Where did the month go?

Wow I can’t believe it has been over four weeks since our last post. I guess we have been busy. This is King’s birthday weekend (holiday Monday) so we are coming up for a bit of air. 

Looking back at the calendar, we certainly packed a lot in. Most importantly, we have carpet throughout the house now!!! So happy to have that done.

Eric has finished the build-out of the linen closet, and the painting and closet build-out in the second room that is our office. It took 6 coats of paint to cover the old purple wall! 

See previous blog for work in progress. This is where the original hit water cylinder was. 

    

We are enjoying moving into the space and continuing to get rid of boxes. The room is smaller than the one we shared in Seattle but we are making it work. 

We have been socially busy too…

We hosted our first dinner in our house with dear friends and had a few movie nights at the house as well. We watched the new Ghostbusters movie and in anticipation of Furiosa, watched Mad Max Fury Road - could not believe it was released 9 years ago. We also saw The Fall Guy, Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes and Furiosa. I personally loved The Fall Guy. 

May 10th/May 11th here, it was possible to see an Aurora from many places in the world. Wellington (much like Seattle) is often covered in clouds. We did manage to get a brief peak before the cloud cover obscured it. We also went down to the beach the following night as it was clear, but only saw a stunning sunset. 😁

We checked out “Light Cycles” at the Botanical Gardens. We managed to get a nice dry evening with minimal wind. The lights music and effects were great. I was only sorry it was not longer. I would have liked a bit more. 

I attended the opening night of the new Dr. Who exhibit. This is the first time this exhibit has been shown outside of the UK. It was a fun evening with friends and there was lots of great props and displays from all eras of the show. If I’m being critical, I was disappointed that there was not a display featuring all the Doctors in their outfits. They only had the original costume of the first doctor. I also wish there was more with the companions, River Song and Captain Jack. Without the more recent companions and River Song it felt very male-centric. Small showing of Jodie Whitaker and just a photo of the newest Doctor Ncuti Gatwa. Definite missed opportunities. 

Eric and I also enjoyed a Chocolate Masterclass at the Wellington Chocolate Factory curtesy of my brother, Erika and niece Casey as a holiday gift. We both made 70% dark chocolate bars. That is 70% pure cacao and 30% sugar. I made plain, salty caramel, and one with pretzel bits and Eric made one each of, coffee, ginger and apricot. We also got to taste many other flavors of chocolate and learned more about where it comes from and how it is processed. Quite impressive. And delicious!

I guess in hindsight - that certainly explains where May went - poof!

Work is going well and I am enjoying it. Eric got another couple of days at Scale Studios and is still happy working on the house. 

June is going to be another fun-filled month - stay tuned!