We are almost through all the unpacking. Just a couple of boxes left thank goodness. I feel very much at home in this house. It’s the sort of house I’ve always wanted to live in and it’s nice living in it. We’ve had some safety issues to deal with though. The stairs leading to our bedrooms were a hazard for small children so this week we had a banister installed. Before and after shots:
A Korean joiner did the work and he did a very good job. We each compared notes on what we thought of Auckland as he moved here from Seoul. He said that at first he found it very boring which just shows how relative everything is because compared with Christchurch, Auckland is full of things to do but compared to Seoul, it’s obviously quite slow and boring. He also complained that it took 10 days to get an internet connection up and running. This I can relate to because we are over a week in our new house and still have no phone connection as Orcon have not disconnected the phone line from the previous occupier. We cannot make international or mobile phone calls because Orcon have barred us and our telephone company cannot connect our new line while the Orcon connection is active. It’s crazy and Ben and I spent much of last week complaining to Orcon about the situation but to no avail. It is going to remain active until Thursday this week and there’s nothing we can do about it. How can this happen in a developed country I wonder?
We’ve also got a fish pond in our backyard which is lovely but a drowning risk for Elizabeth. We solved this problem with some unsightly chook wire:
The fountain works really well.
Ben is in Christchurch for four days this week. When we lived there I checked the Geonet website on a regular basis. Geonet lists the latest New Zealand earthquakes. Now I rarely look at it except when Ben is there. Let’s hope he has a shake-free visit.
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