The Week

We've been a bit busy on a few things.

Sorting out, by proxy, the house in Ipswich: we have a tenant lined up and thanks to Mr Broughton we have filled in forms granting Power of Attorney so Mum can sign stuff on our behalf, like little things such as the contract of tenancy.

Getting our finances and cash flow here on an even keel by getting salary sacrificing in place so utility bills and childcase and such like things come out on Nicole's pre-tax earnings, saving considerable money.

Buying a car... we signed the paperwork on Wednesday and all things being equal with any luck we'll have the new Mazda come early August.

Mum's also dealing with recovering the car in Ipswich which has been complicated by the fact that Ipswich Mazda has been pranged and is currently with the repairers and won't be back until after the Aussies have left.

The Aussies are landing in Brisbane at some point in the next few days, though we're not sure when We're feeling a little strange, like one chapter's coming to a close or something, and have an urge to do low-grade cleaning.

It'll be strange to see them again, on their territory this time. The ironic symmetry of the situation has struck us - i.e. that they will have to stay at their Mum's house for a few weeks while they wait for visa processes to complete while we're in their house, just as we did back in Ipswich.

So anyway it's busy busy busy, and in between all of this the usual dog walks, swimming, music lessons, etc.

So I haven't had much time to do this... hopefully get back up to speed again soon.