The (Beach) house is starting to shape up nicely. We've packed out my parents' storage place with many a box and some of our furniture. The rest of our stuff is lining my parents' hallways/landing (sorry about that). Now all that remains to do is to get the last of our donations to the various drop off points and then a surface clean before our cleaners come in on Monday to give it final clean & steam clean the carpets!
Yes, that's right, we're getting cleaners in. In our defence it's not just because we're a little lazy or suck at major spring cleans, it's because they'll be thorough and the real estates seem to love it when you say you've had professionals come through. They're also insured and guarantee your bond back so we figure it's a safeguard too. We'd probably miss something in our cleaning spree.
The house is looking really good at the moment and we're sad to leave because it was such a great find. I'm really going to miss eating at Matsumoto. That was our staple we're-too-lazy-to-cook restaurant to go to. Well priced and great Japanese food. The miso soup is among the best we've had. Their beef tataki is a must have for anyone who's not vegetarian or doesn't eat beef. My stomach is grumbling just thinking of it...
Actually I think that has more to do with the Hainanese chicken rice that Dad is cooking. It's great to be home having the old favourite home cooked foods :)
It's funny how with the whole packing-and-moving-house-in-a-week-thing, the excitement of travel has been pushed to the back of my mind. I'm still crazily excited about the trip, but I've spent more time being worried about how much stuff we seem to have accumulated again.
Anyway, with only the finer details of the move to be taken care of, I'm starting to get ready to head off. I'm about to set up a place to host my photos (oh yes, like Nick S, I too have a camera and will not be afraid to use it). In all honesty, I doubt there will be a heap of pics as I have a tendency to forget to take them, but I'd really like to get some nice pics of the cherry blossoms in Japan. I'm fairly sure there should be a few excellent signs too... hopefully like the "automatic terminating machine" that was sent out in one of Paul's emails.
I've rambled on enough for today. Now it's time to move some boxes upstairs and look up why my jalapeno plant has little black bits on it. *sigh* It was doing so well! On the bright side, it's got at least two chillis growing.
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