Settling In

Just a quick update...

Have moved in and mostly unpacked. Have you ever tried to pack a 4 bedroom house into a 2 bedroom?? ...trust me it doesn't fit, thankfully we have an attic. 50 boxes - took us a good 4 days, so luckily we took the week off. Anyway, glad we're in and happy. oh and the fence has been fixed (blew over in the recent Sydney storms.

Bye for now.

Yay :) we're moving

Hi everyone,

late today we got the keys to our new house :) very exciting - well to us as least! ;) Tomorrow we move, well actually, the removalists do and we unpack. So exciting times ahead settling in to the house.

Posted some new pics of Aimée and her cousin's taken recently, also been fixing (embedding) videos in some albums - have a look.

Time flies...

Isn't time just flying by this year, we visited Mariana & Renato on Sunday, Renato ask if he could take some Aimee photos, and we being the slack parents who hardly take photos jumped at the opportunity. Marian is starting to show big time, she is, afterall having twins. Good to see them as our visits a far a few between. Click this link to have a look at the photos Ren took, and don't forget to check out his site. Thanks again Renato.

In other news, the Pasha Bulker has left the beach - finally after 25days....yay. See my previous blog and youtube vid.

We move house in less than 2 weeks, yay. Can't wait to get in. Wrote a big cheque for Stamp duty today, bloody government....blood suckers they are....:( All that money just to stamp a piece of paper. oh well, enough, for now. Cya next time.

time for an update...

Been a quiet few weeks now we've found a place, actually had time to catch up with family and friends.

Had lunch with the radac's , back from the UK for a week or two to sort visa's. Boy, the hassles they've had - obviously very determined to re-locate. Sounds like bureaucracy rules in the UK.

Visited Jeff & Kitty on Sunday, poor Kitty broke her foot 2 weeks ago, so is getting around on crutches. Reminds me of my times on crutches and the hassles of getting out and about, small things like showering etc. become a real effort.

Mum & Dad did a drive by of the new house, told us the side fence has collapsed with all the bad weather Sydney has been having. Bummer, just a small hassle to deal with prior to settling in July. We can't wait to get in, a little crowded in our bedroom at the moment.

F1 news...Webber finished 7th, miracles do happen. Well done Red Bull, hopefully things a looking up for the remainder of the season. Not catching Lewis Hamilton though, definitely looks to me like he has lucked out with the car this year, bet he is the envy of most other F1 drivers, including Alonzo. "Them's the brakes" I guess.

We've moved

Been a busy two weeks....

I have been so busy with work - this project is driving me mad. Oh well, life in a big organisation can be frustrating, especially when you have to rely on others to do things for you. Yes, I know, I have control issues.

We've moved, in with Rose's parents. Packing and moving is so not fun. But I'm glad it's over, though we now have to unpack our suitcases here. Almost lost Rose's laptop, the removalists removed anything not tied down, even Rose's laptop in backpack. Luckily, found it in the next day in storage (where the majority of our possessions are). Settlement was missed due to our bank stuffing around with the mortgage discharge, even so we let the new buyers in - hopefully will settle tomorrow.

...then we're in the money until we find another place.

Poor Aimee, we are so busy we hardly see her, makes you wonder if it's worth it. Even now, I have to re-join a conference call for an issue that occurred tonight in 5 mins, it's crazy. Feeling very guilty that we don't get enough time with Aimee :( Hopefully, this trend will reverse over the next few weeks...hopefully.

a pinch and a punch

for the first day of the month...

Happy May. The year is just flying by. :$

Work sux, keeping me busy. We missed our good friends Rochelle and David's farewell party last Saturday. Shame, would have loved to have gone, but had a few conf calls and did some sniffing around CICS (if you know what that means) again...long time, but fun for me weirdly enough.

Haven't even started to pack yet - we move out in just over 2 weeks...Rose and I will have a busy weekend again..hopefully work will keep out of the way. House hunting is going ok, seen a few in our price range in the suburbs we like...just need to buy one.

Have setup Gallery2, I quite like it - settled on a skin now..just need to move my albums. If you know me, go ahead and register for access at www.goodridges.com/gallery2.

cya next post

Sold Sold Sold

Well, we've exchanged contracts and received a deposit to sell the house. So essentially, we've sold it. Not bad, 3 weeks have past since we decided to sell and we got the price we wanted, which is pretty rare in Sydney at the moment apparently. Another plus is that there will be no advertising/marketing costs for us - :).

We're very happy with the outcome, though our solicitor and real estate agent dislike each other to the point where I'm the conduit for any communication now :)

So now we have 6 weeks to pack up the house, store it and move in with Rose's parents until we find our next place. More busy w/e's to come :(

This pic BTW is 4 years old.

busy week

Hi, had a busy week since the past post.

Been tidying and re-organising the house as we're selling it. Hopefully, we'll have some positive news on this front in the next 24hrs.

We had a 11 groups through last Saturday (31/3), not bad considering we're not on the market yet....anyway fingers and toes crossed.