conditions. Great fun. We had dinner sorted and Mike and I sat on the deck enjoying the evening sun.
Toby is actually a little bit sick and given he has school camp all next week, it was probably a good idea for Mike to stay at home with him today. Toby has a cough. He is awfully flushed too - but I think that is sunburn he got at school on Wednesday. He looks cute despite his illness.
The weekend is a bit busy. Jack is staying tonight and getting collected at 4pm tomorrow. Mike was going to take them swimming, but given Toby's cough, that is probably a bad idea now. I am sure they will be happy at home, playing. Mike and I have a party to attend on Saturday night. I think we also have a computer to sort out. And Sunday seems to have things in it too. Oh yeah - Mike wants to do major garden antics.
Hopefully Toby gets much better in time for his camp next week.
Have a wonderful weekend. I hope Scott and Tim had a great birthday yesterday!
Love,
Angela
After the fog cleared the day was indeed lovely. I had a great ride home in hot conditions. Great fun. We had dinner sorted and Mike and I sat on the deck enjoying the evening sun.
Toby is actually a little bit sick and given he has school camp all next week, it was probably a good idea for Mike to stay at home with him today. Toby has a cough. He is awfully flushed too - but I think that is sunburn he got at school on Wednesday. He looks cute despite his illness.
The weekend is a bit busy. Jack is staying tonight and getting collected at 4pm tomorrow. Mike was going to take them swimming, but given Toby's cough, that is probably a bad idea now. I am sure they will be happy at home, playing. Mike and I have a party to attend on Saturday night. I think we also have a computer to sort out. And Sunday seems to have things in it too. Oh yeah - Mike wants to do major garden antics.
Hopefully Toby gets much better in time for his camp next week.
Have a wonderful weekend. I hope Scott and Tim had a great birthday yesterday!
Love,
Angela
Thursday, February 20, 2014
The Wednesday with Mike's keynote speech
Hi,
What a lovely day yesterday was. I rode home in glorious sunshine and found no Toby when I got home. I had to open all the doors because the place was like a furnace. Eventually I went to the library and found Toby there. Got home and fed him.
Mike was the keynote speaker at the tramping club New Members Night. It went really well. I knew he would be fine! Toby and I went to play in the park. We lay down on the newly mown grass and watched the clouds. Except. There were no clouds. No clouds, and no wind. An amazing evening. Toby pushed me on the swinging basket until I giggled my surrender (although he makes me suffer quite a while, giggling and pleading for him to stop).
Back home and Toby had a bath and went to bed. I read Lord of the Rings to him (we've been reading it for months - he prefers Mike reading to him and Mike reads other books. Toby and I have been on the Council of Elrond chapter for an eon) and then I hopped in the bath. Mike came home surprisingly early and we had a bath together.
Today is so hot! 25C forecast. Wow! But Wellington is mired in fog. Thick, wet fog. Nice ride in though. My glasses were so foggy I could barely see. Turns out it was my glasses and not the fog. I took them off and was amazed to see the road.
Have a fantastic day!
Love,
Angela
What a lovely day yesterday was. I rode home in glorious sunshine and found no Toby when I got home. I had to open all the doors because the place was like a furnace. Eventually I went to the library and found Toby there. Got home and fed him.
Mike was the keynote speaker at the tramping club New Members Night. It went really well. I knew he would be fine! Toby and I went to play in the park. We lay down on the newly mown grass and watched the clouds. Except. There were no clouds. No clouds, and no wind. An amazing evening. Toby pushed me on the swinging basket until I giggled my surrender (although he makes me suffer quite a while, giggling and pleading for him to stop).
Back home and Toby had a bath and went to bed. I read Lord of the Rings to him (we've been reading it for months - he prefers Mike reading to him and Mike reads other books. Toby and I have been on the Council of Elrond chapter for an eon) and then I hopped in the bath. Mike came home surprisingly early and we had a bath together.
Today is so hot! 25C forecast. Wow! But Wellington is mired in fog. Thick, wet fog. Nice ride in though. My glasses were so foggy I could barely see. Turns out it was my glasses and not the fog. I took them off and was amazed to see the road.
Have a fantastic day!
Love,
Angela
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