All I can say is W.O.W. We have too much stuff! As I have been unpacking the boxes, I have been repacking about 1/2 of everything. Skimmed the kitchen gadgets and dishes, books, toys are next (dreading that one-thinking Annika and Ian can do that one with me this weekend), and just plain junk. Since we lived in Wenatchee longer than anyplace we have lived since we lived with our parents, not to mention adding a couple of kids, the stuff started to grow. And grow. You get the picture. At least I now have a much better idea of what exactly it is we have since I labeled the boxes better than the movers-a running inventory as I re-wrapped and taped back up. Boxes are now stacked around the perimeter of about 1/2 the garage with furniture filling in the bay where another car could theoretically be parked. Not in this garage! It also reinforced the need to get into a bigger place when our lease is up in 10.5 months. On the plus side, I am down to the dreaded toy room boxes, my dresser, and that is really it. At least packing for the next move will be much easier-the house is already half packed!
We had a great weekend. Lyle got home Friday night, only an hour or so later than planned, so about typical we are noticing for the flights from Newcastle to Brisbane. He was a bit overwhelmed with the stuff all over the house, and the progress we had made as well. We tackled the garage together on Saturday going through boxes, sorting, shifting, taking things upstairs and other boxes back down for storage. We got the main computer hooked up-that was fun! We toasted the good surge protector when we forgot to put the step down voltage transformer between the wall and the surge unit. Whoops! We found another one in Alex's computer box and ran a 3 plug extension cord for the TV stuff. Then we called mom and dad to beg a care package consisting of surge protectors and a couple of movies for the kids. Needless to say, her computer won't be hooked up for awhile so she gets to use my Mac laptop-spoiled! On a technical note though, our computer are dual voltage, but the house has so few plugs we have to run everything through the stuff we do have. Would you believe I have a total of 4 plugs in the entire living dining room area? They really think that will work?
On Sunday we went to a BBQ with some other American Rio employees we had met at the Fireworks last weekend. They just moved into a larger house as well, and also closer to the school they wanted their girls to get into. They have been here for just over 4 years and are applying for permanent residency. They totally love it here! Their new neighbors came from South Dakota and have been here for a month. Between us we have 8 kids ages 2-12, and they all get along great. There was also an Aussie family who have been friends with the Americans since they all lived outside of Melbourne. They were super entertained listening to the Americans as were we to them! Fun time for everyone. By the way, Aussies don't use hotdog buns for their sausages or hotdogs, they simply wrap in a slice of bread! Much cheaper at any rate-a package of generic buns runs about $4 for 6!
This is the last week of school for the girls before the end of term break. They have off the last 2 weeks of September and start back for the last term of the year the first week of October. We are looking at planning for a beach day this weekend as the temps are getting up into the low 80's this weekend with plenty of sun. Not to mention that we also found the towels, coolers (chilly bins here!), buckets, towels, beach chairs, etc. Now to decide where to go-spoiled that we have some of the best beaches in the whole world only 30 min to 2 hours from here!
We had a great weekend. Lyle got home Friday night, only an hour or so later than planned, so about typical we are noticing for the flights from Newcastle to Brisbane. He was a bit overwhelmed with the stuff all over the house, and the progress we had made as well. We tackled the garage together on Saturday going through boxes, sorting, shifting, taking things upstairs and other boxes back down for storage. We got the main computer hooked up-that was fun! We toasted the good surge protector when we forgot to put the step down voltage transformer between the wall and the surge unit. Whoops! We found another one in Alex's computer box and ran a 3 plug extension cord for the TV stuff. Then we called mom and dad to beg a care package consisting of surge protectors and a couple of movies for the kids. Needless to say, her computer won't be hooked up for awhile so she gets to use my Mac laptop-spoiled! On a technical note though, our computer are dual voltage, but the house has so few plugs we have to run everything through the stuff we do have. Would you believe I have a total of 4 plugs in the entire living dining room area? They really think that will work?
On Sunday we went to a BBQ with some other American Rio employees we had met at the Fireworks last weekend. They just moved into a larger house as well, and also closer to the school they wanted their girls to get into. They have been here for just over 4 years and are applying for permanent residency. They totally love it here! Their new neighbors came from South Dakota and have been here for a month. Between us we have 8 kids ages 2-12, and they all get along great. There was also an Aussie family who have been friends with the Americans since they all lived outside of Melbourne. They were super entertained listening to the Americans as were we to them! Fun time for everyone. By the way, Aussies don't use hotdog buns for their sausages or hotdogs, they simply wrap in a slice of bread! Much cheaper at any rate-a package of generic buns runs about $4 for 6!
This is the last week of school for the girls before the end of term break. They have off the last 2 weeks of September and start back for the last term of the year the first week of October. We are looking at planning for a beach day this weekend as the temps are getting up into the low 80's this weekend with plenty of sun. Not to mention that we also found the towels, coolers (chilly bins here!), buckets, towels, beach chairs, etc. Now to decide where to go-spoiled that we have some of the best beaches in the whole world only 30 min to 2 hours from here!
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