[jo b]

Bradley update

Well Ian has been in NZ for 2 weeks now. He is enjoying his job but can’t cope with the honeymoon period. He just wants to get stuck in. I said make hay whilst the sum shines mate, that honeymoon will be a distant memory soon.
Anyway he had a meeting the other day and all engineers attended bar one. All the engineers with the exception of the absentee are expats, some recent and some from up to 40 years ago. They did some laughing about that he said. Not at Kiwi’s it’s just the fact that were we are going to live, Dannevirke, is really Smalls-Ville to say the least.

The kids miss their dad terribly. Kurtis was crying the other night asking if we could go on holiday to see his daddy. I said well we have so much to look forward too, Halloween, bonfire night, your birthday etc. ect. At that he burst out crying and said “ All those things are no fun if Daddy isn’t here”. At that my heart broke.

As for me I am trying to cram in as much quality time with my parents as possible, even going to the bingo with my mum. I have to say we have some belly laughs at that. I really am going to miss her and I know she is going to miss me. I am dreading the goodbyes.

Well today Ian bought a house today…….yippee. It’s a 4 bedroom house for $175k.

As for our house sale I am not going to tempt fate but will let you all know when it’s a done deal.

Its no palace, believe me but it will do for now as it won’t be our permanent home. I shall post some piccies.
Well Ian gets home on the 23rd Dec and we shall say our goodbyes to friends and loved ones before we fly off on the 8th Jan. And in between all that we shall celebrate Christmas with a few Sherries.
Ian’s parents are also flying out with us, first they are going to see his brother then they will come down from Tauranga to visit us in Hicksville extraordinaire.

The kids will start their new school at the start of the new term in Feb. which will be good because they are being home schooled at the mo. Glutton for punishment I know, single parent, working full time, moving on her own, has a grievance case to see through. Hey I was hoping it would be a great weight loss program but alas I was wrong, not if you are an eater when stressed anyway.

Well I hope that was good bedtime reading for you all.

YOU CAN WAKE UP NOW and GO TO BED.

Jo

[jewelsvani]

Thats a great post,

I know what it is like being away from your OH for long periods I am used to 1-2 month stints without seeing mine.:( This was for a 3 year period.

It is bloody hard to say the least. Just hang in there the time will pass soon enough and before you know it, your 3 months down the line and happily living together. :) It will all be worth it in the end. :)

[Babette & Andy]

Ohh Jo, it is hard on your own isn't it. Give Kurtis a BIG hug from me. This is the thing I'm dreading when Andy's away (he goes 2 weeks today . . . ) we'll have to call each other in the evening, when the kids are in bed.

Can't wait to see pictures of your new home! Have been trying to find Dannevirke on our maps, no luck though, where is it near?

Hang in there matey, try to enjoy these final 2 months in Blighty.

Babette
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[irishgirl]

Have been trying to find Dannevirke on our maps, no luck though, where is it near?

It's on SH2 (if you are heading towards Napier away from Wellington). We bought two lovely paintings in Dannevirke when we stopped for lunch in the cafe beside the cinema! Being a Dubliner, I felt very at home with all the viking references!

See http://tararua.net/location.html for a map!

Regards


Dee

[willsken]

Not long to go and at least Dad will be home for Christmas! :raebanana

It sounds as if you have a busy couple of months ahead of you and you will be suprised at how the time will fly. It's amazing how much the kids miss parents when they go away isn't it, when a lot of the time they treat you like their worst enemy!! Kids hey :roll

[kiwidebs]

Hi Jo

Wow, sounds like a hard but busy couple of months ahead of you. I'm sure the time will fly by. Glad to hear Ian is settling in well. Keep us posted on your progress.

Debs

[StevieD]

Poor "little K"! What a lovely thing to say, and if Ian is reading this thread he is going to blub at that.....
Good to see Ian is mastering the keywok and doing well in his new job. All being well it won't be that long before we are heading out.

See you soon Jo,

Steve

[marcia]

Jo

great post as always! Kids do surprise you with the things they say don't they. Better that you are sooooo busy, not too much time to sit and dwell on things. The time will really fly.

Can't wait to see the pics of your new house, any luck with finding that piece of land yet?

BINGO??????????? Now thats desperate!!!!!!!!!!!! :laugh

keep smiling, it won't be long to wait for ian to come back!

see you all soon

Marcia, Kev and the boys

[Diny]

Great post Jo, hang in there kidda - not long now. Poor Kurt eh? I know how you must be feeling. As you know Mark works away for long periods of time in the oil industry, it's been very hard on our kids. Henry is 8 and Fergie is 9 and he's only ever been home for a couple of birthdays each and about 3 Christmas's. We've been married 16 years and have only ever celebrated 3 anniversaries together. It's tough but there again so are you. The weeks are shooting by soooooooo fast, before you know it Ian will be back and you'll be packing your bags for the return to Dani-vegas.

Don't worry about the house not being a palace, you're on the property ladder which is (IMHO) the most important thing. That's what we've done, we don't plan to stay in this house for more than a couple of years but had NO intention of paying rent (somebody elses mortgage) for that length of time. It's a place to base yourselves - OK so it may not be your ideal home but does that really matter at this stage.

I'll phone Ian later and ask him if he needs any furniture to see him through to when your container arrives - if so he can use the stuff we bought to see us through when we arrived.

As for bingo. Good God woman get a grip !!!!!!!!!!!

As for the pending goodbyes. I'm not going to frilly it up for you. I know you have the same relationship with your family as I do with mine, believe me they are not going to be easy. It was a million times worse than I ever expected but you do get over them. You know how hard things were for me when I first left the UK/arrived here - did you ever think I would be at the stage where I was reassuring folks? The heartache of leaving family does get more bearable with time (you never stop missing them though).

There's me .... rambling on. I know you'll be fine, the kids will too. Only about 10 weeks to go until Ian's back with you ............ then you can have a different kind of honeymoon period !!!!!!! yee haa !!!!!!

Diny

[Carol]

Bradley update

As for me I am trying to cram in as much quality time with my parents as possible, even going to the bingo with my mum. I have to say we have some belly laughs at that. I really am going to miss her and I know she is going to miss me. I am dreading the goodbyes.


Jo

oddly enough Jo - I did the same thing while I was home on holiday in January.
My mum thought it was great.

And I reckon I could keep Victoria Wood going for a month with some of the scripts I could write from the conversations I overheard......I literally almost wet myself one night......some of the funniest and oddly happy people I met while I was there.......god bless them!

:laugh :laugh :laugh

We did exactly what you are doing - and yes it's tough on the kids.
If it's any consolation - if you ask them about it now - they cant remember it at all!

Cya soon lass!:cheers