move in day!

So the new month started with us moving in... YAY!! We picked up the keys after dropping the kids at school and our first job was to inspect the house the house for all scratches, dents, scuff marks etc to see if agreed with estate agents assessment. Well most was ok except whoever out the laminate floor down hadn’t got a clue, so you can imagine Mark’s eyeballs rolling at every joint and wrong cut and gaps and chips left! However the overall effect is ok. Anyway after unpacking I left Mark to await the deliveries and tootled off to IKEA, you will be pleased to know that I did not spend a fortune and only got what was on my list... of course this will change once I get our debit cards and I did come home with 2 cataloguesJ. Having said that, I came home to Mark putting the patio table together and looking like a drowned rat as he was doing it outside so as not to risk scratching the floor, lesson learnt – do it with the air con on!! I will add photos next week when we’ve internet back on, it’s very patchy and slow in McDonalds.

So our second event of the day was a proper supermarket shop to stock the cupboards, in Woolworths, but not as we know it! I had taken the kids after school – good idea / bad idea I’m not sure but I’m sure we ended up with stuff we didn’t need, but they liked, it’s amazing how many products here are exactly the same as home and they do Cadburys chocolate, so I’m happy!

Josh seems to be settling in well at school and has started to form a group of friends but Rebecca’s struggling – the works too easy and she’s bored, although she has made some friends. However it’s still early days and the staff probably haven’t sussed out her abilities yet, but it looks like she may have to join the extracurricular clubs to stretch herself. So prayers for them both would be appreciated. They have a whole school swimming tournament tomorrow which Josh has got himself into – 50m backstroke and butterfly, YUK!  but at least only sports uniform, much cooler and only caps to wear.

So it’s off to bed, in our own nice comfy beds, with no traffic noises to wake us, just feel a little lost in our huge bedroom with no furniture in yet, will upload this asap.