After 8 and a half years of wedded bliss at 20 King Street, the Clarke Clan are on the move. We have sold our house, and bought a place in Point Chevalier (Had to move somewhere with the initials PC).
We will smartlink our phone number across to the new house, perhaps. Otherwise we will use a service where you ring the old number and get told the new number (you get it free for three months).
The new address is 36 Dignan Street, Point Chevalier. Getting close to the expensive part of PC, houses sell for $1,000,000 at the end of our street (major earthquake could do a lot for our property values).
At the end of the street is the mangroves on the eastern side of Pt Chev, one street over is a boat ramp, and the park at the end is about three blocks away. The Kindergarten and school are about two blocks from the house, with no main roads to cross.
The house was built in 1943, three bedroom, huge lounge, kitchen/dining area. Bathroom not big enough for birthing, so we need to think about that one. Dining area goes out onto a covered deck that is north facing. It has a petanque court (Paul, we played that up at Peter B's, remember?).
There is a single garage, with a sleep out, big enough for two desks at one end, and couch and other stuff at the other. Massive 700M2+ section, flat as a pancake. Enough space for swimming pool, swings, trampoline, and anything else we think of. Cross-leased at front, so we are well back off the road. Lots of concrete driveway for bicycles and skateboards.
We might try to go up, when we can afford it. Will get views up there. Diana is rapt out of her tinies, and the kids just run around everywhere when we visit. People we are buying it off are really nice. Had three boys, all grown up and gone now.
Other than that, life is boring. Roger leaves in about a week. Will be a bit hairy while he is in the States, I think.
Foundation is now an official Microsoft Solution Provider (get copies of stuff like VB enterprise edition for free). Me and Peter have been sitting tests like mad. I've passed four now, need three more to become a Systems Engineer. A woman got killed by a van on Gt. North Road in New Lynn right outside where Peter sits his exams, when he sat NT Workstation last week. Didn't put him off. I sit mine at Microsoft, heh heh.
Everything else very dull. Went to see Auckland Blues beat Waikato Chiefs yesterday in the Super 12. I have a season ticket. The Blues should play their semi-final at home, cool. Won't be able to walk to Eden Park anymore, bummer.
Took me eight minutes to get to the new house from the office on Friday. Won't be like that all the time, but not bad, I suppose. Distance from work now 4.5Kms, rather than 1.5 (a 200% increase).
{Koos - ignore this next bit if you want} Diana spoke to Olwynne yesterday, trying to track down Roger when I was at the rugby. Had his mobile turned off, bastard. He was playing tennis at Stanley Street. Anyway, she seems cheerful, although not very settled at work yet. Why doesn't she study and sit the exams for Word and Powerpoint and Excel and get into computer training. Then she could come and help us get our training company moving. We can give her all the training material, practice exams, and stuff. I did all of my study outside business hours, so why not? You should talk to her. I've been using Excel for nearly 10 years (1986, at MacDow holidays), and with about four hours study I scraped through. A bit of work and she could get some very usable qualifications.
{Koos - you can come back now}
Am working on my accounting and information systems book/booklet. nearly there. Have written shitloads and hope to get it out of the way within a week. Anzac day on Thursday, so I'm having a four day weekend. Weather sucks.
Peter Bamberger hasn't set a date yet. Engagement party went well.
Better go home with stuff I popped in to pick up. Send some mail you bastards.
