Rob's away in New Zealand at the moment - no climbing this time - doing an audit on a couple of diving schools. He gets back tomorrow - looking forward to having him home again.
After a tough start to the week doing our tax returns for last year, I'm feeling a lot better now that I've got them all done - and looks like we'll get a tax refund, so that's good news!
Still in denial over our return date - can't face the thought of trying to move out in only 8 more weeks, especially as I have more work than I can cope with at the moment (very fortunate given that the country is in recession). I'm really enjoying the work especially having just been formally awarded an e-learning grant so I can look forward to focussing on the area I enjoy most over the next 6 months.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Sunday, May 3, 2009
April/May - And the visitors are rolling in...!
Well, we said we wanted visitors and some of you have managed to oblige. April/May have been the time for visitors, with June looking good too. Starting with Martin and Ivana and kids from Melbourne, followed by Claire (my sister) and Darryl and kids from NZ, plus Tamsin from Melbourne, then a week with a local friend of the kids, and now Rob's Mum Pauline is visiting from Melbourne.
We've had a really lovely time, with the need to continue producing some sort of output at work giving our visitors a little of their own space and time as well. We've successfully managed to have 11 people staying at once, and even managed to not run out of hot water (after learning with the first round of visitors that a little forward planning is needed to manage the hot water inventory!)
Our only bad news for that period was that we have lost 2 more chickens to local dogs, but still have three lovely chickens supplying us with fresh eggs and the enjoyment of watching them peck about in the back yard.
Weather has been much improved, with little rain and lots of sunshine. Slightly cooler now, but calmer, more settled weather. I really am feeling concerned about going back to the cold in Melbourne - I love the weather up here. Kids went fishing yesterday - one small fish to share between quite a few, but a great morning nonetheless. Lots of time with friends over for shared dinners and movies with our fabulous "home theatre" - the house has the perfect blank white wall for using my data projector as a very good facsimile of going to the movies.
Feeling very settled in the house here and the time for leaving is coming up much too quickly. Will keep you posted with next steps.
We've had a really lovely time, with the need to continue producing some sort of output at work giving our visitors a little of their own space and time as well. We've successfully managed to have 11 people staying at once, and even managed to not run out of hot water (after learning with the first round of visitors that a little forward planning is needed to manage the hot water inventory!)
Our only bad news for that period was that we have lost 2 more chickens to local dogs, but still have three lovely chickens supplying us with fresh eggs and the enjoyment of watching them peck about in the back yard.
Weather has been much improved, with little rain and lots of sunshine. Slightly cooler now, but calmer, more settled weather. I really am feeling concerned about going back to the cold in Melbourne - I love the weather up here. Kids went fishing yesterday - one small fish to share between quite a few, but a great morning nonetheless. Lots of time with friends over for shared dinners and movies with our fabulous "home theatre" - the house has the perfect blank white wall for using my data projector as a very good facsimile of going to the movies.
Feeling very settled in the house here and the time for leaving is coming up much too quickly. Will keep you posted with next steps.
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