30 October 2006

For Sale

Three bedroom house on a crosslease section, approx 8 years old. Very private setting with bush and harbour views.

Only a couple of minutes walk to shops and primary school. Five minutes drive to mall, 15 minutes to city.

Includes garage with internal access, and wrap-around decks.

Garden needs some TLC.

Refer Barfoot & Thompson for more information: http://www.barfoot.co.nz/scripts/db.dll/details?sid=300.2&ref=351722

20061102b For Sale

-Megz

28 October 2006

A slight change of plans

We have had a slight change of plans with regard to moving to Wellington. Yes, we are still moving! However the sale of our property is taking longer than anticipated. First of all it took us a long time to get the garden up to scratch, movers organised, and the house de-cluttered before we could even talk to prospective buyers.

We had previous been approached by some people a year ago when we first said we were leaving, who said they were interested in buying our house. We had hopes that they would still be interested.

Our timeframe was that Peter was due to start work in Wellington on Monday 30 October. We planned to have the movers take our furniture away the Friday before, and then over the weekend we would drive to Wellington. In order for this plan to work, we needed to talk to the people about our house the weekend prior to our move. We spoke to them briefly and they had a quick look at the house. Unfortunately then they left town for a few days as it was a long weekend. So it wasn't until Tuesday that they got back to us and said that they would love to, but just couldn't afford it.

So there we were literally at the last minute having to talk to a real estate agent. She, and others, advised us that our house would sell quicker and better if it was furnished. So we made the tough decision that Kathleen and I would stay here and continue living in the house until it sold. We literally called the moving company the day before they were scheduled to come and asked them to postpone it until further advice.

Rather than drive down to Wellington over the weekend, Peter flew down on his own this afternoon. And he starts his new job tomorrow.

That leaves me here on my own with Kathleen. Hopefully things won't take too long and we will be reunited with Peter soon.

-Megz

01 October 2006

Good News

After a year of searching, about a dozen phone interviews, and a handful of formal interviews, Peter has finally been offered a job in Wellington. Working as a Team Leader for Desktop Technology Services Ltd (DTSL).

His last day with Chubb in Auckland will be on Friday 27 October, and he starts work in Wellington on Monday 30 October. At this stage we don't have a date for when Kathleen and I move to Wellington. Hopefully it will be the same weekend as Peter, but that will depend on how things go here. We've got lots of work to do before we leave.

20020217a Our House OutsideWe have decided to sell our house, so have a lot of work to there to get it back up to standard. The yard has been pretty much ignored since Kathleen was born, and to be quite honest it was never really taken care of very much before then either. The outside of the house needs a good clean. The carpets are a mess - when we move our criteria for new carpets will be "must not show cat and baby puke stains!".

20060919b Coffee Group babiesIt will be good to get to Wellington and be nearer to our friends and family. But it'll still be sad to leave Beach Haven. I'll definitely miss my coffee group. It's been really good watching the other babies grow up with Kathleen and seeing what they're all doing. Kat is still the only one crawling, but I don't think Xanthe is far away from it now. I hope I'll be able to find another coffee group in Island Bay, but I doubt it.

We are going to be living in Island Bay once we get to Wellington. New contact information will be sent out via email once it is known.

20060917f Kathleen on the beach at Days BayIn other news, Kathleen and I had a great time visiting in Wellington the other week. The weather was lovely so we took Kat to Lindale Farm where she got to see sheep and ducks and pigs, and to the beach at Days Bay where she had lots of fun playing in the sand.

She is growing up so quickly. Eight months now. She's really good at crawling, and shoots all over the house. She is now eating three solids meals a day. Loves Vegemite, carrot and yoghurt. Doesn't much care for meat, greens or corn. She now has the cutest habit of sleeping face down with her bum sticking up in the air, on top of the blankets with her head at the foot of the bed. She is currently learning to wave hello and bye bye. She now has six teeth, four on the top and two below, with the top ones just poking through in the last month.

20060927a Kat eats Vegemite toastShe understands a lot of what we say. If we say "pussycat" she will turn around and look for the cat. And, in what I suspect is going to be typical behaviour for the rest of her life, she completely ignores us when we tell her "no" or "don't touch that". Case in point, the wires leading from our stereo to the speakers on the other side of the room. She likes to play with them. She likes to put them in her mouth (she likes to put EVERYTHING in her mouth). We tell her "no". She looks up at us then goes right back to playing with the wires again. We pick her up and put her on the otherside of the room with a different toy. She puts the toy down and crawls straight back to the wires again. Oh, I look forward to moving and being able to baby-proof the house.

Kathleen also loves playing games with us now. But I'll let you read about that in her blog.

-Megz

Updates

FYI. I have updated previous posts with photos and links.

PHOTOS have been added to Fathers Day

VIDEO has been added to A Week in Wellington

LINKS have been fixed for Overseas Trips and Mexican Restaurant

-Megz