THINGS I LIKE

I've been noticing some things around this new house that I really like.

- There is a 'rapid heat' button on the oven, so instead of waiting 20-30 minutes for the oven to heat up to temperature, it takes about 3 minutes!

- I turn the button on the gas hob, and BOOM!  Instant flames. And I don't have to keep holding the button down for 10 seconds or more to keep the flame going.

- Double glazing is wonderful!  It really does keep the house warmer for longer.

- The 'door in door' feature in the fridge. It's pretty cute.

-  Ice and ice water on tap... not had that before.

- I'm loving having the laundry in the garage... so much room, instead of being in a little internal laundry that you can't swing a cat in.  (if ya had a cat that is !).

- Having easily DOUBLE the kitchen cupboards and a full height pantry.  

- Don't need to mention the HUGE kitchen bench eh?  ha ha

Starting to see a trend here?

KITCHEN ... it really is the most important room in the house, and I am loving our new kitchen.
And laundry.... cos well... I spend a good amount of time in there too.

Another thing: Stress.  What's that?  Seriously, I am so chilled out now!  It just goes to prove moving house really is one of the most stressful things that can happen in your life.

Right up there with other major life stresses that's for sure.

So, it's the last day of June today.  JUNE has been a very BUSY month for us!  I'm glad we are moving into a new month tomorrow with everything, well almost everything, DONE.  We have settled in and are so very happy.

Who knows.... I might get some sewing done in July!  I have more UFO's than I remembered, so will be working on them FIRST... I will try and get one or two finished a month.

Stew has been in Auckland on business since yesterday morning, so I'm looking forward to him coming home tonight.

Sometimes I will be sitting here minding me own business, when I remember that I'm actually IN CAMBRIDGE, and I get a weird feeling like "REALLY?"  It's like I get this little map that flashes up and shows me where I am... and it gives me a shock!  I wonder how long that will last? *smiles*

For so long we were moving to HAMILTON.  lol

Right, I'm off to get dressed and most likely take the kids to school.  It's bound to be raining at 8 am.  

ONWARD...

And would ya look at that, I forgot to update!
It's almost 4 pm, and I've just got home from picking the kids up from school.
It's another wet day here, probably the same all over the country.

This morning I went into town and met with a District Planning Officer to discuss if we could put up a carport.
Answer:  NO.
We are deemed 'rural', and anything closer than 15 metres from our front boundary has to have 'special dispensation', and she said there was no way we would get it.

Even the new houses down this end of the road had to be given special dispensation to be built on the subdivided land here.  So. No carport. 

We can lay more concrete to form a turning bay, so maybe we will do that, and Stew's car can go there.

After that I went to the supermarket and got a few things we were running out of.

Home.  Lunch.  Vacumed. All the usual stuff.

Winding down.  Stew got home from Auckland safe and sound.  It's nice to have him home again.  Now I will get a decent night's sleep again.  I never sleep well when he's away.