An Introduction.

Welcome to my rambling.  Being something of an insomniac, I have decided to use those quiet hours between 1am and 4am more productively and enter the world of blogging.  Deciding what exactly to blog about wasn't easy, I don't mind sharing my thoughts with anyone and everyone and there are so many topics that came to mind.  I am an avid crafter for one, and craft was my initial decision for topic, I can craft, and talk about craft, until the cows come home (fellow crafters will understand this all-consuming madness) and so an easy choice for me to make.  Alternatively, I am not the best at keeping in touch with friends and family overseas (though I have become a Facebook addict in an effort to improve) and so a more personal blog was my second choice.   Finally, after thinking about what I can't help but make note of during the majority of conversations I enter,  I have settled on blogging about become a Kwozzie, that is my term for a Kiwi living in Aussie.  I tend to make constant comparisons between the beautiful land I grew up in and the country I now inhabit and love.
In March 2011 my husband and I moved the family 'across the ditch' from New Zealand to Australia - for the second time.  So many New Zealanders do it and while many things are similar (we speak almost the same language after all), it has been no easier, second-time around, getting used to the differences between our two countries.
This blog is an outlet for both the things I love and dislike about Australia and the things I really miss and don't miss from New Zealand.  I also hope to offer some insight to readers thinking of taking up the opportunities such a move can provide and for those readers who have already jumped - it's always nice to meet another Kiwi.  For any true blue Aussies reading on, no doubt this blog will be another chance to give a Kiwi girl some cheek.
A little background fyi - my husband and I are both Australian citizens by birth but both had a good old Kiwi upbringing, first moving to Australia to live in 2007.  We are currently, and have only ever, lived in Queensland - not everything I note will apply to all States, similarly not everything I say will apply to all New Zealanders arriving/living here,  these posts are my own personal opinion however one that has usually been discussed and agreed with by other Kwozzies.  Everyone will have there own opinions (that is after all what makes the world such an interesting place), not everyone will agree with me, please read my posts with a light heart and the sound of laughter.  Having said that everything I say will be my honest thoughts and experiences with just a touch of poetic license.
Some things to know before you read on - I have barely got the hang of Facebook so please don't have great technical expectations of this blog.  I like clichés, I like to think I'm funny and I never know when to shut up, so I apologise in advance for any cheesy, humourless, long-winded posts :)
Stay tuned for my first topic - The Australian Supermarket Trolley - a crash course in aisle rage.