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And no I'm not talking about the tv show!
John and I went in today to pick colours and wood paneling and brick and roof tiles and sinks and doors and door handles and carpets and HOUSE STUFF!! It's so weird. I'm going to have a house. My name might not be on the title for the land or the house but it's John's and he's more than adamant that it's mine too. Which means...it's mine! I never thought I would even be thinking about this stuff until I was at least 30...
My dad's kinda miffed that we're getting the house before John has even proposed but John was kind of on a time crunch. He's been wanting to get a house of his own for a while now and Australia had a promotion going on for first time home owners. Somewhere around $20,000 for a bought house and $36,500 for a built house. The deadline was the end of September and he wanted to make the decision before the grant deadline. Smart, right? He's having a house built and $36,500 of it is coming from the government and he gets a brand new house. We picked out the model, picked wall colours, figured out colouration and whatnot for the kitchen...all of our own choosing.
As for the proposal, I know it's coming, but John wants to do it right and mom and dad offered mom's old engagement ring and they haven't sent it yet so...yeah, right...? O_o
Building starts in December, right before I go home, actually... I'll miss about the first month of building, but I'm told that I won't be missing much. After the holidays when I come back, John and his family are taking my to their favourite vacation spot for ten days. I'm told it's beautiful, and the fishing is supposed to be excellent!! =) Yes, I've become rather fond of fishing, even though I don't eat much fish at all. John says the best eating is shark though, also called flake. We went crayfish fishing this past weekend as well. They're yummy. There are a few pics of the crayfish on my Facebook, check one out here. And the weather is supposed to start getting warmer as well so we'll go fishing for Trevally on Wednesday and then use them as bait for bigger fish on Friday or Saturday!
For the first time in a long time, I'm really starting to love my life...
John and I went in today to pick colours and wood paneling and brick and roof tiles and sinks and doors and door handles and carpets and HOUSE STUFF!! It's so weird. I'm going to have a house. My name might not be on the title for the land or the house but it's John's and he's more than adamant that it's mine too. Which means...it's mine! I never thought I would even be thinking about this stuff until I was at least 30...
My dad's kinda miffed that we're getting the house before John has even proposed but John was kind of on a time crunch. He's been wanting to get a house of his own for a while now and Australia had a promotion going on for first time home owners. Somewhere around $20,000 for a bought house and $36,500 for a built house. The deadline was the end of September and he wanted to make the decision before the grant deadline. Smart, right? He's having a house built and $36,500 of it is coming from the government and he gets a brand new house. We picked out the model, picked wall colours, figured out colouration and whatnot for the kitchen...all of our own choosing.
As for the proposal, I know it's coming, but John wants to do it right and mom and dad offered mom's old engagement ring and they haven't sent it yet so...yeah, right...? O_o
Building starts in December, right before I go home, actually... I'll miss about the first month of building, but I'm told that I won't be missing much. After the holidays when I come back, John and his family are taking my to their favourite vacation spot for ten days. I'm told it's beautiful, and the fishing is supposed to be excellent!! =) Yes, I've become rather fond of fishing, even though I don't eat much fish at all. John says the best eating is shark though, also called flake. We went crayfish fishing this past weekend as well. They're yummy. There are a few pics of the crayfish on my Facebook, check one out here. And the weather is supposed to start getting warmer as well so we'll go fishing for Trevally on Wednesday and then use them as bait for bigger fish on Friday or Saturday!
For the first time in a long time, I'm really starting to love my life...
