I will be on a little blogging break while I pack up the unit and move into the new house!
Should be back in a few weeks time.....Wish me luck!!
10 Honest Things About Myself
Thursday, June 11, 2009
I was tagged last week by The Red Deer and thought I would put my list together now before I get swamped by packing and moving, and then I might never get around to it.
1. I LOVE coffee.....I don't need 10 a day, but I really enjoy my morning coffee and will often have another in the afternoon when I'm enjoying some me time with the kids asleep.
2. I have a knack for putting pieces of technology together. My hubby might buy the X-box/computer/dvd player/home theatre but it's me who will end up plugging it in and putting it together. I'm the person everyone in my family asks when they need troubleshooting advice!
3. I went to a selective high school and ended up feeling so much pressure to do well in my HSC that I got distracted and didn't do as well as was expected at all.....
4. I'm moving into my own house with its own back yard in the next month!
5. My all-time favourite dessert is tiramisu. The best one I have eaten is one I make. I'll share the recipe if you like, if I can dig it out!
6. I love shopping for my kids, and love buying pieces that are beautiful, great quality and a bit different, even if it means spending a fortune, and even if it means I look shabby myself.
7. I still love to cuddle my mum. There is just nothing like getting a big hug from her, it still makes me feel safe and cosy.
8. It would be cool to re-live my wedding day again. Such a happy day and I would try to stop and savour it a bit more.
9. I love watching Greys Anatomy and have it all on DVD. (Yay! It's on tonight.)
10. I love my little family to bits.
1. I LOVE coffee.....I don't need 10 a day, but I really enjoy my morning coffee and will often have another in the afternoon when I'm enjoying some me time with the kids asleep.
2. I have a knack for putting pieces of technology together. My hubby might buy the X-box/computer/dvd player/home theatre but it's me who will end up plugging it in and putting it together. I'm the person everyone in my family asks when they need troubleshooting advice!
3. I went to a selective high school and ended up feeling so much pressure to do well in my HSC that I got distracted and didn't do as well as was expected at all.....
4. I'm moving into my own house with its own back yard in the next month!
5. My all-time favourite dessert is tiramisu. The best one I have eaten is one I make. I'll share the recipe if you like, if I can dig it out!
6. I love shopping for my kids, and love buying pieces that are beautiful, great quality and a bit different, even if it means spending a fortune, and even if it means I look shabby myself.
7. I still love to cuddle my mum. There is just nothing like getting a big hug from her, it still makes me feel safe and cosy.
8. It would be cool to re-live my wedding day again. Such a happy day and I would try to stop and savour it a bit more.
9. I love watching Greys Anatomy and have it all on DVD. (Yay! It's on tonight.)
10. I love my little family to bits.
The house is ours!
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
After all the drama of last week and us losing the first loan we applied for, onedirect (ANZ) came to the rescue!! We received our formal unconditional approval yesterday just in time for our extended cooling off to finish. The race is on to get everything organised for settlement now. Looks like we will be in the new house in the first week of July. In the meantime we are going to live with hubby's dad for a few weeks so we can pack up our unit and paint the new house before we move in. We are renting back our unit for a week also to buy a bit of extra time.
Can't believe it's finally happening.....though I probably won't relax until I'm actually in the new place, and then I will have a billion boxes to unpack!
Can't believe it's finally happening.....though I probably won't relax until I'm actually in the new place, and then I will have a billion boxes to unpack!
It's the little things
Monday, June 8, 2009
It's the little things that often give you and others so much pleasure and joy. Example: always being the one to 'ruin' the family photos. I've been doing this since I was a child!!! So much fun! ;)
The Sims 3.....
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Anyone else a dork and like this game as much as me? Well, I used to anyway....
Hubby came home with it yesterday as a surprise. Usually I would have been jumping for joy with excitement. It's such a time wasting game, and now that I have 2 children, I just don't think I will ever have enough time to myself to enjoy this game anymore. Didn't stop me installing it and having a peek but it's just sooooo time consuming. I'll probably explore a bit a time. In a past life I have been known to still be awake at 4am playing this game. Gone are those days!
Hubby came home with it yesterday as a surprise. Usually I would have been jumping for joy with excitement. It's such a time wasting game, and now that I have 2 children, I just don't think I will ever have enough time to myself to enjoy this game anymore. Didn't stop me installing it and having a peek but it's just sooooo time consuming. I'll probably explore a bit a time. In a past life I have been known to still be awake at 4am playing this game. Gone are those days!
Some good news.......I think
Saturday, June 6, 2009
After the devastation on Wednesday night about our home loan not being approved, I madly tried to get another home loan happening with another product. I had actually picked this product after much research a little while ago, but at the time we ended up going back to a broker we had already seen and chose a different loan product they offered. Big mistake in hindsight. I should have just gone with my own research....
Anyway, in LESS THAN 48 hours, they have verbally unconditionally given us approval. I have to wait for the official loan offer to come through on Tuesday. Fortunately, we were given another 24 hours to our cooling off period also, so it SEEMS all is well. I guess things could still go pear shaped, and I was a little hesitant about posting this without the paper loan offer but I've allowed myself to get excited again and it looks like the house is still ours.
I'm just so outraged that the first bank took 3 WEEKS to finally tell us that they wouldn't approve us (and it was over a COMPLETE misinterpretation of my husband's work situation) and then we were able to go to a different bank and get approval in less than 48 hours. Just ridiculous!
I'll be waiting anxiously for Tuesday now. Once it's all in concrete I will be singing the praises of this bank and urging all to go with them! I'm going to get hold of our contact's manager too and write her a positive feedback letter. She delivered fantastic service to us in very short time frame.
Now to enjoy the weekend. xo
Anyway, in LESS THAN 48 hours, they have verbally unconditionally given us approval. I have to wait for the official loan offer to come through on Tuesday. Fortunately, we were given another 24 hours to our cooling off period also, so it SEEMS all is well. I guess things could still go pear shaped, and I was a little hesitant about posting this without the paper loan offer but I've allowed myself to get excited again and it looks like the house is still ours.
I'm just so outraged that the first bank took 3 WEEKS to finally tell us that they wouldn't approve us (and it was over a COMPLETE misinterpretation of my husband's work situation) and then we were able to go to a different bank and get approval in less than 48 hours. Just ridiculous!
I'll be waiting anxiously for Tuesday now. Once it's all in concrete I will be singing the praises of this bank and urging all to go with them! I'm going to get hold of our contact's manager too and write her a positive feedback letter. She delivered fantastic service to us in very short time frame.
Now to enjoy the weekend. xo
My first blog giveaway win!!
Friday, June 5, 2009
Having only just started in this blogging business, I was very excited today to find out I was a runner up in one of the first giveaways I have entered. The giveaway winners announcement is here at Mama Loves To Shop. Thanks Kathryn!!
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