Life in NZ – The First 10 Years (2006 to 2016)

Okay, some people are going to thing we are downright crazy after reading this post and my previous post of less than two weeks ago. A funny thing happened on the way to building a house.  Call it divine intervention, divine inspiration,  astrological woo-woo, or just plain ol’ fashioned insanity. […]

No we haven’t gotten a dog (yet), I’ve got something better – free labour! This winter, Bruce and I came to the realization that we cannot maintain the Wainui property alone.  There’s plenty of grunt day-to-day maintenance chores to do and often times not enough time for the fun creative […]

It’s time for the house renovation/building writing to have its own section on the blog.   Things are finally moving along, although certainly slowly, but we’re moving from the dream state to the actual physical doing something state.    Today our building consent application (permit) was granted for the Total Span double […]

Ever since the bovine intrusion last year, which wreaked havoc on our well-coifed lawns, Bruce & I have had opposing views about our front gate.    I like to keep the gate open when we’re on the property – it’s welcoming, it’s easy for vehicles to go in/out, it makes me […]