6 month update!
Posted 25-09-2008 at 08:05 PM by ebianca
Well we have officially been here 6 months. 
I have no idea where the time has gone.
Well we took a gamble on quitting jobs selling up our home and jumping on a plane with no jobs, no visas, no friends and whatever we could sqeeze into our cases. Well i'm glad to say the gamble paid off. Not quite all the way there yet but almost.
We arrived in Wellington in March to fantastic weather and fell in love with the place. The people are so different to where we came from the atmosphere around is great and the scenery- WOW.
I can sit here and honsetly say I haven't missed the UK at all (friends and family yes but the UK itself- no way!) and just feel so at home here.
Most of you know it took Neil quite a while to get a job offer and we were almost giving up hope on being able to stay here when things came good. Had no probs getting a work permit and was then able to get Jessica into school and start working on our new life. 2 months down the road and Jessica is very well settled into school and loving it, Neil is slowly getting there with the job and Jasmin and myself are settling into quite a nice little routine. The house we have is fantastic and more than we could have ever dreamed of living in back in the UK, we;ve got fantastic views, I can walk to school and get to walk along the beach.
Our residency application is cirrently on route to London so hopefully within a few weeks we will have the all important Residency stickers so we know we really can stay here forever.
I am 100% sure we made the right decision- yes it's been hard work and stressful at times with so much uncertainty but I wouldn't change a thing. Life is gonna be so much better for the girls here and I so wish I had been able to grow up somewhere like this.
We are hoping for a long and happy future here in NZ and so far things are going just the way we hoped.
Good luck to everyone who is going through it- i know it isn't for everyone but for us there is no way we will go back to live in the UK by choice. The hard work really is worth it and we're really looking forward to watch our children 'flourish' here.
I have no idea where the time has gone.Well we took a gamble on quitting jobs selling up our home and jumping on a plane with no jobs, no visas, no friends and whatever we could sqeeze into our cases. Well i'm glad to say the gamble paid off. Not quite all the way there yet but almost.
We arrived in Wellington in March to fantastic weather and fell in love with the place. The people are so different to where we came from the atmosphere around is great and the scenery- WOW.
I can sit here and honsetly say I haven't missed the UK at all (friends and family yes but the UK itself- no way!) and just feel so at home here.
Most of you know it took Neil quite a while to get a job offer and we were almost giving up hope on being able to stay here when things came good. Had no probs getting a work permit and was then able to get Jessica into school and start working on our new life. 2 months down the road and Jessica is very well settled into school and loving it, Neil is slowly getting there with the job and Jasmin and myself are settling into quite a nice little routine. The house we have is fantastic and more than we could have ever dreamed of living in back in the UK, we;ve got fantastic views, I can walk to school and get to walk along the beach.
Our residency application is cirrently on route to London so hopefully within a few weeks we will have the all important Residency stickers so we know we really can stay here forever.
I am 100% sure we made the right decision- yes it's been hard work and stressful at times with so much uncertainty but I wouldn't change a thing. Life is gonna be so much better for the girls here and I so wish I had been able to grow up somewhere like this.
We are hoping for a long and happy future here in NZ and so far things are going just the way we hoped.
Good luck to everyone who is going through it- i know it isn't for everyone but for us there is no way we will go back to live in the UK by choice. The hard work really is worth it and we're really looking forward to watch our children 'flourish' here.
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Brilliant post, Beth. Very positive, which should buck up a lot of people and encourage them on during the stressful times of the immigration paperchase.
Here's to the next 6 months and the 6 months after that and the 6 months ......
Posted 26-09-2008 at 07:09 AM by MotherBear 
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6 months? It's been 6 months already?!
Blimey, where does the time go? 
Well, that's a fab post Beth and we're really glad to hear you have no regrets. I feel the same as you do, about the UK - apart from family, there is nothing I miss about it, especially the state it's in at the moment, from what I hear
How's the tattoo?Posted 26-09-2008 at 08:55 AM by Welshgirl
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Great blog Beth. Doesn't time fly when your having fun
Glad it is everything you wanted and more. We are still in the early stages but so far so good. Here's to thenext 6 months Posted 26-09-2008 at 04:26 PM by nickydwuk
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Thanks Guys- hope we have many more than another happy 6months.
Tattoo is just fine thanks Lisa- will prob get some more work done next month after Neil has been paid.Posted 26-09-2008 at 04:44 PM by ebianca
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Nice one Bethy oh feisty ginger heed!!
I have not given up on the idea of arranging a get together for us mi duck. So you are still not safe
Glad to hear that all is swinging for you babe and so happy to read your comments about your babies. It's all bout the kids eh????
Eh???Posted 30-09-2008 at 10:30 PM by Dawn
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We really do need to sort something- can't have those South Islanders getting one over on us being able to arrange a get together.
I will have to get Neil to see what holidays he can build up and maybe we can head up your way for a weekend. Look at me inviting my family to your house- ah well if you don't ask you don't get eh?Posted 02-10-2008 at 07:56 PM by ebianca
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Good stuff, Beth. I'm so glad that things are falling into place for you & yours.
Don't forget that there was a North Island party in Hams while I was there. The attendance numbers were at least as good as the Chch picnic. ...And Dawn counts as at least two normal people.
Posted 20-10-2008 at 06:41 AM by selchie
