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Australia Day Weekend

Have been going to post on this one for the last month. Sorry about the delay. On the Australia Day weekend we hosted a BBQ up in Sunny Melton. The Friday was perfect weather, mid to high 20's, sunny, not very windy. The Saturday however was a totally Read More...
Posted Saturday, 24 February 2007 12:54 PM by fish | 0 Comments
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Christmas with the Family

A couple of Months ago, Mum made the announcement to the family that traditional Family Christmas get together would be at our place this year. After a bit of discussion (read “After a few orders”) from Mum, we eventually agreed. It does actually make Read More...
Posted Tuesday, 26 December 2006 12:57 PM by fish | 0 Comments
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Settled In

The last couple of months since we moved into the new place have been rather hectic. We've been trying to get back into the habit of housekeeping while at the same time trying to work some overtime too get extra cash to afford all the work that still Read More...
Posted Thursday, 16 February 2006 3:29 PM by fish | 0 Comments
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Happy New Year

Yeah I know, it’s 2 weeks in and I’m only just now getting this post up. I’ve been unmotivated and busy. At the same time, Lyds and I have been flat out trying to get stuff sorted around the new house. We now have some towel holders Read More...
Posted Friday, 13 January 2006 5:33 PM by fish | 0 Comments
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The new digs

We got the keys It was all scheduled to happen on Friday at midday and we where ready to pick up the keys and get in. Unfortunately the bank had decided that it should be more like 2pm and thats when they sent their agent with the cheque over the to settlement Read More...
Posted Monday, 19 December 2005 1:57 AM by fish | 2 Comments
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How to buy a House Pt. III

Having found the place and making an offer, we then had to sign the contract and come up with the deposit. Thinking 10% of the total, you sort of go, yeah, that's not to much. Actually having to transfer over $20k to the Real Estate Agents however is Read More...
Posted Thursday, 1 December 2005 4:01 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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How to buy a house Pt. II

A day of Pain For some unknown reason we decided to check out 9 different places with various real estate agents on the second Saturday of searching. The first three where in Gisborne, and the openner was a nice little place, nearly what we where looking Read More...
Posted Monday, 14 November 2005 1:30 AM by fish | 0 Comments
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How to buy a house Pt. I

While driving around yesterday to see the builders of the new home, Lyds and I where talking about how we've come to this whole home owner thing. Thought that I might try and get what we did down on paper (well, on the blog anyway). It's probably going Read More...
Posted Monday, 14 November 2005 12:20 AM by fish | 2 Comments
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New Home

Just gotten home after spending the last couple of hours at the Real Estate Agent signing all the paperwork for our new home. It is seriously scary. We are about to become home owners and in debt If you are interested, for the time being, the place is Read More...
Posted Tuesday, 8 November 2005 2:52 AM by fish | 4 Comments
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