Water water everywhere but not a drop to drink.....

Living in the north of the South Island of New Zealand the words drought restrictions rarely crop up  unless you are talking about are Aussie neighbours, but once again the weather has been very kind to us this summer, unless you in the farming or horticultural sector, that is.  As of today we have barely had a drop in 3 months 

Hailing from the UK the main topic of conversation  was always the weather, and its still a subject close to my heart. I arrived in New Zealand 8 years ago with absolutely NO knowledge of the country or its weather apart from what I learned on a brief 2 week holiday. Eight years later I am happily ensconced in  a very isolated rural area with my OH and our 3 very feral young sons. 

Having pondered starting my own blog for a very long time, I have decided the time now seems right to chronicle my life here, the good the bad and the down right bloody (or 'friggin' if you hail from here) frustrations of living on the other side of the world. A world away from your family and friends and learning to love a country when the first 30 years you have lived in another.  



MY NAME IS LIZ AND I AM ENGLISH, NO, BRITISH, ACTUALLY I AM A KIWI .........

Who the heck am I.  When I am back in England I am very proud that I live in New Zealand, however when I am in NZ  I am proud of my British heritage but I will always think of myself as English. Our 3 little boys are Kiwi's through and through and  although I try my utmost to instill some of my English quirky ideals on them and constantly find myself repeating my Mothers little sayings,  they remain true to their birth country and for that I am  secretly proud, even when they call football soccer, but prefer rugby. Saying all that it is the everyday things that I still find myself hankering after, but with the Internet explosion I am now a lot closer to my birth country in every way than the thousands of ex pats who have emigrated to NZ over the last 50 years or so.

This blog is about how I have adapted and how I live in the Country I now call home. I hope you will follow me along this journey,  I hope it will be an entertaining read.