Fri 14 October 2005 - The household ecosystem
As of 2pm yesterday, I own a house. Well, apart from the bit the bank owns, which is most of it. Yesterday on my internet banking, a cute little house icon appeared in my list of accounts, with a scarily high number for the balance figure.
The new phone number will be connected today (so I can sort out ADSL in advance of moving). Ditto the ‘lectricity. Gas and water next week. I collected the keys last night and had a look around. It looks good. Hopefully it’ll still look good when all my stuff is inside it!
With the prospect of termites where I’m living now (9 days until I move out), I was asked if I’d checked for them in the new place. Fair question. I haven’t, because the place was bought in so much of a hurry (to beat the other buyers). But I’ll certainly be getting all that kind of thing checked out.
I noticed slaters on the (rental house) bathroom wall yesterday. I wonder if they interact with the ants and the suspected termites? Do they get along with the possums? What about the cats that go hunting through my garden?
All around our homes there are various species, mostly unseen, living their lives right under our noses.
And they’re not even paying rent.
October 14th, 2005 at 10:51am
*LOL* The dishwasher countdown rates. How many more washes to go?
October 14th, 2005 at 11:14am
Mortgage - one of the english language’s most frightening words. Anyway, good luck with your move Daniel. I am moving into my newly purchased home next weekend so know what you’ll be going through. It’s amazing the things you discover as you are moving - for one, I knew I had a thing about vases but didn’t realise the extent until I finished packing the third box of vases only. Time to declutter!
October 14th, 2005 at 9:18pm
Don’t forget about the stained chopping boards and the dishwasher. Good luck too Lyn. Moving is not easy but you can never have too many vases.
October 16th, 2005 at 8:48pm
Sussy, about 5
October 17th, 2005 at 11:27pm
Um, what are slaters?
October 18th, 2005 at 8:48am
What are slaters?? Is that the ozzie name for woodlice or do you have roofers on your bathroom wall??
October 18th, 2005 at 7:38pm
Slaters are woodlice
October 18th, 2005 at 8:50pm
Slaters
October 23rd, 2005 at 8:00pm
Don’t think I wanted to know that much about slaters! Yech.