Moving on

We have a date to move into our new (old actually) home, the removal company is booked for Valentines Day.  I can't think of anything more romantic than starting a new life together so that had to be the day.   The process of buying a house can be much quicker here, it's possible to see a house, put in an offer and move within a couple of weeks.   We didn't plan to buy so soon, we had a very sensible time scale of one year to look around, find the right area, check out all the schools etc. etc.  But we're not very good at sticking to plans, call us spontaneous, flexible, stupid, whatever!  Anyway, we saw this house on sale privately and thought there was no harm in looking....  So now we own a house here, or we will do in less than a month.  It feels as though we have made a real committment to stay and give it our very best shot.   We have stuck to the original dream of owning some land and hopefully that will provide us with enough food for only one of us to go out to work.   I'm reading everything I can on growing veg, self-sufficiency and home economics at the moment.  I'm also wondering what on earth possessed me to buy those five inch heels and a cocktail dress three weeks before we came out here!! Anyway, here's some pictures of the house that were posted on Trademe, the Kiwi equivalent of ebay.