A byootaful Life

Today is the day we hand over the keys to the old apartment. Because we’d had a lease starting halfway through the month, we were paid up until the 15th May, but we’d still started our new lease on the 1st May for the new apartment, because mid-month leases suck. It’s so much easier to [...]

It’s a beautiful sunny Friday afternoon and I’m curled up on the sofa in our new apartment with a lovely warm cup of tea, watching Australian Masterchef. That’s right, after viewing probably close to fifty apartments, Phill and I finally found the right one. We viewed it on a Saturday and moved in the next [...]

So much has happened in the past few weeks over here, most of it good. I only have a few minutes before I have to head out but I wanted to do a quick recap, so here goes… * Phill got a job, which is really good news because of course, we were getting a [...]

This weekend, Phill and I have major plans to do the tourist thing, but there’s one thing holding us back… the car rental place. This is the second time we’ve booked a car through them and the second time we’ve turned up only to be told that our car isn’t back yet and they’re sorry, [...]

Last Sunday we turned our clocks forward one hour, beginning our very first daylight savings experience. I didn’t think it would make any difference to our day but it absolutely does! We get an extra hour of sunlight (well, maybe not actual sunlight but let’s just say it’s not dark for another hour) but that [...]