I was recently contacted by Expats Blog and informed that my blog was in the running for an expat blog award. Yippee! If you’ve found my blog interesting, helpful, or enjoy reading it for some other reason, then please head on over to my listing at Expats Blog and write a few positive words. The… Read More Help a blogger out…
I’m 15 weeks along today. Hooray! This pregnancy didn’t feel real for the first several weeks, but just yesterday I began to truly “feel” pregnant. I’m loving it. I feel different this time around, but in a good way. The nausea hasn’t been nearly so bad and for that, I’m very thankful. Here are a… Read More Baby, Baby ~ 15 Weeks
One of the (many) great things about living in New Zealand is that it puts your location in relation to the rest of the planet in a whole new perspective. You think you’ve got a long 6 hour drive with your toddler? Try a 24 hour flight! Because we live so far away from our… Read More Family Visits and Stonehenge
I realize that it’s been nearly a month since returning from Scotland and I’m just now getting around to writing about the second half of our trip. What can I say? We’ve been busy. Edinburgh was lovely, and only about an hour to the northeast of Glasgow. I much preferred it to Glasgow. It wasn’t… Read More Scotland: Our Trip to Edinburgh and Learning New Things about Your Spouse
Thank you for all of the congrats on baby #2 – we’re so happy that the pregnancy is going smoothly thus far and everyone seems healthy. And, naturally, I’m thrilled that this little one will also be able to be born in New Zealand. It’s a great place! I’m 14 weeks today and I’m beginning… Read More Oxford: On Settling In, Fast Showers, Museums, and Babies
We’re pretty excited to share that baby #2 will be joining our family sometime in mid-May 2013… I’m 13 weeks along and feeling pretty well. I seem to have significantly less nausea this time around, which according to the old wives’ tales means that it’s a girl. I also feel different – I can’t explain… Read More Two Pink Lions… or Two Pink Lines 🙂
I’m writing a quick post to let you know that I’m still alive and currently with family in London. We’re having a wonderful time, but there’s too much going on to write anything down 🙂
Scotland was beautiful. We left Oxford on Monday morning. Things started off right by learning that we’d gotten a free upgrade on our rental car, and instead of a 4 door sedan we had a small SUV. You could argue that we’d end up paying more in petrol, but I was glad for more space,… Read More Scotland: Glasgow
Our trip over the next week… See you next week!
Enjoying his first taste of tea cake with raisins Christ Church College Running around in Christ Church Meadow Things are going well. We’re settling in and I’m finding my way around Oxford. I’m enjoying it. I’ve still been pretty tired. Most nights, come 7pm, I have very little energy left over. Thankfully, this is right… Read More Oxford
We’re in Oxford! We’ve reached the end of our first full day here, and it’s been busy. Our flights went well, overall. I was praying that our only major issue would be the transport mix-up. Our transport from our apartment in Auckland to the airport showed up at 7am instead of 7pm, as requested. I’m… Read More Traveling to Oxford
I’ve come across all sorts of things in the process of our moving and packing. Some I’d remembered and some were pleasant (and funny) surprises. Like my sister’s piggy bank. Don’t worry, Val – I’m keeping it safe for you. And I know that it’s yours because it’s got your name written on the bottom. … Read More Boxes of Memories
I’m ready for this week to be finished. The apartment is a mess. The floor needs to be vacuumed. Boxes are lying around, some full, some empty, but mostly empty. The first set of movers comes in the morning and we’ve been dismantling the TV and entertainment center, along with Joe’s cot. 7am is going… Read More 4 More Days
I’ve had my own computer since high school. I still remember when my parents gave it to me for Christmas. My older brother, a computer whiz and guru, had personally built it for me and that thing lasted for years. When I got married, I bought a laptop which lasted a grand total of 3… Read More A One-Computer Family
Just a random, flowing list of things that I’m looking forward to seeing when we leave for the UK (in 2 1/2 weeks)… Various “Harry Potter” filming sites around Oxford Bodleian Library Oxford, in general (the town and campus) Loch Lommond (when we’re in Scotland) Glasgow Edinburgh Castle Portobello Road London Eye Thames river cruise… Read More England, Scotland, and France
Last week, I woke up just after 4am to find my husband gone. I was pretty tired so I simply rolled over, noted the time, listened for a second to see if Joe was crying, and then saw that the monitor was gone. Chris does this really nice thing where, if he is up before… Read More SEC Football in New Zealand
I was packing Joe’s gear for our swim lessons on Monday morning when I realized, “Hmm… there’s nothing here that’s great to take for a snack.” Joe’s lessons are at 9:30am, which is prime morning tea time. I’ve found that if I wait to give him a snack after lessons, he’s grouchy and not as… Read More Oatmeal Applesauce Mini Muffins (egg-free, dairy-free, refined sugar free)
I’m beginning to like this once-a-week blog posting. There’s so much stuff going on these days that I just don’t have the time or energy to write more often than that! It’s less than 4 weeks till we leave for the UK. I’m ready to be done with all of the prep work – the… Read More Weekly Update
Today was one of those days. The kind of day where I sort of wished that I had a remote control with a “rewind” and “edit” button for my life. Don’t worry, I’ve seen the movie “Click” and I know what happens with that. For starters, Joe was up before 6am. And I mean up. … Read More Nope.
This past Sunday was Father’s Day in New Zealand. Chris’ Father’s Day gift came a little bit early in the form of a subscription to ESPN online, allowing him to watch as much SEC football as his heart desires starting with the South Carolina game this past Friday. On the actual day, celebrations were small… Read More Father’s Day in New Zealand
