Jim & Karen

I have contacted a couple of removal firms ready to start the process of getting quotes and deciding which one to trust our possesions to. This made me start to think about what might go wrong when all our worldly goods are in a container in the middle of the ocean. Apart from getting a headache, I decided that one of the main things that could not be replaced are our photographs.

We have pictures of our daughters growing up and now we have a grandaugher (ahhh, isn’t she lovely) we are starting to get pictures on an almost daily basis. If something went wrong and they all ended up soaked (or worse) it would be a real disaster for us. To prevent this, I have bought a new all in one Printer/Scanner and will spend a number of evenings scanning all the photos I can lay my hands on and get them all onto the PC. Once they are on the PC I will copy them onto a veriety of storage devices (DVD, Hard Disk, on the Web somewhere) so that I can be sure we will be able to recover them if we have to. I’m sure I will get some kind of RSI from all the lid lifting, photo placing, album page turning, etc, etc, but it will be worth it for the peace of mind.

Oh well, better get started then

Karen has been spending some time this evening on a forum that we have found very useful.

The forum is here and the main site is the EmigrateNZ site – link on the right toolbar.

 The people on the forum are all very helpful and they are not afraid to tell it like it is, not too many rose tinted glasses on there. That can only be a good thing as this is something that you need to go into with your eyes wide open.

Karen got some very useful tips that helped her to prepare for her interview with Christchurch Hopsital and we are getting accomodation sorted out via a forum member as well.

Big things are afoot!

On the 8th January 2008 Karen & I are moving to New Zealand. I have set this blog up to track the events leading up to the move, and then to record the adventures we have when we get to our new home.

This is also designed to be a way that family and friends can see what we are up to as well. We have got our Visa's, the flights are booked, Karen has a job lined up as a Nurse at Christchurch Hospital… Things have been a bit busy so far, but we are now going to have to start booking the shippers and the more mundane stuff.

Well, that's it for the first post.