We were so blessed in Glenbrook. We left our beautiful house that we put our all into, so much work and love went into that place. Hopefully the new owners love it as much as we did. In our last week we were so lucky to have our dearest friends and family organise some farewells for us. It started with our neighbours who are THE BEST neighbours ever. I can't imagine ever meeting such lovely people again, especially Colleen and Cliff who organised the farewell. We had such a nice afternoon, Cliff made a nice speech and I was a blubbering mess.
The girls from my mother's group also organised a last minute farewell coffee night at Lapstone Hotel. Thanks Bree :) We had a good gas bag and a couple of drinks... well it was a good night. Thanks to Susan too for coming to see me at home as she missed the coffee night. And Lynda for calling. :)
Paul's dad had Tuesday night dinner at his place and made his usual banquet.
Our friends also got together and organised a last trip to Glenbrook with a whole heap of takeaway. So we spent a nice afternoon together to say our goodbyes, or rather to think about planning a weekend away to our new place! Hope you guys actually come up and stay... you're all gonna love it here.
We started really packing for the move in the first week of Jan and it was really worrying Paul that all our stuff wouldn't fit into the 9 tonne truck the removalist was bringing. I was more optimistic and was sure the removalist knew what he was doing when he quoted. He did confirm thoughy that he had booked a 3 tonne overflow truck just in case. As it turns out the 2 trucks weren't enough and in the end we had a second 3 tonner for the rest of the things. And we had decluttered and thrown (or given) heaps of stuff away too.
The loading of the trucks went quite fast and after a teary goodbye we drove off after lunch time. The drive was good, both girls, the duck and the dog were all better than we expected. After collecting the keys I pull up at the entrance to our new place "Woongarra" to see our names on the letter box. The old owners had left us a parting gift, and some other little knick knacks around the house. The house was spotless and so was the yard, all mown, weeded and paddocks slashed. It felt like coming home finally and it was such a great relief. Loesje described the feeling to me the next day.. she said the first thing she noticed on the first night at their new place was that her mind was clear of all the worries that come with selling and buying and moving house. Soooo true. I really feel relaxed even though there is so much to do. I have really been stressed like never before in my life.
So the adventure begins...
We have had some visitors already, of course Loo and Pat and the kids came over with a pasta bake.. thanks Loo. :) But before them there was our resident peacock (actually our neighbour's pet, one of 14 peacocks) and a green frog in our laundry.
