Weigh in - not so good GAIN 200 grams......oh well.
House in Napier - also not so good. They didn't accept our offer ($25,000 under what they wanted) mainly based on the house they wanted fell through so now they aren't in a hurry and are will to wait around for their asking price (unrealestic).
Oh well, we'll just have to find something else. As we are cash buyers now, it puts us in a much better position in the market.
Ummmmmm a million other things happening with packing, kids organised etc.
Example - just today Reece has a sausage sizzle, show and tell 'newe day' at school and going to a friends house after schhol while little Adam has a train trip to Masterton with his daycare, packed lunch (his favourite part of the whole day...LOL) and then we are all out for dinner at a friends house PLUS I have our business's G.S.T. return to do tonight and did I mention I still work full time? *big sigh* busy busy busy......never dull though.
Catch ya later
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
S.O.L.D.
We sold the house on Friday.....YAY!
At the 11th hour we had a guy walk in and give us a cash offer with only 2 days to sort his finances (which he did), I am still buzzing.
Resigned from my job about a minute or so later and then took off to Napier to celebrate and find a house to live in as our settlement date is only 4 weeks away.
We did find a house (the one we originally wanted) and are now waiting on the bank to tell us how much we can borrow before we put an offer in. Unfortunately we had to drop our house price about $50,000 to get a sale which isn't as bad as it seems since we are buying and selling in the same market. At the end of the day we just wanted to get up there and start our new life and $50,000 is only money and if we have to buy something a bit cheaper up there, so be it - at least we will all be together.
I had Andrew's cousin and nephew come down from Napier and stay the night which was great as she is one of my good friends and we hardly get time to just sit and relax. Managed to polish off a bottle of wine and I have a wee headache this morning (serves me right drinking on a Monday night!).
I've managed to grab a heap of boxes from work and over the next few weeks will be packing up bit by bit.
I have told the boys about the move and Adam thinks its "cool man" but he is only 3 and doesn't really understand. Reece (6 1/2 years old) thinks its cool one day and then cries the following day because he is leaving all his friends FOREVER.....LOL
Poor wee poppet, I'm trying to tell him that he'll make new friends etc but he has always been our emotional one and will eventually settle once we are up there.
My father who is also coming with us (lives in a self contained flat at the back of the property) is wrapped because the new house has a 2 bedroom granny flat which he loves. Oh - and there's a golf course close by so he's in heaven......hahaha.
Weight wise I have been a bit slack and have just been eating out of boredom which isn't great but I'm sure once I get to Napier and actual get back into exercising things will start moving in the right direction again. Don't get me wrong, I haven't 'fallen off the wagon' or anything like that and I'm sure the scales this week will see either 'no change' or a small gain but I have had a million things going on and aren't worried about it at the moment.
Ok, I think that's it at the moment. I'll let you know if I hear anything about the new house.
At the 11th hour we had a guy walk in and give us a cash offer with only 2 days to sort his finances (which he did), I am still buzzing.
Resigned from my job about a minute or so later and then took off to Napier to celebrate and find a house to live in as our settlement date is only 4 weeks away.
We did find a house (the one we originally wanted) and are now waiting on the bank to tell us how much we can borrow before we put an offer in. Unfortunately we had to drop our house price about $50,000 to get a sale which isn't as bad as it seems since we are buying and selling in the same market. At the end of the day we just wanted to get up there and start our new life and $50,000 is only money and if we have to buy something a bit cheaper up there, so be it - at least we will all be together.
I had Andrew's cousin and nephew come down from Napier and stay the night which was great as she is one of my good friends and we hardly get time to just sit and relax. Managed to polish off a bottle of wine and I have a wee headache this morning (serves me right drinking on a Monday night!).
I've managed to grab a heap of boxes from work and over the next few weeks will be packing up bit by bit.
I have told the boys about the move and Adam thinks its "cool man" but he is only 3 and doesn't really understand. Reece (6 1/2 years old) thinks its cool one day and then cries the following day because he is leaving all his friends FOREVER.....LOL
Poor wee poppet, I'm trying to tell him that he'll make new friends etc but he has always been our emotional one and will eventually settle once we are up there.
My father who is also coming with us (lives in a self contained flat at the back of the property) is wrapped because the new house has a 2 bedroom granny flat which he loves. Oh - and there's a golf course close by so he's in heaven......hahaha.
Weight wise I have been a bit slack and have just been eating out of boredom which isn't great but I'm sure once I get to Napier and actual get back into exercising things will start moving in the right direction again. Don't get me wrong, I haven't 'fallen off the wagon' or anything like that and I'm sure the scales this week will see either 'no change' or a small gain but I have had a million things going on and aren't worried about it at the moment.
Ok, I think that's it at the moment. I'll let you know if I hear anything about the new house.
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Weigh in
Lost 200g this week which isn't going to break any sort of record but I'm rapt that its a loss and not a gain. Got the eating under control until about 9pm and then I loose the plot........must work on that.
House hasn't sold YET but we do have a fella coming back for a 2nd look tonight so fingers crossed. If it hasn't sold in 2 weeks, we are renting!
