Showing posts with label need to move house. Show all posts
Showing posts with label need to move house. Show all posts
Monday, June 9, 2008
House pictures
Found batteries and then found the usb cable. Now ive found the time to do something with all the pictures... (yes i did have tia follow me around the house insisting on being in every photo!)
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
im still around-ish
We have moved into our new place. Had 2? freezing nights without electricity but did have hot water (gas). But now we have all settled in, the central heating is lovely!! (but at what price?) We had the fire going on those cold nights, which was lovely.. it was soft wood, so it did have to be constantly fed and wasnt great for lasting heat.. or heating much more than a metre from the fireplace. We had chinese takeaway for dinner those nights, it was great!!!
Glow sticks and candles were awesome in lighting the place up.
Our new place is big, lovely and comfy!
Been very busy running around getting forms, informing places of our new address. Took awhile to clean up the old place. Lots to do here (as nesting instinct is going crazy!) Have a great back and front yard, with the only grass being out on the nature strip! (great since we dont have a mower) I can feel happy watching gardening programs again, and get my pruning fix (when we get the tools) The kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms are great.. my laundry has purple walls and the toilet near it has bright orange walls.. the other walls in the house are ordinary house green, yellow, pink and white.
Tia is settling in. She loves all the mirrors, she loves the deep bath, she loves her pink walls in her bedroom, she loves that she can play outside!!!!!! She has had a few accidents, but that should go once she settles in and figures out where the toilet is each time.. and all that.
Nori is settling in. She has escaped outside a few times. (her bed and litter are in the laundry which is near the back door) she even escaped before we went out shopping on saturday and i didnt realise she was missing for about a 1 or 2 once we got home. so she spent 3-5hours out the backyard (under the deck no doubt) she came when i called her and ran inside (afraid she would get into trouble? or afraid of being outside?) And since that time, Nori has been wanting to go out again.. and protesting, crying so loudly for that to happen! to the point we started to think at 5-6months she might be in heat... It wont be happening, not as long as i can help it (the escaping outside bit.) Last night she spent the night in the laundry, cut off from the rest of the house, which is the first time here. She usually roams all the house (minus our room, in prep for the baby arrival) at night. But hubby didnt want nori waking Tia up last night..
Last night was pretty alright.. up until i was thinking of sending tia to bed. When i noticed she had her new bed socks on and she danced for a second on the wooden floorbeds and fell flat on her face! And started to cry. the fall looked heaps bad, both hubby and i were up in a instant. Hubby carried her to her room and sat her on the bed. I was terrified she had 1) smashed teeth 2)put her teeth thru her lip 3) broken her nose.
There was alot of blood in her mouth, she was crying. I then noticed a cut in her lip. When i stopped that cut bleeding, i saw that her teeth were all ok. Her lip however was swelling up. Hubby ran off to get some kids panadol from the shops. She was shaking, in a bit of a shock, tired and in pain. I rugged her up in her blankets. Her nose was bleeding a little bit, i wasnt sure if the nose had got a knocking or if the blood from her mouth had gone up into and out of her nose. (anything is possible when a kid is crying!) Tia fell asleep a few times, settled well and we waited for the panadol to arrive. The cut is on her bottom lip. It looked deep, but with the swelling now the envy of actors and those paying for botox injections it was hard to tell. Tia i noticed would look at the tissues i was using to clean her up/stop the bleeding and getting upset at that. So i made a effort to show her when it had really stopped bleeding (nose and lip) and kept the other tissues out of sight.
She had some childrens panadol and fell asleep as soon as i turned out the light. She woke up a few times thru the night. Hubby stayed up till 3-4am.
This morning, the swelling on her lip had gone down and its healing up nicely. And now there is swelling at the top of the bridge on her nose, with a faint pink mark. Im wondering if its bruised. Wont be able to tell if its broken or not 100% till the swelling goes down.. (and not worth taking her to the doctor till then) I can't say i noticed her nose swollen last night? or this pink line.. surely a broken nose would swell up instantly just like her lip did?
i'd think that 1) she would be in alot of pain with a broken nose? 2)i've seen more mysterious nose bleeds, bleed more than her nose did last night.
