Getting there!

So now that Christmas is over the heat is really on! We have moved the caravan to its new home, booked the cleaners, booked the final electricity meter read and now just trying to cancel foxtel!

Its hard to believe that its finally happening! Now just to finish packing! Well actually now to start packing lol.

Nearly all the big stuff has gone! Now just to start putting everything else into boxes!

Seems so close to moveout date but still so much to do! Hopefully we will get there!

AARRGGHH!!!!!

So Nathan tells me yesterday that he wants everything ready to go Friday! Everything out! How the hell am i supposed to do that by myself?!?! I have been watching my kids plus have my little sisters to look after as well and he expects everything packed and ready to go Friday?!?!?!

So annoyed as he is expecting me to get everything done but is at work all week and then has his Christmas party on Thursday so he will be no help. I have so much sorting to do and I honestly don't think Ill be able to do it all.

Another problem is that we have is that we discovered that we cant get Naths Ute started so we will have to hire a flat bed to move it! GGRRR!!!

So frustrating and stressful!

IT'S OFFICIAL!!!!!!!!

So its finally official! We have sent our notice to vacate this morning!!! We are moving out!

Crap....we are moving out in 3 weeks! Well we have to be out in 3 weeks but we will be gradually moving our stuff out. Our lounge room is just an empty space now as we cleaned the carpets over the weekend and don't see the point of putting the couches back in.

The only thing to be seen in the lounge room is the mattress that we have been sleeping on as our bed has been cleaned as well and was too wet to sleep on.

The kids rooms are empty and only have a mattress in each. Hopefully though all the mattresses will be dry tonight and we will all be sleeping in the main bedroom. Partially to get used to us all being in the same space and also so we can close the back half of the house of so it doesn't get destroyed.

Its actually getting quite scary! I honestly though that this was just a lot of talk and that nothing would come of it. That we would have a caravan in the front yard that we keep saying we would move into but never actually do it.

I have to admit though, even with all the problems that we have had with this house and the real estate agents I will miss this place. It was the first place Nath and I got by ourselves and it was the home that we brought both our babies home to. It has held us for nearly 4 years so I think that I will be sad to leave here.

But a new adventure awaits! 3 weeks away!!! EEEKKK!!!!

The Race Is ON!!!!!!

So we get an email yesterday saying that our rent is going up in 8 weeks and that they want us to pay for water. Talk about a shock to the system. They wont even fix the house propally and yet they want to put rent up?!?! We have a room that is completely useless!!!

So anyway we have had enough! We have decided that when the real estate comes for an inspection in 2 weeks that we will give her our notice!

It means that we may have to live in my parents house for a bit. Nath reckons he can plug the leaks in the caravan for now so we can sleep in it but I don't think I want to take that chance lol.

I'm just so sick of paying money for someone elses house that we cant do anything to and for the real estate expecting a display home! So frustrating.

So have now really got to get into gear!

We will start with the kids rooms and go from there...They are going to sleep in our room for a bit so that way we guarantee that the bedrooms remain in a decent state and will only need to have a last minute vacuum.

11 days until we give our notice and we want to have the house near empty when we do that! EEK!!!!

We will be out this year! So that is kind of exciting!

FRUSTRATED!!!!!!

So very frustrated right now!!!! Our move out date doesn't look like it will happen...

Nath went out to the caravan yesterday to put something in it only to have to mop out the water from all the rain we have had...He managed to get half a mop bucket!

Why cant things just be easy?!?!

We are trying to improve our lives and our children's lives and futures by doing this but it just seems that we hit a roadblock every time we try to do something!!!!

So now we have to try and work out what is leaking and fix that, reseal the floor, finish the walls, redo all the cupboards, make the bed frame, make all the cushion covers and try to get the pop top canvas redone!!! Don't think it will happen in a month :(

So sad as it means our house is further and further away :(

What to do?

So hand surgery really means that things get pushed back a bit :(
I keep asking Nath if he is ever going to work on the caravan and I just keep getting told yes and that he just hasn't had time as he has been so busy...Um he has had over a week off...yes that was to look after the kids but Hayden is more than happy to help (I mean hinder lol).

He also hardly has anything on a work so could very easily make phone calls about parts that he needs.

As for me I have been recovering...You really don't realise how much you use your hand until you cant.

Packing as all but come to a standstill and the best tat I have done is add to the growing mountain of washing that is on the couch just waiting to be sorted and packed and passed on...

