Katie Pai

@katiepaiau

Always trying to be more professional at work. Tangata Tiriti wahine in a Ngāti Mahuta bubble #landback. Self-confessed science nerd. Only quiet when reading.

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Katie Pai@katiepaiau· 3d

It’s so bloody cold in Welly this morning. I’m still in bed with a little snuggle buddy. The big snuggle buddy is here too but less happy with his photo being taken.

Black cat snuggled and sleeping on a white duvet on the bed. Photo is taken from my head while I’m in bed and she’s snuggled around my legs.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· 7d

Refuses to sleep on the bed last night but decides my lap is the perfect place to go into deep sleep when I really need to be getting ready for work. I’m TUC, “trapped under cat”. May have to call in sick.

Black cat curled up and snoring (you can’t see the snoring) on my lap.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jul 10

There is a shining orb in the sky in Pōneke. Does anyone know what it is? i think it’s extra-terrestrial 🤪🌥️

A rectangular leadlight window up high in the wall of our house with the sun streaming in the far right corner.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jun 12

We sailed under the Auckland Harbour Bridge.

View of the back of a sail boat on Waitematā with the Auckland Harbour Bridge in the background.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· May 26

I know I should be getting ready for work but I’m TUC (trapped under cat) and she’s all purrs and snuggles. It’s really lovely. 🐱🇳🇿

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Apr 30

Cat woke me up so early this morning but it‘s hard to be mad when there’s lap snuggles and a very cute and whimiscal #pukapuka to read. 🇳🇿📚 🇳🇿🐱

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Apr 21

Today has been Antarctic in Welly. Here’s a tale of two cats. A perfect loaf this morning as she conserves heat. And a void circle as she leeches my body heat tonight. I had to put the nana blanket on our bed as we haven’t changed to our winter duvet yet. Tomorrow‘s job. 🐱🇳🇿

A black cat in the perfect loaf formation on her cat hammock in the window. She looking up at the camera and wearing a pink collar and bell.

The same black cat curled into a ball on a multicoloured crocheted blanket made by my actual nana.
The cat is so black and so tightly curled you can’t tell where her head or tail is.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Apr 17

Thunderstorms and torrential rain, a podcast and some knitting is today’s forecast. Today’s the day I finish this my newest baby niece’s blanket. #knitting #kikorangi

Cream coloured baby blanket about 3/4 knitted in a seed like pattern draped across my lap.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Mar 21

Clearly not that off grid because I can still post online from the tiny shop down the road. Also went to some caves.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Mar 21

Breakfast delivered to my bed beside the babbling river in the bush. Off grid weekend in KahurangI National Park.

A view of bush through open French doors from a bed with a leaf pattern white duvet cover. On the bed is a wooden tray with two red enamel cups, a red coffee pot, a glass milk jug and a bowl of cereal.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Mar 15

Te Matapihi - the new library - is so lovely. I didn‘t realise I was missing it until I stepped back inside his afternoon. This place was a haven when my kid was little as it was somewhere free to hang out, out of the house, especially on wintry days. So many happy hours in the kids’ section

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Feb 2

My cat loves your cat toys. I have to hide them at night lest she becomes a 2am catnip addled menace

Black cat on carpeted stairs with one of Kat’s orange catnip balls in its paws.

Black cat lying on jute rug “huffing” an orange cat nip ball.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Dec 21

My very bougie teen got up early to walk me to work so we could get matcha in the city. It was a truly delightful start to the day and we had an hour of chats along the way.

Two glasses of iced matcha on a wooden bench in the sun.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Dec 14

Knitting a baby blanket for newest little niece and I’m bathed in sunlight on the couch 7:45pm. Life is good. enjoying the summer sun before the southerly hits this week #WellingtonSummer

Work in progress knitting project - a cream baby balnket - on my lap in the sun.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Dec 14

Has anyone read this #pukapuka ? I’m 60 pages in and it’s so intriging and beautifully translated. If it wasn’t such a nice day, I’d never leave the couch.

