One more sleep & just a few more boxes to go!

One more sleep to go!

 The couches have gone & only a few toys left

we are sleeping on mattresses on the floor

no kitchen table

  All the cupboards are empty, so this is all we have left to pack up in the kitchen

Our room, nearly done!

 Sleeping on the floor

Study is empty

  The last few items have migrated to the rumpus room

 

We sold our washing machine & dryer so have been doing our washing at the laundromat in Monbulk & hanging clothes outside & on the curtain rails to dry!

 The skip bin full to the brim! - I am pretty proud at how much we got to give away that was in perfect working order, including four full car loads to the charity shop & so next to nothing was thrown away that was in good working order!

 The couch was picked up today

The wardrobes are empty

  No fridge

All the food is packed!

And so in the morning, we will take our tv unit to the charity shop, drop off the kid's mattresses to be stored, give the house a final clean, and then it will be time to say goodbye!

I am really excited, but this feels so surreal tonight! Maybe that will change when I wake up in the morning, ...or after a couple of weeks of rest, in Mornington!

Small update

I decided to simplify the log layout so it is easier for the website to open if on a slow connection - which may be the case once we hit the road!
I have also added the option to follow the blog over there on the right -->, so please do!

Two more sleeps to go until we hand our house keys over & five more sleeps until we pick up our caravan!! Eeeeeeeee can't wait!  I shall blog again properly over the weekend once we have moved and have sighed a big sigh of relief that the stress of moving (for this part at any rate), is over.

Our life in boxes

And so we packed just about all of our possessions into a hire truck and filled a small storage unit!

Then we had a day off to celebrate our two eldest's birthdays (4 & 6 - how time flies when you're having fun!)!

Now to finish packing the rest of the house, which is a much slower process than we imagined, with three children in the house! And we even accounted for it taking longer to allow us time to spend with the kids, but it wasn't enough!! It's going to be a busy week! 7 days to go until we hand over the keys!

It's getting very real! We sold our house & move out in 27 days!

Yes, it is getting very real now!  And we can finally be excited with all the big decisions out of the way!

Firstly, we sold our house after being on the market for a week.  We absolutely have to take our hats off to our amazing real estate agent, Jan Brewster from Ranges First National in Belgrave!  She is simply the best!  Warm, inviting, easy to talk to, always professional, and furthermore great with the kids (and when there are three under six running around, that's saying something!).  She will come highly recommended to anyone looking to sell in the Dandenong Ranges!

Here is what we are leaving behind...  It will be sad to leave and we are absolutely enjoying every last minute here!  But we are going to see so many exciting places on the road, I have no doubts we will quickly realise it was worth leaving this beautiful mountain!

Oh my gosh we're living in a display home!

We had our inside house photos taken earlier in the week & our outside ones will be taken tomorrow as it was pouring with rain when the photographer came the first time!!

Tony says he hopes we sell quickly because "mummy is developing OCD trying to keep the house presentable or as close to presentable as possible, at all times!!!" Hahahaha! It is a little true though, I am going a little mad about the tiniest of mess! Hopefully our ad will be online early next week so OFI's will begin next weekend!