Motivation where are you?!?!?! I should be excited for this new adventure. I am but it is a big thing to just up and live in a caravan  for over a year.

Not really sleeping at night going over and over what needs to be done, what needs to be packed away and what needs to fit into the itty bitty caravan...with Christmas coming up it is making it even more difficult as I am trying to decide what to get the kids that will not over crowd us or that can stay at others houses.

Getting into the caravan doesn't look like it will happen before Christmas anymore :( Very upsetting as the longer we take to get into it the longer it will be before we will be in our own house and we were really hoping to be in it before Hayden started at kindergarten....

Not really getting anywhere

So I don't know if its the thought of having to live in the caravan or something else but we just seem to be going nowhere fast!

There hasn't been any work done on the caravan for about a month so it is still pretty much an empty shell. And packing has come to a standstill.

I know for me that the thought of living in a caravan on my mums front lawn is so not appealing but unfortunately we have to do it otherwise we will never get our own home which we desperately want!

But regardless of our not wanting to do it it needs to be done so we really need to start getting our act together real fast or getting out before Christmas is just not going to happen.

Things that have been packed

As much as I have been procrastinating with the packing we have packed quite a few things. Some of which have made me shed a few tears as silly as that sounds and some things that I am happy to see be put away for now.

The hardest thing to see packed up was my precious photos. I have mentioned this in a previous post but that just shows how important they are to me. Along with the photos were the hand and feet moulds that were done of my kids when they were little. Things like this make this house no longer feel like my home.

The next thing that really brought tears to my eyes was packing away my daughters cot. I am such an emotional person when it comes to things like that. I cried packing it away as she will never be in it again! Even when we buy our house she will be nearly 3 so no point bringing it out again for her :( I  hate acknowledging that the kids are growing up so quickly.

The other thing that has been packed away are my books! Reading is my escape from reality so it was sad to be packing them up. I guess I should go renew my library card but then again reading would really distract me from the job at hand so would probably not be a good thing :s I am putting it off as much as I can so borrowing some books would just make it worse :)

A few things that I am happy to see the back of for now though are things like all the crockery. We have no cupboard space in this house at all and it drives me insane (ironic seeing as how we are moving into a space with no cupboards what-so-ever) so it is good to get them packed and to have some space as I move things around. I swear that I am making more mess as I try to clean and get sorted.

Packing & Organising!

So we think we have finally set a moving date. Lets see what happens! Things have been slowed down a bit due to weather problems and naths computer being stuck at work for over a month (this had all the designs and mesurements for the kitchen and cupboards) and the fact that we had to move the caravn due to an unhappy realestate agent.

Everyday I wake up thinking about what I have to do today to make the transition easier but then I actually get out of bed and look at all the boxes and stuff and just lose all motivation :s

I think moving house would be so much easier! Just put everything into boxes load up you truck or ute and just drive to the next house. Moving into a caravan is not so easy. The list of things i cant take is endless so over half our house is going into storage...Thankfully we are able to store at peoples houses and not hire storage facility.

There are so many things we wish we could take but cant :( For nath is is probably his nespresso machine, for the kids it would be all the piles and piles of toys that they have. For myself its something a lot more personal. Its breaking my heart that i cant have family photos. I dont remember having photos around the house when i was growing up so that was one thing I really wanted in my own house.

The photos have been packed up and are sitting in storage. It is good though as my house no longer feels like my home so I just want to get out and into the caravan so we can get into our new home quicker.

Still have no motivation to get packed though lol. The best i can do at the moment is try and get all our washing done. Maybe by the next time i will have done a little more

You're moving into what?

When I tell people that we are moving into a caravan for 12 to 18 months their reactions are very interesting. Most people tell me that they think its great that we are going around Australia for that long, others think we are carazy for doing the trip with the kids being so young.

The truth is though we are moving into a caravan for that long to save up so that we can buy our dream home!

Sounds crazy right?! We have 2 children 3 1/2 & 1 1/2, a dog and the guniea pig so maybe it is a bit crazy.

We would love nothing more than to hook up the caravan to Jackie (our 4wd), chuck the kids in their seats and the dog in the back. But unfortuneately reality is not that exciting! We need money to do that hence why we are moving into a caravan on my mums front lawn. We need to save for that ideal house and to set up a better future for our kids.