Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Week 2 in New Zealand --Settling in

It has been a stressful couple of weeks between finding housing, a car, furniture, etc. here in Rotorua. But things are coming together. We found a cute little house in a great location, and we can move in Friday...2 days...hope we can make it! We are busting out of the seams here at this hotel. We also found a used car that is in good condition and we have been finding some good deals on furniture through the 'trade me' site, which is very similar to craig's list back home.

I'm finally getting comfortable with the whole driving on the left-side of the road thing (so odd), I've only driven on the wrong (right) side once (giving one poor driver a fright), thankfully that did not result in an accident..but now I seem to have it in my head to stay on the left.

I plan to get Lizzy into a kindy (preschool) here real soon. The kindy's are free (for the first 20 hrs) as funded by the government, and the kids can be there from 9-3pm M-F, but I think that's a bit much for Lizzy at this point. She really loved her preschool in Nashville, but that was just 2 days a week. I plan to start her a few days a week here and see how she does. They start kindergarten here (called 'entrance') the day they turn 5, and that is a good 6-6-1/2 hours a day, but we've got time to work her up to that.

As we settle in I'll post more. I sure hope our internet at home will be faster than here at the hotel, this has taken FOREVER!!! We love and miss you all! Our new address as of this Friday, the 31st, will be: 24b Devon Street, Glenholme, Rotorua, 3310 New Zealand. I'll post our new number in the next few days when we move in and have it set up.

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