16 sleeps til departure for dublin via singapore & london
madness
hectic
"crazy busy!"
birthday parties (wife & son), xmas-related business & stuff
6-day visit, and help, from my parents
finished oil outside walls of our house
car issues - more than we could have imagined - but at least one appears sold (deposit down) at reasonable price, & panel-beating finished on the other one
also we've hired a car while the 2nd one gets done
we constructed a garden shed
did some paving
cleaned windows & screens
found tenants for our house, unless they change their mind at last minute!
need to sort out contract with them & the real estate agent
sorted some stuff with our bank here & trying to set up an account with an irish bank before departing
house & carpet cleaning & insect fumigation booked for xmas eve
we'll move into an apartment 2 days before that, for our last week in australia (for a while)
trying to tie up numerous loose ends with leave benefits etc. (complicated), and ongoing projects etc., at work
xmas shopping
our daughter bit sick with a head-cold & maybe teething again
our son's last day at kindy yesterday, on his 5th birthday; and a party at home before that
car gearbox & coolant hose & air vent plug issues - annoying!!
blaaaaahhh.......
but we're getting there; the end is almost in sight ... we think
still quite a lot to do before departure however!
more packing, and moving/storgae of furniture
and some drainage gutters to install & more paving in back yard
need to cancel various utilities etc...

now do u understand while i haven't posted for a while?!? ;-D

oh yeah, and 7830 songs on my ipod, and more to come!

cheers!

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