We Have A New Sink!

Yes, we have now got a new kitchen sink.

It is lovely.

Decorating... it is fun!

Nic doing some decorating

So, we are still in London but we are ok, don't worry. We have been very busy decorating our flat. We have gotten a bit distracted with this decorating as we have found out that it is actually super fun to decorate.

It's All Getting A Bit Real Now

For the first time I am now beginning to feel like we're actually going to go travelling.

The Problem with Vans

We've hit a small snag with our packing. We've got a lot of stuff packed up now and we're hoping to throw a load in a van and run it down to my mums for storing. We would then have loads more space to sort out the remaining stuff and then we might even be ready to do some painting! (I'm very excited about the painting).

A Van - useful for moving stuff

Music for Travelling

We've been doing very well recently and are now at a stage where we really just need to start putting things into boxes. Everything is sorted out and our beautiful paint even arrived yesterday!

So instead of putting things into boxes we've decided to spend the day sorting out our music collections. While we are away it is vital that we have the right sort of music for our travels!

Getting Ready

It finally feels like we're really doing things now. We've chucked out loads of stuff for charity. We even emptied out the cupboard of doom that lives in the kitchen. You can now see the floor of the cupboard! It is wonderful!

Cupboard of Doom

How great is retirement? My opinion so far...

I've now been retired for 6 whole days and so far I'm loving it.

I've mastered the art of making amazing porridge, and am on my way to figuring out roast potatoes.  I have been on several walks on the common near my flat and have done some preparatory cleaning.

Cleaning!

So now I've retired I'm getting busy with getting the flat ready to be rented out to some lovely people (hopefully) for as much money as possible.

While we're still in England

Although we're very excited about going away and seeing all these different places in the world, there's still a lot of awesome left in England.

We're going to see some of this before we go.

As it's not too far away and Nic's not been, I thought we'd go to Windsor and check out the castle.  It's a pretty place and very English.

Windsor Castle

What will I miss while I'm off travelling?

I'm sure that I will miss things like my bed and a working shower and not being covered in biting insects.

I might even miss the weather and the fact that there are already Christmas things in the shops here.

Hair

I recently got my hair cut short.  This was partly so it would be a bit easier to deal with in the heat and stuff whilst we're travelling, but also because I wanted to have short hair again.