WHERE'S BEST TO LIVE IN NZ AND WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW: PART 5!

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Look at us Chatty Cathy's!
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Why so long on the container Frik? Are you doing part part one? Ours was 8 weeks door to door which was amazing. We rented a Bach (if you can call it that in central Auckland) for 4 weeks but it was $1400 a week (dh work paid for three thank god). Then we camped for 5 weeks.

Got inevitably drunk last night and stayed up till 1.30 watching Jerry McGuire- why?!! I know the ending, it's not great and I'm sleep deprived as it is.

Up to Waipu today for the Highland games which was cute but a scorcher.

AB - what's the news on the Auckland plan again?

Happy new year by the way - I am hoping for some calm. 2011 and 12 were a bit mental.

Every need for better biscuits in this country (says me tucking into my imported McVities choccie digs)

We are in the ME so it takes longer. 1400?????? Holy moly. That's, wow. Just glad we are going to be in cheaper tauranga!

I think we are going to sign up for 2 weeks in a motel and then look for a rental. We are staying with friends for the first couple of days, they have offered to put us up for longer and I think they think we are mad for spending money on a motel, but I just feel that in order to stay good friends with someone, you don't live with them for more than a week!

So that basically gives us three weeks to find a place. Which should be ok. Right?

To give you some hope, frik - we found our first rental in Auckland in 3 days (we did have to move a few months later but that was nothing to do with the house itself, and if we'd wanted to we could have insisted on staying the full year)

Vvviola, how is dd2?

Sibble hasn't been around, hope her dad and grandad are ok.

Yep, for what, about $300 at the Warehouse you could prob get blow-up mattresses, basic cutlery and crockery and plastic table and chairs to see you through. The Warehouse sells everything, quality is sometimes not great but doesn't matter if it's just for the short term.

WSS - woke up this morning and half the spots had disappeared. Am now totally confused, particularly about whether we need to stay in or not. Trust DD2 to be complicated!!

hhhmmm, i suppose we could, it just seems wasteful to buy stuff we already have. i guess we could just sell it all on once our stuff arrives.

food for thought.

Things like cheap plastic chairs like this and tables like this you can use till your stuff arrive, then chuck them in the garden for outdoor furniture or for the kids to use.

It does depend how long you will be here before your proper stuff arrives though.

Or sell them off on trade me when you are finished with them if you don't want them taking up space. Get some small bit of the cost back...

right! DH and i have agreed that we will do one week with mates, while looking for unfurnished let. if dont find anything in a week, will do motel for a week or until we do find unfurnished rental. once unfurnished let has been found, will then go and buy stuff at the warehouse to tide us over, and just sell/give to charity/whatever when container arrives.

DH says that as long as i promise not to bitch incessantly about sleeping on a blow up mattress, its all good and I say as long as i can have an electric blanket on a blow up mattress, i wont!

you can, right? have an electric blanket on a blow up mattress i mean.

oh,oh wait, what about proper mattresses? because i have been wanting to get a new mattress for our bed frame for a while now, can you get 2m by 2m mattresses there? if so, maybe we will do that. just buy the proper mattress there, and keep on the floor until the container arrives. LOL, that will be proper arabic in new zealand then!

Beds are different sizes here - I have UK double (which is so old and I hate - my £100 Argos mattress) and I can't get sheets for it. New kiwi king size bed is on my list to buy after BBQ, trampoline, house ( oh and now boat!).

I would maybe sell your current bed and buy in NZ?

yep, am totally going to do that lolly.

justabout you can get IKEA crockery and cutlery on Trade Me

www.trademe.co.nz/baby-gear/feeding/plates-bowls/auction-547917570.htm

www.trademe.co.nz/baby-gear/feeding/plates-bowls/auction-547826745.htm

Nearly $9 a bowl/plate/cutlery set tho.

Actually, looks like its 6 bowls for the price, not 1. And 18 pieces of plastic cutlery.

I think we have a kiwi double bed which is the same size as a UK king double. It's very confusing but I think if you measure your current frame you'd be able to get a mattress to fit it. We moved into an empty house and had the bed delivered the day we moved in. It's the best bed we've ever had. I got a good deal on both our kiwi beds from bedpost- a significant discount/sale on both.

I've managed to book two bachs for around $200 a night which doesn't seem too bad. One sleeps nine though and we are only three!

We went strawberry picking today out in Kumeu which was good fun, we have more strawberries than we know what to do with now! I have made sorbet and we'll be eating lots for the next few days. The season finishes end of Jan and apparently the PYO price goes right down then as they are keen to get rid of any remaining fruit.

Glad you've got some help justa How are ou feeling now?
We have had a lovely day, too. Long bike ride after lunch with all the kids (lo nodding off on back of my bike!) and then swimming, followed by steak and chips on the barbie.
Older kids having sleep over with Mum.
Dh and I watching Jaws
Don't think I'll bother with Dallas again,lolly!

But then, seeing Jaws again?
This is the reason for my lifelong fear of open water. I was just telling dh that if I am ever in the sea (practically NEVER) that I see the myself from the view point of Jaws!
Underwater, legs kicking...aaaarrgh. panic rises, have to get out have to get out have to get out! DAMN YOU, Jaws
And we honeymooned in The Maldives! All the newlyweds, snorkelling and scuber diving, canoodling in the sea. Not me, no siree!
Steven Speilberg, you have alot to answer for !

Im watching graham norton. Dh hates it but I'm at a friends house babysitting so he s not here to moan.