Hi Pulsarblu,

Nice to hear you are doing well. Your house sounds good, near to bush, lovely!
I bet you're well happy now that your wife will arrive in a couple of weeks, you've both waited long enough it seems! Life will only get better then I'm sure!! Hope your new job continues to keep you absorbed and happy, they're not so easy to come by. It's so disappointing if your first one doesn't work out. We have an ex-pat friend that is having work problems and finding a suitable other job hasn't proved easy so far.

We like Auckland alot, there is so much beauty around and the people are quite nice too!! (well you know, most people are nice, some not... like everywhere really!!)
We have some nice friends and that counts for a lot!
Take care, all the best,
Debra and family!