The 'Jen1977au' thread
Mar 15th 2010 | 4:40 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Well folks, THAT day is nearly here! Tomorrow all of our wordly goods are being delivered by Pickfords! WOO HOO, I AM SOOOOO EXCITED TO SEE ALL OF OUR STUFF AGAIN! Not seen it since January! YAYYYYYYY lol
Mar 15th 2010 | 5:20 pm
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Mar 15th 2010 | 5:33 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
I'm wrecking the kitchen here trying to make a slimming world recipe thingy, it's basically using cooked couscous as a 'batter', you roll whatever you want battered in egg and then roll it in the couscous, I tried it earlier but forgot to cook the couscous and it was like eating grit lol
Mar 15th 2010 | 5:49 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
lol @ Homer tee hee
I'm wrecking the kitchen here trying to make a slimming world recipe thingy, it's basically using cooked couscous as a 'batter', you roll whatever you want battered in egg and then roll it in the couscous, I tried it earlier but forgot to cook the couscous and it was like eating grit lol
I'm wrecking the kitchen here trying to make a slimming world recipe thingy, it's basically using cooked couscous as a 'batter', you roll whatever you want battered in egg and then roll it in the couscous, I tried it earlier but forgot to cook the couscous and it was like eating grit lol
Never mind ey - all your homey thingios are arriving tomorrow. It's a great feeling when you get the boxes but at the same time, I was like "why the hell did I bring that"
Mar 15th 2010 | 6:00 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
I'm still gobsmacked at how quickly it got through customs/quarantine....it was meant to arrive in Oz on the 25th Feb but arrived on the 4th March instead, it arrived @ the bond store on the Monday and was cleared by customs and quarantine by the Thursday, MENTAL!!!
Mar 16th 2010 | 7:18 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
WOO HOO OUR FURNITURE IS HERE! YAY! Unfortunately the two huge chest of drawers we bought in the summer from Ikea are BOTH broken, gutted! Aw well, looks like we're gonna have to claim off the insurance and build them ALLLLL OVER AGAIN LOLOL
Slightly concerned though as in the UK they were under £100 but here they cost $299, the exact same ones, does anyone envisage us having any problems with the insurance company over this?! We've 14 days to claim so want to wait til everythings sorted and checked and then phone...
Slightly concerned though as in the UK they were under £100 but here they cost $299, the exact same ones, does anyone envisage us having any problems with the insurance company over this?! We've 14 days to claim so want to wait til everythings sorted and checked and then phone...
Mar 16th 2010 | 8:52 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Your goods should have been insured on the amount it would have cost to replace them in Australia. It also depends on how you insured them ie. did you insure each item with it's own value or did you just do a general value of say £25k?
If you did £25k and you are over insured rather than under insured then you should be fine. If however you under insured or did them on an idividual basis, you may have a problem.
good to have your things though!
If you did £25k and you are over insured rather than under insured then you should be fine. If however you under insured or did them on an idividual basis, you may have a problem.
good to have your things though!
Mar 16th 2010 | 9:44 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Your goods should have been insured on the amount it would have cost to replace them in Australia. It also depends on how you insured them ie. did you insure each item with it's own value or did you just do a general value of say £25k?
If you did £25k and you are over insured rather than under insured then you should be fine. If however you under insured or did them on an idividual basis, you may have a problem.
good to have your things though!
If you did £25k and you are over insured rather than under insured then you should be fine. If however you under insured or did them on an idividual basis, you may have a problem.
good to have your things though!
Mar 17th 2010 | 6:30 am
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Awesome Jen,must be a great feeling and hope you don't find anything else broken!
Mar 18th 2010 | 7:36 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Well I had a lovely first birthday in Oz today.... it started with (chocolate) being accepted as a volunteer with our local RSPCA, then lunch with the girlies @ The Chocolate Cottage (more chocolate) then home to a nice chilled out evening on OUR sofas with (maybe some more chocolate?) pizza, nibbles and wine, YUMSTER! Thanku Oz (&Tash, Corina, Liela & Si xo)
Mar 18th 2010 | 10:29 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Well I had a lovely first birthday in Oz today.... it started with (chocolate) being accepted as a volunteer with our local RSPCA, then lunch with the girlies @ The Chocolate Cottage (more chocolate) then home to a nice chilled out evening on OUR sofas with (maybe some more chocolate?) pizza, nibbles and wine, YUMSTER! Thanku Oz (&Tash, Corina, Liela & Si xo)
Happy birthday Jen!
Mar 19th 2010 | 12:55 am
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
OOH you snuck that one in quietly heh............happy happy chocolateey birthday!
Mar 20th 2010 | 2:15 am
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
It's only savings if you want to use your savings account! To use you current account it's cheque. Although Westpac leaflet says to press credit normally and only to use cheque when you'd be charged a fee for using credit! - It's all very weird.
Faxes - they do still use them in the UK. E-mails (scanned in stuff) is less secure, apparently held on servers for months on end as backups, so to send information without fear of interception (as long as you have the right number!) fax is the way to go - or so I'm told! :-)
All-in-one printers are definitely very cool and so handy for the odd photocopying!
Faxes - they do still use them in the UK. E-mails (scanned in stuff) is less secure, apparently held on servers for months on end as backups, so to send information without fear of interception (as long as you have the right number!) fax is the way to go - or so I'm told! :-)
All-in-one printers are definitely very cool and so handy for the odd photocopying!
I reckon if buying a printer these days better to get a cheap laser rather than an ink one. A lot cheaper in the long run. Buy a separate scanner or cheap 3 in 1 just for scanning.
Mar 21st 2010 | 1:24 pm
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Re: The 'Jen1977au' thread
Well that's my first morning of volunteering for the RSPCA, so far, so good! Was hard getting out of bed so early again though, but I'll soon get used to it lol
Was hard getting out of bed so early again though, but I'll soon get used to it lol
