Yinzer in the Shire

Since Wednesday does not have opposable thumbs we, her humble servants, will be taking care of her updates. Today marks Day One of Wednesday's vacation with out us.  She will be staying in Virginia with her grandparents until she is cleared to enter New Zealand in July-ish.  Not only did she survive the six hour drive in the moving room, she actually seemed to enjoy it.  Most of the journey was spent sitting in the rearview window watching Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Maryland pass her by. Wednesday with her grandpep When we first arrived she took some time to explore her new room, but once left alone she retreated to under-the-dresser for some much needed alone time.  That evening she came out and explored while the rest of the house slept and has been in good spirits ever since.  She is still a bit shy of the resident dog who she has only seen (and smelled) from afar, but we are certain they will quickly warm up to one another once proper introdu...

Moving abroad sounds incredibly glamorous, but there are tons of things they never tell you about the process.   When Seth first applied for the job at Weta I imagined the hardest part of the move would be getting the job, oh boy was I naive.  Here are 5 things that turned up after we heard "You're Hired!" • Be prepared to drown in paperwork and unexpected expenses. Obviously, even after you have work pinned down, you are still going to have to apply for a visa.  Weta took care of a lot of the difficult bits for Seth, but since we are not married my visa was more difficult.  They want you to provide all types of things, that you are in a genuine and stable relationship, that you have been living together for a year or more.   They want you to provide photographs, envelopes sent to the two of you at the same address (who saves that kind of thing?), and joint bank accounts.  In the end we could only prove that we are in a genuine relationship so I ended u...