Skip to content

Category Archives: Moving

A 3 Month Retrospective

We’ve been in New Zealand for over 3 months.  A lot has changed since then, and I’m not just talking about the weather. I’ve realized that I can live and make a home in a foreign country.  That some things will always be the same.  That there are friends who keep in touch with you [...]

Posted 20 August 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § New Zealand § Travel ‡ Comments (16) °

A mild, utterly unserious, and completely non-contagious case of homesickness blues

I miss Target And while we’re at it, I miss Walmart, Meijer, Sam’s Club, and Costco I miss being able to buy a new-release paperback book off the shelf for less than $40.00 {thank goodness for my Kindle!} I miss Trader Joe’s and Penzeys Spices I miss my SUV I miss cheap gasoline I miss [...]

Posted 28 July 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § America § Auckland § New Zealand § USA ‡ Comments (14) ° Tagged: ,

Moving Day Carnage

I’ve decided that for however long we’re in New Zealand – whether that is 5 years or 50 years – we are staying put.  No more moving, no more packing, no more unpacking – this is it. The thing about moving to another country is that you can’t just unpack and throw away the boxes.  [...]

Posted 17 July 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § New Zealand § Photos § Pictures ‡ Comments (12) ° Tagged: , , ,

Furniture Photos

I went back and forth about posting photos of our new furniture before the rest of our gear had arrived.  I wanted to show you the “finished” look, but I decided to go ahead and share them.  I’ll do an “after” post once the rest of our belongings get here from the States, and it’ll [...]

Posted 22 June 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § Apartments § Auckland § Furniture § New Zealand ‡ Comments (7) ° Tagged: ,

Conversations Between Me + Chris

Hello, my lovely readers!  All of our things have been boxed up and are on their way to California, where they’ll be loaded into a shipping container and sent across the big, blue ocean.  We should see them again in about, oh, 8 – 10 weeks! In the midst of packing, I’ve found that organization [...]

Posted 27 April 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § Chris § Conversations § Husbands § Marriage § Packing ‡ Comments (3) °

Commence Happy Dancing!

Our New Zealand visas have arrived! Praise God! This means that the university is now able to schedule the movers, purchase our plane tickets, arrange our rental housing, and set up the rental car.  Saying that I’m ecstatic might be an understatement!

Posted 15 April 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § Auckland § New Zealand ‡ Comments (10) °

The Beginning of the Good-Byes

**Update: Good News – they finally charged us for our FBI clearance reports, which means they should be sending them to us soon.  Once we have this, we can send off our Visa applications and my NZ RN license application!  Bad News – Chris was misdirected about which Visa application I needed to fill out.  [...]

Posted 10 March 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § Good-Bye ‡ Comments (11) °

Down to Double-Digits

There are 97 days left till we move to New Zealand. 97 DAYS. Does anyone have a paper bag that I can breathe into?! You know the sensation you get right before careening down a roller-coaster hill?  That’s what I just felt.  I may get whiplash watching the pages of my day planner as they [...]

Posted 07 February 2010 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § New Zealand § Uncategorized ‡ Comments (3) °

From Massachusetts to Indiana

Hello my lovely readers :-) I’ve missed you! I was shocked when I finally got onto Google Reader and saw that I had 500 posts to read. Gulp. Talk about intimidating! I’ve made it through 104 of them already today, and I haven’t decided yet whether that’s productive or pathetic, but I’m leaning towards pathetic. [...]

Posted 05 August 2009 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § Absent-Minded Professor § Driving § Family § Indiana § Photos § Pictures ‡ Comments (15) °

We’re Here!

Just a quick post to let you know that we made it, safe and sound! It was a long drive – much longer than Google Maps or AAA TripTik said it would be, and we didn’t stop all that often. Want to know how long it took? Seventeen hours. Yup, it took us 17 hours [...]

Related Posts with Thumbnails
Posted 02 August 2009 † Jenny @ Practically Perfect... § Indiana ‡ Comments (7) °