Thursday, May 25, 2006
Settling in
We moved into our new place to live last weekend. I've moved in with Sam (bloke) and soon Kat will be arriving. We're all English and all quite insane so it should be an interesting ride.
It's a nice cosy house/bungalow in Sunshine Bay, a suburb of Queenstown. It's all wood-cladded inside making it look slightly like a swedish spa straight out of Ikea but we've learnt to ignore it by now. It's got a wood-burner in the lounge area, which we haven't quite figured out yet. Sam is busy chopping wood every day, but we can't seem to get big chunks of logs lit, just the kindling. If anyone has any tips for us, please let us know! We've just about got the place warmed up - between the oil heater in each room plus the halogen heater and the wood burner in the lounge, sometimes it feels almost toasty. And it's still only the end of May and will get much colder. Mmmm can't wait for my ski jacket to arrive to keep me warm outside. I wake up each morning and look out of the kitchen window (no, I don't sleep in the kitchen, don't be stupid) and see Cecil and Walter Peak across the lake and the Remarkables off to the north east and it's just stunning. Well, it wasn't this morning as it was raining. But that meant I didn't have to spend 10 minutes scraping ice off my windshield with my credit card. Yes, I've finally found another use for them, they're really great multi-use things. And yes I'm driving and no I haven't crashed yet, I'm really a very good driver as I proved in Hawaii thank you very much. I own a nice automatic honda accord with a nice red interior. I would've preferred pink but that wasn't an option.
The ski season starts over here mid-June but we've already had sporadic snow. Some insane people hiked up to the top of Coronet Peak last week when we had snow so they could ski or board down, since the lifts aren't operational yet. I plan on heading out to Cardrona at some stage as that is the best place for beginners to ski. I won't be going up to the Remarkables, just the drive up alone would put me off - hairpin bends with sheer drops with snow on the road is a combination I don't fancy facing! But it does all make for incredible scenery.
I've been in my new job for just over two weeks now. We get paid every fortnight which is a nice surprise rather than having to wait until the end of each month to get back afloat. The job is going well, but I'd forgotten all the day to day transactional stuff I used to know when I worked as a secretary at SJB ... but it's gradually coming back and I'm finding my way around, and everyone is really nice.
I'll get those pictures from Milford and Doubtful Sound loaded up one of these days. We're getting broadband installed at the house this weekend so I'll be able to load them up from there.
Hope everyone's well, keep emailing me your news and gossip.
Hugs,
Suzi xxx
It's a nice cosy house/bungalow in Sunshine Bay, a suburb of Queenstown. It's all wood-cladded inside making it look slightly like a swedish spa straight out of Ikea but we've learnt to ignore it by now. It's got a wood-burner in the lounge area, which we haven't quite figured out yet. Sam is busy chopping wood every day, but we can't seem to get big chunks of logs lit, just the kindling. If anyone has any tips for us, please let us know! We've just about got the place warmed up - between the oil heater in each room plus the halogen heater and the wood burner in the lounge, sometimes it feels almost toasty. And it's still only the end of May and will get much colder. Mmmm can't wait for my ski jacket to arrive to keep me warm outside. I wake up each morning and look out of the kitchen window (no, I don't sleep in the kitchen, don't be stupid) and see Cecil and Walter Peak across the lake and the Remarkables off to the north east and it's just stunning. Well, it wasn't this morning as it was raining. But that meant I didn't have to spend 10 minutes scraping ice off my windshield with my credit card. Yes, I've finally found another use for them, they're really great multi-use things. And yes I'm driving and no I haven't crashed yet, I'm really a very good driver as I proved in Hawaii thank you very much. I own a nice automatic honda accord with a nice red interior. I would've preferred pink but that wasn't an option.
The ski season starts over here mid-June but we've already had sporadic snow. Some insane people hiked up to the top of Coronet Peak last week when we had snow so they could ski or board down, since the lifts aren't operational yet. I plan on heading out to Cardrona at some stage as that is the best place for beginners to ski. I won't be going up to the Remarkables, just the drive up alone would put me off - hairpin bends with sheer drops with snow on the road is a combination I don't fancy facing! But it does all make for incredible scenery.
I've been in my new job for just over two weeks now. We get paid every fortnight which is a nice surprise rather than having to wait until the end of each month to get back afloat. The job is going well, but I'd forgotten all the day to day transactional stuff I used to know when I worked as a secretary at SJB ... but it's gradually coming back and I'm finding my way around, and everyone is really nice.
I'll get those pictures from Milford and Doubtful Sound loaded up one of these days. We're getting broadband installed at the house this weekend so I'll be able to load them up from there.
Hope everyone's well, keep emailing me your news and gossip.
Hugs,
Suzi xxx
# posted by Sue Lambert @ 5:39 PM 
