Author Archives: Michele

We all have them, right? This was a cry in the car alone kind of week. With the girls so settled and happy, Dave busy with work (he has already been promoted to Technology Leader for the country), I was … Continue reading →

I am feeling the need to gush. When Dave and I made the decision to undertake this half-way-around-the-globe move, we considered the girls every step of the way. We wondered and worried how they would adjust to this new world. … Continue reading →

We traveled the Northlands (the very northern bit of the North Island) in the first days of our arrival in New Zealand and were unfortunately greeted with the most impossible, sideways falling rain and, eventually, floods that we spent too … Continue reading →

We have been here for nearly two months so I feel it appropriate to note some observations on things that are uniquely Kiwi. I am certainly not an authority but have logged enough hours on the roads and in an … Continue reading →

The initial flood of friends and family checking in from home has thinned to our very closest circle and I completely get it. Life goes on. At home, I would see people more than I would email or call them … Continue reading →

We just had two weekends of guests which has been such a little pick me up for all of us. Despite loving our own company and heaps of family time, it has been a welcome change of pace and has … Continue reading →

I think we have found our hood. We are still on the house hunt but are widening our search to include this sweet suburb about 15 minutes from downtown Auckland City. Kohimarama, affectionately called ‘Kohi’ by locals, is nestled between … Continue reading →

We did family pics a few weeks before we left and they just arrived in my inbox. Sigh. Missing the boys. Missing the cottage. Missing home.

Dave and I pinky swore that we would road trip once a month to ensure we see this amazing country in the four short years we are here. The North Island is probably 12 hours drive from tip to toe … Continue reading →