May 2010

Gorgeous Californian weather today. S’s parents are here at the moment, and we’re finally ready to explore, after having spent the last few weeks trying to get settled in our new home. We decide to go and see the redwood trees, and drive down south-west to the Big Basin Redwoods State Park to admire these Read more

Oh what an emotional moment, when our container finally arrived! Very strange to think that the same thing left Ruby Walk just 6 weeks ago, and now it’s here! 287 boxes later, our enthusiasm waned slightly…. but we soldier on, putting stuff away (thank god for plenty of built in cupboards) and trying to celebrate Read more

It happened! Neighbours armed with cake! I did wonder whether that was going to happen, Desperate Housewives style, and ta-daaa, on day two they came. The lemon cake and lemonade made with lemons from some other neighbour’s garden were absolutely delicious, and I will actually seriously ask for the recipe (I hope she’s not a Read more

So, all of a sudden, life is a lot better. Yesterday we finally moved into our new home, and today is such a gorgeous, sunny day, and I have a garden, and happy children who run around like crazed little donkeys. Of course we haven’t got our furniture yet and are making do with blow-up Read more

Oh what a week… this whole move is really testing us: Monday morning we learned that although our container had arrived in port, it was “randomly selected for x-ray inspection”, which means it won’t get to us until Tuesday next week. As we have to vacate our apartment in 2 days, we’re looking forward to Read more

What a day yesterday! We got the keys to our new mansion and excitedly ran around for an hour, imagining our things in every corner. It’s big, and gorgeous, and has the biggest bbq ever. As we’re still waiting for our furniture, we couldn’t really do much there, so decided to make the most of Read more

This last week was mostly spent…. getting a tan, and getting my head round children’s after school activities. It seems that American moms spend the whole day driving their kids from appointment to appointment and managing their kids’ schedules. There are so many activities, clubs, societies, volunteer organisations…. it’ll take a while to figure it Read more

Not much to be said about the last few days – except sun, summer, suntan lotion, swimming pool. Aaaaahhhh… We’re conserving our energy for the big move next week. I’d almost forgotten we have to move AGAIN. Read more

F’s Mom’s Day celebration at pre-school. Ah bless….. After pre-school and school pick-up we go up into the hills for E’s horse riding lesson. She is in a group with 3 other girls, all at least 11 or 12, and the horses are quite a bit bigger than the ones she’s used to riding. She’s Read more