waiting

so, i've been waiting to post when i could get on jer's computer to do the pics. guess it'll be little longer, so i'll post on some other things.

our stuff came today. we're all very happy about that. it's been in the country since last monday. we could have had it last wednesday, but the trucking company took a half day that day and the rest of the week/weekend off. and yesterday was like they hadn't kicked into gear yet after the holidays. but we have it now and that's all that matters. we have a lot unpacked. some of it we can't.  like the books...we have no shelves. we're shopping around for cheap nice looking ones. i found a guy who could make them for cheaper than the stores. i might use him. i found him on trademe. that's the nz version of ebay. they have ebay, but this is just for nz and is used more here. we've done a lot of looking on there for things. the kemps have bought a bit off there...like their new baby monitor. its a good place to look for housing and cars as well. 

so, did i tell y'all we got our mattress just before christmas? well, we did. it's nice. it's a memory foam. and for some reason it was cheaper than most pillow top mattresses. not sure why, but we'll take it. we liked them, but they're more expensive in the states.  also, furniture in general is more expensive here. that's why we've bought little. just the table jer uses for his desk. luckily our house did have a lot with it. so it works for now. the main thing we want to get in time is living room furniture. i'm not sure how much longer my back can stand to sit in the camp chairs (one is also my desk chair). 

for new years we have a couple of families from church come over. it was nice. we BBQed and lots of wii was played. at midnight we all went on the balcony and yelled, "Happy New Year" and watched the fireworks going off across the bay and around us. 

we're getting popular. we're having dinner with the Marlars tomorrow night (an american family at church who's been here 2 years). friday we're having dinner with holly and brian. they're the nice people the kemps met online who picked us up at the airport. we also had thanksgiving with them. he's kiwi. she's an american. they have a little 19 month old cutie named Symeon and another due very soon. next friday we're all envolved in the youth sleepover. the girls will be at the marlars and the boys with either be at the church or here. it's not been decided yet. 

so, new zealand has gotten some mexican in the stores in the last few years. all el paso brand. funny. but at least we have some now. they're are still only 3 total mexican related restaurants in auckland and we've heard mixed things about them all. that's alright. they're every type of asian and indian around every corner, and we like that a lot. we've not had much fish and chips due to the high grease but we have had it. that's about all i can think of right now. 

anyone have any questions? that'd help me tell you about things if you can think of anything.