Spring - a time of new beginnings
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I've just realised that I haven't blogged for a while so apologies for any of you awaiting on tenderhooks for updates! So, firstly, we are settling into our new home and have worked out how to heat it a bit more effectively and efficiently. Having said that, we are now properly into spring here so in the daytime, and often evening, there is no need for any heating and I need to remember sunscreen better! We still feel like we are rattling around a huge house, because we are, but hopefully we'll feel a bit more settled once our belongings join us. We have entertained our first guest (thanks for being the brave first Vicky!) and hope to have many more friends around to enjoy our cooking. Apparently the container is somewhere off the coast of China so we have at least another couple of weeks to wait with the car following later. However, I've invested in some furniture and have delved the depths of TradeMe - the NZ equivalent of eBay. Jonathan asked me to do some searchi