Friday Favs - Week 2

Another week into the year and we are nearly in February which seems somewhat surreal. This is my second week of doing a blog post about Friday Favs inspired by Lisa’s blog.

This inspiring ‘Winter Citrus Ricotta Breakfast Bowl with Honeycomb’ recipe from Half Baked Harvest. YUM!!

I am obsessed about this GiveaLittle page to bring home a rescue dog from Mexico. I look at it a few times a day!  Bring Maggie home to NZ. I am sure if they get a bit closer to their goal then they might be able to borrow some money from relatives.

 

It is a long weekend for Auckland this weekend which is super exciting. Happy days!

Friday Favs

Gosh, I cannot believe it has been such a long time since I have written a blog. I definitely want to write more and I have a number of half-written blogs that I would like to finish and post. I guess it has been pretty full on year and unfortunately my poor, neglected blog has suffered.

Inspired by Lisa’s post on her ‘Friday Favs’ which you can read here, I thought that I could just do my own ‘Friday Favs’ for my second week back at work.

I do not know where to start with these flipping incredible Unicorn Shoes…they are AMAZING!

Finally pulled finger and started reading J.R. Wards books again. I am trying not to buy any books that I can just get out from the library.

How amazing is this Triple Berry Oatmeal Breakfast Bowl from Lovely Little Kitchen! Because you know what, breakfast food is an anytime meal!

Returning to Rangitoto

Walking up Rangitoto had been on my list of things to do for a long time. The last time I walked up I was about 12 years old; so 28 years later I finally tackled it again.

I think that the reason it took so long to return to Rangitoto and walk to the summit was fear. I remember how much I moaned the entire way up to the summit and I was absolutely petrified that I would feel the same, that it would be hard and I would inevitably moan.

Well it turns out that when you tell friends that you want to walk up Rangitoto they will ‘lock-in’ a date with you!

Leading up to the 17^th January 2016 I really felt a huge sense of trepidation and I really considered backing out. Fortunately for me, I was walking with Mark and our friend Janna and I really think that she knew that there was a possibility that I would try and pull out at the last minute. I did not.

The greatest things from the day were:

• Reaching the top without much moaning
• There was no real pressure to get to the summit within a set time frame
• Having super supportive people to walk with
• We took the shorter/direct route to the top and then took the longer way down and around Rangitoto
• Seeing how excited Mark was about walking to the top; he took so many photos

Photo from Janna

It made me sad at how unfit/out of shape I have become and I am trying to get back into the gym again.

Janna suggested that I go back in a year and walk to the summit and see if it is easier and I can do it quicker.

So a huge thank you to Mark and Janna for getting me back there; it only took a few decades!