Kids are fabulous, Reece has a school performance on in a couple of weeks and the whole school is practising for it and he is having so much fun but can't give me details because its a suprise.....LOL
Adam is his devilish self. He is going to break lots of hearts when he gets older, that boy.....very cheeky, very cute.
Hubby is also fantastic and we are going to be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary in 2.5 weeks (which is really 17 as we were together 10 years before we got married). Going out for dinner to our favourite restaurant with NO KIDS ahhhh bliss!
House hasn't sold YET but we do have a fella coming back for a 2nd look tonight so fingers crossed. If it hasn't sold in 2 weeks, we are renting!
Kids are fabulous, Reece has a school performance on in a couple of weeks and the whole school is practising for it and he is having so much fun but can't give me details because its a suprise.....LOL
Adam is his devilish self. He is going to break lots of hearts when he gets older, that boy.....very cheeky, very cute.
Hubby is also fantastic and we are going to be celebrating our 7th wedding anniversary in 2.5 weeks (which is really 17 as we were together 10 years before we got married). Going out for dinner to our favourite restaurant with NO KIDS ahhhh bliss!
Monday, June 09, 2008
NAPIER
Spent the weekend in Napier and it was glorious.
Wasn't able to watch the All Blacks (our Rugby team) win but heard all about it and also heard the weather here in Wellington was HORRIBLE while in Napier it was clear blue skies and nice and warm during the days.......ahhhhhh nice!.
The boys absolutely love it up there and when we are up there we stay in the Holiday park (2 bedroom cabin) which is lovely and it has a duck pond and park where the kids feed the ducks and play until their hearts are content.
Did I tell you about the house?
We have found a house up there and even put an offer in but they wouldn't accept it because our offer was conditional (we still have our house to sell) which seems silly to me because we offered them their asking price (very rare here in NZ at the moment to actually get your asking price), so I am hoping against all hope that we can sell our house quickly (hahahaha) and buy this before it goes. We did the 'drive by' on the weekend and I still love it, its in a really good suburb and street and the owner was putting up a new front fence.........*big sigh*.
My open home seen 2 groups come through but both weren't interested, even with the second REDUCED price. Our real estate agent told us all their open homes were unsuccessful and there seemed to be people around but no serious buyers, people 'just looking around'......so frustrating.
They have another 2 weeks and if it hasn't sold we are going to rent it and go to Napier or we will still be here this time next year.
Back to work today and it looks like the Wellington weather is fining up after a ripper of a frost this morning. Still chilly though.
Wasn't able to watch the All Blacks (our Rugby team) win but heard all about it and also heard the weather here in Wellington was HORRIBLE while in Napier it was clear blue skies and nice and warm during the days.......ahhhhhh nice!.
The boys absolutely love it up there and when we are up there we stay in the Holiday park (2 bedroom cabin) which is lovely and it has a duck pond and park where the kids feed the ducks and play until their hearts are content.
Did I tell you about the house?
We have found a house up there and even put an offer in but they wouldn't accept it because our offer was conditional (we still have our house to sell) which seems silly to me because we offered them their asking price (very rare here in NZ at the moment to actually get your asking price), so I am hoping against all hope that we can sell our house quickly (hahahaha) and buy this before it goes. We did the 'drive by' on the weekend and I still love it, its in a really good suburb and street and the owner was putting up a new front fence.........*big sigh*.
My open home seen 2 groups come through but both weren't interested, even with the second REDUCED price. Our real estate agent told us all their open homes were unsuccessful and there seemed to be people around but no serious buyers, people 'just looking around'......so frustrating.
They have another 2 weeks and if it hasn't sold we are going to rent it and go to Napier or we will still be here this time next year.
Back to work today and it looks like the Wellington weather is fining up after a ripper of a frost this morning. Still chilly though.
Thursday, June 05, 2008
Weigh In
Lost 200 grams this week which I'm stoked about as we have just had a long weekend here and I sort of 'relaxed' a bit with my food and we also had one or two social occasions which I sort of 'relaxed' with the ole wine (and a few shooters....LOL).
We got an offer on our house..............don't go getting all excited - we rejected it! It was $40,000 under what we were asking (and we have reduced our price) so we came down another $20,000 and they only came up $5,000 so NO GO there.
Roll on this weeks OPEN HOME I say.
We are popping up to Napier this weekend to visit a few open homes and get a better idea of which area we want to live in. In the last few months we have changed our minds 3 or 4 times and we really need to make a decision and stick to it so I can then investigate schools.
Sorry to say thats all my exciting news........hahaha
I tried taking photo's of my car, my hair and Reece's hair (his had wacky hair day today at school - looked awesome!) but the batteries in my camera were dead so I have them on charge today.
We got an offer on our house..............don't go getting all excited - we rejected it! It was $40,000 under what we were asking (and we have reduced our price) so we came down another $20,000 and they only came up $5,000 so NO GO there.
Roll on this weeks OPEN HOME I say.
We are popping up to Napier this weekend to visit a few open homes and get a better idea of which area we want to live in. In the last few months we have changed our minds 3 or 4 times and we really need to make a decision and stick to it so I can then investigate schools.
Sorry to say thats all my exciting news........hahaha
I tried taking photo's of my car, my hair and Reece's hair (his had wacky hair day today at school - looked awesome!) but the batteries in my camera were dead so I have them on charge today.
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