little changes for a (possible) big change

we've been toying with the thought of buying a bigger house, with a granny flat so that doug's mum could live with us, so we've spoken to a broker - and in the meantime started doing things around the house to make sure that if we decide to go ahead, it's ready to sell. i thought the list would be soooo long, but when it was all written down it wasn't long at all and consisted of some rather random things like:

-new dishwasher (current one doesn't work simply because it has a broken pipe and we can't repair it grrr)

-putty and paint holes from curtains in kids bedrooms (it's about time considering the plantation shutters have been in for a couple of years now)

-have garage door serviced (cause it's noisy as all heck)

-new locks on the doors (current ones are breaking and super hard to open)

-new plants out front (cause the old bushes were half dead and ugly - see photo below)

so little changes are being made, bit by bit... ticking things off my "to do" list gives me such a sense of accomplishment, especially when they are things we can do ourselves.

for example. the side gates are openable for the first time in years after doug discovered he had a pair of boltcutters and got busy with the wd-40. look at that! alex is so excited about it and keeps running down the side of the house in the hopes that he can go and play out the front, but i have to be careful because he also loves to run on the damn road. yikes. 

 

my friend pippa that works at bunnings made the suggestion of rosemary to replace the bushes in the planter out front and i love them! i have always been a huge fan of rosemary. it must be all those years in the funeral home, it's traditional to have it at funerals. rosemary is for remembrance as it leaves a scent on your hands after you've touched it, that help to remind you of things, so much so that you'll often see it growing around post offices. there's your useless fact for the day.

two of the bushes were salvageable and are now in our backyard where we had gaps and look much better. i just don't think they liked that front spot.

**update late may**

after careful deliberation as a family and financially... we have decided to stay put for now, but we are still very much working through our to do list and it's going well. hoping to have it all done by mid year! i would be so stoked.