Month June 2007

inspected

the home inspection for the framingham house was today. 3+ hours as gromit and i drove around (i did most of the driving) killing time. no significant issues so that’s good. a few small things to tidy up. the buyers…

it’s good to be wanted

i spoke with the hiring manager from company e2 again last night and gave my verbal acceptance conditional on meeting the team in wellington next week and agreement on a start date. they’re eager to get me signed up but…

when 20 is better than 40

we had our first estimate for our move by allied international today. very professional and gave a strong sense that they had experience with nz moves. it won’t be cheap, but it could have been much worse. thanks to w’s…

36 hours

we got our first offer on the house (framingham) today. after less than 36 hours on the market. it is a very good offer and i have no regrets that perhaps we priced the house too low. sometimes good is…

first chance to step out of the breadline

after an informal second call on tuesday company e2 came through with a solid offer today. record time (13 days) compared to some of the others still grinding along. i’m leaning more and more towards this opportunity. the folks i…

no pushing please

both houses went on the market today. i’ll be sitting next to the phone to receive the offers as they come flooding in.

let’s try this again

with 3 potential job opportunities cooking along the jboss and i decided it was time to book a trip to nz. in addition to final interviews i can get a sense of the companies, the offices, the locate and i…

the chickens did not hatch

i heard from larry that company h has decided not to extend an offer. bit surprising since they said almost 2 weeks ago that they had an offer ready to go – but as i have said many times “it…

working the phones

lots of time on the phone this week with potential nz employers. after several misses i was able to connect with the other company h principal. that went well so i would expect that to go to offer. having one…

done done done

got a birthday present from nzis today. a nice package of materials including our full approval letter and our passports with our residence visas attached. 325 days after we decided to make the jump and started working on our expression…