“I’m homeschooling myself” is my new clever catch-phrase I’m starting to use to describe to people what it is I am doing. I’ve had some uncomfortable and displeasing encounters with a few people recently in trying to answer their simple question “So, what are you doing in New Zealand” or “Are you working?” The ‘are […]
This month went much more quickly than the first. The days zip by so quickly; I’m amazed at what we’ve accomplished.
Our four-month anniversary coincided with the Royal New Zealand A&P Show, the big agricultural show for the Canterbury region. Being newbies to the area, how could we not go? And what a day […]
Ah, we’ve just completed our first month back in New Zealand. And what a month it’s been. We’re absorbing new information at such a rapid pace — my brain is like a sponge and I’m exhausted most nights. We’ve now taken most of our CPIT classes (12 hours of Earth & Straw Bale Building, 12 […]