Things are finally starting to get moving again so I thought it was time that I wrote another post. Two weeks ago today, Shaun from Richardson Stevens met Paul out at our property to do the tests prior to writing up our geotech report. He was leaving NZ on Saturday to go to Fiji for a holiday so another guy was meant to complete the report while he was away, but that never happened. Shaun emailed me at the end of last week to say that he'd arrived back at work an...

Our settlement date was last Wednesday (24th September)!! I'm so excited that we can finally say that we own three acres of land on Miro Road. Our dream really has become a reality. The Monday before our settlement date we had an appointment with Sarah at Smart Move Conveyancing. She was really easy to deal with and went through everything with us. I understood most of it, but am slowly learning to ask questions when I do need something clarified. Our appointment...

Today we've been living in our cabin for a week. Our washing machine isn't set up in the shed yet, so yesterday morning after the markets I used Dad's washing machine. Gail works until 1pm on a Saturday so I was able to get three loads of washing done before she got home. While the first load of washing was on I had a hot shower and washed my hair. The pressure in our shower is okay, but the water is only luke warm. Paul is going to ring Royce up today and see if...

We're finally all settled into our cabin at Dad's place. We spent Saturday and Sunday moving everything out of our house at Pipiwai Road. Both Dad and Hans brought their trailers out to speed things up. Paul also did another trip to the rubbish dump. I didn't want anyone to have to come out and help me clean, but Ilonka ended up coming to help me Sunday morning. It was sooo appreciated because it took longer than I thought it would. Both Dad and Hans gave up most...

We weren't going to go and look at a caravan, but in the end Dad and I decided that we would drive down to Auckland to have a look at a 1980 caravan. Things are changing daily at the moment, but we're quickly running out of time. The caravan has had a lot of work done on it in the last two to three years so we thought that it might be a good buy and could save us on cabin costs. Luckily I was on classroom release today so was able to leave a bit earlier. I hadn...