Packing!

Packing has begun. The cats know something's up. Blue refuses to give up his favorite spots, but they can definitely tell we're moving. Again!

Last Photos of an Empty House

We're four days away from the move and I officially can't wait. We're meeting with our builder tomorrow night to go over the last details.

While Iain watched cricket I drove over to the house to check it out. I flicked all of the light switches on and off, turned on every faucet, ran the showers, opened and closed the kitchen drawers. I turned on the ceiling fan upstairs, opened some of the windows (with SCREENS! A rarity in NZ!!), and sat on the carpet. It felt great.

As expected (and warned by friends who've undergone renovations), there's stuff we did wrong. But thankfully nothing is holy-crap-this-looks-like-sh*t standout wrong -- it's all in the details. There's stuff like the positioning of a wall socket... or an outside light. But so far, the important stuff is all there.

The next pictures will be of a completed house!

Weekend

This weekend was going to be all about packing, cleaning, and getting prepared for the move.

So why did we wind up:

1. eating lunch by the beach
2. wandering around the Viaduct
3. visiting friends, Jenny + David and week old baby Max
4. watching rugby (Iain)
5. seeing Precious (me)
6. having drinks with our 85 year old neighbors, Mitch + Lois

Maybe it had something to do with the weather -- spectacular!!

Famous!

I've been in this country two years and I've been featured twice in national magazines! (this might having something to do with the fact that it's a country of slightly over 4 million people.) Here's a picture from this month's issue of MiNDFOOD. It's me with two friends at the Kiehl's launch at Smith + Caughey. Truthfully, we were just there for the free wine and samples.

P.S. They made me hold that magazine.