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  • Friday Thoughts #1

    A post about my week. Random thoughts and things that are happening. I’m progressing through the unpacking; most of the boxes are unpacked. Today’s project is the laundry. I’m hoping to get everything off the bench and into the cupboards. After that, the pantry. Everything is in but not in any sensible order. This Sunday,…

  • We have moved in …

    and it looks like this: It is late, but our bed is made and ready to crawl into and escape the chaos for a few hours.

  • What I Love About Our New Neighbourhood

    We have always lived in the eastern suburbs of Melbourne, but I have always loved being near the ocean, and we didn’t want to do the full sea change thing; I still love the city, so we decided to move bayside. We bought an apartment off the plan and have been renting 500m from the…

  • We have vacated the premises …

    our furniture is in our apartment, and we are in our temporary accommodation while we wait for the titles office to do their job so we can settle on the apartment. Disappointed not to be in our apartment, but we are planning on making the most of our city stay.

  • 2:03 pm Today

    I think I probably have four boxes to pack. Removalists will arrive at 8 am tomorrow.

  • Garden Goals

    The apartment we are about to move into has a very large outdoor area. It’s actually larger than the inside! The garden has been planted out with a fairly generic, low-maintenance garden. This is fine but won’t really meet what we want from that space, so we will make some changes once we move in.…