The first automated payment to my home loan went through yesterday, along with the first interest charge. As one might reasonably expect, but I had not previously quite appreciated, in one fell swoop the interest charge wiped out around 85% of the payment. Were I a more emotional person, I might have screamed in anguish ... [More]
The locksmith came on Saturday and fitted shiny new locks, gleefully pointing out the deficiencies of the old ones. Then, with the benefit of a small metal tool from his locksmith’s opened the filing cabinet with the lost key, which took all of 2 seconds.
It’s almost two weeks since I moved. When they were shifting the filing cabinet, the movers handed me the key for safe keeping. I put it somewhere safe. So safe than I still can’t find it. All the papers I immaculately filed over the past few weeks are locked away where I can’t get at ... [More]
My house was built around about 1930-ish. Some period features that I particularly like: Most of the doorknobs are of an Art Deco style that reminds me of something out of Jeeves and Wooster every time I open a door. Most of the rooms have decorated deco ceilings. Thankfully the more recent insertion of heating ... [More]
My new suburb is Bentleigh. It’s about 5 minutes further out of the city than my old stomping grounds of Glen Huntly or Carnegie, and certainly further into suburbia. It’s still in zone 1. That was a requirement when house-hunting. Mind you it’s the last station in zone 1. I’m pretty close to the station, ... [More]
Call today from a representative of the agent of the property I’ve just moved out of. “We’re just updating contact details for all our tenants. Are you still at…” “You know I’ve ended the lease and I’m returning the keys tomorrow, don’t you?” “Oh. … Probably not so necessary then.” … Uncomfortable pause … “Well, ... [More]
In summary: it’s done. And I never have to move again. Which is good, because I have too much stuff, and I hate moving. The plan Possibly I was over-compensating for the last time I moved, when the movers turned up to find many as-yet unpacked boxes, and the truck headed off leaving a lot ... [More]
I’ve moved. I’m now very tired, and have a headache. But I’ve moved. More later.
Unexpected day at home today: I felt sick overnight, and didn’t sleep at all well. Possibly a repeat of my last house move. Checked the fridge to find I was out of my preferred “feeling sick” drink, lemonade. Thankfully Marita was on hand to get some from the milkbar down the street. Just as last ... [More]
My home internet connection has cut out. Knowing that it takes about 5 days, on Monday I requested the ADSL connection be moved. If I’d thought about it a bit more (and taken advice from friends) I would have ordered a brand-spanking new connection from somebody else, rather than relocate my Netspace one, so there’d ... [More]
Our mission yesterday: to take the bicycles to the new house. Why? Because it’s a tradition (well, we’ve done it once before, in 2003). Because it was good exercise. To avoid the hassle of moving them in the truck on moving day. And because it was a nice day… so why not? I’d taken yesterday ... [More]
I got into something of a lather over the weekend, when I noted that my washing machine appeared to be about 65cm wide, wider than the space for the washing machine in the new house, which is about 60cm wide. This caused something of a panic, since if it couldn’t fit in that space, it ... [More]