How times change

Hi everyone,

A couple of important updates!

We have been our new house since the 4th of April but we with visitors and holidays and everything it has taken us a wee while to get set up with little home comforts (or life essentials to some people!)

Thankfully we now have internet access at home so no more hanging out at internet cafes with disaffected youth playing video games and getting fat in front of massive video screens (not us, them). Hurrah!!!

It also means that we can now skype everyone back home so if you have a quick connection and you have downloaded skype then my user name is stephbrown8 or if you search for my email address it is stephbrown8@aol.com. Once you have skype it means that if we are at home with the computer on, and skype open then you will be able to ring us. If you want to schedule a skype then just drop us an email or facebook us a time that would work for you and we will try and be around the house to catch up.

We're both hoping that having the net at home will let us keep in touch a bit better than we have been for the last couple of months - and hoping that we don't spend our whole evenings fighting over who has been on facebook the longest (not likely)

Once we buy a new cable for the phone we will also have a home phone line - we will post our phone number as soon as we have it so that people without skype can call us. We might not post it actually I might just email it round - if you want the number drop me an email at the address above or comment on the blog and I will send it through to you.

Anyway, the other exciting thing is that Katie starts her new job tomorrow, I am sure she will really enjoy it - getting out and mixing with the working public will, I am sure, make Katie feel more part of the city life which is one of the reasons we are here in Welly. It will also hopefully mean that I can afford a new pair of socks - the pair I have at the moment are starting to look a bit worse for wear and I am looking forward to having to retire them soon (only joking Mum!)

We are also looking at a car - don't want to give too much away just now but it's a red sports car with flicky up lights and all that - don't worry we've not gone mad - it's almost as old as Katie and is going to cost us $300 if it passes it's MOT. If it lasts us 6 months and doesn;'t fall to bits on the motorway then we will be happy. Will send photos if we decide to go ahead and buy it (it's Steve's brother in law whose Dad is from Queens Park in Glasgow so we're getting mates rates)

Well, I best be off just now - just wanted to give you a quick update - it's great being able to do this from home but we are heading out to get a few things sorted in town. Got to make the most of weekends when you work in a school.

Hope everyone is doing well - we will be in touch with you all soon!

Stephen