The weekend in Wellington with a Halloween party

Hi,

Ok - so it appears that I took no photos during the weekend at all.  Weird.  Anyway, Saturday we got up and got the house ready for the party.

Toby invited 9 mates around from 4pm for a sleepover to celebrate Halloween.  They watched scary movies and all slept in the lounge.  They all got along really well.  I'm still not sure if I know them all.  But Tessa brought a pumpkin pie and I have enjoyed eating that during the weekend.  Mmmmm.  Now that's the taste of Halloween to me.

Jo's Halloween cupcakes

Jo's Halloween cake

Anyway, they were all well behaved and in the morning they fed themselves cereal and watched YouTube meme videos together.  Eventually they were all collected and Toby and I cleaned up.

In the afternoon, Mike and I popped out to say hello to Sally and get a nice cup of tea and pick up some crates at Mitre 10.  Back home to sort out the home brew bottles and  then off to bed, pretty much.

Lovely ride in this morning.  After the rain Sunday morning, it has come right.  Gorgeous now.

Enjoy the week ahead!

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with more stuff

Hi,

I rode home after work and found Toby had carved a new pumpkin, ready for his Halloween party this weekend.  Looks like he did a mighty fine job.

Good looking pumpkin

It's winking at you!

I made dinner for Toby and finally got into bed.  Not sure where the time goes really.  But it was snug in bed when Mike called.  He wanted a lift home from work.  So I got out of bed, threw on shoes and a jersey and drove in to collect him.

He was appreciative.  And I got to sing for a bit.  All happy.

At least my ride into work this morning was dry.  Yay.  The weekend is forecast to be wet though.  Never mind.  I'll get a bike ride in somewhere.

Right.  Time to kick start the day.  Have a wonderful weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with stuff to sort out

Hi,

I ended up with the day I expected at work.  And had to cancel an after work fun thing to accommodate general bedlam and madness.  But, in the end, I went home and cooked tea with Mike.

Chicken satay

Everyone loved the chicken satay.  Then it was time to go to bed - with very little in-between.

Today is more of the same.  I could do with a holiday.  Next three day weekend is the Round Taupo weekend for me!  That should be a complete change of pace.

Like previous times I have entered Round Taupo, everything is distilling into "before Taupo" and "after Taupo" at this point.  We're a month out and it is gearing (hahah) up!

Have a wonderful day.

Love,
Angela

The Tuesday that was like a Monday

Hi,

I had a yummy brekkie with Mike yesterday at the new Mojos on The Terrace.  Mike got me a cold brew coffee and it came with milk and sugar syrup.  I think I entered cold coffee heaven.

Iced coffee goodness - a cold brew at the new Mojos

My day was hectic at work.  And today doesn't look any less hectic.  But, I did get to the gym.  And it killed me.  Maybe on top of my long ride yesterday?  Dunno.  Anyway, riding home after a hard day and some crazy gym work was tough.  I took it slow and steady.

Fish and yummy bulgur salad

I made dinner - lemon fish and a bulgur salad.  It was really rather yummy.  Toby scoffed down the fish.  Told me I was an exceptional mother.  And rated the dinner 9.5 out of 10.  Does he think I missed that he didn't touch any salad?  Hahahah.

Mike got home rather late - he is under the pump at work this week.  Andrew emailed to try and sort out getting together, but I think this week is a write off.  It's a shame for us.

I got soaked riding into work this morning.   It was a race between heavy raining falling from leaden skies, and the thick road juice getting flicked up into my face, as to which was making me soaking wet.  Both!  Yep!  But at least it wasn't windy!  Bonus.

Right.  Time for the day to start.  Hope yours is loads of fun.

Love,
Angela

The weekend with beautiful weather for Labour Day

Hi,

What a lovely, lazy weekend.  Saturday Mike and I had booked in haircuts for ourselves, at the same hairdressers, but 1.5 hours apart.  We had no idea of the other haircut appointment.  Hahah.  Mike had to get up earlier than me though.

After that, it was back home and a lazy afternoon.  Mike and I went to Seaside Cabaret for some lovely lunch. I enjoyed it.  Once we got back home, we tried to get the DR started, and had it charging for about 30 minutes.  Nope.  Almost.  But - no!  So, we need to get its battery sorted before I can ride it down for its WoF.

Sunday saw a stunning day in Wellington.  But, we were quite lazy really.  We dropped Toby off at Isaac's house for a sleepover late in the day and caught up with Sally and Tim over a cup of tea.

Mike and I tried the Ramen shop for tea.  Mike loved it and washed it all down with a sake.

Smudge on the deck

Pulled pork with brown rice

Sake - mmmmm

Iced coffee at Seashore Cabaret Cafe

Monday we got up (later than we wanted) and I went for a bike ride over to Waikanae.  My old time to beat was 3:40 and although I did beat it, it wasn't by much.  3:25.  Sigh.  So I want to try it again this coming weekend.  And add a Round the Bays ride in as well.

We also went to visit a work colleague's house to meet his new baby.  She is less than a month old.  She slept the whole time we were there.  But she looks so cute.  Her name is Layan.  We'll have to go and visit again soon.

The ride in this morning was wet, wet, wet!  Makes up for the dry weekend.  Hahahah.

Have a great day!

Love,
Angela

The Thursday with nothing much happening

Hi,

I did manage to get to the gym and work out a bit of frustration.  But the bench press machine was broken, so I had to make do with another machine.  At least the RPM class made me work hard.

Work was really tough so I worked late and got home late.  So late that Toby said I was late.  If he noticed, it must have been late.

But I cooked tea - spicy lamb with a weird potato/cabbage salad.  Mike liked the salad.  Toby and I liked the lamb.

Lamb with potato cabbage salad

Mike watched the American presidential debate (the third one) and has decided it is pretty much in the bag for Clinton.  But, American politics seems so far removed from anything I know (NZ, Aus or the UK) that I will wait and see.  I remember there being no result for ages in the election that got GW in.  So, who knows?

I got quite wet riding into work this morning.  Boo!

The weekend beckons.  I want to take Mike to the gym.  And ride a lot.  It's a long weekend for us.

Enjoy your weekend.

Love,
Angela

The Wednesday with a shameful memory loss

Hi,

Ok - so I went to the gym after work and did a RPM session with Sreejith.  But then I also worked on my press ups with him (because I am so hopeless at it) and then rushed back to work and did a little bit before grabbing Toby's Halloween parcel (massive one) and catching the bus home.

I forgot I was supposed to go to the user group session.  Completely.  Like - I didn't even remember until this morning.

Mike says that was lucky because he was worried about the evening routine with his brewing session and how we'd sort out Toby.  Great.  Just great.  My mistake made Toby happy (he got his Halloween stuff) and Mike happy (he knew I was home with Toby).  But now I feel like pants.

Anyway.  I got home and Toby was so excited.  He opened the parcel and now we have skeletons and ghosts and he has a vicar's costume for the Main Event.  Madness.  The cat is perplexed.

Mike eventually got home from his brewing session.  It was a work thing, but he invited Andrew, John and Josh along.  So it was his ex-work with his mates.  Probably a winning combination once you throw in beer and pizza.

Time to kick off the day.  Hope you have a fantastic day.

Love,
Angela