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So I thought it could be a good idea to share what I have been up to - and most importantly record some of my genealogy research, because sometimes my brain is so full it is nearly bursting and I just cant remember where I wrote that very important new fact or discovery down. Hopefully, now I will know.

Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

Saturday, 22 February 2020

#52Ancestors, Favourite Photo

When this topic has come up in the past I have chosen a family group photo to discuss. This time though I have chosen a landscape - ...

Wednesday, 17 July 2019

Move In Day

Moving Day What is worse ? Packing or unpacking ? I had collected the keys on Friday afternoon having taken the day off to deal wi...

Saturday, 2 September 2017

#52Stories, Week 30, If it is true that “home is where the heart is”, what are the barest essentials you would need to make any place a home ?

Well this is a bit timely. When this was meant to be written life was a bit chaotic. Filled with downsizing and decluttering. Now, living i...

Saturday, 26 August 2017

Settling in

So just to catch people up. Lauren found a place to call home and we have moved in. Since most of our belongings are in a container waitin...

Sunday, 16 April 2017

#52Stories, Week 16, How many different homes or apartments have you lived in throughout your life ? How many different cities ? What have you gained (or lost) in each of those moves ?

Ellicott Road, Frankton, Hamilton Tramway Road, Enderley, Hamilton Cortina Avenue, Johnsonville, Wellington Orpington Street, Ashfiel...

Saturday, 8 April 2017

#52Stories, Week 15, Where did you go the very first time you moved out of your parents' home ? Did you have roommates ? Did you live alone ? Did you get married right away ? Tell the story.

Sydney. August 1979. Back when you didn't need a passport to jump the ditch. I went with a friend - well she went first and I joined...

Saturday, 18 June 2016

Lost day

The dateline between New Zealand and the USA meant that we arrived in the US at the beginning of our holiday earlier than we left NZ. We h...

Sunday, 8 May 2016

Settling In

Well, it has been about three weeks now since the move north, to the other side of the harbour. I'm enjoying it. For the first two weeks...

Friday, 30 October 2015

October is almost over

It has been a month, since we moved into a new home for "now". This house is not as great as our Christchurch home. In fact the ow...

Wednesday, 22 October 2014

Another Adventure Begins - No Regrets

So, It's been a while. Mostly for the last month I have been alternating between wallowing in misery about making such a snap decision t...

Saturday, 7 June 2014

And so it begins

So all the packing has been done and anything we forgot to keep to one side is now in a box until who knows when. The cleaning too. Which is...

Saturday, 24 May 2014

I'm going on an Adventure

I began this year being lost in a sea of belongings and "keep-me's" and spent many days and nights and weekends work...

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