change is as good as a holiday!

that said, i can't say life's been much of a holiday lately!  i'm not sure how or why but in may we somehow, without really looking, found a house that ticked all of our boxes and for good or for bad, it's has put our lives on a treadmill at high speeds for the last 3 months!  we needed to paint our living room/dining room/kitchen area plus two powder rooms and a stairwell as well as redo the back garden area paving in case we were successful with the purchase of this accidentally found dream home!

we weren't truly finished all the required works when we purchased the new house but we had a reasonable amount under our belt!  engagements with agents, the installation of new blinds, a whole of house de-clutter and massive clean ensued before we were finally ready for photos and inspections.  it was a lot of work, particularly the mid-week cleans when people wanted to see the property after work but it was all worth it in the end!  we sold pre-auction for more than we'd anticipated to a lovely couple who are planning to do significant renos to it prior to moving in.     

so now, we're in the process of packing up the existing house, getting things sorted with two banks (this part isn't going well) and getting excited about moving into the new house.  if we haven't had enough craziness already, four days after we move in, we're head on holidays for 10 days which will be wonderful and hopefully relaxing and then, the day after we get back, shannon starts a new role at a new company!  we've definitely not been doing anything in halves this year! :) 

our 'normal' lives have suffered slightly as a result of the above however we've still managed to keep quite busy with housewarmings and dinners, birthdays and other similar events.  i also had the privilege of attending a dinner to celebrate the opening of a de-inking plant (to make recycled paper) which will see the removal of 80,000 tonnes of waste paper being sent to landfill.  it was great to see such an impactful project being delivered :) 

i hope everyone's enjoying their summer holidays in north america!  i've included some photos of the new house for those interested. 

hugs,

s