and i would keep singing and typing at the same time but i'm not sure how to spell that whole ... auf veeder sain goodbye ... part!?!?!? and then also put in all the dit dits there as the music plays!!  ;)

 

anyways, just wanted to very quickly update you all and let you know that you should all now have an email from us - both Part_A and Part_B - detailing all our new information and what has gone on in our move. If you havent, perhaps try and get in touch with someone you know who also knows us and ask them to pass on our new info to you ... because, once we turn off the computer here, thats it. we will no longer be online, well at home anyways!! you could email us at our hotmail accounts if you'd like, but be forewarned that, it might be a week or 2 or more before we are able to reply to you.

 

like i said in the emails, things have gone well throughout the move and loss to items has been a little higher than other moves, but its ok. spirits are still high and we're working fast on getting things setup.

 

in fact, its time for me now to sign off so that we can shutdown the computer and pack up the last few things here so that we can then go ahead and setup over at the new house. so without further adieu ... i like saying that!! ... we shall bid you all farewell for now and shall hope to email you or at least post here again soon.

 

so have fun guys and we'll catch ya's later,
Daniel and the Happily Moved Millerick Team
(Marcie + Maximillian + Malia + Isabelle)

g'day there folks!

 

well, its been a little bit since we last posted about the whole house thing and thats been because theres been a bunch of stuff happen - and guess what? - you get to hear all about it now!!  :P

 

so, as you know - i think (from last post) - we got the lovely 4weeks notice letter to get out of our current place on the 24th of may, as the landlords had managed to sell this current house (had been on the market since about jan/feb, so it was kind of expected). after taking a week or two (i guess theres our first mistake right there!!) to look around and see whats available and slowly start packing, we decided to start applying for things.

 

there was not a whole lot available as it was, but there was some stuff. like i already said, we had 2 or 3 places lined up to go for, so off we went. one of those 3 i think we ended up deciding not to go for and so left with 2 we went for those. the first house we actually applied for, we ended up being accepted for, but i wasnt able to look at it until last weekend due to work. so when i saw it ... well ... lets say i wasn't overly thrilled about it!! for some reason i was thinking it was located in a different section of the suburb it was in. anyhow, after a few days, i decided to apply for the second option we had. it was through the same company, so they had to release our hold on this first house and transfer our application to this second house - but guess what?? - we didnt get the second house ... no-one did!?!?!? really bummed about that and not sure what the heck happened there as we were told it would be fine and we "should" most definaitely get it!! so with that we said, look, fine, just transfer our application back to the other one and we'll take that - but guess what?? - now that house has been giving to someone else and so we can't have that house either!?!?!? all this happened within the space of like 12 to 18 hours!!

 

so here we were, down to 5 business days left to look for a house, apply for it, and get accepted for it! i say 5, because most rental places don't work the weekends, huh!! go figure!! and because, we had given our own 2weeks notice once we had been accepted for this first house!! oops. also so you know how tough they make it for you, they dont like you to apply for a house, unless you have actually been given a walkthrough of it ... argh!!!

 

so here we are, all stressed out and worrying about being homeless for the first time in our lives. who would have thought that this whole rental thing is so cut throat!?!?! i mean, this is only the second time that we have had to go through a "real" rental place. all of our other times, we have been blessed to have gone through private places.

 

anyways - here comes the end! - mid-yesterday afternoon (thursday) we finally got accepted for another house. this was after much agonising on our parts and after getting to the point of telling the company we were and are now still able to go through, look, just give us back our money and we'll go off searching through someone else, because it just got to the point where trying to get information or any action from this mob was like getting-blood-from-a-stone!

 

BUT...

 

its all good now. things have worked out and the house we are accepted for, we will be signing the lease for, today (friday) and that will be it. the house itself is better located/situated than the first house we applied and got accepted for and is on par with looks and "user friendliness" as the second house. the backyard is heaps better than the first and as good as the second, although perhaps a little smaller. its your standard 3 bedder with study, ensuite, double lock up garage - everything we were looking for in a house (although a "real" 4 bedder would have been nice!!  ;) ).

 

so God has been good and things have worked out well, actually, better than what they were at the start of this whole ordeal!! just would have been nice if we didnt have to have gone through all of that!! oh well, such is life!!  :)

 

and now, it is off to packing. so we shall type more later and will let you know all of our details via email real soon.

 

cya guys,

Dan and the not-as-stressed-as-before Family

(Marcie, Maximillian, Malia + Isabelle)

hey everyone!

 

hmmm, so much for keeping on top of things hey!?!?!  :S  i mean, after all, it has only been about a month and a half since we last wrote!! oops!! oh well, at least we're here again, for now  ;)

 

well there has been lots going on, both good and bad things. let's see:

 

[good/bad] dan finished his sub-contracting to IBM and Lexmark. the work was good and i loved doing what i did, but just the whole contracting thing wasn't a good steady job.

[good] dan started full time work on the 14th of may!

[bad] everyone got sick with a horrible and very potent vomitting / dirrohea bug from the 26th til the 31st of may - and i mean everyone :(

[good] dan, dad and jake had their birthdays on the 16th, 16th and 18th respectively!

[bad] we found out on the 24th of may that we definitely do have to move out now  :(

[good] we are hoping for 1 of the 3 prospective houses on our list. one of which we find out about on the 7th of june - today.

[good] isabelle started walking! she still prefers to crawl, so at best she only takes 2 or 3 steps at a time, but she is walking more and more!!

[good] we changed internet providers, so we are on a much better deal -and faster one at that- now!

[good] we changed to using VoIP for our outgoing calls which has meant a phone bill of $AU10 to $AU15 either side of $AU100 with optus being slashed to around about ONE THIRD the price (thats including line rental)!

[good] we started up swing dancing again!

[bad] we finished up swing dancing again! it's right in the city and starts at 6pm. i don't get home until 6pm from work, so by the time i would get home, freshen up and then we leave, we wouldnt get there until just after the balboa class has started. which means we would have completely missed the lindy and thats our preferred dance of the two  :(

 

and for now, i think thats it!!

 

so there has been some stuff going on. then, not to forget, all the normal day-to-day stuff and the extra stuff to do with having kids - man, is life good or what!!

 

well, i think i might go back to bed now ... only thing is, i have to be up in half an hour to get ready for work!?!?! man i hate it when i can't sleep - oh well, it got me to update our little part of the web now didnt it!! righto, shall keep you all posted on how things go with our house hunting, so be on the lookout for an email from us soon with all our new details.

 

have fun guys,

Dan and "The Ever Busy" Millerick Family

(Marcie, Max, Malia and Isabelle)