Decision Day

I remember buying our first house in Wellington, just under 5 years ago. It can't have been 5 years because I was still pregnant with Tori. The 2 bedroom house we were renting was no longer going to be suitable and the time seemed right. It was a scary prospect, as well as being really exciting ... we were living the kiwi dream. Married, 2 kids, owning our own home, and the dog ... well the dog didn't arrive till Tori was 6 months old but you get what I mean.

Well, that dream is now coming to an end, and once again it's a scary prospect as well as being exciting, but there's a tinge of sadness as well. We made a phone call this evening to begin the sale of our place in Wellington. Granted, we haven't lived in it for over 2 years, and there was never the intention that we would move back to it but... once upon a time it was really important to us. So I'm a little sad.

But now we're living a different kiwi dream ... we're going to build a house. Today has been a busy day; we (Jack, Claire, Terry and I) have agreed on how we want to do this, and with whom we want to do it, so it's now a matter of making some phone calls tomorrow and getting the ball rolling.

Baby steps. The steps might be little but they are getting us closer to the goal.