Home Owner

Hello from a brand new home owner! We have been in our new home now for 5 nights and let me tell you that time has flown by! I am still getting a feel for the place and finding it hard to believe it really is ours. I look around and look at the pool and it still hasn’t quite sunk in yet. This is just a quick post as we don’t have internet at home until sometime later this week so this is a quick update from work.  

So we got the keys! I got the keys around lunchtime on Wednesday, headed to Sydney early afternoon to pick up a moving truck from Balmain Rentals, loaded up and then headed up to the Central Coast in peak hour traffic. When we arrived we got stuck right in, unloaded the truck and we all had some dinner (delivery from pizza hut) once we were done. After that we sat around the pool for about half an hour just taking it all in, then re-built my bed then headed back to Sydney with the truck to drop it off so we didn’t have to face traffic again. By the time we drove back to the Central Coast T & I had a much needed shower and fell into bed it was about 1am – but we were having our first night in our very own home! 

The next morning T had to go to work so I set about trying to get some stuff done. I fiddled about and had to be home and wait for the delivery of our fridge and washing machine. They arrived at around mid-day and I spent the rest of the afternoon cleaning out the kitchen cupboards as everything was left rather dirty and sticky. The most random thing left in the house was a yellow raincoat that was hanging in the garage! On Thursday night T brought a load of things from his home in Newcastle so did not get home until late – we moved a heap of boxes around so at least they were in the right area to be sorted through and that was our day done. We sat at the kitchen table and had dinner and looked around our empty lounge room and we were alone and it was just us and it was awesome! 

Friday morning T started work early and I had a locksmith coming at 8:30am – he arrived right on time but ended up leaving and coming back 4 different times as he needed different parts from his office. By the time he was finished it was 2:30pm and I went out to buy a dress for the wedding the next day and then drove up to Newcastle to load up T’s truck for when he finished work. Once we were loaded I drove the truck to the Central Coast, we unloaded then drove the truck back to Newcastle. I was quite proud of my efforts as I had not driven my truck from Sydney and I felt really competent and like I’d mastered a new skill! Right until I went to fill the truck back up with diesel and swung the truck too tight in next to the petrol bowser and hit a sign, scraping the side of the truck (&*@$#!!) The damage wasn’t too bad and we didn’t say anything when we returned it, they didn't notice anything. The petrol station however said I might have to pay for the sign to be re-painted and bolted back into the ground as it ended up on a bit of a lean as I'd knocked the bolts from out of the ground!

But it was done, we were moved! On Saturday morning we were a bit exhausted and T’s phone had completely died so we had to take it to a shop to get repaired. My brother drove down from Coffs Harbour with a lounge for me and he arrived around lunchtime. They didn’t stay for long, maybe 30 minutes and as he left we got ready for the wedding we were going to that afternoon.

We drove to Sydney and raced to the wedding.. and we missed the wedding (only just) so then had to wait around for the reception which was at the Opera House. We had never been to such a fancy wedding. The food was amazing! It was catered for by Aria restaurant, which is co-owned by one of the chefs I have admired for quite some time - Matt Moran. We had a lovely time and arrived home around midnight.

Dessert - came with topped with gold!

The next morning T’s mum came over to help me with the kitchen and get some of the ‘stick’ off everything that I have been struggling to get clean. We also had some other friends come over and deliver coffee and lunch and help set up the TV and the lounge rooms. Everything is now set up in our front lounge room with the TV and surround sound all set up. Just one problem we discovered though we can’t actually get TV! There is either a problem with the aerial or socket but I was happy to see part of the house coming together!

And today I have tried out the first half of the commute this morning and now I’ve got to run to get the train home!