change of address
for years we kept hearing about this real estate boom and decided it was time to get in on the action – hope it’s not too late? after 2 1/2 years of looking and countless open houses (probably close to…
Tag Move
one year in
today marks the one year mark for me in new zealand. the highlights – public transport that works. a 3 block walk to my bus stop in island bay, a wait usually less than 10 minutes and i’m in the…
gotta love your stuff
today our container arrived. after 94 days in transit (actually 113 since i left boston) me and my stuff are once again one. maf (the biosecurity people) are way behind so about 20 items/boxes had to go back for inspection,…
sitting on the dock of the bay
88 days after our container left our house it framingham it has arrived in wellington. Tracking Information Container : MSCU5003138 Type : 40′ DRY VAN Status : IN TRANSIT Shipped To : WELLINGTON, NZ Shipped On : 30/08/2007 LOCATION DATE…
may i have your attention please
it has been pointed out to me from several sources that i did not give jackie’s arrival proper coverage. i’m sure it is attributed to the emotional overload of the event. so gather round please. thank you. i would like…
quality family time
we went up to see gromit today. i’m making the trip once each weekend with jackie and she’s doing it on her own twice during the week, so gromit gets 3 visits during the week. gromit is continuing to do…
cow veneer
7 days until we move from our apartment to our rental home. with our container not due until the end of november it will be our very empty rental home. no furniture, no linens, no appliances, no nothing. as much…
britney, lindsey & gromit
all committed to 30 days at a private remote treatment facility a bit distracted all day waiting for news about gromit. i was keeping an eye on the nz air website for updates on his flight from auckland to wellington.…
was 4,238,357. now 4,238,358
nz now has one more permanent resident. gromit landed in auckland at 0605 local time. no official update until he arrives at quarantine at approx 1300.
that’s 7 dog days
we knew this would be by far the hardest part of our move – and so far it has lived up to expectations. today at 6:30 pm pacific time jackie dropped gromit off for his flight to nz. it is…