As a treat to ourselves, and because James turned 40, we took a post-Christmas trip to Fiji. We flew in and stayed one night in a little hotel near to the airport. As the flight landed reasonably late, we thought it would be better to do this than have to rush about trying to findContinueContinue reading “Fiji”
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New Year: New Goals?
As always, the new year is a time to think about what I achieved (or didn’t) last year, and what I want to focus on this year. Every year I make the same goals: something about fitness, something about treating myself better, and something about doing more things I love. Last year I only hadContinueContinue reading “New Year: New Goals?”
Things I am loving this month: December
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Christmas Eve at the Cinema Christmas Fiji Christmas Eve at the Cinema A new Irish film came out on pre-release this month; The Banshees of Inisherin. We went to see it on Christmas Eve. IMDB says this: Two lifelong friends find themselves at an impasse when oneContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: December”
Things I am loving this month: November
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Big Bang Adventure Race Adulting two 13 year olds for an entire weekend Auckland Big Bang Adventure Race As James and I have been doing the Dirt Duathlons, we thought we’d go for the big one next: The Big Bang Adventure Race! It’s a longer race thanContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: November”
Big Bang Adventure Race
The Big Bang Adventure Race is the ‘big’ race of the year. Funny that! Anyone that has been following me or my blog for a while will know that this year James and I have been doing ‘adventure’ races. After three ‘Dirt Duathlons’ (and the Spirited Women for me) we’re now feeling ready for somethingContinueContinue reading “Big Bang Adventure Race”
Things I am loving this month: October
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Spirited Woman Adventure Race Dinner Club(s) Birthdays New roles Spirited Woman Adventure Race AGES and ages ago I organised a team to take part in the Spirited Woman adventure race…and then COVID happened again and we got postponed and rescheduled and readjusted. But this month we actuallyContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: October”
Spirited Women Adventure Race
The Spirited Women Adventure Race finally happened! After months of prep, COVID level changes, postponements, and not a lot of training, we did it…we finished. We were never going to be the fastest team, but we did it and I am happy! James and I drove up on the Thursday and spent time when weContinueContinue reading “Spirited Women Adventure Race”
Things I am loving this month: September
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Photographing Remutaka Roller Derby Les Miserables at the St. James Theatre in Wellington Studio Sasada Concert at the Little Theatre in Lower Hutt Aston Norwood at night Phew, what a busy month!!! Photographing Remutaka Roller Derby As I’m trying to get as much photography practice in asContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: September”
Photography: Remutaka Roller Derby
This weekend I spent my Saturday evening taking sport photography, something that I’ve not had much practice in. As I’m trying to get as much photography practice in as possible, I leapt at the change to take photos at the most recent Roller Derby bout between my local team, Remutaka Roller Derby, and Swamp CityContinueContinue reading “Photography: Remutaka Roller Derby”
Things I am loving this month: August
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Dinner Club at our friends new house 🙂 Dirt Duathlon 3: In the dark! Dinner Club We regularly do a rotating dinner club with two other couples: Tim and Roz, and John and Cecelia. John and Cecelia have just bought a new house, so dinner club thisContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: August”
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