So, have been in the house for a whole week now. It's a newly constructed townhome and very nice, if small. It has 3 bed, 2.5 bath (sort of anyway), 2 car garage where the laundry is located. There are also 14 stairs to get to the living/dining floor and another 16 to get up to the bedrooms. Who needs a stairmaster? Just live here! Sounds big, but total square footage is about 1200 sq ft. MUCH smaller than we are used to, and with neighbors all over, trying to keep the kids at a reasonable level is difficult. We have a nice park only 50m downhill from here, the kids love it. Good thing too as when they need to run, it has some play equipment and plenty of open grass! We spent an hour or so there yesterday afternoon after our hike in the Whites Hill reserve and exploring the park and running/biking paths in the area. The wild lorikeets were chattering up a storm! Lyle loves the bike paths here-many many kilometers of paved trails going through park areas and following Bulimba creek. I look forward to getting our bikes and taking Ian with me on the tag along while the girls are in school for a few trips!
We took Saturday and drove about an hour up to Australia Zoo. It is an amazing place and glad we went. Admission and concessions were in line with what we had expected to pay, so no big surprises there. The crocs were just as amazing as we have seen on Animal Planet! They had opportunities to touch many types of wildlife and talk with the keepers. The kids loved the baby American Alligator and the Burmese Python. We even splurged for a family pic with the snake in the studio! It may show up on our Christmas mailing this year.
On my list this week, apply for an Australian tax ID number, look at Kindergartens with daycare for Ian (they call 4 year old preschool Kindergarten here), and get my teacher certification application finished. The teacher cert may take 12 weeks to process! So, in the meantime, I will also be looking for a job doing something to keep me busy and a bit of extra money. My working will make the difference between having to really stick to a budget and being able to be a bit looser with the cash for fun stuff. Not only that, having to pay a ridiculous amount for rent and the house still up for sale in Wenatchee makes things pretty tight right now. Good thing we planned for it, but will not be able to do this for the long term.
Internet will take about 3 more weeks to get going. We miss talking to family and friends! You may want to bookmark this site-it is a time zone converter so when you call, you can see if we are possibly around or not! http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Miss everyone tons. Looking forward to emails and comments-they are keeping me sane right now!
We took Saturday and drove about an hour up to Australia Zoo. It is an amazing place and glad we went. Admission and concessions were in line with what we had expected to pay, so no big surprises there. The crocs were just as amazing as we have seen on Animal Planet! They had opportunities to touch many types of wildlife and talk with the keepers. The kids loved the baby American Alligator and the Burmese Python. We even splurged for a family pic with the snake in the studio! It may show up on our Christmas mailing this year.
On my list this week, apply for an Australian tax ID number, look at Kindergartens with daycare for Ian (they call 4 year old preschool Kindergarten here), and get my teacher certification application finished. The teacher cert may take 12 weeks to process! So, in the meantime, I will also be looking for a job doing something to keep me busy and a bit of extra money. My working will make the difference between having to really stick to a budget and being able to be a bit looser with the cash for fun stuff. Not only that, having to pay a ridiculous amount for rent and the house still up for sale in Wenatchee makes things pretty tight right now. Good thing we planned for it, but will not be able to do this for the long term.
Internet will take about 3 more weeks to get going. We miss talking to family and friends! You may want to bookmark this site-it is a time zone converter so when you call, you can see if we are possibly around or not! http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/converter.html
Miss everyone tons. Looking forward to emails and comments-they are keeping me sane right now!
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