Pros and cons ...

Eight things I really like about moving home ...
- No matter how "bad" the weather is, it's still 24 degrees
- I've seen my in-laws three times in the past three weeks
- My clothesline actually sees sunshine regularly
- ACC have come to the party and I now have a cleaner
- I've learnt how to use a BBQ
- I spent two hours talking to my sister in law on the weekend
- My neighbour brought us homegrown tomatoes this afternoon
- There are now less than six weeks until the MOTH comes home

Eight things I really really don't like about moving home ...
- My MOTH is still in Dunedin
- I'm still unemployed*
- The washing machine is making horrible grinding noises
- The cleaner vacuumed up a white tailed spider this afternoon**
- I don't have a dishwasher
- We still don't have a puppy
- There's a decided lack of places to ice skate
- There are still nearly six weeks until the MOTH comes home



*I have had to resort to the humiliating "crawling to recruitment agencies" phase of job hunting

** I am now wandering around in a state of total paranoia checking under every pillow and shaking every towel before I go near it (in case you hadn't guessed, I'm not good with spiders)