All growed up

When Spidermonkey and I left the house yesterday morning the soft dew of youth was still upon us. Wild, unfettered and free we met the new day.
By the time we returned that night we were all growed up. Yes gentle reader, we have become home owners. And when I say 'home owners' I mean mortgage owners. Huzzah. The Great Australian Dream.
Our Great Australian Dream takes the form of a nice, new unit with two balconies and a lock up garage with storage space. (You know you're all growed up when the idea of storage space sends you into silent, blissful raptures. "We could put our winter linen down there!")
There is room for us, there is room for ALL our copious amount of stuff (we hope) and there is room for baby. There may even be room for Cat if we can't find his owners. There's even space for a dining area to be set up so we can have the high chair next to the table! (I have previously explained the importance of this.)
Regardless of the fact that we stayed within our budget and have kept borrowing to a minimum we both had some sleepless nights any-way. I guess it goes with the territory - and it's good practice.
Now we just have to pack. Damn.

Photos will follow.

And that happened as well

A busy weekend. My husband, who for the purposes of this blog has consented to be called 'Spidermonkey', and I spent Saturday walking around Sydney suburbs house hunting. Well, unit hunting. There were quite a few nice places and one especially that we liked a lot. It's quite large on the inside (for a two bedroom unit) and has room to set up a proper lounge area and the dining table. For some reason the idea of having Trogdor's high chair at a dining table, rather than next to an armchair, is very important to me. This unit wasn't the best presented of the places we saw and there were other units that offered better features but we both agreed that there was an 'atmosphere' to this place. It felt like it could become our home.
We are intentionally trying to keep the price as low as we can, without living in a box at Central Station. I know too many people who have bought their first property to spend the next 12 months staring at four walls they can't afford as they no longer have the money to maintain any type of outside life. And there are far too many people featured on horrible shows like Today Tonight who find they are unable to pay back their home loan and lose everything (except their debt). And, in a way, my own family life has taught me to never take good health for granted. So the question for us is - do we want to live owing more in a bigger place or sleep easier in a smaller place that is ours? It's a good night's sleep for me - always.
Any-way, the exciting development is that today we made our first offer! Which, of course, was refused and which we intend to raise slightly some time in the next few days - and so the property tango begins! (Cue violin music!)