Before my mid-life crisis...

I have decided.

My thirties are going to be the best years of my life, I am currently twenty seven.  Kurt Cobain, who is recognised in the same vein as Lennon and Jackson and so on, died at my age of suicide.  He also used drugs, did Kurt.  But I just felt troubled because I thought because he died at twenty seven like Janis Joplin and a few others, I thought it was a sign I should stand up and take notice of.  I thought, maybe I was destined to join the twenty seven club with them but six months through and I am still here.

I have a girlfriend now, she is wonderful.

In six months we have only had two little fights, that is remarkable because I think many other couples struggle so much when they first get together.

I want to buy a new house for each of us somewhere far away from here, maybe in the mainland of the South Island.  There they are so cheap or in another word, affordable.  Like a character home, I like character homes.  Character homes are wood, they aren't art deco homes.  Art deco homes can be found in Napier after the earthquake in 1931, that is how they re-built.  Character homes can be found in Auckland and in the out of the way places of this country, out in the countryside.  I have seen them, they are magnificent.  They are actually quite high maintenance because of their wooden weatherboard whereas if they were brick well, you wouldn't have to paint brick for starters.  Wooden floors, renovated modern kitchens, nice gardens, big garages, plenty of yard space, A LOT of yard space, really magnificent.

Maybe we could have a family, I don't know, she already has a son.

They are so affordable because the land and buildings are not in high demand, its about supply and demand. You really have to see these examples, you really have to, just extraordinary, look.

http://www.daviddrazek.harcourts.co.nz/Property/610768/TN3732/11-East-Street

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/619864/IV25743/67-Queens-Drive

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/619040/GO7629/23-Wigan-Street

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/618745/GO7582/29-Coutts-Road

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/614528/IV25524/9-Grange-Street

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/611677/GO7368/7-Verona-Street

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/609663/IV25242/72-Earn-Street

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/608385/GO7268/209-Main-Street

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/606962/GO7236/72-Hamilton-Street

I want to paint the trim of the house above a light green.

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/606892/IV24856/27-Newcastle-Street

These are all beautiful homes and I want to live in one like these with my girlfriend.  Invercargill is a Celtic name for our most southern city but it can get extremely cold in the winter time.

http://invercargill.harcourts.co.nz/Property/594113/IV24228/70-Happy-Valley-Road

That one might be pushing it but not impossible.

What do you think?  All that needs to happen is I sell up here and we buy anew down there.