BOXING DAY.....

 

Today is going to be about taking it easy.

NOT eating too much, as opposed to yesterday!

In fact, now that selling our home seems to be a done deal, I can actually stop STRESS EATING!

Since we put our home on the market, I've gained 6 kilos!   I just can't seem to overcome emotional eating, no matter what I do.

But, now that the hard bit is over with (all going well), I can re-focus on losing a bit, and getting back into a healthy exercise schedule.

That won't involve going over to Cambridge 3 times a week for walks though.  

I might just try dragging Stew out with me, either early in the morning, or late at night.  It's got to be during the cooler parts of the day, as I can get heat stroke pretty fast.

And that ain't fun at all.

  

ABOVE:  Griffin's mode of transport, to and from work and when he's on his own, as he was yesterday.

I HATE the thought of any of my kids on motorbikes, but I do concede it is a cheap way to travel.   

I think the only thing I like about his motorbike is ... IT'S BLUE!  And a very pretty blue at that.  😂😅😊

Later on this morning we are going out to look at a potential home for us.  We are dragging Steve along with us, as he can do a 'building inspection' on it.   That will save us some time if we decide to make an offer on it.

Any offer we make on a home will be conditional on our home sale going 'UNCONDITIONAL' in 3 weeks time.

I really hope we find 'our new home' in the next couple of weeks, cos we need things to line up so we ain't in the situation of having to leave here, with nowhere to go!

I am not stressing too much about it though.  As I keep saying, what will be, will be.

I.  JUST.  NEED.  TO.  STAY.  AWAY.  FROM.  THE.  PANTRY!

ABOVE:  7.30 am, and I have Christmas all packed up!  Sure didn't take long this year, as I'd only put out a very small amount.

ABOVE:  Our 4 foot tree did not get used this year, and probably won't ever again, so it's off to a new home today.

We are also taking the glass top writing desk over to Brylee.  It didn't sell on Marketplace, it's the first thing I've listed on there that didn't sell.

Now... we are killing time until we go out a bit later on.

12.03 pm:  And we have been out, looked, and walked away.

Dropped the writing desk off to Brylee's.

Came home, cooking toasted ham 'n' cheese sandwiches for our lunch.

Lacy and Keera are here for lunch as well,

Baby bird has been fed 52,000 times today.  *sigh*

1.12 pm:  Griffin and Tash arrived, had a nice visit with us, and then left for Auckland. Apparently the main road is at an almost standstill heading south!

Luckily, we ain't going anywhere, I would hate to be stuck in traffic for hours.

 Lacy and Keera have gone home, so we can now just relax for a while.

I really didn't give any thought to what would be involved with 'saving' a baby bird!

He is so much work.  And god help us if we wake him up... he  MUST.  BE.  FED.  IMMEDIATELY!

I can't even have a nap, cos he cries and I can hear him.  Then I have to go tend to him.

YAWN... all I wanna do is have a Nana nap! 😂😉😅

5.48 pm:  What did I get up to this afternoon?

I made a cloth to cover our square trestle table, for markets.

I bathed Coco, cos she smelled.  Now she, and our home, smell like WET DOG.

We made an offer on a house.  Yeah, one we had seen a couple of months ago.

We now await the inevitable negotiation stage with that.

And now, it's time for a light dinner, followed by mindless TV watching.  

9.43 pm:  And again... we are waiting.... and waiting.

Maybe we'll have news tomorrow.