Given The Final Nod

We received confirmation last night that our home loan was officially approved!! Yippee. We've been so stressed and worried and of course it all worked out well in the end. Phew. Please congratulate us.

Now we don't have to worry about the bank ringing up and asking for evidence of this and that. At least we had a good sort out of our papers and put them in order. And those old phone bills from 18 months ago are now thrown out. About time.

We took my mother to our (officially!) apartment for an inspection on Saturday. The tenants that were living there have now moved on, so the place looked bigger than it originally did. But awfully dull. Not as in natural light (there is an abundance of that!) but colour wise. There is none. The walls are white/creamish so we are looking forward to putting a splash of colour on some of the walls. Monet said she wanted a pink room the other day.

Then yesterday she said she wanted a green room.

I would like to paint a strip of 'blackboard' paint (ceiling to floor) near the kitchen so Monet can draw on it down the bottom and Lyndon and I can write notes up the top.

Anyway, now it is all rather exciting and we get to move in less than a months time. Saturday March 17th. Pencil that in your date books. You might want to lend us a hand. Hehe.

Whilst at our new suburb we visited the local pub for lunch and then had a frolic on the beach. To think that we can do that each day (not the pub thing - the beach thing I mean!) makes me even more excited. It truly is a lovely part of the world, our new local beach.

To celebrate our final approval, we went out for dinner last night. My mother took us to Mondo's - a lovely outdoor restaurant which is part of the Hilton Hotel. We sat partly indoors (it had been raining all day) and indulged in our meals which were all delicious. And we had a bottle of smooth tasting Semillon Blanc. Just lovely.

It's a pity you couldn't join us.