New Adventure Blog

Head on over to my new blog Early Bird Farm

I dont know if i will continue writing here, but for now i will be adding all new content to Early Bird Farm Blog.

We purchased a video camera today so hopefully i can work out how to use it and add video to my new Youtube Channel .

SOLD

This afternoon we signed on the dotted line and exchanged contracts.

The red brick house will soon belong to a lovely young family with 4 kiddies under 4.

I hope they will love their new home.

We didnt get quite as much as we wanted but i think it will all work out in the end.

In 5 weeks time, Tuesday the 24 March 2015 to be exact we will be foot loose and fancy free.

Until then im all about boxes, packing paper and tape.

For the last few weeks i have been selling off as much stuff as i can, when you move a short distance its not a big issue with how much stuff you have, however when your going a long way less it better especially for the pocket.

I have found a wonderful lady who is going to adopt my girls, i shall miss them but i know they will be looked after and spoiled until they die.

We have not found a property as yet so all our stuff will be put into storage. Then Andrew, Sally and I will head on down the coast and camp until we find what we are looking for.

As for our two boys they are now on a deadline to find somewhere to live.

Im all about the packing, down sizing and deciding what we will take and what will be stored. Andrew is all about finding removals, storage, making phone calls, getting the ute serviced, sanding and repainting our trailer and last but not least finding us a camp site where Sally girl will be welcome and that's no easy task especially as it has to be a free site.

FUN FUN FUN

New Adventures part 2

New Adventures part 1

To do list number 2

1. Paper work from solicitor / conveyancer - Check

2. Have photos taken for the magazine and web sites - Check

3. Get the house listed - Check

We chose Alan and Marlene Thompson to list our home, they were the ones we purchased it through in 2009. Finding a real estate you like can be stressful, there are so many who want to list it cheep so they can get a quick sale. That was just not on.

It is listed at
RealEstate
ThompsonRealEstate
Domain

We have had one couple through on the weekend and another scheduled this week, not too bad to say it went up at the end of last week.

Now i guess the hard work begins,

4. Keeping the house and yard clean and tidy - Check
5. Find a property -
6. Packing - now i'm on the box hunt Grrrr -
7. Removals -
8. Mail redirected -
9. Finding work -

Our gas bottle ran out so getting a new one delivered tomorrow, i was hoping for it to last a few more weeks but its always the way.
My new business is off to a good start. I have come up with a name and logo and had some stamps made. And started a face book page, Hopefully i can get my web site up and running by the new year.
Here is the link to Early Bird Kids face book page.
I have now had two parties and the feedback and results have been awesome, I couldn't be more pleased.


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New Adventures part 1

Everyone's life is like a book to be read with different chapters and sub chapters documenting their life. We have lived in the Blue Mountains for 20 years and for the last 5 in our own home. When we purchased our home in 2009 we had no idea that after living in the mountains for 20 years we would be going after a new adventure. 

 This is the top orchid

 Back of the house

Earlier this year Andrew and I decided that we wanted something different a new chapter. That something different i guess we have been working towards for a long time but never really new it.

Now that our boys are grown we are free to go and do as we please, they are both welcome to come with us but they have chosen not too.

So our adventures in the Blue Mountains will soon be over, this is exciting and at the same time a little scary. (who am i kidding a lot scary). 

To start a new adventure there are a few things that needed to be ticked off the long list of to do's.

1. Finish off all the small jobs in the house - Check

2. Get the real estate out to give us a price - Check

As most of you know neither Andrew or I drive so  

3. on the list was Andrew got his licence - Check

4. Buy a ute - Check

Here she is, a Mazda BT50 dual cab diesel ute. Andrew like's to call her a truck and as yet has no name. I'm just glad I get to sit in the front :o)

5. Pick an area to move to, this was easy the Far South Coast - Check

The far south coast of NSW is a very big area so we had to narrow it down.

6. Road trip - Check

Last week we packed up our new truck and headed on down the coast. 

Our new truck and a trip, wow I feel like a grown up. For us who have only ever relied on public transport and my husbands father as modes of transport this is a very big thing. It still doesn't feel real.

 Our camp site at Pambula Beach

A two man tent, chairs and a camp stove, who could ask for more oh yes and the Beach.

 Pambula Beach

We have holidayed in Pambula before and it is beautiful, arrh feel the ocean breeze. It has been a few years since I have been to the beach, I had forgotten how much I miss it.

 Bombala

Cuttagee Lake

 Jersey Cows in the Bega Valley

Who doesn't love a river flat or curious cows. 

 

 Tathra Beach

Never ending beaches to get lost on.

 Tura Beach

The colours in the picture don't do it justice, it was dazzling and truly beautiful.

 Fishing Boats 

Don't you just love funny signs or for me all signs are great.

 We stayed two nights at Pambula Beach, the caravan park has a large family of kangaroos who live there, they come an go as they please and your not aloud to feed them. So no petting but they do like to have their photos taken, this is the large male in the family who decided that in front of our truck was the best shady spot.

 Dirt roads to properties and we have learned that if it the address says something Mountain Road then its gonna be a narrow winding steep dirt track.

 Lake George

I have never seen water in Lake George, its always just been grassy plains with fencing every time we have passed. How ever the wind turbines you can see in the distance are new to me and a very nice sight to see.

This little guy we came across when walking a property, every noise we made he burrowed in deeper, this is the first time i have seen an echidna in the wild, you defiantly can't count road kill.

 This huge gum tree was very beautiful, the bush has so much to offer.

You can't travel any where in Australia with out stopping at a country pub for a cold drink on the veranda.

We stayed 4 nights and travelled to Nimmitabel, Bombala, Cathcart, Pambula, Candelo, Bemboka, Bega, Wandella, Cobargo and so many other small towns.
We stayed at Pambula Beach two nights, one night at Handkerchief Beach at Narooma and one night at Burrill Lake near Ulladulla.
We also stopped at so many beaches I lost count.

This was a mission to find an area to start our new chapter however it was more than that it was also the first time Andrew and I had holidayed on our own, I think i can get use to just the two of us and of course our Sally Girl. I know I will miss our boys terribly but they have their own lives to lead.

7. Pick an area, The Bega Valley - Check
8. Pick a Real Estate agent - Check
9. Get the paper work ready to put the house on the market -
10. Get the house listed -

Only 2 things left to do on our fist 1 to 10 to do list.
The house should be on the market in two weeks just waiting on paper work.
To do list number 2 will be posted soon.

I think that I will start a You Tube Channel all about our new adventure.


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