Archive for February, 2006



Emotional SeeSaw Part I

Published on February 10, 2006

This has been a week of wild emotions. With less than three weeks to go, we have reached the ‘panic’ and high stress stage of the journey. Every day seems grueling and there are too many tasks to possibly be accomplished. Interspersed throughout are lots of social activities as we continue to meet up and […]


Local Time

Published on February 8, 2006

Another site to bookmark for anyone planning to call us: New Zealand local time.
New Zealand is a day AHEAD and, depending on whether either country is in daylight savings time (they don’t happen at the same time), can be 3 to 5 hours BEHIND U.S. Pacific Standard Time (most of our friends & family are […]


Weather in Christchurch

Published on February 3, 2006

For those of you wanting to know what kinds of temperatures we’re experiencing or when to plan for your visit, bookmark this link to Christchurch weather. Temperatures are reported in Fahrenheit so as not to confuse those of us not used to the metric system.
The average temperatures for Christchurch range from 52 F to 89 […]