Not sure why my hubby was laughing while I had a shower today 🤭 Whatever. I’m clean, dry, and comfy now.

Hubby and Miss 14 are making dinner in the kitchen. Miss 14: “this is how you know I REALLY LOVE mum. I hate pickles but here I am putting them in her burger”. Aww 🥰

My gorgeous #SecretSantaAoNZ quilt from @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social is keeping me warm while I rest my ankle. A knitted beanie from my bestie keeping my toesies warm too. I’ve finished the crossword book now, but my karate friends sent me a gift basket with a puzzle book so I’m all set for nerdery 🤓

#bigtoebobblehat now in ‘one size fits all’ (toes) Just a little #taskmaster reference to get your day going. 💌

Artwork in progress

Alive. Sore. Sleepy.

We are Go for Launch. #anklefusion

Doing a bit of meal prep since I can’t stand up for the next two weeks. Big day tomorrow! #anklefusion

GPS says 53 min to home. See if I can smash this one out by then! Feel free to help out if you like :)

Anyone keen to do my cryptic crossword with me as we drive home from Tongariro? I’m not sure why my crossings out change angle but it’s interesting to note anyway.

There’s a weird noise coming from somewhere in my room. The last time I heard something like this, it was a mouse that had found its way into the secret Easter egg stash in our wardrobe.

#classroom all set up, maths relief all sorted and in place. Here’s hoping my room isn’t absolute chaos when I return in mid-Feb.

Operation #bookshelf is mostly complete! All the books are categorised and shelved. Except the plane ones, which hubs needs to go through and cull some of. There’s nowhere in the lounge left to put them as one geek shelf now has #Lego in. Plane books are going to the #scalemodelling plane room.

This is a fun way to enjoy a mystery; go give it a listen! #podcast

Currently at ortho waiting on expert opinion but I’d say that’s pretty fucked. #anklesurgery

Coffee date with myself and a book between physio and optometrist appts. Nothing like an author inscription to make you feel loved! @catconnor.bsky.social 🥰

On a mission to reorganise and downsize the #bookshelves as we have so many floor piles. Mostly non fiction but I’ve sorted the fiction first for a sense of achievement. More info in the alt text.

Backyard chill spot all sorted for the three days of Summer that we are going to have in Te Awakairangi

Home from the annual camping holiday with friends. Can’t wait to sleep in a proper bed that’s not an airbed!

Happy New Year from @whatthehall.bsky.social and me! Actually 4:30pm on a very warm New Years Day in Havelock North, NZ.

We have reached Peak Tent at Joll Rd. #decklife #havelocknorth #summer

Explain your username I’ve been called fish since I was about 15. For real, most of my mates will have me in their phones as fish not Fiona. Even my hubby calls me fishy a lot of the time (not a euphemism; I just love to swim). And I’m a teacher, so if ‘fish’ is taken I use ‘teacherfish’ instead.

Just out for a Christmas morning ride in my reindeer (slash Chewbacca) outfit. Also got to watch some guy in a Swift get arrested by a cop this morning while we were waiting to start. Classic Upper Hutt.

Could not be happier! @whatthehall.bsky.social is the best husband 🥰

Merry Xmas from the sound desk at midnight service!

#taskmaster Champion of champions time!!

Minute Cryptic - 23 December, 2025 "Agitate, unload, dry!" (2,7) 🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣🟣 🏆 0 hints – 1 under the community par (23,773 solvers so far). www.minutecryptic.com?utm_source=s... Thanks @ruthmcmonagle.bsky.social - I clocked the book and now I’ve found the writer’s daily puzzle page online!

So I have a Pat costume (from #bbcGhosts ) and today I was at the optometrist and saw the donation box for old specs to go to the Pacific Islands for re-issue. I asked if they had any like Pat’s and voila! One lens was missing and couldn’t really be reused, so they donated them to me instead. Win!

Now that #wordle has rolled over, I need to post how #quilt was the perfect word yesterday! #SecretSantaAoNZ

In today’s episode of #gettingshitdone I have now FINISHED all the plans and just have a few bits of photocopying and google forms to get done. Shared the doc with HoD and reliever. The last bits can wait till January. I’m officially on holiday now. #teacherlife #anklefusuon

My #SecretSantaAoNZ has outed themself and I’m so glad I get to thank them properly for my gorgeous #quilt and marvel at the creative process from start to finish. 🙏🏼

Not a great day in Welly today, so I’m watching the #NZLvsWI #testmatch from the couch in a fluffy blanket burrito. Currently at tea so here’s a shot from the teatime highlight reel.

I think I did this right… #procrastinating while writing up my January relief work. www.madebyolof.com/bluesky-wrap...

More #gettingshitdone before my physio appointment for this dumb pinched nerve. Going to do two hours on here so that it’s firing off when I get to physio and we can pinpoint the problem more easily.

Do you know the coolest thing about #SecretSantaAONZ ? I’ve found lots of Great new people to follow!

Righto, off for a walk, shower, then onto the big job: Start on the roughly 4-6 weeks of relief for five classes I haven’t even met yet. Oh joy. My #anklefusion is still over a month away but I need to #getshitdone before Xmas so I can stop fretting about it and enjoy my Summer!

Can confirm that my #SecretSantaAoNZ #quilt is not only gorgeous but a lovely warm layer for a good long sleep (it was a little nippy last night in #Welly). 9.5 hours, baybeeeee! I needed that.

Not me endlessly logging in and checking my #secretsantaaonz ‘s page to see if they have opened it yet… 👀

It’s #SecretSantaAoNZ #OpeningDay!!!

Ohhh I love this! 🥰

Modem box: “Simply plug it in and you’ll have an instant and effortless fibre connection” My in-laws’ three other plugged in but non-functional devices: “hold my beer…”

Loving the local references in my latest read! Also I literally drove my motorbike under that very canopy yesterday on the way to grab some homework, so I’m looking forward to the scene where they do the same :)

Ah Rian Johnson, love your work.

Looking like a cracker #summer in #welly this year!

I don’t really want to go back to reality but I guess I have to… #martinborough

When I retire they can name a school building after me. Guess which one! @whatthehall.bsky.social

#WeeklyWins * School is DONE for the year! Yay! * Many of my Ako (form) class crossed the stage at Y9 Prizegiving, including one of the four House Cups and the the Top Y9 Award. * Reliever has been sourced for my surgery leave in Jan. Gutted to be missing the start of year but it is what it is.

School’s out so it’s time to escape to #martinborough with the hubby and some friends. A bunch of them are heading off for a 15 km walk but my ankle will not be up for that, so I guess I’ll have to just eat my omelette then go drink coffee and read in bed. It’s a hard life.