h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

As the title suggests - yes, I've moved into the new house. I've unpacked everything; now there's just the fun of putting about 2000 books into exactly the right places.

I also have to offload the old house. I'm still responsible for it until Friday; I'll be there tomorrow, fiddling about in the garden and clearing the garage.

This is really just a quick note to assure enquiring minds that I am still alive, if somewhat tired.

Ivan.

Bonfire!!!

Can I say that to an Aussie?

Sounds like things have gone well

Yes, you can say it - it's just that you'll get a horrified look in return.

Things have gone extremely well. The lounge suite was delivered as specified, the removalists were on time and super-efficient, and nothing got broken. This is worth mentioning as I packed everything and I'm not usually very good at it.

I'm not bad at packing but sometimes I do some dumb things. When K moved in here, I had a fairly large box that I filled with an entire CD rack's worth of CDs. It didn't occur to me it'd be too heavy to lug up all 60-odd stairs...

Glad to hear you're unpacked and your furniture arrived on time. Can't wait to see the place!

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in the new house, and turning it into a home Ivan

what GB said

Goodluck with the ........

zdt

Bricks and mortar make the house, But it's the person makes it a home.

Health and happiness to you in your new abode!

I am so pleased for you Ivan. Pace yourself with what you do, it is so easy to get enthusiastic and overdo things.

Can you recycle your boxes? Cardboard here is collected every two weeks

and enjoy. Are you moving plants from the old house?

Websailor

wohooooo, glad it all went well :}

congrats

as to the boxes

mulch them down in warn water, then press them into bricks and dry them in the airing cupboard, to make handy BBQ fuel

Thanks, but I've got quite a few of them myself. Those are mostly in use though, since the hatchlings tend to live quite ambulatory lives.

Guess you could sell them. There must be more people than you in the neighbourhood moving houses.

I've decided to keep the boxes in the garage; next time one of my friends moves house they can take the boxes on a no-return basis. There's plenty of other packing material up for grabs too, but I can use some of that as mulch.

I have about two-thirds of the books in their proper places now. The rest will take longer as I have to sort out other things before I can get near the bookshelves.

The main thing is that this place already feels like home.

Oh, about the plants. No, I'm not bringing any from the old place. Frankly, it's just as easy to get new ones from the nursery. I've never propagated native plants from cuttings and this probably isn't a good time to learn how as my mind is all over the place.

Thanks Ivan, I just wondered. A new start will be nice, and you never know your old plants might just hop over the fence as they do here

glad it is starting to feel like home.

Websailor

*wanders in dropping toast crumbs on the rug*


Aah! NOW it's home!!

*reels in with a *

not to worry, Ivan, does not leave crumbs

I have officially finished moving ou of the old place, inasmuch as I've finished tidying the garden and cleared the garage. I'm still responsible for the place until lunchtime Friday, but that's a minor detail. After that I can just retreat into this house, lower the portcullis and see what the next few decades bring.

with that

All good things I hope Ivan.

Websailor