I go walking in the night

Te he - it seems I'm back to my good old habit of going walk about in the middle of the night. Poor Paul! Apparently last night I got up out of bed and walked to look out the window (don't ask me why - I don't even remember it). Paul asked me what I was doing, to which I responded "SDFJHLASDFASDF" [mumbled] and went back to bed. How strange I tell you!
Sometimes I think it would be very interesting (and scary) to film yourself while you're asleep to see what exactly goes on in the night!
I think it's happening as I've had bad nights sleep for the past couple of weeks. Back in NZ, when I was living in Khandallah, I would simply sleep in for 10-12 hours on the weekends and that would mostly put me right. But the combination of the sun rising about 5:40am and Paul waking at the crack of dawn on weekends is meaning I no longer get my sleep ins. Gee isn't life sooo difficult ;-)

But I guess it's partly my fault too as I insist on getting up at 6am in the mornings so I can get to work early - I like catching the 6:25am or 6:35am bus which get me to work just after 7am. That way there isn't really anyone on the bus and traffic is lighter so it's quicker. It's so great at the moment as it's school holidays so there is a lot less people around the city. Normally the 6:35 bus takes about 35 mins - today it only took 25 mins - yay! Although that is less time I get to bury my nose in a book aye ;-)

I have been going running at lunch time a few times a week recently. But after feeling like being sick because of the heat on Monday, I've decided that is no longer an option. So yesterday Paul and I got up at 6am and went for a morning run together. I tell you - there is a whole other world out there in the parks at 6am. There were lots of friendly people who actually said hello to us :-) I actually really enjoyed the run - it was much cooler and it was nice to have some company! It's also good to see I'm getting some fitness back :-) Yay! So I think I'll probably do a morning run a couple of times a week from now on - I'll keep you posted on whether Paul ever comes again, te he he :-)

Well best be getting some work done! Oh yeah - it's raining again today - wahoo!! If it's still raining after work (storms forecast for tonight) then I might park the car out of the car port and give it a much needed clean :-)

Have a good one!
Ange :-D

An All Blacks win but .....

Well I assume as great and loyal kiwi's you all got out of your warm and cozy beds and watched the All Blacks play Scotland last night. Luckily for Paul and I, channel 10 was playing it live so we only had to get up at 1am & got to watch it with minimal ad breaks (as in they only had ads when to ball went out, as opposed to every 5 minutes when the game isn't live).
I must say it was a very error prone game! I'm hoping they were being cunning and misleading the rest of the rugby world about their ball handling ability etc as we really can't afford to muck up opportunities like that with a tougher opposition!
Well best be doing some work. Today is the last day of "normal" temperatures before a week of melting (todays high is 25 - the rest of the week varies from 28 - 31 degrees). So I need to get a run in today!
Have a great Monday!
Ange

pretty dresses

Yay - I just got home from a day of shopping. Lance dropped Debz off at our place about 10:30 this morning and we took off to Stones Corner to try on wedding dresses. Yay for getting to try on lots of cool dresses! There were some amazing dresses aye! I've found a dress that I'm really keen on so now I just need to sit on it for a week or so to see if my opinion changes. After all it's one of the most important decisions of a girls life ;-)
After our "hard" day of shopping Debz and I went to see Hairspray at the movies in Redcliffe. I really enjoyed it! I mean it was totally silly and all but that was just what I was in the mood for. I must say it's pretty hard to get past the idea of John Travolta in dresses and underwear though! Te he - disturbing!!
Well it's getting late so I'd better be off to bed :-)
Go the All Blacks against Scotland tomorrow night!! Paul and I will definitely be watching it!!

Who would have thought

Funny - Paul and I woke up to the news telling us there was fog in Brisbane today. We were both like, ok sure. Until we opened the curtains - and it really was foggy outside! Crazy! Reminded me of Wellington aye ;-) Te he he!
See some fog pics

I had a pretty low key weekend in the end. Rang Debz on Friday night and caught up with her. I've been so busy lately that I haven't even had time to catch up with my Brisbane friends - crazy stuff! Then on Saturday Paul and I went to an investing seminar. It was quite interesting actually as previously I knew nothing about all that! Afterwards Paul and I went and had an iced coffee next to the river and took one of the commuter ferries up/down the river. I'd tell you definitely which way but I get so disorientated here as there aren't any hills to orientate myself with. All you have is the river - and as river tend to do it winds it's way around. Ok - I had a look at Google maps and it must have been upstream and then down on the way back :-) We went up as far as St Lucia I think! Surprisingly the ferries don't go that far up the river - I thought they'd go much further! It was a stunning day though so I really enjoyed it. There are some very nice houses on the river - they'd be worth a fortune aye!!

We were going to get up and watch the rugby - but it was only on free-to-air tv at like 1am since it clashed with the aussie game. And getting up in the middle of the night to watch us thrash Portugal just didn't seem worthwhile. Especially as Paul had a big day on Sunday! It was definitely the right decision!

Then Sunday saw me pottering around the house while Paul went off to Ballymore to "watch" a rugby game (he was actually working for St John's). Got lots of cleaning done and spent a bit of time updating the budget, house hunting etc etc. Well the temperature did get up to just over 29 degrees so I wasn't planning on walking anywhere!

Well better do some work now! Have a good week!
Ange

Goodbye Chocolate Fish

Well I was gutted this morning when reading the stuff website to hear about the Chocolate Fish cafe having to close at the end of the year! It definitely comes in my top 5 list of favourite cafes in Wellington! This is a travesty! Stupid greedy councils and such things!

http://www.stuff.co.nz/4202071a11.html

I remember the first time I ever went to the Chocolate Fish cafe. It was with Paul on one of the really still, cold & misty Wellington days. The mist was coming in from Cook Strait all the way into the city along the harbour entrance. So sitting in the cafe it felt like you were sitting on the edge of the world as the mist came right up to the edge of the seating! And to top of the amazing surroundings, the food was SO yummy and the coffee was great!

Mmmmm, I remember it with fondness! I miss real cafes!!! Who wants to move to Brisbane and open a "Lido" or "Chocolate Fish" or "Expressoholic" or whats that one above the body shop on Lambton Quay again - well that one anyway. Oh well - at least they know how to make a really good iced coffee over here. Oh yeah - and they know what a nice sunny and warm day is! And you even get more than one of them strung together :-) Yay - I love Brisbane!

Ange
p.s. I reserve the right to grumble about the heat over summer! It's only the first month of Spring and already the temperatures are starting to get into the high 20's!

Busy Bees

Well life has been pretty busy lately! Paul and I took the new car in for a service on Friday as we thought it's better to pick anything up sooner rather than later. There were a few issues like illegal back tyres that somehow managed to get a dodgy safety certificate on them (like a warrant but only has to be done when you sell a vehicle), leaking cooling system and a broken exhaust mount. So we took it back to the car yard on Monday and they fixed it for us. Yay! Although we don't really trust their mechanic so we're going to take it back to our one, who came highly recommended, for a final check. So fingers crossed the car goes ok :-) Plus God was very nice to us and sent some rain overnight to wash the car for us too ;-)

Getting another good dose of rain (well there was only about 14mm overnight in the city I read somewhere - had more on the coast) after all the rain we had last week as been great as now our lawn is lovely and green. Even the grass verges on the side of the road are green!!

I was off in Sydney for 2 days last week - very exciting! But i shall write more about that later. Right now I'm at work so I'd better do some of that aye ;-)