We have
been visiting our farm for the past week, making preparations to the house
before we move down in December. My parents, sister and brother-in-law have
also joined us to do some renovation type things to the house, and it is slowly
coming together and looking more like somewhere I might actually choose to
live!
been visiting our farm for the past week, making preparations to the house
before we move down in December. My parents, sister and brother-in-law have
also joined us to do some renovation type things to the house, and it is slowly
coming together and looking more like somewhere I might actually choose to
live!
The first
and most exciting thing that has happened is that we have sorted out all my
internet issues. A visit to the local Telstra shop and a large aerial means
that I don’t need to get satellite broadband (both expensive and very slow)! I
cannot tell you how happy this makes me! The Country Boy thinks I have lost my
head, but I am smiling as I sit and type next to the fire! More importantly, I
feel that I will not be so isolated if I have good internet access – an
essential thing for me!
and most exciting thing that has happened is that we have sorted out all my
internet issues. A visit to the local Telstra shop and a large aerial means
that I don’t need to get satellite broadband (both expensive and very slow)! I
cannot tell you how happy this makes me! The Country Boy thinks I have lost my
head, but I am smiling as I sit and type next to the fire! More importantly, I
feel that I will not be so isolated if I have good internet access – an
essential thing for me!
My
sister, mother, and I have taken down all the old curtains (was red velvet ever
a good curtain choice??), washed all the walls with sugar soap, vacuumed
everywhere and then put up some much nicer curtains we got at the local op
shop. Best of all the curtains fit perfectly. We have put rugs on the floor of
the lounge and spare room, and it is looking quite homely (if not super
stylish).
sister, mother, and I have taken down all the old curtains (was red velvet ever
a good curtain choice??), washed all the walls with sugar soap, vacuumed
everywhere and then put up some much nicer curtains we got at the local op
shop. Best of all the curtains fit perfectly. We have put rugs on the floor of
the lounge and spare room, and it is looking quite homely (if not super
stylish).
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| My new curtains (have fixed up their hanging now too!) |
We have filled several boxes with the various bits and pieces that have been left around the house; lamps with fish motifs, aluminium saucepans, unusual ornaments and other bits and pieces are all packed up. I just need to find somewhere to chuck put them.
My father
who is fantastic at fixing things, has made me a kitchen bench out of a piece
of laminate, so I at least have a bench to cook on. He and The Country Boy
spent Saturday on the verandah (in the cold and wet) sawing and cutting, and
then suddenly I had a kitchen bench!
who is fantastic at fixing things, has made me a kitchen bench out of a piece
of laminate, so I at least have a bench to cook on. He and The Country Boy
spent Saturday on the verandah (in the cold and wet) sawing and cutting, and
then suddenly I had a kitchen bench!
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| Here’s my kitchen bench being built |
Over the
next couple of days we need to put up some outdoor blinds to cut out the summer
northerly sun, remove the carpet from the bathroom (???? I know!) . The Country
Boy also wants to dig up his vege garden and do a few other bits and pieces but
progress has definitely been made!
next couple of days we need to put up some outdoor blinds to cut out the summer
northerly sun, remove the carpet from the bathroom (???? I know!) . The Country
Boy also wants to dig up his vege garden and do a few other bits and pieces but
progress has definitely been made!
We don't get adsl in our area! There is a mobile phone tower about 20km away but mobile phone reception at our farm in non existent unless you are on a hill (which our house isn't). We managed to get mobile broadband through telstra by getting an external antenna which can boost the signal (like a car phone antenna) and strapped it to a pole on the roof (with tv antenna). We then have a 5 meter cable which plugs into the mobile broadband usb, which then plugs into the router to give us wifi (and prevent domestic issues caused by us not being able to share computers very well). It was quite an ordeal. We went to the telstra shop about 100km away to get the equipment and advice we needed, but was totally worth it. No broadband is a deal breaker as far as I am concerned!
If you need more details let me know!
It sounds like it is coming together Jo.
The house reminds me of the main farmhouse on our farm. We are moving into the shed =).
So are you using mobile wifi or adsl broadband. My hub doesn't understand either ! I have to have it.