1 month in
Well, today marks 4 weeks since we started this crazy adventure at Redstone golf course, Armageddon Paintball and the One Shot Cafe. To say it's been a life changing experience, would not be incorrect; there's very little carry over from our Auckland lives to now. Still, the common themes are: having 3 kids and a son in law who all came to check out mum and dad's purchase for the first week and were an immeasurable help in mowing, unpacking and giving us 100% support in thinking we'd bought a cool spot! (They did all however have concerns about whether we'd really be able to manage the upkeep by ourselves!) It was lovely to have everyone all together under one roof - the first time in a number of years and so my mother heart was VERY full!) The week was probably also made a little trickier by the fact that we had no wifi connection, or landline; eftpos wasn't up and going and our possessions were delayed due to, believe it or not, the Suez Canal ship crisis! ...