Things!!!

Well, I found my beautiful new home, a gorgeous cottage in Mowbray with lots of character!  Its within walking distance of Observatory and Lindo's bus stop, (I have a perhaps unrealistic but feel-good notion that I'll walk to work....mmm we'll see), its close to public transport and the main highways!  Its also dog friendly!!  For a while there I though we may have to find another home for our beloved Piwi!

Now I have to wait a month to move in, which is fine as a lovely friend of mine is putting up Lindo, Piwi and I for August.  Fine I should mention in theory, but in practise this has meant finding storage for my furniture and bags and bags of stuff!!  How on earth can a person accumulate like this?? Its just wrong!  I foolishly thought I could pack the house up in a couple of days.  How wrong can I be?  It seems that every room I walk into has piles of things that don't fall into any neat category or 'box'.  I could just chuck them out but that grieves me too.  If its not recyclable, it could be give-awayable, or even sell-able, so I end up with piles in different corners of the room that don't help the emptying of the house situation!  All my furniture seems to be scattered between several friends garages around the peninsula (ok I exaggerate, the suburb!). 

Its been a challenge this week, but I'm wondering if it is not just the amount of stuff I have, but the serious lack of time I've had to do it.  Its also very strange that all the people I know have bad backs and therefore seem to be out of action for lifting furniture assistance!

Anyway I am looking forward to finding a place in the new house for all my belongings, and am excitedly anxious for this month to pass quickly, while at the same time wanting to enjoy every minute of living with my friend!  Fun times!

With all the above in mind, not to mention planning school lessons, lots of babysitting and lifting, and finding precious time to meet with the wonderful women who help run Adonis Musati Project, the refugee organisation I also volunteer with, its been easy not to miss my Ode too much.  Also knowing she's having a fabulous time and is in safe hands in America helps.  I also took Lee-Anne home to her family in the week with all her belongings, a big move for her and a big loss for Lindo and I!  She knows that she always has a bed with us!

As always we have much to be grateful for.
God bless! xxx