Oh and tia turned 5 on mothers day. She got a few nice presents (mainly lollies and clothes) money is a bit tight.. so her bike and helmet will have to wait for a bit.. just like any big present for mothers day for me. (i got bedsocks ^^ )
Still waiting for broadband. Decided to go with TPG. Never heard of them before.. but apparently our new speed will be 3 times as fast as our previous broadband connection. It was a offpeak and onpeak download limit (but both beyond our usual limits we would reach) But until that gets switched on we are on dial-up.. rofl. Im looking forward to this new speed!!! And wont complain about dial-up... just that they charge by the hour.. ugh x.x so stone age!
Hope everyone had a great weekend and all the mums had a great mothers day!
Glow sticks and candles were awesome in lighting the place up.
Our new place is big, lovely and comfy!
Been very busy running around getting forms, informing places of our new address. Took awhile to clean up the old place. Lots to do here (as nesting instinct is going crazy!) Have a great back and front yard, with the only grass being out on the nature strip! (great since we dont have a mower) I can feel happy watching gardening programs again, and get my pruning fix (when we get the tools) The kitchen, bathrooms, bedrooms are great.. my laundry has purple walls and the toilet near it has bright orange walls.. the other walls in the house are ordinary house green, yellow, pink and white.
Tia is settling in. She loves all the mirrors, she loves the deep bath, she loves her pink walls in her bedroom, she loves that she can play outside!!!!!! She has had a few accidents, but that should go once she settles in and figures out where the toilet is each time.. and all that.
Nori is settling in. She has escaped outside a few times. (her bed and litter are in the laundry which is near the back door) she even escaped before we went out shopping on saturday and i didnt realise she was missing for about a 1 or 2 once we got home. so she spent 3-5hours out the backyard (under the deck no doubt) she came when i called her and ran inside (afraid she would get into trouble? or afraid of being outside?) And since that time, Nori has been wanting to go out again.. and protesting, crying so loudly for that to happen! to the point we started to think at 5-6months she might be in heat... It wont be happening, not as long as i can help it (the escaping outside bit.) Last night she spent the night in the laundry, cut off from the rest of the house, which is the first time here. She usually roams all the house (minus our room, in prep for the baby arrival) at night. But hubby didnt want nori waking Tia up last night..
Last night was pretty alright.. up until i was thinking of sending tia to bed. When i noticed she had her new bed socks on and she danced for a second on the wooden floorbeds and fell flat on her face! And started to cry. the fall looked heaps bad, both hubby and i were up in a instant. Hubby carried her to her room and sat her on the bed. I was terrified she had 1) smashed teeth 2)put her teeth thru her lip 3) broken her nose.
There was alot of blood in her mouth, she was crying. I then noticed a cut in her lip. When i stopped that cut bleeding, i saw that her teeth were all ok. Her lip however was swelling up. Hubby ran off to get some kids panadol from the shops. She was shaking, in a bit of a shock, tired and in pain. I rugged her up in her blankets. Her nose was bleeding a little bit, i wasnt sure if the nose had got a knocking or if the blood from her mouth had gone up into and out of her nose. (anything is possible when a kid is crying!) Tia fell asleep a few times, settled well and we waited for the panadol to arrive. The cut is on her bottom lip. It looked deep, but with the swelling now the envy of actors and those paying for botox injections it was hard to tell. Tia i noticed would look at the tissues i was using to clean her up/stop the bleeding and getting upset at that. So i made a effort to show her when it had really stopped bleeding (nose and lip) and kept the other tissues out of sight.
She had some childrens panadol and fell asleep as soon as i turned out the light. She woke up a few times thru the night. Hubby stayed up till 3-4am.
This morning, the swelling on her lip had gone down and its healing up nicely. And now there is swelling at the top of the bridge on her nose, with a faint pink mark. Im wondering if its bruised. Wont be able to tell if its broken or not 100% till the swelling goes down.. (and not worth taking her to the doctor till then) I can't say i noticed her nose swollen last night? or this pink line.. surely a broken nose would swell up instantly just like her lip did?
i'd think that 1) she would be in alot of pain with a broken nose? 2)i've seen more mysterious nose bleeds, bleed more than her nose did last night.
Oh and tia turned 5 on mothers day. She got a few nice presents (mainly lollies and clothes) money is a bit tight.. so her bike and helmet will have to wait for a bit.. just like any big present for mothers day for me. (i got bedsocks ^^ )
Still waiting for broadband. Decided to go with TPG. Never heard of them before.. but apparently our new speed will be 3 times as fast as our previous broadband connection. It was a offpeak and onpeak download limit (but both beyond our usual limits we would reach) But until that gets switched on we are on dial-up.. rofl. Im looking forward to this new speed!!! And wont complain about dial-up... just that they charge by the hour.. ugh x.x so stone age!
