My 2023

Wednesday, 10 January, 2024 / BeeJayGe / Leave a comment

Sometimes it’s easy to look back on a year and think it wasn’t a very good year, maybe it’s because the bad things that happened stick out more than all the good things. So I decided to look back through all the photos on my phone as a reminder of the cool/awesome things I did in 2023. So these are the highlights, plus a couple of non highlights but they were pretty big events:

January	~ Michelle here from the UK, stayed over at her AirB&B. ~ Movies at the Silky Otter. ~ Not a highlight but… worst rain in history for Auckland (non stop every day for weeks), floods everywhere. ~ Built the Lego Lighthouse.
February	~ Birthday bridge walk – new Mangere Bridge with the gang. ~ Titanic 25^th anniversary edition in 3D with Michelle. ~ Orbit restaurant, Sky Tower for dinner to celebrate Michelle’s birthday. ~ Celebrated my birthday with Lisa then walked up Mt Eden.
March	~ House & Garden Tour with Barb. ~ Brunches with friends. ~ Built the Lego Tokyo architecture set and Groot.
April	~ Got Covid for the first time, not a highlight but a significant event. ~ Went on a blind date. ~ DVD nights with friends. ~ Brunches with friends.
May	~ Brunch with Teresa up from Cambridge.
June	~ Wellington on the train with Dad and Paula, saw the Brickman Jurasic World exhibition. ~ Long weekend in Tauranga, hung out with Nic, stayed in a brand new Quest hotel in Mt Maunganui. ~ Bought big 50″ TV – amazing service and after sales service from Harvey Norman dude.
July	~ Flew to Wellington to do some Excel training. ~ John & Donna’s in Whangaoaroa. ~ Actually got flown to Whangarei for training coz all the roads are flooded or broken. ~ Got my first Lego passport after brunch with Ange.
August	~ Wellington for two whole weeks for an induction at the call centre. ~ Wine tasting with the gang.
September	~ Coffee and chocolate festival, stayed over with friends in the city. ~ Built the Lego Galaxy Explorer.
October	~ Election time.
November	~ Auckland Brick Show with Lisa.
December	~ Xmas at the Pullman. ~ Made a big start on the courtyard after several years of neglect (holiday project). ~ Many BBQs with friends.

A Very Heidi Xmas 2019

Friday, 27 December, 2019Friday, 27 December, 2019 / BeeJayGe / 1 Comment

Xmas 2019 will forever be remembered by me as the Xmas of Heidi. It all started on Xmas Eve meeting up with Heidi at the Cordis Hotel. In case you’re wondering this used to be the Langham and before that it was the Sheraton.

Last Xmas Heidi and I decided to go to Fiji for Xmas 2019 for something different to do and get away from it all. Turns out that December is the worst month to go to Fiji because it’s the rainiest month of the year and very humid.

So Fiji turned into Bali after several months of indecisiveness and then sadly I didn’t think I’d have enough money to have an awesome trip coz there really wasn’t enough paydays till Xmas for me. So as a compromise and a way to still do something fab… we decided to stay in a flash 5 star hotel in the city where we could sit by a pool on Xmas day and drink cocktails.

I started my Xmas holidays this year on Monday the 23rd so all I had to do on the 24th was wait for Heidi to finish work and check in to the hotel. I caught a taxi from my place to the hotel and the driver gave me a $10 Xmas discount making it only $20, what a fab start to my luxurious Xmas experience.

While waiting in the very flash lobby there was a Santa wishing everyone a very merry Xmas and a very lovely lady handing out beautiful gingerbread cookies.

Our room was very very nice and the beds were like giant marshmallows- they were so comfortable, and we had a great view of the Sky Tower lit up for Xmas.

Once it got dark enough we went for a big walk along K Road to the pink cycle path because I thought we should do something involving lights on Xmas eve.

Xmas Day

Got woken suddenly this morning by a faint knock on the door announcing our room service breakfast had arrived. Or maybe the poor guy had been out there a while knocking – we will never know.

Checked out of the hotel at 11:00 and went for a walk over Grafton Bridge to fill in time till High Tea at 11:30. It sure was very special and what a fab thing to do on Xmas day – no stress no drama no dishes and we were treated like royalty.

Boxing Day

Today I joined Heidi and a bunch of her friends for their annual Xmas tradition. We caught the ferry to Waiheke Island and had an awesome lunch and much wine in a vineyard restaurant called: Thomas’s Batch.

Awesome views, fun company and a fab day.

27 December

Today we went to Point Chev for a catch up brunch with a mutual friend Dave L. The cafe we planned to meet in was closed!!! So we went to another one nearby called Ambler Cafe. Great food and great service, would happily go back there again.

So… it’s been a very busy few days with lots of fun adventures with Heidi, hence the title of this blog post.

Xmas Holidays 2015 Day Twenty Seven

Sunday, 2 October, 2016 / BeeJayGe / Leave a comment

Thursday 14 January 2016

I spent today with my lovely friend Barb. She came over to my place and we went up to one of my favourite cafes for brunch – Bungalo Café in Birkenhead. As I type this I’m wondering why they have left the w off the end of their name. I’d always assumed it was named after the fact that it is a renovated bungalow type house – but maybe not.

bungalo