Second night

Bit sore and managed to stay busy most of the day but seems like not much got done.

Well, daylight is disappearing, the radio is on and we have enough stuff unpacked to prepare a meal instead of having to get takeaway. Some stuff got damaged, but that should get sorted out, hopefully.

Whee! Again!

Well, the new place is mostly sorted out.

Most of the boxes have been opened and the contents neatly arranged in alphabetical order in a pile on the floor. The furniture has been re-built (damned Ikea furniture - though we managed to not loose any nuts or bolts). Books are back on their shelves and most importantly - communications have been restored.

Phone and internet took an inordinate amount of time to get connected, but it all seems to be sweetness and light at the moment, so still waiting for the shoe to drop and the problems to show up.

Nonetheless, irregardless of improprietariness (and other words one should not use) it all seems to be going well.

As anticipated, it is taking longer to get to work (that motorbike idea is looking better all the time) and there are enough local shops that we can get by without having to drive a long distance for the essentials.

Hopefully I'll have more good news to report as time goes by, not much new at the moment appart from the obvious.

Four weeks and counting

Well, things look pretty sweet with the new place. The cogs are all falling onto place and we have a tentative move-in date.

We have plenty of boxes to chuck all our junk into. The main things I need to focus on are selling off some of my old stuff (like the Ford) in order to generate a bit of cash and to clear up some room.

Not quite sure yet if we'll be renting a truck or using a trailer, either way it's a lot of picking things up and putting them down. Which is pretty much what I used to do for work anyway.

On the to-do list, I need to verify that my trailer socket on the Corsair works properly so that I can chuck a trailer on there.

Other than that, not much to report.

Inexorably closer

Well, the house that we are buying is now listed as "sold" on the real estate agent's website so I guess it's full steam ahead.

We've done some financial jumping around and gotten all the bits sorted. There are still a few loose ends to tidy up and all our remaining junk to box up but it is coming together.

The motorbike project is on hold until further notice since I have to get a fresh car. As stated before, I'm sticking to my guns - manual, 5 speed with a towball. All other considerations secondary (apart from the obvious of it being licensed, running and so on). I'm not even fussed about the number of doors or even if it's a wagon.

Seen some interesting stuff on Gumtree and Craigslist, though CL is a little quiet in Perth as not as many people over here are aware of it. It's more popular over east.

Finally - an update!

Well, I managed to get up off my backside and made an update to my main site.

I've uploaded a photo gallery with some of my less bad photos on it. None of them are award-winning or even particularly good, but hopefully it'll give me a baseline to improve from.

Trying to get more into writing, not very successful thus far. On the plus side, I've stopped ordering stuff on-line, which means there is less chance of things getting lost in the mail during the upcoming move.

Not sure when we'll be moving, the uncertainty is the most annoying part. We've moved plenty of times before so it isn't as traumatic as it can be for some people. Probably helps that I can't wait to get out of this place. Anyway, boxing is going nicely, still have more stuff to pack than stuff which is packed, so we're aways away still.