We have moved!

Last night was our first night in our new house. It was very exciting, and not a great night - we learned very quickly that we did not know how good it was with air conditioning and at least a fan in the room! The night was quite hot, and with all of the activity of the day, we were hot!

We will take some pictures of the house with furniture soon, it looks more like a house now - and we are very happy with the "personal touches" that we made.

Most of the day yesterday was moving, as was also the effort cleaning the house we were renting - making sure that it was all done so we did not have to go back again.

I am learning to be my own "handy man" - installing a toilet (yes - A TOILET) - which was removed when we had the flooring done (it took me 4 attempts before I got it right - at least I know all the things I need to do if I need to do it again!). I have installed a range (that is a oven/stove combination), moved the refrigerator in, hung some curtains, oh and a heap of other odd jobs. I am enjoying it actually.

The weekend will be spent mostly unpacking I expect. The weather has cooled a little, so at least it will not be so hot to work in. I think we will all deserve a rest after this though, we are all pretty tired of taking boxes up and down stairs, and unpacking in our rooms!

Look for the pictures soon.

Cynfor and Jessie are Back!

Breakfast in IKEA.

Stepping into our new house.

Happy to see the new house.

Check out the new hardwood floor.

1 YEAR!

It has been 1 Year since we left the Australian "shores" and headed over to Portland Oregon to begin our US Adventure. We have done many things, as you can see in the Blog Posts from previous months. We are about to move into our newly purchased house, which will happen in the next 3 weeks, and are feeling very much settled in our new surroundings.

The year has gone very quickly, with so many things happening all at once, and the adventure has really just begun. We have made new friends, and re-acquainted ourselves with some old ones. Who knows what the next year will bring, as the children move into their second year of US schooling.

We are not really celebrating much, saving our pennies to pay for some "new stuff" for the new house. We are making some changes to the original house, and will post pictures after the "remodel" has been complete, so you can all see the transformation, as we make the house our own!

Thank you to everyone who has written comments along the way, and sent us emails telling us what you are up to. We will continue to update the blog with more of what we are up to over the next year.