Photo of the book “Butter” by Asako Yuzuki. It has a butter yellow cover with a cow and blood streaked fingerprints.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Oct 28

If you haven’t discovered the absolute delight of za’atar yet, get yourself some right away. I usually make mine, but this one I got from the Middle East Market in Newtown is so delicious., especially when sprinkled over homemade hummus, slathered on flat breads. #kikorangi

Container of za’atar, a Middle Eastern thyme and sesame spice mix.

Flat bread, slathered in hummus with za’atar sprinkled on top.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Aug 30

Truly the most heartwarming #pukapuka. I’m in snuggled with the cat, the rain is pattering away on the roof and I can hear and smell crepes being made downstairs in the kitchen. They might just get me out of bed on this wintry morning.

The novel “The House in the Cerulean Sea” by TJ Klune lying on my lap under a white duvet. A black cat is snuggled against my legs.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Aug 22

If this isn’t Saturday morning perfection, I don’t know what is. At some point I’m going to have to get up and take kiddo to football but right now it’s bliss

I’m lying on the sofa with a grey wool blanket stretched out over my legs. There’s a black cat lazing on my lap with her front paws stretched out. I’m holding a book and generally feeling pretty fucking smug about my life choices.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jul 29

I am! Would quite like to go to bed. But clearly I must lie here forever.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jul 27

I’m supposed to be leaving for work but the cat has snuggled in on my lap and now I can never leave. 🐈‍⬛🇳🇿

Black cat curled up asleep on my lap which is covered in a brown pleated skirt.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jul 20

For those who celebrate #schnitzel night. Secret ingredient is some cheeky Parmesan in the breadcrumbs and usually fresh thyme or oregano but it’s cold in Wellington and I don’t want to go outside to get it.

Plates of flour, egg and panko breadcrumbs ready to crumb the schnitzel which is in a packet in front.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jul 9

Our heat pump has broken. Cat and I are sharing body heat. Backup heater is trying its best but I fear the cat may never leave my lap.

Black cat curled up asleep on my legs which is covered in a grey merino blanket.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jun 21

I’ve been teaching our new kitty the joy of morning snuggles, while I drink my coffee, and she’s a fan. Helps that I’m sitting under the heat pump and we both get so toasty 🥰 It was one of the rituals I had with our lovely old puss and I’ve missed it to be honest. 🐈‍⬛🇳🇿

A pure black cat called Pounamu stretched lengthways on my legs which are draped in a grey merino blanket. Pounamu’s eyes are closed and I wish you could hear her chainsaw purring.
I’m holding a pink glazed cup from Thea Ceramics (Waiheke) filled with coffee.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jun 20

Same here 😻

Black cat with green eyes lying on a cat hammock in the sun with her two front legs stretched out in front of her.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jun 18

Here’s one I’ve made a zillion times. I use prunes instead of apricots (not as sweet in my opinion). This is a trust the process and it all starts to come together and look good in the last 10-15 mins.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jun 16

This is a fascinating book. Story is of a Kiwi working at Facebook in the early years. Makes me never want to interact with any Meta platform ever again. #pukapuka 📚🇳🇿

Copy of the memoir Careless People: A story of where I used to work by Sarah Wynn-Williams lying on my lap while I rode the train to work.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Jun 12

The absolute menace (cat) woke me so early this morning but I’m not mad when I’ve got a great book to read. This is the third book in the series and while nothing will beat the brilliance of Better the Blood (first one) this instalment is a close second. #pukapuka

The novel Carved in Blood by Michael Bennett on my lap which is cover in a grey merino rug. There’s also a jet back cat loafing to the right of me.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Feb 19

Back in 2019, I was part of the NZ delegation at the climate COP in Madrid and this was what we called our delegation office. We got so many positive comments that year on having both names. #nzpol

Photo of Perspex sign outside pre-fab office space that reads Aotearoa- New Zealand. The NZ flag is on the left of the sign and the UN climate Change and COP logos are top right.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Feb 10

Introducing teen to Buffy today. Monumental X-Millennial parent moment. She keeps commenting on the bad special effects 🙄 but the 90s fashion is amazing, apparently.

Photo of tv screen on a wall with Buffy The Vampire Slayer season 1 episode 1 playing.

Katie Pai@katiepaiau· Feb 9

I turned the cornflakes (that no one seemed to be eating anymore) into something infinitely more delicious.