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Returning to New Zealand after a twelve-month backpacking trip around the world, Liz started a podcast with her teenage son, Sonny.
They talked about all things travel and living in New Zealand with teenagers.
She told others that the podcast was designed to help other parents with teenagers.
But that wasn’t entirely true.
It was her way of legitimately sticking her nose into her son’s business while she slurped lots of green tea.
When Sonny finally grew tired of spending his days recording conversations with his ma, Liz roped her long-suffering husband, Brian, onto the show.
The couple now records weekly videos on YouTube about life in New Zealand and other very cool stuff.
They like to drink wine and chew the fat. They talk about life, travel, kids, money, being British and living in New Zealand.
Our Latest Podcast Episodes
Trusting Strangers Online. Nervy or Naive?
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[dropcap]M[/dropcap]aybe I'm naive.
Or slightly twisted.
But when I found out that there was an organisation called couchsurfing that would allow me to travel the world with my teenagers (for free) while meeting other like-minded people, I jumped at it.
Yes, it would mean that we'd be sleeping under the same roof of complete strangers, maybe even on a couch, but we'd get to know interesting people and listen to stories that I hadn't heard a thousand times before.
And who knows? They might even invite my teenagers to stay for a few years.
7 Things a Homeschooling Wife Needs From Her Husband (Excluding Wine)
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The funniest thing happened yesterday.
Because it was Father's Day, I said my husband that on this week's podcast episode we should talk about him being a homeschooling dad. Give some tips to all the other dads, husbands, or partners out there that are currently faced with being a new homeschooling parent.
Homeschooling and Working. How To Juggle Both & Stay (Relatively) Sane
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you are wondering how to balance homeschooling and working at the same time then you are in the right place.
Let's do an elbow bang.
I have been homeschooling for almost ten years, and for the second time in my homeschooling career, I find myself, once again, in the position of balancing homeschooling with earning some money.
Working For A Year In New Zealand
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]f you have always dreamt of living in New Zealand, are under 30 years old and have a bit of dosh saved up (enough to get you back to your own country) you can spend a year working in New Zealand by getting yourself a year-long working Visa.
That way you can see how you like it.
This weeks podcast episode features Adam, a twenty-something chappy from the UK is doing just that.
After being persuaded by his mate to leave Thailand and come to New Zealand to work on a fairground, he got himself a year-long working visa and headed down under.
Glamping in New Zealand (Yay Or Nay?)
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[dropcap]I[/dropcap]n the ten years that we have spent living in New Zealand, my family and I have never been glamping.
Not once.
Let's face it. It's not the sort of thing you want to do with two kids, is it?
But. With the kids now old enough to make their own beans on toast, Brian and I decided that it was time to check out what this New Zealand glamping craze was all about.
Get us a little bit of hippy outdoorsy fun.
And while we were there - glamping in New Zealand - we made a podcast episode for you. And wrote a post.
After all, what else would a husband and wife do when they find themselves alone without their kids for the first time in nineteen years??
Wine O’Clock. What’s on Top? Liz & Brian Discuss: Why You Need Time Alone.
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[dropcap]T[/dropcap]his week's podcast is brought to you by me (Liz) and my husband Brian.
It is brought to you with love. And with wine and with sushi.
This is a different kind of podcast format from any other that we've done in the past (and, I won't lie, it was slightly scarier).
Brain and I will talk about what's on top for us right now. As parents. As husband and wife. As friends.
What share we are loving, what are we struggling with and how we are dealing with both.
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