It's all happening baby!!!

Wow sorry its been so long since I've updated. Life has been a whirlwind... no make that a tornado this last week.

The shift went really well. I'm so glad we got packers in. They packed the whole house in one and a half hours!! Then the truck arrived the next morning to load everything. I couldn't sleep that night and tossed and turned from 3am until I finally anoyed Bill enough that we got up at 6am to start getting things ready. Probably just as well because with the truck arriving at 8am there was still alot to get done. Good news, we were able to clean the house while the guys loaded the truck.

The weather was nice to us. Although it was raining on and off all day it stopped when we needed it to.

By 11am we had everything packed on the truck and the house spotless and off we went. We got 50kms down the road and saw a sign to say the Gorge road was closed!!! This meant we had to go all the way down to Matamata, across to Tauranga and up to Waihi. A journey that normally takes 1.5hrs took 3hrs!!! Everything was finally unloaded by 5pm and the truck left! A very long day!!!

The next morning we were up early and started on the unpacking. Bill and I like to get stuck into it straight away and get it done then we can relax. We got everything unpacked (well all bar our wardrobe) on that day (Wednesday).

The kids had their first day at school on Wednesday and came home very happy!! Big relief for me. Lauren even had a friend she met that day call her in the evening.

Thursday arrived and mum and dad rang to say they were coming to visit. So showed them round the place. I think they were impressed. They even joked about buying a place over here.

We also got started on organising business bank accounts etc. It really made us realise how much time all this stuff takes. There would have been no way we could've done it all in a few days after returning from Fiji. The bank accounts taking us a week, then there's the accountant, insurance, stocktaking ... the list goes on!!

Then today was our day off (boy did we need it!!) We started out on a morning stroll down the beach. Then we found a path going up into the bush at the end of the beach. Ready for a challenge we set off on an hours walk (return trip, or so the sign said). 1.5hrs later we were still walking!! Obviously we missed the turnoff to the so called waterfall, but oh well we came out at a nice beach. It was a quick swim for Bill and the two younger boys before the sandflies started attacking then back (and in a hurry before they boys started screaming for lunch). They actually did really well, especially Jordan (4) who walked the whole way!!

3hrs later we arrived home!! Wow so much for a morning stroll!! lol. But all good for the weightloss.

I haven't been to weigh in yet. Have to try and find a meeting here. Think I'll wait till next week when everything has slowed down a little.

Good news is settlement date was today on our house and our shop contract went unconditional today too. So looks like ít's all happening!! lol

Oh and another cool thing that happened ... the day after we arrived here the neighbour came across with a plate of home baking and a sweet welcome note!! How cool is that??? The other neighbours have said a warm friendly welcome across the fence. Everyone seems really nice here and things are looking good. AND the BEACH IS GOURGEOUS!!!! As soon as I get the camerea going I'll take some pics for you guys!!! Woww!!!

Well better get dinner finished, just thought I'd do a quick update to let you guys know I'm still alive and things are great!!! Sorry no time for smilies tonight :)

Catcha!
Lyn :)
SW 107.4kg
CW 75.1kg
WWGW 71kg
PGW 65kg