Hope everyone had a great weekend and all the mums had a great mothers day!
Thursday, April 24, 2008
*happy dance* Moving House
ooohhh i just noticed bloggers new add another image thingy! horray!! How long has it been there i wonder????This happy dance is due to MOVING OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We will be moving out of this shoebox flat (that i seem sooo ungrateful for, it has done its job e.g being a home/roof over our heads) into a... wait for it... A HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!! You know one of those big things, with extra walls.. space.. privacy.. Now our flat did its job, aside from not having a laundry, any yard.. we got accomodation when we badly needed it when moving into victoria..But im going to dream about my inside laundry with purple walls, thats actually bigger than the bathroom... purple walls??? i can get a washing machine *happy dance* ooohhh how i missed u!!!! And i can save on $$ and pollution with a wait for it.. a clothes line.. its a rope.. im sure i can put something better in.. even still i would actually have room now for one of those indoor portable clotheslines..
An absolute miracle! Thank you God!!
After the ferals had their visit from some angry person they know (drug dealer, friend or family? i dunno) hubby and his boss went into action to get us moving ASAP. Thru another lovely unexpected miracle hubby also got a payrise this week! W-o-W!!!!!! Hubby and i found the same place (without talking to each other, him being at work.. me at home) and he rang up.. they were about to process someone else application and stopped that(he told em bout the ferrals and his preggy wifey), gave us a private inspection 9am the next morning (today) faxed over applications (so we could fill them out and hand them over at the inspection) So we inspected it, applied and waited back for a answer today.. so glad we didnt have like the usual wait!!!! And success!!!!!! o.0 W-o-W!!!!!!!!!!!
And yeah.. wow.. the place is great.. (apart from the usual repetitive pink, yellow, green paint thats in 99% of houses) *not that im complaining* its got yard that needs some attention *woohoo says the greenie in me* lots of lavender, conifers.. it has a gas stove top *woohoo says the wok lover/iron chef in me* and a aerial! *woohoo says me who hates digital tv thru rabbit ear antennas and the temperamental choice of channels that work*
and its BIG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
*woohoo says me who gets grumpy with being able to hear Tia thru the thin walls, singing, talking, constantly in her room.. that and when she tries to run around this small place*
We get the keys on monday. Have the long weekend to pack! Need to look up a few things like gas rates etc.. This means i have to decide between 2 schools for Tia, that we can walk too. Which i need to enrol her into for next year!
youtube vid- "we gotta get out of this place" by the animals 1965?(warning the YT vid contains star wars footage).. something i grew up listening too, thanks to my dads music taste..
Friday, April 4, 2008
Everything on the up
You can't escape it.. its in the business column of every newspaper, magazine or online news site.... its on every 'current affair' program, every breakfast program (minus the cartoon ones), its even in educational-bore-kids-news programs ttn (ten) and btn(abc).. its in every single freaking news program, morning, 11am, noon, 5pm, 6pm and the late night...
Money.. interest rates.. inflation.. recession..bank profits..rising/lowering house prices..tarifs..taxes..government spending.. federal spending..council rip-offs..fraud..scammers..credit woes.. credit card debt..
increase...increase...increase...
gosh its exhausting!!!!!!
Example.. sure go to any woolworths or coles in the area (if theres more than 1) and their prices will be different.. a 250g of 'unsalted butter' was $1.49 (woolworths brand) 250g of 'butter' was $0.99 (woolworths brand) a few weeks later i noticed they are both now $1.49.
Theres currently a inquiry into grocery prices, their lies, truths, profits, margins and all.. hopefully they can get to the bottom of it all!!
apparently 44% of people have private health care cover from a story i read today... one provider is slashing what you get for your $ and charging more, changing their 'packages'.. ugh!
