Christmas in June

Its funny how quickly you can forget all the material items accumulated over several Christmas's, birthdays', annual and semi-annual sales, oh yeah and a wedding :-) Bill and I have finally moved into our new home in Wollstonecraft (yes, that is really the name of the neighborhood) and begun the process of reacquainting ourselves with all of the things that were packed away last December/January. It is a little like Christmas - the label on the box isn't always what you find inside.

The first night we got our bed pulled together and enough bathroom items to get ready for work the next day. Since then we have steadily worked to get as many boxes emptied as possible, essentially spending our entire weekend working through the lot. It didn't help that I had a quick trip down to Melbourne for work in the middle, but I made up for it yesterday and today. In fact tonight we enjoyed our second homemade (for real, not a "hotel made") dinner.

After just a few days of effort, I am happy to report we are halfway done....ugh. I am not over the unpacking part yet - but getting there quickly. That being said, we really have made some serious progress and should be fully moved in within the next few weeks. I got to use our new washing machine and dryer today and our fridge (after a whole serious of drama I will spare you from) is plugged in and semi full from our latest grocery run. Bill even got the speakers, etc plugged in and is enjoying some XBox time while I type. I have missed having the comforts of home available and am finally starting to feel settled.

This week promises to be exciting and stressful. Wednesday night we are off to Taiwan for Chino's wedding. Seems like we were just having lunch with him in Washington DC and discussing the trouble they were having picking a wedding date. It should be a lot of fun though -both Bill and I are looking forward to exploring a new place and seeing some of his friends from home. I will be sure to tell you all about it and post pictures.

After we get back from Asia, it will be time to pick up our new/used car (its a Nissan X-trail, think of something similar to a Rav4) and figure out the whole Australian tax process. Never mind the US government won't accept our 2010 US taxes, we get to do it all over again in Australia. Wish us luck!

Till next time,
Steph