The DA for the new house design is in, I have started thinking about the build and the exciting things to look forward to. My 50 things to look forward to is also a bit of an ode to the last two years...
1. Being able to walk around the house without the walls and floor jiggling
2. Opening the windows
3. Sitting on the toilet without worrying that it is about to fall over
4. Not living in a beige house
5. Mounting the television on the wall - level, not in line with the stripes in the wall
6. Having a bedroom door
7. Not having to have a 20 cm chock under one end of the bed and not the other
8. Not loosing anything that can roll
9. Being able to cook a stir fry, not a stew fry
10. Having a wardrobe that I can close
11. Not having to keep a collection of buckets just in case it starts to rain
12. Not being terrified every time there is a storm, but secretly hoping that the house will fall down
13. Ticking the 'Yes' box on the insurance form for 'Is your dwelling well maintained?'
14. Having tiles in the bathroom instead of contact
15. Not having daily visits from all of the slugs in the neighbourhood
16. Not having rats climbing inside the walls (or dying in the roof)
17. Never expecting it to be my house when I see a puff of smoke off in the distance as I drive home
18. Not having to organise
19. Sewing again
20. Having electrical cables inside the walls
21. Decorating
22. Choosing a kitchen
23. Sunshine and lots of it
24. Fly screens
25. Carpet that doesn't belong in a highschool
26. Storage
27. A house that is worth cleaning
28. Curtains that I didn't buy in the Salvos shop
29. A dining room table that can accommodate more than 4 people
30. Being able to invite friends over for a BBQ
31. Not having my very own stream at the back door
32. Not walking mud into the house every time I go outside
33. Opening all the boxes that we have in storage, Christmas here we come!
34. Not wondering what is crawling through that crack there, and there, and there
35. Insulation from the parties next door ( I know I am a nanna)
36. A garden
37. Less grass
38. Music
39. Being half way up the hill to my vege patch
40. Remembering why we bought this place
41. Being proud of where I live
42. Having a view!
43. Being busy just being a family
44. Not saving so much money anymore - clothes shopping what is that?
45. Buying cushions
46. Cooking
47. Sunday breakfasts
48. Having my family to my house for Christmas
49. Having a smaller eco footprint
50. A totally AWESOME house warming!!
Better make it 51...
51. Providing this answer when someone asks how the house is going..
'Actually it is finished, we moved in two weeks ago!'
