Week 44 – w/c Saturday 29th October, 2011

Saturday (29/10/11) ~ I made poached eggs for the first time with the help of Twitter. I think they turned out quite good. Mark planted our summer garden; very exciting. I managed to give myself a second (or even third) degree burn pouring the pasta into the colander in the sink….no photo of that revoltingness. Reinforces the idea that pasta is the DEVIL; thanks Colleen.

Sunday (30/10/11) ~ Mark did the 5km walk that is part of the bigger Auckland Marathon while I had a coffee and read the paper. In the afternoon Shona and John popped over for a catch up which was awesome.

Monday (31/10/11) ~ Halloween and we only had one trick-or-treater.

Tuesday (01/11/11) ~ I attended an old work colleague/current client and friends funeral. Devastating.

Wednesday (02/11/11) ~ I received a phone call from my sister at work to say that she could go into labour at any stage in the next few days to a week. Exciting! Took Kitty-Kat to the vet.

Thursday (03/11/11) ~ Sister still not in labour. Saw the 5+ a day team outside Britomart.

Friday (04/11/11) ~ Chilled out at home with Mark in the evening and watched some recorded TV. Sister still not in labour. I kept waiting for the late night phone call so decided to have an early night.

Week 43 – w/c Saturday 22nd October, 2011

 

Saturday (22/10/11) ~ Lunch at palmers with mum and dad and then later birthday dinner in Greenhithe for Jamie and Nikki.

Sunday (23/10/11) ~ Relaxing day at home. I think Mark planted sunflower seeds into trays.

Monday (24/10/11) ~ Lovely extra day off for labour day. No photo.

Tuesday (25/10/11) ~ Work and loads of TV watching in the evening. Made the best Pita for lunch at work. Yum-yum.

Wednesday (26/10/11) ~ I cooked a fantastic dinner with loads of broccoli to use up stuff in the fridge.

Thursday (27/10/11) ~ Work and client meetings. No photo.

Friday (28/10/11) ~ Early morning appointment with a client. Went to see John Rowles in Takapuna with Raewyn for her birthday; very cool! Amazing performer.

Week 42 – w/c Saturday 15th October, 2011

Saturday (15/10/11) ~ I got up late as Mark took the car to get supplies for his boat building project. I started the kitchen spring clean/declutter. It is kind of a work in progress but I did get rid of a lot. I think I will write a blog post about it. Made Nigella’s Devil’s Food Cake for dessert; it was great but I will double the mixture and add more baking powder next time.

Sunday (16/10/11) ~ Finally got soil for the garden! Watched the rugby in the evening while texting my sister who was on her own in a bar in New York.

 Monday (17/10/11) ~ Bit of a bad day and ended up eating some bad food and then putting some clothing on layby. Tackled the pantry which looked like a train smash!

Tuesday (18/10/11) ~ Went to the gym and did about an hour of cardio which was awesome. No photo.

Wednesday (19/10/11) ~ My sister and nephew came to visit me at work today and I got three paintings from my nephew to put up at work.

Thursday (20/10/11) ~ Work. No photo.

Friday (21/10/11) ~ Work. No photo.

Week 41 – w/c Saturday 8th October, 2011

Saturday (08/10/11) ~ Really, really wanted to sleep in…did not happen and I woke up at 7am. Caught up on more TV and then went out for lunch with some Twitter friends.

Sunday (09/10/11) ~ Totally lazy day getting up to date with washing and more TV. Watched the rugby in the evening with Mark and Raewyn and had kitten cuddles. Is Kitty-Kat a cat or a bunny? Hard to tell.

Monday (10/10/11) ~ First day of the school holidays which meant the roads were great; good because we slept through our alarm. I registered for Blog Action Day on the 16^th October. Might try and do the 6km walk after work. No photo.

Tuesday (11/10/11) ~ Went to the gym without Mark this morning and it was fabulous. I managed 55 minutes of cardio and burned almost 500 calories. I am planning on an early night so that I can go on Wednesday morning.

Wednesday (12/10/11) ~ Surprise, surprise I did not make it to the gym. Slacker. Had lunch in Mt Eden and it was awful as the café I normally go to was PACKED and then I forgot to get chicken with my Caesar salad. The beautiful spring blossoms made up for it though!

Thursday (13/10/11) ~ Had the most amazing lunch with a friend from Twitter. She made the yummiest vegetarian lunch. Cannot wait to replicate at home. No photo.

Friday (14/10/11) ~ Went to see Footloose with Mark at Sylvia Park. I really enjoyed it, but then again I have not seen the original. We went into Toy World and they had this crazy Rubiks cube!

Week 40 – w/c Saturday 1st October, 2011

Saturday (01/10/11) ~Went to the gym and then to visit my parents. Then raced to Café Crave in Kingsland to catch up with Lou, Niamh etc. Had the most AMAZING cheese scone and then onto Newmarket to see a friend that I haven’t seen for such a long time. Busy, but amazing day. No photo.

Sunday (02/10/11) ~ Pretty much spent the day relaxing in bed with the cats and watching TV.

Monday (03/10/11) ~ Mark home from Wellington; nice to see him! Went on a mad dash to the Laundromat to wash and dry all the bed linen etc.  Here are the cats and the bear enjoying the freshly made bed.

Tuesday (04/10/11) ~ Gym first thing and then I discovered Pita Pit’s new Newmarket branch. No photo.

Wednesday (05/10/11) ~ I went to Pita Pit for lunch (again) and then went and ate at the Domain as it was a beautiful spring day. I watched the end of Kinky Boots and then Just Right. I am totally committed to getting my iTunes sorted so that every song has its BPM. I have about 400 songs updated out of almost 2,200. 

Thursday (06/10/11) ~ I had a quick gym session in the morning and then a catch up with the Delish girls at lunch time. Beautiful day! No photo.

Friday (07/10/11) ~ TGIF. Pita Pit for lunch and bumped into Bec and Dan. Then went to the Domain to eat and read. Watched some TV in bed and Daisy slept.

Week 39 – w/c Saturday 24th September, 2011

Saturday (24/09/11) ~Went to the gym and then to visit my parents. Had a bit of a “blah” afternoon and then had dinner and watched the French vs. All Blacks game at Raewyn’s house. No photo. 

Sunday (25/09/11) ~ First day of daylight savings time and I slept late. Went up to Raewyn’s to talk about photos for Trade Me. Made pancakes for lunch and had a flat white. Watched recorded TV for the rest of the day and then finally I sorted out our monthly organiser for gym sessions and dinners.

Monday (26/09/11) ~ Busy day at work with two client meetings. I made Garden Lasagne to freeze for lunches and dinners. No photo.

Tuesday (27/09/11) ~ Gym first thing and then a quiet morning at work. Lunch at Delish. I made chocolate chip cookies successfully for the first time after I received a fabulously ‘no-fail’ recipe from a gal on Twitter.

Wednesday (28/09/11) ~ Total ‘vege-out’ night. P.S. I am now OVER Garden Lasagne. No photo.

Thursday (29/09/11) ~ Mark flew to Wellington for the weekend to celebrate his dad’s birthday. I love my husband, but I also enjoy my space. No photo.

Friday (30/09/11) ~ Last day of September…scary! No photo.