the six month mark

So we have made it to a milestone.  We have been living in Perth for six months already.  Wow, that's half a year!  The time has flown by while we have been very busy conquering all the many "firsts".  On reflection the overall experience has been very positive.  We have chosen our suburb and city well, we have dived head first into everything and given it all a go.  We have more friends than we expected to have at this point and there are still some more "firsts" to come.

This move has stretched us out of our comfort zone and given our lives a big kick in the butt.  We have put ourselves out there for scrutiny and have put our best collective foot forward.

The ten things I have learned in six months in Australia:

• Big Brother is most definitely watching me
• housework does count as a workout
• true friendships will survive the great divide
• Rob is more gorgeous without stress and excessive travel
• our boys are resilient and strong
• there are wonderful people wherever you go if you are open to meeting them
• you take yourself with you
• there is unique beauty in every new destination
• koala bears only live on the east coast of Australia
• it's tough not having a pool