Our Little Gingerbread House

       We were lucky to find this little house which hopefully will become our abode for the next two plus years, being such a small town rentals are not easy to come by. As soon as I stepped into this little house I fell in love with it. It is old and quirky, with chocolate marbled carpet and a lot of wood panelling but sunny and bright with sweet little touches of homeliness left behind by the old lady who owned it before. Jacob and I joke regularly how we feel like two old people in it, pottering around and waiting for the grandchildren to visit!

      The first night in the house was a little odd however. Our furniture wasn't arriving till the next morning, so all we had in the house was a rather dodgy air mattress. We felt like squatters. Once our furniture arrived the next morning it was a frenzy of unpacking and organising. Setting up our new home was exciting, and it surprised us both how easily and neatly our furniture suited this new home.

       It has been over a month since moving in, and one by one we had sorted the rooms out. They are getting there, it's a project I am happy to continue for some time. But it is our little family home now and we are happy in our little Gingerbread House.

What we look out to

Down the street

The backyard's little greenhouse

Backyard

Laundry curtains

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Our fridge was too tall to fit in its little nook so we improvised with these Ikea shelves

Pinecone tiles in the kitchen?

Stoked with all the storage, even if it is faux wood cupboards

Fridge making itself comfortable in the laundry

Full on wood panelled wall in living room *

*If anyone has any brilliant ideas about what to do about that ugly piece where the fireplace used to be, I'm open to suggestions (until my dreams come true and it can become a working fireplace again!).

Our new home

       On the 9th of January we had packed our house up and made the exciting, but long seven and a half hour drive to our new home, Coleambally. 

Some facts on Coleambally:

• Small town in the Riverina of New South Wales with a population of about 660
• Established in 1968, making it one of the newest towns in New South Wales
• Main industry is rice growing, but also wheat, maize and other crops.

       Driving to a new town that we were moving into was something I'd never experienced before, I'd spent my whole life on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It was so exciting to drive into the town for the first time.

Car packed & setting off on our adventure

Kidman Way (enroute to our street)

At our destination (being big dorks)

Back in action

       Well it has been a good long while since I last posted. I knew I would have to be strict on myself when I started blogging, and once you miss a few weeks of posting, it slips further and further from your mind.

       Anyhow, quite a few things have changed since my last post. Here's what has been going on:

•  I finished my treatment, 3 weeks of radiotherapy around June (I think). I had a PET scan and a CT scan soon afterwards, and then more recently about one month ago, and the results were clear both times! What a wonderful relief.

•  We are now living our dream of moving to the country. In November 2013, Jacob was offered a job as a paramedic in a small country town called Coleambally. We made the move at the beginning of January 2014 and are enjoying the change.

I'll be posting more soon. :)