Tuesday Jason worked from home, and we did more packing and sorting, I am not taking anything with me that we don’t need to, so are taking the opportunity to have a really good clear out while we are packing.
Wednesday and Thursday Jason was also at home which was good, we were waiting for a final document which we had to get back to the bank and in true Oz style there really was no rush what so ever, even though this document could hold up settlement, they just kept saying that as long as we got it back by Thursday everything will be fine, well they don’t know what plans we have for Thursday and also that it is over an hour to get into the city to get the form to them. They really didn’t make this week easy.
Wednesday evening was Sam’s parents evening ,he is doing well but with the usual could do better, needs to concentrate more and chat less, so we were pleased with that. When we arrived home we had the doc that needed to be signed and returned to the mortgage company the following day, great, so after the school run on Thursday morning we set off into the city, it took well over an hour and a half, the traffic was so busy, but we eventually parked up and went to the bank where we were meeting our financial advisor the docs were handed in, and we went and had a coffee with the FA and more insurance forms were completed.
Jason and I then left him and headed to a different part of the city for a quick lunch, we had Yum Cha, which is a Chinese lunch, we were taken to our table and just ordered soft drinks and were given Chinese tea, which is rather unusual, can’t say I like it, can’t say I don’t either. Anyhow, once you are seated there are servers going round with trolleys, up market, nott the dinner lady type ones and they are filled with little plates of food, they tell you what they have and you decide if you want that, or wait for the next trolley, it is quite bizarre, but really good, we had scallops and prawns, BBQ pork dumplings, chicken satay skewers, fish cakes, and pork and prawn roll, it was just over $40.00 for the pair of us including drinks, which is really good for the cbd.
Friday the kids all broke up from school, we had nothing much planned and ended up having a BBQ tea with Pep and Owen it was lovely and meant that it was one less meal we had to think about.
Saturday we were up and off early to buy our fridge / freezer, we have been looking at different makes and styles for weeks now and wanted one with an icemaker for those hot days and also one with a water dispenser. It really is great here, all the electrical and home stores are at the home maker locations where you can find all the good, shops. You start wherever and just work your way round, every store after the first one, you tell them what you want and the best price you have been given and each store beats the previous price. We also had a look at the furniture stores and saw some really, really good value leather sofas, that were too good to be true, but were good and didn’t purchase them .... today.
Then back home for more packing and dismantling and cleaning.
Monday morning we were up bright and early, Jason and I set off to pick up the hire van while the kids had toast, I had packed all the bowls. Jason dropped Mollie with Justine who was having her for the day. Although Mollie wanted to stay with us she really would have been more of a hindrance than a help. It was a lovely day and Justine had lots of things planned for them. Once back at the house, we started with the first load and as bedrooms were emptied I went in and wiped round and vacuumed and closed doors. Lesley and Kerrie both turned up and loaded their cars with things for us, which was a great help. We knew that the settlement meeting was set for 12 o clock and we were expecting a call at 12.30 to get the keys, by 12.20 I was climbing the walls and it was agreed that Jason and I would drive into Mornington in the hope that by the time they rang we would be part way there. They rang about 5 mins after setting off. It was such a relief and after parking I set of nearly running to get to the estate agents. It was then back to the rental, where we set of in convoy to the new house. The FA and the fridge were waiting for us, the delivery for the fridge couldn’t have been much better.
After Jason had carried me over the threshold, mayhem set it in. Diane arrived and we just set to putting boxes where they should be and emptying them. I am still having to look in more than one cupboard to find things and are still missing some things too, but am sure we will find them eventually.
Justine brought Mollie back at about 4 and she set to putting beds together and making them, in all honestly I am not sure what I did, I know I did a few trips back and forth to the rental to get pictures and some of the fragile things. I also went to the supermarket and bought lots of pizzas and frozen chips to feed the troops, we already had beer and wine so were OK in that department. We were more or less sorted by the time we ate, we even had the TV on the wall thanks to the blokes who had come here from work, Mic, Ed and Kieron.
Julie and Julie and a neighbour also called in, it was great, a really great evening.
Birthday Parties and Grand Final Day
We had lots of visitors that week, Hayley came, as did Peppa, Justine and Lesley came back as did Kerrie, on the Thursday we had top tint to put a frosting on the glass front double doors so we didn’t feel like we were living in a fish tank and on Friday morning we had our new leather sofas delivered, they really were too good to be true and Jason went and ordered them on Tuesday afternoon, they were soo good that Diane and Mic have also bought them.
Friday evening we had invited those who had helped with the move for drinks and a bit of supper, I just did Chilli and Macaroni cheese with ham and garlic bread for the kids. It was lovely, we had a great and a little bit of a drunken evening. The blokes played poker and we just chattered.
We must have been drunk, the following day was Kieron’s birthday and Paul had had his during the week and it was agreed we should all do something, also it was grand final day and the blokes wanted to watch that. We talked about going to the races, it is very local, they were showing the match on the big screen and it was also a race day, but the weather forecast was not great, so not such a good idea. We volunteered to have the party here and no-one talked us out of it. It wasn’t anything huge, just Lesley, Paul and Charlie, Kieron, Justine, Mitchal and Ryan, Audrey and Paul, Kerrie, Ed and Scarlet and us. Everyone brought food , there was soo much food, the kids wanted to go in the pool even though it was raining, eventually we agree to shut them up, it took longer to get ready to get into the pool than they stayed in, it was that cold. When it stopped raining Kieron got in, again not for very long. After the match and more food we played a game, will say no more and just let the pics speak for themselves.
Kids in School Hols
Sunday we were hungover and very tired, it wasn’t a late night probably got to bed just after 1, but with the stress of the week, Hayley and Paul called round so Paul could see the house and we had an hour with them before getting ready for back to work on the Monday.
I worked on Monday, Tuesday and Friday, Wednesday and Thursday I caught with the washing and did some shopping. Lesley called round which was nice and I called to see Pep too. The weather was good so I was able to sit in the sun in my lovely garden and read a magazine, I can’t remember the last time I did that.
Friday evening Kerrie and Ed came and had a couple of early drinks with us which was good, Jason worked from home today so we were able to do that. Saturday we took the kids shopping and gave each of them $100.00 to spend on whatever they wanted before going to KFC for lunch, we then sat in the garden before a BBQ tea. Sunday was very much like Saturday noon, we didn’t do a great deal other than sitting in the garden enjoying the sun.
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