The start of a new beginning.....

We're on our way to a new beginning.  That next stage of life, so to speak.

On our way to Hervey Bay and Gympie, we stopped in for a coffee and something to eat, and came across these baby swallows under the eaves of the building.  As mom and dad flew in and out feeding them as they went.  A sign of things to come, perhaps?

 

Chris had a Scout meeting on Sunday, so we decided to organize a trip to Hervey Bay to see the new house again.  We organized a few Air Conditioning guys to come and give a quote for the new house.  And we could take photos and  measurements for various things as well. 

This is our house at Hervey Bay.  It's one year old and never been lived in.  The feeling of the place is great happiness and high expectations.

  

This is a new pallette to work on.  It needs landscaping and a few other things.  But this is a new opportunity to get the creative juices flowing.

 

Out of all the houses we looked at;   this was the only house that we saw that had a large flowing, living area as you walked in the door.

The furniture you see isn't ours.  The house hasn't been handed over yet, as we're still waiting on contracts to finalize (which is another story).

But we felt really at home here.  It's the right size, easy to take care of, full of potential, and spacious for a 3 bedroom home.

It's surrounded by families, minutes to the ocean, minutes to the boat ramps, minutes to the shops.

And you wouldn't believe it, but there's even STREET CLEANERS!!  Ah,...welcome back to suburbia. 

Many changes are taking place at the moment.  And just as I said previously, things are starting to heat up.  Although, the contract, once again, has been delayed.  One of the signing parties is out of the country, so the contract has to be put off until they get back and another week draws out.  But confidence is high from the real estate agent.  The buying party seems to be very happy with everything and is eager as well.  Well, THAT'S always a good sign.

So, we're still waiting.  I'm trying to convince Chris to start packing up, but he keeps assuring me that we shouldn't do it yet and that there's still plenty of time to do that.  We've organized what furniture we're keeping;  and now that Chris has sold his saddle on E-Bay, he'll start selling off some of the furniture we won't need for the new house.  So this will keep him busy for a while too.  In the meantime, we're both anxiously awaiting the start of our new stage.

It's Official....we're on countdown time.....

It seems like for the last few weeks, that time has stood still.  Chris was trying to find things to do and I was relaxing and in 'the zone', which can be boring at times, especially when you WANT to do things and start moving this project along.

And now, the time has come.  We're starting to move.  The house has been sold, but the contract won't become unconditional until the 25th.  And now, we also, have JUST recently bought our next house.  It won't become unconditional until the 28th.  And everything will be completed and settled by the 13th of October.  After that, we finish a few things in the new house and get it rented out, buy some plane tickets, organize insurances and what not.  And then,....we're off and running.  Texas.  Our first stop.

It's kinda weird buying a house that we won't see for a year, but it will be nice to come home to it.   I want to start packing and start moving the furniture out (RIGHT NOW!!) so we're not doing that last minute rush, rush, rush.  But I've been told to wait first(patience, Kathy, patience)  until a little later down the track.

So we've got the calendar out now and we're crossing the days off.  How's THAT for exited?  Like little kids, counting the days away and how many sleeps before we go.  So much to look forward too.  In the meantime, the Scout is getting some last minute touches to it, before we take it up to Townsville to Robert.  We also have a 4 day trip coming up, on Fraser Island, while enroute to Townsville.  So there's still plenty of things to do.

But it's official now....we're on countdown time.