The Wednesday of Christmas week

 Hi,

Wednesday was the last full day at work before the halfday on Christmas Eve (where I am working from home).  I planned the Otago jersey day with Callan - so it wasn't the accidental twin thing I seem to have going at random times with random colleagues.

Callan and I looking staunch

The Lab work meeting

Have had a great time in 2020 with this one.  He's special.

Super happy to catch up with Celia, Ange and Jen at Arabica for lunch.  Celia and Jen were both off work already and in town for shopping.  I must try and pop into see Celia on Christmas Day as they are at home and they live just around the corner from Sally and Andrew.

Lunch with Celia, Ange, Jen, Juliet and Barb

Christmas Eve Eve is a thing, and I am ready for it.

Got home a wee bit early with an offer of a lift from Ange.  Our afternoon workshop got punted to the NY due to missing people.  So we chilled with some baked goods courtesy of Angie and then played table tennis.

Good fun.

Muddled around the house a bit and then chatted to Jo Brown for a good long time.  She is well and in tier 2 lockdown.  Off on hols after the school year closed out last Friday.  Heather is still busy in the health sector though.  Family get togethers are totally disrupted there.  Covid all over the show.

I went to sleep totally ready for Christmas Eve.  I must have lost my hat during the night as it wasn't on my head when I stumbled to the shower this morning.  Hahahah.

Have a good day.  Mike has already braved the crowds at the supermarket.  He got our next two Smeg knives from the promotion they have on.  

Take care.  Have a lovely break.  I probably won't blog until we get back from the break.  And you just know I will be making it up when I try to recall what I did in the holidays.  :-)  Can you tell fact from fiction this year though?  Because - crazy times.  I hope all my family and friends have a far better 2021.  And things get into a normal routine and we see more of each other.

Love,

Angela

The Tuesday that really feels like Thursday

Hi,

Did I even post yesterday?  I am so confused.  It really feels like it should be Thursday already.  Okay - looking at my pics, I didn't post.

Hahah.

So on Monday morning I got out to the Lab with Maureen.  Heard about her plans for Christmas and enjoyed the iced latte there.  Maureen didn't even try for an iced latte.  She went for a flat white, I think.

The Lab with Maureen

Tuesday morning saw me wander into work on the bus but as I passed The Lab, I bumped into my old instructor Flo from the old gym.  So happy to see her - she has been good.  And she invited me for the last class of 2020 Wednesday morning.  As you will see, I took her up on that.

Later on Tuesday morning I went for a coffee with Annie.  She went straight for a chai latte so I had no hope there nto try to convert her to the wonderful lightness that is an iced coffee.  But at least we were in sync in one aspect.  We totally dressed the same.

Twinning it with Annie

Good to hear all about her 100 day cruise she did last year all over the world.  Wow.  Great stories.  Her late husband went to the same primary school as me, around the same time.

Iced latte at Mojo

The team all got out for lunch together to The Lab.  It was so busy there.  But we nabbed a table and got some lunch.  Yummy food as per usual.

Iced latte for lunch with Ange, Chris, Doug and Mitchell

Ange drove me home - two evenings in a row.  Yay.  Had dinner.  Forgot that I had nuked corn cobs.  Mike just found them this morning.  Doh!

Mike got up early to take me to Spin.  6.20am and Flo arrived so she took me in.  Saw Pam and some of the other old crew.  It was such fun.  Hot and sweaty work.

After spin sweaty pic.  Flo is my fave instructor (in the middle) and Pam - made my day.

I wore my santa hat.  Hahah.  It was a Christmas Spin class after all.

Off to work for the last full day of 2020 - I work a half day tomorrow and will work from home for it.

Have an awesome day.  Today I get to see Celia for lunch.  Yay!

Love,

Angela

The weekend before Christmas and not so quiet through the house

 Hi,

The weekend was great fun - quite quiet despite it being the weekend before Christmas.  Except for the Gremlin cat causing chaos in the house.

And we all know Smudge is not the gremlin cat.

Moxley chews on some tinsel on the tree

I found this on Sunday morning

See the unwrapped present - it is Moxley's one

Let me have another chomp

Let me see - what did we do at the weekend? Saturday morning saw our first sleep in for months because boot camp has finished.

I made brekkie for Mike as he was under the weather with some dramatic Friday end-of-year celebrations.

Toby got home and presented me with one of his presents.  They had gone to Queensgate and went to see Santa for a photo.  As they approached Santa, he said:  Ho, ho, ho...  Some adults.  And are you brother and sister?

Well, no, they are not, Santa.  But they got a pic and I am very happy.

Early Christmas present from Toby - he knows me

Elly came around to collect the weed eater.  We chatted to her for a bit.  Then in the evening we watched a Christmas movie.  How come I have never seen Elf before?  Must have been in the mood because I giggled through the stupid movie.

Sunday was a repeat I guess.  Except Mike got up to make me brekkie.  Woot!  We did some grocery shopping as well.  Tessa came over and they both made a gingerbread house.  Well, when we got home we found gingerbread people and the makings of an unassembled house.

Iona looks like she is hopeful she will get some food soon

Mike and I went out to visit Helen and Iona and have a cup of tea.  We then whisked Iona away to The Botantist for dinner and then onto a plane back home.

We got home and fell into bed.  Even though it was quite the relaxing weekend.  Mike got up early to drop me at Spin Monday morning.  The clouds are so low and gravity is making it rain.  Hahahah.

