rain rain go away

well manuel is doing a much better job at updating his blog than i am...and i would just refer everyone over to it to read about the what's going on...but, well, it's in german.

Not a whole lot new going on. At the moment I am working on restoring a stock scenic unit for the Opera House here in wellington. It's not exactly a dream job, but at least i'm painting!! and i have a few other applications out there, so hopefully i'll hear something back soon.

It's unfortunately been rainy and cold here for ages...and i could not be more ready for spring and summer to get here! it's going to be really bizarre to have Christmas during the summer though...
due to the bad weather, the ship carrying all of our stuff from home was not able to come into port last week and had to skip new zealand and go on to australia! (with all my dishes!!)....so now we're looking at august 12 before we have anything. bummer.

here are a few pictures i've been meaning to upload..


This is the drop for the Iolanthe set for the Opera House that I am restoring...you can sort of see the cracking in the paint.
This is where Manuel works :) his office is on the second floor.
The one nice thing about all this rain all the time... this is a view from our balcony.

i should also mention...

so now i'm in "blog-update" mode.....

a few things have changed since i last posted: Manuel has a job! He's working as an "integration consultant" at a software firm here in the city. It's right at the harbour and only about a 10 minute walk from home (or 5 if he runs :) ).....It's a fairly small company and they are very new, but Manuel has already signed us both up to play on the company indoor soccer team...so I've had the opportunity to meet his boss and colleagues and they are very cool. and I get a team jersey! rock on! In honour of his new 'grown-up" job, we spent our saturday yesterday shopping for business attire. he sure cleans up nicely! (i'll try to get some pictures if he'll agree to a fashion show...)

and in news for me: I met with some guys at a design company out in Miramar (wellington suburb..home of Peter Jackson..) last week who are in the process of carving a giant styrofoam tree that will then be coated in fiberglass and installed as a children's interactive exhibit in a museum here....anyways, they've asked me to come and do the painting workup! so that will be a really cool project and hopefully a really great contact in the industry for me! and plus, unlike the theatre work that i paint and is destroyed as soon as the show closes, this will be around for years! cool!....so i'll update about this again later :)

Here is the view of our little love nest if you were sitting on top of our microwave :) and you can see a glimpse of the view of the city outside our door...
So here is a picture of our flat in wellington...with manuel pretending to cook! as you can see it's fairly cozy in size, but we do have a spare bedroom...so friends are welcome!!