The first of September was not the best day for us. You buy a 1st floor apartment thinking you will be safe from thefts and would be an advantage living on the 1st floor as nothing could be taken from the balcony, I was so wrong ( Read more... )

Thanks to L I now have some personal userpics, the dog is my wee Eddie who I adore. Thanks L for the userpics ( Read more... )

I forgot to write in here that I finally found out last week that I passed my Doggie course. Only took them 4 months to mark the work. I am sure i will have to wait another 4 months until my certificate arrives. I am pleased that I do not have any rework for the course ( Read more... )

The house warming party was a good night, the cream carpet survived and the party was over by 8pm. My sister, Dae and Charlie stayed on later but because there were children involved everyone left early ( Read more... )

Craig's brother, wife and kids got there visa through for Australia and are arriving on the 6th of September. I wish I could say that I am really excited about the move but they are moving to the Gold Coast. An 18 hour drive or 2 hour flight from Canberra. Craig feels the same way as we will hardly see them but I suppose it is closer than Scotland ( Read more... )

I have had a busy 3 days, Margaret arrived on Monday morning as she was in Melbourne previous to coming to Canberra. It has been a year since I saw her last and that was in Perth. That evening Gordon came down from Sydney, he was supposed to arrive at 9.30 pm but the bus broke down and he never arrived until 11.30 pm. It was a quick hello and then ( Read more... )

It has only been 16 days that we have been here but I feel like it has been ages. The apartment is coming along and now all the boxes have been unpacked. The 2nd bedroom now looks like a 2nd bedroom. Have a computer table, shelves and a sofa bed in it ( Read more... )

I spent two hours today cleaning our tiny apartment. It was one of those top to bottom cleaning frenzies and now the place is sparkling ( Read more... )

I have finally managed to get the internet connected and now I can update you all on the move. Have been in our little pad for 8 days now but feels like years ( Read more... )

It was going to be one more sleep to go but settlement has been put back until Friday the 14th of July ( Read more... )