Set The Date!

Ok!  We have talked and we have set our departure date!!!  We leave our home August 17.  That leaves us exactly 2 weeks and 4 days!!!  We are all very excited!!

We have some interesting events happen over the last week and a half.  We had a family come and have a look at our house and everything seems very positive so we are keeping our fingers crossed.

We sold dear old Johnny Be Good.  He went to a lovely lady who will use him to round up cattle and ride 10km to her farm each day :)  We all agreed he would have a great time doing that :)  I miss him dearly but it is nice not having to go out and feed him morning and night :)

We have been packing a lot.  The house is looking quite good! The only thing left in my room is my bed!  We are using it to store boxes in.  We have sold lots of stuff but there is still a fair bit left!!

The most important thing to happen though is that our car is broken :(  It is in at the mechanics and we have not had it for about a week now!!  We are using a courtesy car instead to do what little errands we have to.  Apparently it is something to do with the fuel pump which is not good :(  We hope to get it back by the end of this week.  Fingers crossed.


So, I think I have filled you in on all the important stuff!  We are busy and excited.  I think we are all starting to get anxious to get on the road.  I can't wait!!  I will keep you updated.  Bye for now :)

Our Own Op-Shop

We have been working like crazy recently!  Mother has gone into nazi mode and working us to the bone!  We had the house go up onto the market, three people have booked in to see the house this weekend already!!  Two today and 1 on Monday!  We did not expect things to happen so quickly!  So we had been rushing to get things done and we have made the house inspection worthy in about two days.  It has been mayhem!  Lots of cleaning and tiding.  I even mopped a few massive floors for the first time!  My arms were dead by the end of it.  Our house is now beautiful though.  Now all we have to do is keep it that way until monday.

The other thing we have done is turned two of our rooms into our own personal op-shop!  It is chocker block full and even though we have had three or four people come and take heaps of stuff away you can only just notice the dent in the amount we are selling!  I have sent some of my beloved items on to good homes and have also put my guitar up for sale!  we have at least a hundred books for sale!  About 30 DVDs and lots of kitchen stuff.  Apart from that there is a collection of furniture, toys, and decorative ornaments.  Lots and lots of stuff!

We have received lots of welcoming invites for places to stay on our caravaning trip :)  We have been enjoying this adventure but it does take a lot of work!   Will keep you updated on anything interesting that happens!

Sorting, Sorting, Sorting

About 3 weeks and 4 days until we leave

Today we started sorting out the house.  We have to decide, out of EVERYTHING in our house (which is a lot), what to take in the caravan, what can be binned, what can be sold and what can be packed and stored.  Today we have done about 4 1/2 hours of sorting!  With breaks in between of course :)  We have finished sorting out the school/dining room and done a bit of the kitchen.  The school room  has become the 'stuff for sale or give away' room.  It is going to be a big job but we have definitely started off well :)  

I can not tell you how hard throwing stuff away has been!!!  I look at something and say 'I will throw it out - no wait I will keep it, awww, no just get rid of it.' I have so many pictures I have drawn that I have to get rid of because I simply can not keep them all!!  It is hard to choose what can stay and what can go!

Last night I slept in the caravan again.  The more I do it, the more fun, exciting it is becoming!  I have grown quite fond of the old thing :)  

Johnny is still here.  I love the old boy to bits and I hate to see him so sad :(  He just mopes around in the paddock all day.  I do take him on walks as often as possible but it has been raining today so I could not walk him.  

We have been busy and the excitement is growing!!  Not long now and we will be off on adventures!!!  Can't wait :)

Bye Bye Ned - For Real This Time

3 Weeks until we leave!  (well around about that long)

Few!  I have a weeks worth of catching up to do!!  Where to start??

Well the biggest news is that we sold my dear, faithful companion Mr.Ned.  He went to the best people I could have hoped for though!  They loved him a lot and you could just tell Mr.Ned liked them too :)  The other tell-tale sign they were the right family was that it was not raining when they came to have a look at him.  I miss him greatly and poor old Johnny is very depressed.  He is all on his own now!!  Poor old boy!  I took him for a walk the other day and he loooooved that!!!  He is just the best horse!  He behaved himself really well!

The other news is that my sister and I have slept in the caravan!  We tested out how comfy the beds were and how well the fridge and electricity works :)  I would give about a 3 star rating :)  It was fairly comfy and everything worked just fine!  It was great fun.

So the good does balance out the bad and I am sooo excited!  Travelling will be so much fun!!  The house is finally on the market with some pictures on the internet.

Things are slowing down now and we are not so busy.  It is nice to not be so busy with everything.
I think I have caught up with everything important now.  Will let you know when something else fun happens :)

Just Relaxing

4 Weeks until we leave

What a nice day!!  We did not have to do anything today!!!  The only productive thing we did was move the caravan into the yard.  Someone is coming to have a look at Mr.Ned on Friday.  We will see how that goes.

Apart from that we have not done much, just relaxed :)

Can We Relax Now?????

From about 4 weeks and 3 days to 4 weeks and 1 day until we leave

Sorry for not writing in a while - we have been flat out!!  Everything is happening waaaaayyy to quickly!!!  

So everything that has happened in the last few days:

• We have a caravan
• We still have 2 large horses
• We sold the float
• The real estate agent has been and taken photos

Sunday was a reaaaallly long drive!!!  Not to mention we got up at four o'clock instead of five.  we left at five-thirty instead of six and got to our first destination about 45 minutes early.  The people we were selling the float to were also 15 minutes late so had a bit of a wait in the car!  After we did that we drove for about two hours until we got t the city where we picked up our new home :)  We can not decide what to name the caravan - I want to name it Matilda.  Anyway, we drove home and got back about seven at night.  We were all tired and mum went for an early bed.

Monday was just as busy.  I had my french lesson - yes I do french - and after that we had to go to town again.  We got back about three in the afternoon.  then we set to work cleaning more of the house ready for the real estate agent on Tuesday.  

Today I got up, had my morning hot chocolate, had brekky and got stuck into tiding.  we started at nine and we were ready for the real estate agent at about three in the afternoon.  We were busy all day and did a lot of cleaning.  That is all over now and we do not have to worry about it any more.  Until someone wants to come and look at the house of course. 

Tomorrow we SHOULD have a day off.  A nice, relaxing day.  Not busy.  Those are the key words.  Do not know how well that will turn out though!!!  

My little sisters birthday is on Friday though so that should be fun!! 

One other thing, Mr.Ned did not sell so he is still with us.  Which is nice :)

So I am stuffed, Mum is stuffed and my little sister is stuffed.  Only one thought is running through my head at the moment:

can we relax now??????????