Places I Have Lived

I meet so many people who have only ever lived in the one town and I wonder how they can do it.  I am not saying that it is a bad thing nor am I saying it is a good thing.  I just wonder what it would be like to live in the one place for your whole life.  I am sure that there are a lot of benefits but with my upbringing I find that I can not be anywhere for more than 18 months before I want to pack up and move on.  I love a change and I love being able to do a massive clean out of everything in the house.  I get such itchy feet that I re-arrange our house every three months.

Here are the places I have lived throughout my life so far:

• Mt. Isa, Qld (I was born here)
• Derby, WA
• Katherine, NT
• Brisbane, Qld
• Pittsworth, Qld
• Broome, WA
• Oodnadatta, SA
• Rockhampton, Qld
• Bouldercombe, Qld
• Perth, WA
• Kambalda, WA
• Kalgoorlie, WA
• Sunshine Coast, Qld

(NB: The list includes the towns that we "lived" meaning we had a house and were there for more than three months.)

In 1991 my family also travelled around the world with our main stays in America, Canada and Argentina.

Are you a stayer or a mover?

My Day

My day started off with me waking to find that my three boys had woken, had breakfast, had a shower and gotten dressed.  Quinton had also taken Mikaela out of her cot and they were in the loungeroom playing with her.  I was so happy having been able to sleep in for that extra half an hour.  And even happier that I woke to happy children.

Ishmael and Quinton rode to school at 8am and I got Mikaela her breakfast and then we both jumped in for a shower.  I then did some laundry, washed the dishes, vaccuumed the floor and then mopped the floor.  Cameron is pretty easy to entertain and so he played the DSi on the mat while I mopped.  And Mikaela was finding it funny to run and slide all over the clean floor.  Not so funny for me though as I had to keep mopping over her marks.

Cameron, Mikaela and I then decided to go for a drive and ended up going through Red Rooster for some lunch.  And I was very disappointed.  The chips were cold and scrawny.  They had also given me a small coke instead of the large that I ordered and paid for.  So I gave them a quick call and was offered a free replacement meal.  Usually I just shrug it off and not worry about it but today the chips were so bad that the ones in Cameron's kids meal were black.  Ewwww.

We picked up a few packing boxes from a lovely old man who opened the office even though it was meant to be closed.  And I started packing.  (Can see previous blog for more information)

The boys came home from school and we were immediately in the car and headed off to footy training for Ishmael.  I love going to training because I have two amazing friends that I met through the kids football club and we always have such a great time.

After football training we dropped past the local IGA and bought a couple of lollies each with the last bit of money in my wallet and then went home and had nachos.  

So now I am probably sounding like I am very unhealthy but I must defend myself by saying that we are in fact a very healthy family.  lol.

The kids are finally in bed and the house is quiet.  Time to get the rest of the cheese cake out and get comfortable on the couch.

The Packing Process

Today I decided to start the packing process for the big move in September.  I did some research online and found a storage facility that sold really cheap packing boxes.  So Cameron, Mikaela and I drove down to pick some up.  I got five tea chest boxes and five book boxes.

I have so far half pack one book box and already I am feeling overwhelmed, which is unusal as normally I am all for moving and happy to pack in a day.  So I have set a goal today of completing at least one tea chest box and two book boxes. 

I am starting with the ornaments that are around the house and not needed between now and the move.  I am also plan on starting to pack up the main bedroom with the items/clothes/bags/etc that we will not be needing.

We may be moving in exactly three months but I am starting to feel as though I will not have enough time to get everything packed.