Sunsets from the house

 have  i told you about the sunsets form the house, i can take photos form sitting on the couch, so over the summer i have

taken quite a few, here are a selection of the best ones

 there will be more over the winter , if its fine one weeekends, right now its getting dark when i get home 6 pm

New Carpet

new Carpet , first you get to see the old one , that's the old white crappy lumpy stuff. Then you get to see the  the nice new Blue green stuff that i  got , it shows up my couches  so much better,  its not lumpy. the old stuff had  old yellow underlay so it was original, from 1987. 

 the lumps down the hallway that drove me crazy was only sand in little piles. The carpet Mill did a nice job 1 guy  8 hours and another to help for 1. 5 hours .  I am waiting on some mats to be made.   and I guess I ought to pay the bill soon, maybe tomorrow .

 anyway the short story is I have new CARPET.  its sooo much better than the old stuff.

Insulation

After 4 months , I have finally finished indulging underneath the house. 2 inches( 60 mm) of polystyrene . We ran out of foam in the gaps , but that is a minor project for next weekend. I started this back in sept, but heart my back , then did some more in oct, and kinda did my back again.
Today I got a student to help. It's amazing what 20 year olds can do. Tax free cash. He did all the fildley stuff around the pipes.
For now it's time to relax

great bathroom and even better hot water

for those you you not on face book , here are some more pictures of the house. the living room is huge which is nice lots of space , there after a few boxes still around , just out of site .

 the Bathroom is compact , but the  hot water makes  up for it, the shower is amazing .

 Lets just say my project  list for the weekend is long.

 the living room window look west to the setting sun, overlooking the next suburb.

The back yard

Moved into house yesterday, signed and settled on Monday . Spent all week moving the stuff I could lift , delt with plumbers , got the chimney cleaned, and a couple of new fire bricks. Tonight I sat down with dinner and champiegn.
I took some photos of the back yard.
So it's official this is me hanging out the welcome mat,
Who wants to come visit? I have a spare room for visitors. Book you tickets, and let me know

My house- soon to be mine..

Ok it s official i have bought a house, for  those of my friend s who don't run into me on facebook its probably time that I Put something up here , sorry there are no photo at this time, the agents took the  photos down from the website cause its sold . i get to settle( that's close ) on august 20  umm let me see that's 2 weeks away tomorrow.

 I will see if i can drive around and take  some photos etc. any way this house is in Whitby, a pricier suburb But ti think i have bought the cheapest house around, its 3 bedroom and a car port , a lovey garden (Of course ) 90 sq meters ( 970 s feet ) with a deck of 45 sq meters  its on quite a slope, rain will down and across the road it wont stop on  my placed, up the back there is large trees( read firewood ) and they block with wind .
 it s Lockwood house which means the internal walls are wood no sheet rock . an open standing fire place .
Moving day will be august 25.
there is some plumbing that needs attention and the roof and fence need painting . projects for the summer .
 the garden will be never ending, i have so many great ideas for the garden.
I am sure there will be more about my house, the address  is
 6 the Bollard Whitby.
 a subburb full of navy and sailing terms and captain cook  names.

A Week in Brisbane

I thought it was time for a holiday, work gets busy late June and July, so thought  i would cut and run , for some sun. i have a brother and sister in law in Brisbane,  as well as 2 nephews. Alex  and Damian.  Being 7 and 5 they kept me busy. They got to go to their first fair. which is actually funnier than  H,  cause they are not quite sure if a ride is going to be fun or scary.  Alex lost tooth number 2

Kerrie is pretty cool as well , except when i take Photos of her and she is not sure what I am up to. She homes schools them. We had a great week,  we made some macadamia nut  biscuits, and some fresh strawberry  jam. cause i really like making jam but the idea is not to eat too much of it.

We got a day to go to the Budrim ginger factory,  and bought lots of ginger:  marmalade, spread , crystallized ginger , a hot ginger drink, chocolate covered ginger. (you know how long that lasted ) and a hot chili with ginger sauce.  customs kinda laughed at me when I came back home.

some of the bird life is Aus. is quite colourful  these are one of the more common ones called rainbow lorrakets, pretty colours  but they can't sing, its more of a swalk. On the day that \I was walking along the beach  they decided to stop still long enough for me to take some photos. Beaches are lovely over here .  Yes the weather was warm and pleasant, 23  for the last 4 days . almost hot  actually. OK so maybe i am not quite as acclimatized as  I thought.
 it was just a lovey relaxing holiday , thank you Richard and Kerrie.  but  for  now its back to work.