The Thursday with more gym and dropping Ange at the airport

Hi,

Happy birthday to my sisters today!  Yay!

Sunrise this morning on the way to work

I went to the gym with Sreejith again and had a ball doing the RPM class.  Back to work and off home not long after.  The ride home is always a bit tough after the gym session.  But with the skinny tyres, it was a bit better than usual.  Even with that pesky headwind.

I changed when I got home and went to the vet to buy kitty litter.  Then back home to collect Toby and then off to collect Ange from her house.  She is off to Christchurch for a family event.  On the way through town, I dropped Toby off with Mike so they could sample the delights of Maccas together.  The trip out to the airport went smoothly and before I knew it, I was back in town trying to find the boys.

They had checked out the new David Jones store that just opened the day before.  It has replaced Kirks.  Seems like quite the event!  The boys were unimpressed though.

Back to the supermarket (well, for me - the boys chases Pokemon in the cap park) and then off home.
It's Friday!  Woot!  the weekend beckons.  Let me check the weather conditions for a day trip to the mountain.

Have a great day!  And an even better weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with finally switching my tyres to commuting ones

Hi,

Back in June 2015 I went mountain biking with Celia and I switched my bike over to fat tyres.  I only just switched back to road tyres last night.  Mike reckons I have ruined them with 14 months of road use.  I reckon he might be right.  Might be ok for playing though.

I rode home (on the fat tyres) and cooked tea.  I missed Mike's text asking for a lift because I was elbow deep in the intricacies of preparing beef chilli con carne - with corn bread!  Not a hit with Toby but Mike and I liked it.  Mike ubered home, so he wasn't too late to eat it.

Beef chilli con carne - I liked it!

The evening disappeared in an instant.  And I was soon fast asleep.  I can't even remember lying there, thinking of anything.

I rode in this morning on my skinny tyres and it was so fast!  Ooossshhh!  I can't wait for my ride home this evening - I bet the hill is far easier with these tyres.

Time for a cup of tea.  It's my sisters' birthday tomorrow.  Woot!

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday with a weird day

Hi,

Doh - I forgot that dinner photo again.  I rode home in lovely conditions - no wind.  or if there was wind - it was a southerly, because I didn't feel it.  I hooned up the hill!

Got home and started making tea.  We had rosemary chicken with a baked potato/leek/silverbeet dish.  And broccoli.  Toby loved the chicken and ate his broccoli.  I quite enjoyed that meal - as did Mike.

Toby has a new school laptop.  His old one got a crack in its screen.  Mike upgraded it to Win10 (it is free to upgrade until July 29th I think).

Woke up this morning with the cat on our bed.  She slept there all night between me and Mike.  She was so cute in the morning.  I got lots of pats and she purred like a wee engine.  But eventually the twitching under the duvet got her excited and she started chasing her tail and batting at my hands.

Up to get ready for the day.  I even saw Toby out of bed before I left!  Wow!  As I put out some rubbish, it was really windy and raining.  Not so good for a ride in.  But 30 mins later when I left, the rain had stopped.  I didn't get wet!  Woot!

Right.  Time for tea and to kick start the day!  Have a good one!

Cheers,
Angela

The Monday with gym and dinner

Hi,

Had a pleasant enough Monday.  Managed to get to the gym after work and sweated my way through a RPM session with Sreejith.  Rode home after a wee stint back at work and enjoyed the conditions.  Still dry and not super windy anymore.

I found Mike already home with Toby when I got in.  He was playing with the cat and cleaning out her dirt tray.  I went to cook tea and we ate spaghetti and meatballs.  Toby loved the meatball part.  The sauce not so much.  But I loved it - as did Mike.

Spaghetti and meatballs

I wasn't quite as sleepy as I thought when I turned out my light and I chatted away to Mike (who was working in bed) before eventually falling asleep.  But I had a restless night.  So it was with difficulty that I dragged myself out of bed and went for a run.

My ride into work was lovely.  Dry roads and a clear sky.  Looks like a wonderful start to the day.

