No going back now.

Well that's it.  Our house is now empty and our rental has been piled high with boxes (the new house is substantially smaller than our last one).

I haven't actually seen inside the new house, though Andrew was there today and commented that 'we won't be there for long... it's a bit rough!'.  Oh dear.  For him to make that comment it must be bad! Although 'beggars can't be choosers' and getting this house is one benefit of Andrew's job so I better learn to bite my tongue and not complain too much (though I have been on RealEstate.com all afternoon). 

At the moment Eamon and I are living out of suitcases at my parent's place, in my old bedroom, and whilst sleeping is far from amazing at the moment I am grateful to have a place that feels like home (just for a little bit longer.)

I'm starting full time work for the next 3 weeks and after attending training last night I actually have NO idea how I'm going to pull off work and finishing my last assignment.  It involves marking pages and pages of student writing (at night) and I can't imagine I'm going to want to come home and stare at a computer screen for a few more hours.

Other than the lack of sleeping, Eamon is coping really well with this moving business.  More so since we've been away from all the boxes  - I think he was afraid we might forget to pack him and got pretty clingy there for a while.

After a ridiculous night last night (hello newborn sleeping again),  I decided to wear him out today.  We met a friend and 'shopped' (i.e I chased him around items for sale, there really was no time to purchase) and we went to my niece and nephew's school disco.  He thought this was brilliant and ran around copying all the other kids' dance moves.  I have no idea how he wasn't knocked over a billion times, but he did manage to steal some other kid's glow stick and walked up to 3 girls and stared at them for a LONG time. (We might need to work on his pick up lines!)

After all this I'm pretty sure all I did was wear myself out but he's asleep now so I can't complain too much.  I really have no idea where this post is going, my brain is pretty scrambled and these next few weeks are really just about 'getting through' (so forgive me!).

Oh and I am reading all your lovely comments, but finding the time to respond is a little difficult at the moment.  Sorry!

Aussie Blogs to Love. V17.

Perhaps you'll forgive my 'oh-my-god-moving-sucks-blog-silence' if I introduce you to another brilliant Aussie Blog?  

Please welcome the incredibly clever Tonya from The Crafty Mummy. She does everything; patchwork, quilting, cross-stitch, scrapbooking, knitting, sewing and crotchet.  Oh and she does all this with 2 kids! Amazing!

Why do you blog?
I started blogging to share pictures of my kids and what we'd been up to with my Mum when we lived in a different town. But I quickly realised that I really enjoyed sharing my craft projects and started a blog dedicated to sharing the things I was making and the projects I had seen that I wanted to make. 

What are your top 3 Australian blogs to read?

My Top 3 Aussie blogs to read would be 

1. BBeingCool because as well as being a clever writer who always make me feel like we're having a chat, she is also a good friend.  

2. The Organised Housewife because I always seem to learn something from her clever tips and ideas.  

3. One Crafty Mumma always makes me smile and inspires me to start a new project - which might not be so good since I have lots of projects on the go! 

What do you like most about the blogging world?

 I love that fact that bloggers are so generous with information about blogging. There are so many tutorials out there about how to make your blog look the way you want to, what things mean and how they work that I've been able to learn from as I've created my blog and made changes to it. It is a very friendly community.

What do you dislike most about the blogging world?
I don't like that bloggers are often caught comparing themselves to each other. I think every single blog and the blogger who writes it is unique and different so it doesn't help anyone to worry about who has more readers or bigger numbers or got some cool opportunity. Let's celebrate the differences that make each blog cool in it's own right instead of comparing.

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"A portrait of Eamon, once a week, every week in 2013"

It's the simple things, a wheel on a playground and he is over-the-moon happy.