My Home Wellingtontown: Week in the Life: Tuesday Words & Photos

what a windy recycling day looks like in Wellington.

if you don't bring your bin in as soon as soon as your rubbish has been collected - look for it in the next suburb...

bottles this week, paper and plastic next...

spring, anytime you're ready to show your face, i'm here

although our pellet fire is proving to be rather unreliable lately, it's been a fantastic addition to the house since 2008. all the ambience of an open flame without the hard work of lighting an actual fire.

what breakfast looks like at our house these days

loving the change

8:17 | teenager #1 is up

an email from the squash club

won in 3 sets against a guy more than half his age

open heart surgery be damned!!!

whaaaaaaaaaaa?

i'm not doing anything.

Tash - i hope you don't need that pattern piece again...

getting myself in the picture

working on monday's photos and words

turns out there are a LOT of stories to tell today...

8:52 | teenager #2 is up

she's on 'earlys' today - meaning she'll work from 11am until 7.30pm

hopefully she'll find out about the 2IC job today...

mercy dash to the supermarket on my way into town

"any sign of THE CHANGE?" my mum asks every time i talk to her on the phone

"No, Mum" i reply. i even had the blood test to see if it's imminent. nope.

i felt like i'd failed some kind of important exam.

i'm 52 already. c'mon. i'm ready for THAT next phase too...

wellington food on a plate festival

'pimp my dough' workshop

booked this (and several other sugary treat events) before we eschewed sugar

even as i sat there looking at the basic dough recipe, i was calculating how many teaspoons of sugar would be in it. 50.

but then i figured if you made 50 biscuits there'd be 1 tsp in each cookie and it ain't hidden.

you know where it is.

there were some questions from [i assume] fellow sugar eschewers in the audience and the presenter was ready for them and answered thoughtfully.

bottom line though - a traditional cookie dough is sweet because it has refined sugar in it.

those pre-packs on the edge of the counter were take home gifts

i grabbed the one with all the seeds in it...

i check my phone halfway through the workshop and the family thread has been busy

my quiet achiever - the girl who took herself WAAAAAY out of her comfort zone to work in sales, is now 2IC for her campaign. after a mere 4 months in the job.

this is what her Team Leader said about her:

"You interviewed really well.

you're young and still have room to learn and grow.

you're a fast learner

you have maturity beyond your years

you've done so well in your current role

basically you're the perfect employee".

the other interviewer couldn't believe Mikaela is only 18.

*cue chest swelling pride*

4:05 | after making himself 'unavailable' earlier this morning, MOE is now at the Vet

he was far more relaxed than this shot shows, although REALLY, how many cats like the vet?

Alistair was happy to pose for a pic. he's so compassionate (guess it comes with the territory!)

he always asks after Zoe's cat Stella (who went missing from our house the week Zoe moved to Auckland).

Alistair was also incredibly understanding when we made the painful decision to have Patsy (our 18 year old cat) put down in June.

When i did this project last year we had 4 cats. now we have 2.

"our boyz" Sid and Moe. whilst they aren't great mates, Sid would like to be and Moe tolerates a whole lotta butt sniffing from Sid while he's eating.

now THAT'S gotta count for something!