Love,
Angela

The weekend at home being lazy

Hi,

What a lazy, lovely weekend.  I could have more of those, I reckon.  The wind was pretty fierce for most of the weekend - and Saturday had lashings of rain to mix in nicely.  Needless to say, I didn't do anything very physical.

Saturday was largely spent lazing in bed with Mike while Toby played with his mates online.  We read and watched movies.  It was really rather pleasant for a change.  I made tea - lemon tarragon chicken.  Toby loved it - he ate all the leftovers.  We have to cook that one again.

Lemon tarragon chicken was a huge hit!

Sunday wasn't quite an action replay.  We put on bread so that got us up early - Mike and I ate bread for breakfast at the dining table around 8am.  Then I spotted a sunny part of the couch and sat there reading for a good long while.  Bliss.

Ange came around after lunch to see Smudge (and maybe us as well).  Then I went grocery shopping with her.  She likes the Countdown at Crofton Downs - where I have to get my Rooibos supply.

The boys wanted Indian takeaway for tea - so I didn't have to cook.  Just ironed my way to the evening.

This morning is lovely - the sunrise was stunning as I rode in.  

Monday sunrise

I hope to get up for a ski day this coming weekend.  Fingers crossed the weather plays ball.  Week ahead looks good.

Have an awesome day!  Birthday week for my sisters.  Woot!

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with Star Trek

Hi,

After my run into work yesterday, I went to the gym at 4pm as well.  Yay for getting some exercise in.  Woot!

After gym, I jumped in the shower at work and dressed again to meet Toby and Isaac.  We were off to see Star Trek with my work's social club.  Mike also had our friend Grant come along.  First time I have caught up with him for years.  It was good to see he hasn't changed much.

The boys ordered food to arrive because we were in the Gold Lounge.  I enjoyed the movie, but it wasn't as good as the last one.  Mike thought it was ok.  Not sure what Toby and Isaac thought.  Grant thought it was a bit naff.

We all walked to the car on The Terrace (Grant works near there and had his car there) catching up.  Then we dropped Isaac home and fell into bed when we got there.

Mike and I walked into work together this morning.  That was really lovely.  No wind.  Clear skies.  Not even very cold.  But I am looking forward to the weekend starting around 5pm tonight.  Yay for the weekend.

Toby has a haircut booked for 1pm today so I am trying to convince him he'd like nothing better than a lunch with his mother at 12.  Shame he wasn't quite so enthusiastic.  He mumbled something about being sleepy when I spoke to him this morning before I left.  Well, here's hoping I see him.  And he finds his wallet.

Have a fantastic day.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with lunch with Toby

Hi,

Oh - I had a great day yesterday.  Wee Toby came in for lunch with me.  He used the time on his cellphone and was 1.5 hours early.  His phone had the wrong time on it (he often lets the battery flatten completely and it loses its settings then).  So, when he got into town I was in meetings.

Fortunately one of my meetings finished really early, so I grabbed him from reception and we went to eat sushi at Blowfish.  It's Toby's favourite sushi place (except for maybe the one he goes to with Tyler and Abby in Sydney - and then it might be just the company!).

From there we nipped across the road to Gasoline for a hot chocolate to round out the meal.  Then back to work to wait for Sally (Isaac's mother).  She collected him and Toby was off for a sleepover.

Toby liked this view inside Gasoline.  He took 90 photos on my camera of it!

I had the user group after work and that was good.  Caught up with Adam.  Then met Mike after it and helped him polish the last of his slide deck for his presentation this morning before we ubered home.

Wee Smudge slept on our bed again.  Seems as though if Toby is away, she'll tolerate us.  Otherwise she likes his bed.  I did try and roll over on her twice (that I know of) in the night.  She squirmed and let me know she was there, so I rolled off.  She didn't seem to mind too much.

When I woke, Mike was on my side of the bed and the cat had most of the bed.  Hahahah.

Right.  Time for tea.  We're off to see Star Trek after work tonight.  With Toby and Isaac.  And Grant!  Wow.  Can't wait to see him.

Have a brilliant day.

Love,
Angela