My families adventure on the road to oz via Germany

Cant believe the holidays are over

Where has the time gone? We had hoped to have finished all the painting before V went back to work. We have got all the undercoat done on the plastered walls , so we are ready to when we get the next chance and v has time off.

Ive been pricing up how much it will cost to replace all the internal doors in the house, as our doors are not in the best of conditions. V had wanted to do nothing more than just decorate, but i know they will need sorting out. Im going to try and get the garden sorted out as well to make it more appealing for viewers. ( he thinks im becoming the house dr and going over board)

Tommorow after tea i shall be taking V to the train station again so he can go back to work, then i will need to get sorted ready for the kids going back to school on Monday.

V is talking about us all moving over in the Easter hols to Paderborn, but im not sure it will mean having less time for assignments and flying for my exam in the June. I personally think that aiming to go in the summer hols will give us a better chance to get the house sold before we move over.

Im contacting the estate agent on Monday to see what they think the house will be worth, also to find out how much more we need to do to get it ready for sale. Being married to a stubborn bloke who thinks we can just leave the house as it is and get a decent amount may get a shock when it gets valued.

We took the kids to crackerjacks today as they have complained about not going any where for the last couple of days, while we have been getting sorted out.

when  we put the tree and decs back up to the attic we looked at each other and both said we have some major sorting out to do, before we go to Germany!!!!!!!!!!.

hopefully if we are ruthless then will get rid of all the tat, then when we finally move to Australia it will not cause us to much hassle.

The kids are staring to get excited that they are getting a chance to see the world , well at least some of it. I heard the eldest telling his mates that he will miss them when he goes to Germany but will send them postcards of all the places he gets to visit.

Time for a brew i think before RSI kicks in 

Good Luck

09:59, Sat 6 January 2007 .. Posted by herrchook

Gosh, you're right. We are at exactly the same stage. Good luck with the decoarating. My place stinks of emulsion tonight but it's a fab smell.

Good luck clearing the tat - it fairly builds up doesn't it!!:-)