Muggy too.

I have a short week at work.  Mike is on holiday.  Yay.

Take care.

Love,

Angela

The Thursday with date night

 Hi,

What a funny day Thursday was.  Work was fine (as you can see, it wasn't busy in the office) and I had an appointment at 5.45pm.  Went there and then jumped on a bus and sped back to the other end of town.

Work pic

Met Mike at Newkor for date night.  And scrumptious it was too.  The manager knew Mike by name and asked me why I hadn't come on Sunday night for the karaoke night with Toby and his mates.

Hahahah.

Date night at Newkor and we spotted Doro out with workmates

Mike spotted Doro out with her workmates as we were eating.  Wellington is a small place after all.  Mike and I decided against our own karaoke session and headed home by Uber.

Didn't sleep super well.  Way too warm.  :-p

Up early for meeting Andrew at Gales cafe (opposite the Portlander).  Cheap and cheerful.  

I don't think my arms are long enough

Did that work?

Then dropped Andrew at work - Mike headed off to his day of Christmas events.  He is finished work for the year.  I headed home as I have work today and up to Christmas Eve.

Selfie with Lewis Road in the home office

Today is one of the most gorgeous days you will ever see in Wellington.  Beautiful.  I hope your weekend is a good one.  Sally gets home after her adventures up north.  I have seen some pics and that looked like a wonderful trip.  Best put that on the bucket list for a decent exploration one day.

Love,

Angela

The Wednesday with stuff and stuff

 Hi,

Okay - my pics are going to make it look like all I do is crawl through all the cafes in Wellington supping on iced lattes.

Jo and Rex at La Cloche.  Mmmm, dessert iced coffee

I caught up with Jo and Rex for our last chance to hug ahead of the Christmas break.  They will head north for a bit. Their house build is progressing - they are hoping the slab gets poured this week.  Fingers crossed. 

Back to work and indecision for lunch meant I just went to get a bagel.  And an iced latte.  The young woman serving (not Caitlyn - another woman) asked me my name and said her mother is called Angela.  I said it was a Mum age kinda name.  Hahah.

Lunch iced latte - Ugly Bagels

Went to Spin after work and Mike collected me after it.  Woot.  He went to get a ladder and I cooked tea for Toby.

We now have a ladder that can reach our spouting.  Mike is not allowed to use it without supervision.

Toby was supervising

Up early for my last PT session for the year.  Boxing.  Quentin really wants me to hit him.  I keep saying no.  But he makes a big difference in my life so - thank you for the year that was 2020.  Online sessions through lockdown.  Always cheerful.  Kind.  Yet making the difference needed.

Showered at the gym for the first time.  Then off to brekkie with James, Ed and Celia.  Woot!  

It's all about the iced latte

Last butties and avo brekkie before Christmas

James is getting a puppy.  A wee black cocker spaniel.  I saw a photo.  I think I love wee Spyro already.

Good day here.  Yay.  Date night with Mike tonight.

Have a great day.

Love,

Angela

The Tuesday with no spin because it is at a different time on Tuesdays compared to other days

 Hi,

Busy day at work but I did get away for lunch with Kirsty, Ellie and Barb.  And we sat in the sun to eat it.  Such a great view watching SUP and kayakers play in the most gorgeous of conditions.  Blue sky, no wind, flat, blue sea.

Iced latte with Barb

Being photo bombed

The afternoon saw my colleagues talking about Love Languages.  Yeah - I was not keen either.  But when they described it to me, I said I was a touch person.  They told me to do the quiz.  I am a touch person.

Hahah.

Anyway - headed to Spin for 6pm.  Tuesday nights I am usually at AFL training.  So it was a surprise to find out that on Tuesdays the 1 hour Spin class starts at 5.30pm instead of 6pm like all the other evenings.  Oh.

Walked home - and up through some bush.  Such a lovely evening.

My commute home

Jumped in the car, armed with tomato sauce and a jersey for Mike and met him, Andrew and a surprise guest (Elly) at the chippy at New World.   We got the dinner and headed to Petone to eat on the beach.

Fish n chips on the beach

Aw - looking pretty, Wellington

Lovely.  Back to drop Andrew off and eat more plums (mmmmmm) and then out to Kenepuru to drop Elly at her car at her work.  And home to bed.

Toby was out until 10.30pm.

Up early for brekkie this morning with Roanne and Juliet.  But the cafe (Mosscafe) doesn't do iced lattes.  They are so out of touch and living in the 90s.

Busy day today.  Have a good one.

Love,

Angela

The Monday back at work

 Hi,

What a crazy busy day.  So much so that it is hard to remember today is only Tuesday.  Worked from home and just went from meeting to meeting, really.

Moxley cuddled in the blanket

Kicking the footy

But we did go down to the park after work and after tea and after Mike got home and kicked the footy around for ages.  It was such fun.  Tessa is really good at it.

Our tree 2020

Fell into bed pretty early and up for PT session Tuesday morning.  My calf is still giving me gyp so we worked on it at the gym.  Got a lot to do.

Tuesday is a stunner

Spin after work.  Let's see how that goes.

Sally is enjoying the far north of the country.  Her pics are beautiful.  Mangrove coastline in Hokianga harbour.  What a huge inlet of water.

Have a great day.

Love,
Angela