Well, we are back to some semblance of normality. Except we are missing one thing. The internet. As such, I’m checking in from a laundromat which is also an internet cafe – innovative indeed. I have many thrifty plans in the making, but they mostly involve the house being unpacked first.
Our holiday was great, but not entirely thrifty. We did have one slip up which involved the purchase of a jerry can to convince the borrowed car to chug the last 100 metres to the petrol station. I should also mention here that this was the same incident (ie the car ceasing to work whilst driving) that had Papa Thrift insisting that it was a dodgy spark plug, despite the fact that the petrol guage was on the last bar, which was flashing. A mechanical genius is Papa Thrift! Needless to say, the spark plugs were fine, and a full tank saw the little toyota chugging along happily, once again.
We had forgotten about the treasures that can be found in kerb-side rubbish collections and scored a plastic kiddie slide for the duration of our stay. When we finished, we returned it to the verge (for the benefit of Melbournians, a verge is the same as a nature strip). And so the great kerb-side swap-meet of life continues. But now, with minutes left my internet account, I must press submit, lest my words disappear into cyberspace forever. Tragedy!
Tags: Moving House
August 3, 2009 at 7:43 pm |
Eliza i found myself chuckling away to you’re moving and unmoving, because it is very familiar. we find ourselves making lots or things we instantly want to undo. i sometimes want to crtl z my house buying rennovating scam cos in the end it will cost three years of free time. i am quite desperate quite often lately, but georgia is three and half months and starting to be alot of fun. so her new funness, matched with the waning of winter should reult in a less desperate dad.
anyway, my point was, i really enjoy your blog on my first day of viewing.