Move it!

We are in the middle of moving house!!


We got the bulk of the furniture moved yesterday afternoon. And, thank God for that, because it is raining today!!


This morning Jamie has just been moving outside stuff like the dog kennels, and then we will call it a day.


There is still lots of small stuff here at King Street that we need to move - lots that we don't want to take because we don't want to clutter up our lovely new house with rubbish!!


Moving is SOOO not fun!!!

Christmas Eve

Well, for now, the rain has gone.

The town is jam packed with people doing last minute Christmas shopping & grocery shopping.

The supermarket I go to opened at 8am this morning. I arrived at 8.10am and it was absolutely jam packed. Why do we do it to ourselves?!!

I had to go and get some last minute gifts too, but fortunately I had in mind what I wanted to get, so it didn't take long at all, and there were no crowds in that particular store.

Just a quiet Christmas Eve for us, Jamie is working. He doesn't know that I am getting him to wrap the gifts once he gets home, as I am a lousy gift wrapper.

Have a great Christmas Eve!

Another Day Whizzes By.

Tuesday today, Chelsea today. Our last day with her before Christmas.


I decided to start the day off early with a trip to feed the ducks, and then around to the playground. It was a beautiful morning, just a little colder than normal.



There didn't seem to be many ducks around this morning. But after walking a little further around, we found these little cuties... some of them are very bold, they walk right up to your feet.



Lachie & Fletcher then found some sticks to use as fishing rods...

Unfortunately Fletcher threw his into the lake.

I think Lachie is showing me an eel he has caught...

We finished off at the playground. And after a busy morning such as this, its time to go home for morning tea!

I put our fake Christmas tree up this afternoon. I foolishly thought the boys would enjoy putting it up with me, but no. And now I can't find the decorations, so its looking rather bare....

Christmas Eve tomorrow! And many jobs to do in the morning. I'm not sure I'll be able to avoid the crowds :(

House status

So, basically, our house is finished. Just a few more things to do before we can move in:

1 CLEAN!

2 Carpet!!

Yes, the electricity is on, the plumbing is A OK, the kitchen is in... It was so cool, last night I went out to the house at MIDNIGHT because we had forgotten to turn the sprinklers off on the driveway....and the sensor lights came on!!

Well, there are a few other things - like the odd door handle missing, the shower glass needs to go in, and the heat pump.

The kicker is the carpet. A friend is laying it for us - carpet laying is a side job for him, so we can't put the pressure on - and of course he is working really hard at his real job at the moment.


Sigh....


I will of course try to keep you informed. Otherwise I might just turn up in my next post at the new house!

Lachie agrees to have a few photos taken..

Fletcher loves playing with the lawnmower. Here he is after I mowed the lawns last week.

I suggested that he needed his "Bob the Builder" safety goggles, which he happily wore.

He is a very strong boy!!

Boys playing in the garden a week or so ago..

I went out to the house this afternoon. We had rain today, so that has turned a few things in our favour....


The concrete polisher phoned this morning. He can come tomorrow to start polishing the floors.

The electrician phoned this morning. He started there today too!!

The shower liners have gone in.

More work is being done on the deck!

As the concrete polisher is starting earlier, we are bringing forward the kitchen installation to next Tuesday the 16th (instead of Friday the 19th)!!

Yay!

Worked (at work) yesterday and today at home with Chelsea & the boys. Had a bit of rain, but its been so long, we don't mind!!

We had a night without the boys last night!! Last night was my work Christmas dinner. And the kind people who looked after our children offered to have them overnight!!

Fletcher went up to his Nana & Grandad's about lunchtime yesterday. They went into Rotorua and went to Rainbow & Ferry Springs. And at about 6pm last night we dropped Lachie off to John & Moana's.

It was nice not to be the first people to leave the party last night! Although it certainly wasn't a late one. And, while we did not have a sleep in, it was nice to wake at 7.2oam, rather than 6am something.

Another beautiful day here in Whakatane...

Quiet Friday

Had a bit of a nothing day today. We went for a walk first thing, but other than that, we were at home.

Went out to the house, but forgot to take some pictures to chart progress! Anyway, there's not much progress to see ('oh look! the painter's done some more painting....)

Here's some pictures from the day.

I managed to snap Lachlan while he was watching a movie!

Some Overdue Pictures

Rather than wasting away the evening, say, playing Word Challenge on Facebook, I have decided to finally upload some pictures to my blog! I downloaded a program called "pixresizer" so I can easily upload them onto Blogger. Enjoy.



ps. there are no photos of Lachlan. Lachlan does not like having his picture taken, so I only have ones of him poking his tongue or trying to hide.





Here is Fletcher on his birthday. I got him some Bob the Builder gear.


He is such a funny boy!! He often pops up with a funny hat on, or the kitchen gloves!!

Here he is, opening his Mario Andretti car from Grandma.

Doesn't he look like such a big boy in this photo?

Summer seems to be here...

One fabulous thing about the last couple of weeks is that summer seems to be arriving!! I've been trooping around in my grey sweater for so long but lately I've been wearing tank tops, shorts & skirts!!

The jet ski got its first decent outing on Saturday. Nathan & Jasmine and their friends came up to the lake to have some fun. Unfortunately I didn't have a turn on the ski biscuit, but I did have a lap around the lake. Then me & Jamie both felt incredibly tired, so we went back to the in-laws for a rest and left Nath & Jas to it.