Washing our dirty laundry at the laundrymat now costs $4.00 instead of $3.20.. saying its the first price hike in 3yrs due to rising costs of electricity, water and gas (the gas i thought was strange, i guess the water is heated via gas) like i keep saying.. it makes me want to get out of here and get a place big enough for a washing machine and a place with a clothes line!!! *not that theres any good rental choices lately* Don't remind me that come late april our rent (for a tiny 2bedroom, kitchen/lounge in one, bath/shower toilet in one) is going from $130 to $150 a week.. altho i'd pay extra if it came with decent neighbours! and yet we have no yard/garden no space for washing machine of *any* loader on any wall, floor.. except perhaps the ceiling.. (could imagine how cool it would be to have a front loader bolted to your ceiling?.. they'd have to work out the door to be half the size tho) anyways its a crap hole and clearly going up from like a price hike by the rental agency or via the news hype of theres no rentals left.. go on landlords charge what you look for your shit hole houses/apartments that you care so little about!
banks... where do u start.. the RBA saying rate hikes are good, i know its hurting people but tough! RBA saying yeah banks make insane profits but hey look at american banks arent u happy we have banks that do make money?! *rolls eyes*
Money.. interest rates.. inflation.. recession..bank profits..rising/lowering house prices..tarifs..taxes..government spending.. federal spending..council rip-offs..fraud..scammers..credit woes.. credit card debt..
increase...increase...increase...
gosh its exhausting!!!!!!
Example.. sure go to any woolworths or coles in the area (if theres more than 1) and their prices will be different.. a 250g of 'unsalted butter' was $1.49 (woolworths brand) 250g of 'butter' was $0.99 (woolworths brand) a few weeks later i noticed they are both now $1.49.
Theres currently a inquiry into grocery prices, their lies, truths, profits, margins and all.. hopefully they can get to the bottom of it all!!
apparently 44% of people have private health care cover from a story i read today... one provider is slashing what you get for your $ and charging more, changing their 'packages'.. ugh!
Washing our dirty laundry at the laundrymat now costs $4.00 instead of $3.20.. saying its the first price hike in 3yrs due to rising costs of electricity, water and gas (the gas i thought was strange, i guess the water is heated via gas) like i keep saying.. it makes me want to get out of here and get a place big enough for a washing machine and a place with a clothes line!!! *not that theres any good rental choices lately* Don't remind me that come late april our rent (for a tiny 2bedroom, kitchen/lounge in one, bath/shower toilet in one) is going from $130 to $150 a week.. altho i'd pay extra if it came with decent neighbours! and yet we have no yard/garden no space for washing machine of *any* loader on any wall, floor.. except perhaps the ceiling.. (could imagine how cool it would be to have a front loader bolted to your ceiling?.. they'd have to work out the door to be half the size tho) anyways its a crap hole and clearly going up from like a price hike by the rental agency or via the news hype of theres no rentals left.. go on landlords charge what you look for your shit hole houses/apartments that you care so little about!
banks... where do u start.. the RBA saying rate hikes are good, i know its hurting people but tough! RBA saying yeah banks make insane profits but hey look at american banks arent u happy we have banks that do make money?! *rolls eyes*
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Earth Hour
@ 8-9pm i believe we were all meant to turn off our lights.. however i only just got reminded then..
however its a bit late now! (10pm)
I must admit i was going to snob it anyways, i mean at this time all we have on is the 1 kitchen light (a energy saving one) and we do pay extra to apparently receive 20% green power (not that it could be proven)
Did you remember?
If anything i'd rather have killed our tiny money eating/energy eating hot water system that heats the tank up each time we turn on any hot water tap. And if anything little hot water systems should be banned!!!!! And no i don't think we could switch it to 'off peak' seeing as a family of 3 (almost 4) can't live on the amount of hot water in a tank that fits inside a freaking kitchen cabinet! Just add it to the list of reasons of WHY we'd LOVE to get OUT of this flat IF we could find a better place! Ho-hum
Thursday, September 27, 2007
frazzled brain
Today im going to take it easy. Yes i don't work, dont do any volunteering and only have to look after 1 child who no longer is a needy-newborn.. but for some reason i just feel quite stressed. Sure my days are spent constantly on the move.. but my brain never shuts up! I blog in my head, i have planned conversations with people in my head that don't happen.. argh! Im not quite sure how i can shut my brain up.. but im going to give it a shot.I wish i had a backyard! *sigh* in the winter i love laying out in the sun! (but come summers heat and im more likely hiding out in the coolest room of the house be it the bathroom or the bedroom with a aircon (we have no aircon in this house tho another reason to move out before summer!)
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