Residency

Mark's residency has been approved!!

Re-branding

We are re-branding at work and are no longer known as RFD - we are now known by our parent company Suvitec Group - and this is me with the new sign!

Cannelloni

I made Roasted Vegetable Cannelloni for dinner tonight (and lunch tomorrow!) it has pumpkin, kumara (sweet potato) carrot, spinach and tomatoes rolled in fresh pasta!

Birds

We had a great course for our run today. We ran around a small pond with so many different birds!

Remembrance

What a glorious winters morning! Not a cloud in the sky, it's just stunning. I
Went for a walk on the beach and while walking I phoned my friend Lyndsey. We were best friends all through high school so we have known each other since we were 13. Her brother passed away 10 years ago today so I phoned her for a chat.
Her baby is nearly a year old already and I still have not made it to Wellington to visit her.
So today will be a day of remembering Angus. He was only 19 years old and still dearly missed.

My favourite quote

I just love this!

My love

Mmwah

Rainbow

Saw a rainbow on my way to work today! Great start to Monday!

Bluff beach

This photo was sent to me by Mark and Luke today. Big swell coming in!

Pic

I saw this photo on the Internet and thought it was very well done.

An adventurous trip home

Today's photo has a story behind it.
Mum and I were going back to Matamata as I have the rest of the week off work. We thought we would wake up early and get going in order to avoid too much traffic on the Motorway going into the city. We heard a clunk on the road but didn't think much of it and kept driving. Then the radio starting flicking and the lights were dimming but we thought we would be fine to get to the mechanics near my work for them to check it out.
Then the car stopped completely. On the motorway. With cars zooming past us on both sides, I called the Police straight away. While i was talking to the emergency services a Police car stopped behind us. We were at the bottom of the Auckland Harbour Bridge and the only way out of this situation was for the Police car to push us from behind. They all have pads on the front of their cars - guess this happens a lot! I took this photo today while we were stopped waiting for the police to start pushing us.

Nothing in the car worked - no A/C, the windows would not open, it was raining, the windscreen was fogging up, and it was still dark, we couldn't see a thing but somehow managed to get over the bridge and off the road at the next exit. We then phoned our Roadside Assistance and they came and ran cables to a battery (which sat by my feet on the floor) so we could at least we could drive the car to the mechanics by my office.
The mechanics managed to locate a part somewhere in Auckland and have it couriered to them and put in the car in less than 2 hours so we were soon on our way again! We expected to be home at 8am but didn't get home until midday.
It was a very adventurous morning!

Boats

I saw some people sailing their little boats on a pond.

Queen's Birthday Weekend

It was a public holiday here today so didn't have to go to work.
It was very foggy in the morning. We couldn't see the Kaimai Ranges at all. So I took a before and after photo of that.
Mum and I ran 5.3km without stopping. I don't think I've ever run 5km without stopping before so it was a great achievement for me.
I am only working Tuesday and Wednesday this week so Mum has come to stay in Auckland for a few days. We got stuck in awful public
Holiday traffic on the way back - it took 3 hrs to get back instead of 2 hours.

My Maunganui

Mum and I went to The Mount today. Weather wasn't the best but not raining at least. We walked around the mountain and watched a movie.

The best exotic magnolia hotel was the movie - about a group of older British people that go to India. Great movie - I really enjoyed it! I want to go to India now!

Foggy

It was so foggy on my drive home today

Happy birthday Cyril!!

Happy winter!

Today is June 1st - officially winter starts today! Was a beautiful day but really cold.