Monday, October 10, 2005

Tremors

I had my first earthquake last night - 11:22pm, it was stormy and then it was shakey. Was only a 3.9 and I'm told that's wussy, but it was quite an experience for someone who had never been in one. I'm sure Wellington has plenty more where that came from.

Wednesday, October 05, 2005

Score!

Well not really - it was there all along. I'm talking about the 4th bedroom of the house we bought. I managed to find another real estate site that still had our listing posted and after examining the pictures we can confirm there *are* 4 bedrooms - what a bonus! The ad did say there were 3/4 bedrooms but we could only remember 3 bedrooms plus the lounge at the back that could be closed off and assumed that must be the other potential 4th bedroom. How embarrassing that we couldn't remember a crucial detail like that (although it *had* been a month after the open home that we bought the house at auction). And Neil and I were arguing about which side had 2 bedrooms and which had 1 - turns out that both sides have 2!
deck and back yard
Anyway, how excellent is that. I'm doubley-excited now. Oh, and this is the deck on which I will be enjoying margaritas in the sun :]

Monday, October 03, 2005

Oh poos

The market's going to be closing soon, but Neil's stil in bed. He was at work till 4am last night so I don't blame him. I just need to get some avocados and some other veges. The Victoria St market here is about the best market in Wellington (that we know of). It's nothing compared to the Avondale one in Auckland though, but it will do (and it is far better than wasting your money on veges at the supermarket).
The weather's turning to crap again *sigh*. I was looking forward to exploring more of Wellington again today. Since we haven't had to house hunt these last few weeks, we've been having a few long walks around Wellington - it started as an excuse to do a "walk-by" of our new house. We've gone for a hike up around one of the bays, spent two hours walking around Kilbirnie and Lyall Bay, and last week we walked over Mt Vic and down to Oriental Bay to see the mountain running competition. We got free potatoes on the way (apparently the runners are powered by potatoes, by "La Fraiche" branded ones in particular). I will probably have to wait until next weekend to exercise again.