As the old phrase goes, all good things must come to an end Today was my last proper day working at the Open Polytechnic | Te Pukenga and it was more emotional than I thought it would be! I mean, don’t get me wrong, I knew that i’d feel a bit sad about movingContinue readingContinue reading “I left the Open Polytechnic | Te Pukenga”
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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: 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”
Things I am loving this month: July
Things I am loving this last few weeks: RugbyTiny HomesNew tattoosMore puppy playdates Rugby Over the last weeks I have been to see three rugby matches. The Irish rugby team have been to NZ on a tour to play the Al Black, and so there have been lots of games to go and watch. FirstContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: July”
Things I am loving this month: May
Things I am loving this last few weeks: New PlantsDressmakingNew shoesRed Rocks in the JimnyDoggy playdates Plants A friend from work was kind enough to give me LOADS of cuttings and plants to repot. I ended up with an Elephant Ear Begonia, a Fiddle Leaf Fig, a few Monstera plants, a Pathos (I think thatContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: May”
Things I am loving this month: April
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Easter holidaysNew Nintendo Switch gamesA new tattoo I’ve been home alone having a staycation and it has been lovely 🙂 James wanted to go home to Ireland and see his family, but given all the restrictions, I was a little less than excited to travel. Plus theContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: April”
Things I am loving this month: March
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Power Class and PT at CityFitnessSpa daysOur new car! I recently joined the gym again, so I’m back into the swing of trying to be a bit healthier. One thing I have found that I love is the Power class. It’s a group fitness class using dumbbellsContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: March”
Things I am loving this month: February
Things I am loving this last few weeks: Studying againOur paddling poolSewingSpirited Women Adventure Race: Cancelled Now it’s February I have started the second paper of the Diploma that I’m studying (Lv.5 Diploma in Photography), which is NZDP101 Digital Post Production. It means that I have to learn to use Photoshop which I am lessContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: February”
Things I am loving this month: January
I’ve decided to change it up a bit this year 🙂 Instead of doing a ‘things I’m loving this week’ post every week, I have decided to do them monthly. I am quite busy and I feel like I’m not able to keep up with posting them weekly, so monthly it is. Things I amContinueContinue reading “Things I am loving this month: January”
Christmas 2021
Santa has been and it’s great 🙂 We begun the day with a 5km ParkRun – our first one in about 6 months! I was not prepared and didn’t manage to run the entire thing, but that’s okay and I aim to work on this in the New year! It was a bit of aContinueContinue reading “Christmas 2021”