Yeah we have been in now for 10 weeks!

So who won the bet? Well we moved in on Christmas Eve! All our furniture was delivered from the lock-up, along with all our new appliances.
We set the bed up first, so we had something to collapse into :-) Then I had to find my Christmas tree and put that up too!!
Would like to get a big rug to go underneath the dining table at some stage. Also need a big mirror perhaps for the wall between the windows (all in good time!)Waking up on Christmas morning was something really special! Thanks Santa!

Christmas Day, as you can imagine was not a traditional day for us this year! We spent majority of the day unpacking boxes, each box was like a Christmas present!!

Dave, first found the gas bbq and set that up, so we could throw a few prawns on it for a late lunch - they were totally delish!
Since Christmas Day, we find ourselves still unpacking a box or two and re-arranging furniture!

Even though the house was not totally complete inside, in saying that, everything was complete, apart from the kitchen and pantry areas. We had our stove connected and a temporary island bench, but no cupboards or shelving.
We did a trip to Bunnings to buy some temporary shelving for our food, pots and pans, kettle and toaster etc. I think they look great, the rustic look! Once we have finished with them in the kitchen, they will be utilised in the garage for Dave's tools and boys stuff! What about that then for recycling!
We still have a few things that need fixing, i.e, one zone of the air conditioning system doesn't work, we have birds nesting in the bathroom ducting off bedroom 1 en suite (the bloody electricians forgot to put a vent on the outside of the house - go figure!) And we have a few electrical incidentals that need fixing up.

The other thing we had to get done since being in the house is the tiling of the kitchen and pantry floor. Builders in Australia don't tile the floor then install the kitchen they tile around things!!! We wanted our kitchen to be placed on top of the tiles, so we waited to get this done. So we had to shift the temporary island bench into the garage - outdoor table now our temporary kitchen bench! And as you can see the cooker (not connected) is temporarily located in the living area!!! Go figure!
this has now become Dave's workbench in the garage (he is the envy of the boys in the neighbourhood! Oh and still our kitchen bench, as we are doing our dishes and prepping here too...its a bit of mission!
The garden, pool, fencing and paving still need to be complete. This was our pool quarter full of rainwater, tadpoles and frogs!
Now its been drained...The plumbing, coping, waterline tiles and the feature wall waterfall spouts are all done - its starting to look more like a pool now, don't you think.
The electrician has put all the conduit in the garden for the lighting. The paving guy should hopefully be working his magic next week, starting the concreting, paving and letterbox!! Once he has done that then the fencing guy can install the pool fencing, then the pool guys can return to complete the pool, just in time for Winter!! Then to top it all off, the landscaper can work his magic.

Also inside, we should have all the window shutters and blinds installed by Easter, just in time for our friends from Melbourne to visit for Easter weekend:-)

Till the next update.