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Well all I can say is time flies when you are having fun! We arrived in New Zealand on the 23rd October and things have been hectic since.
In the 1st month - my hubby started his job, my son started school and I got a job offer. At weekends we were flying around all the open homes and there were so many to choose from. We bought our cars too - it was crazy but exciting.
I started work on 21st Nov and we bought our house and moved in on 19th December. Just in time for our 1st hot xmas ...

Sleepless as I contemplate what the future will bring with it, I think the past and how I've come full circle.

At 17 I went to Iran to visit a friend and ended up staying there, getting married and having kids... until the revolution of '79. That changed my world and that of my family. Most of the family went to the US and have died since. My kids grew up British and not suprisingly dissassociate themselves with Iran. Me ...well Iran was were I grew up and it was a very different ...

I joined this Forum because i had finally decided that i wanted to retire to either New Zealand or Australia.
Talking to members here i finally decided on Oz, but looking into it in more detail, all is not as simple as i thought.
You need alot of savings $500,000 + and another $500,000 + invested in a business account which is much more than i can afford, i suppose there looking for qualified people and not old age pensioners.
What i can do is spend 6 months in Oz and 6 ...

Found out today that all the searches have come back OK and our buyer has finally got their mortgage offer!!
Collected medicals last Thursday and sent visa applications on Friday. Party was great - we played a DVD we made of all our old pictures which went down well.

Well we are on the final straight. House is sold subject to contract - searches are being done so we should have a completion date this week.
We have now had our medicals - which we should be able to collect the results on Wednesday.
Quotes for containers - had round Excess Movers & Pickfords. Need 1 more for a good choice.
Family leaving party this Saturday night - woohoo