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Travel

Meltdown!

That would be me melting down, but I feel better for it. Road Code Arriving in the US, meant having to sit a California Driver’s Licence test — oh goodie. I wasn’t 100% sure if I needed to do it or not, but it turns out I did. In prep for the potential test I studied […]

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Kids Travel

PiMLeSSS and the art of being a teacher.

Being a teacher to your own kids is tough. I knew the first week or two would be tough, but the going consensus is that it’s a month of hell!  I taught the first day and it bloody well nearly killed me! We got about 2-hours in and I just stopped it. We all went […]

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New Zealand

Working. It's not as simple as I thought.

It’s been a learning curve. In fact, it feels like a huge learning curve every day since we decided to do this. But I did think getting to Blenheim would ease the pace a little with Nat home. Nope, not in the slightest. In fact, this phase has been harder than I thought.  Isn’t that […]

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Kids New Zealand Travel

Rejigging and Reviewing

We made it to Blenheim, YAY, and we’ve been here over a week now. It’s gone crazy fast and we’re still insanely busy, but I think we can see the light now. Still no time to ‘get excited’, but all tasks are coming together, well it feels like it, but who knows if that’s really […]

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Kids New Zealand Travel

Phase 1 Complete!

We made it to the end of phase one. The kids are in Blenheim, we’ve packed up the house, the house inspection has been done, and now just getting to do a little computer work before heading off to dinner (since all we have to eat right now is marshmallows, chocolate and peanut butter). We’ve […]