Adventures in DIY
We’ve been in our new house for just over 3 weeks and things are settling down a little bit. It will be some time before we’re really happy with the new premises but we’ll get there. We’ve met a couple … Continued
A chicken wrangler I’m not
It has been a very eventful ten days in the new house. For a while we felt like we were on a not particularly pleasant holiday and we’d really like to go home. We missed the space and the familiarity … Continued
We’re in the new house
And reality has set in. We knew we were down-sizing – but that was the block. 4,000sqm to 650sqm is a substantial downsize. But it was still a four bed, two bath home. The thing is, like most people, we … Continued
The last hurrah
Have I mentioned moving house is a pain? Well, it is. The countdown is well and truly on. The packers have done their packing and the pick-up (furniture, cartons, boxes, bags etc etc) will happen on Monday. Then on Wednesday … Continued
The Quantum Paradox of Moving: Books, Boxes, and Broadband
There’s something a little bit quantum about moving house. Book shelves that were full just days ago are now looking empty and forlorn – BUT – somewhere else the books are sitting on new shelves, ready for fresh sets of … Continued
The wave of technology
It’s a little over a month to go before we move and we’re still finding stuff we’d forgotten we had. Who’d have thought we’d still have a VHS player lurking in a cupboard? Just as well – I’ll be able … Continued
The countdown’s on
It was almost exactly this time in 2007 that we pulled up stumps in Victoria and moved to Hervey Bay in Queensland, about 2,00km away. It was a hell of a time. We had a big house and although we’d … Continued