My back hurts, I hate cleaning. But I hate heartless real estate agents from the North even more.
THE RINGS ARE GOOD AND I'M ITCHING FOR THE FARM
So our TV guy Molky reckons the new Lord of Rings series on Amazon is a bit of alright and since there's been no expense spared, you'd want to hope so. If you're Jeff B and crew, you'd be quite happy to hear in the daily meeting that 25 million people say down to watch the first effort too. Which is roughly on par with House of the Dragon in viewership for the first episode which means that's a feat unto itself.
Will I be watching it then? Of course.
Will I be watching it at the same time as House of The Dragon? No no, let's not muddy the waters. One blockbuster fantasy series at a time please.
What I was also insanely happy to hear was that there's a second season of Clarkson's farm coming out sometime later this year. Tell me a year ago that I'd enjoy the antics of a car presenter making a real hash out of farming and I'd probably laugh at you. Before getting out of range of any and all retaliation. But then this is Jeremy Clarkson who could probably make the history of tax something worth watching, so between him, his lovely partner Lisa, the hard working and uber entertaining Caleb and whoever else he drags into this season I'm sure it's going to be hilarious viewing once again.
THE WEEKEND THAT WAS
Ironically I work at Triple M and that's how I spent most of my weekend - Mowing, Mopping and Mugs of steaming black coffee to help power through my lengthy to do list. Because coming up tomorrow we have our next house/rent inspection and isn't it incredible at the efforts you go to, (like the Queen herself is about to pop round for a cup of tea and a scone or two) cleaning every square inch from top to toe with days of work and the inspection lasts all of what, ten minutes?
But still we do take it as a good chance to get on top of things and turf a
lot of stuff out. You wouldn't think you could accumulate so many things in
the space of three months or so but maybe you haven't met my family? Also I
will give credit to our current landlords who have been some of the best we've
ever dealt with.
Unlike the nightmares we faced up north during our
time on the Gold Coast a few years ago who left a really bad taste in our
mouth over the whole renting experience:
'The owner has decided not the renew the lease' was a letter we received from the first agency and we took that as 'Well okay then, they must be moving in. Better find a new place then!' Only to discover very shortly after the piece that it was listed for rent again, meaning the owner has decided not to renew the lease to you.' Why after two years of not missing a single week of rent or causing any issues they decided this was the way to go was anyone's guess, we certainly didn't get an explanation from the real estate agency. Or any support in the way of 'Hey, here's a property you might be interested in...' Nope, just indifference - there were so many people looking for places to rent back then, they didn't really care that we were out and in need of somewhere else.
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| Real Estate Agent number 2 on a good day. |
Agent number two seemed nice, until she wasn't. One of those quick to turn people depending on the moons, druids, whatever. The owners seemed reluctant to spend money on the place (up on a hill + gold coast sun + summer = yeah we're not planning to add air conditioning anytime soon) and when we expressed a desire to leave, wow did this agent make things difficult - from claiming that we never asked for air conditioning (why did two tradespeople come in to quote on installing a system then??) to suggesting a property that was $650 per week, seconds after I'd explained that things were getting too expensive where we were.
As enjoyable as it was reading the reviews that suggested we weren't the only
ones confused by her antics and occasional confusing hostility, it's still
left a stain on our rental experience.
Well until now really, we're
coming up to two years without issue in our current place, our current real
estate agent has been lovely and long may that continue until we can afford a
house.
And although I am super sore from the weekend of washing, scrubbing and dusting down ever single nook and cranny (and there's still a bit more to go! Also I think I've folded enough washing to last a lifetime) - a shout out to the unsung heroes of the cleaning world in wet wipes and magic erasers. I couldn't have gotten this far without you both.
UNLEASH THE WALLS!
Thankfully it wasn't all cleaning products and fishing things out of the vacuum cleaner all weekend, there was a bit of Bounce action for the kids as in Bounce trampoline centre in Wodonga. Sophie had a twins birthday party to attend while Jack just loves the opportunity to go there any chance he gets so off we went.
Now if your child needs a hit of confidence, may I suggest unleashing them on the climbing walls? A couple of wall challenges in, Jackson decided he needed to scale them ALL and that's exactly what he did.
And unsurprisingly, he didn't stop raving about it for the next couple of hours. Well worth the price of admission!
@alshieldwrites No #climbing wall is safe when he hits #bounce #Wodonga ♬ Mission Impossible (Main Theme) - Favorite Movie Songs
OH AND HAPPY FATHERS DAY!
I scored weapons grade scotch, Toblerone for weeks, dinner out and a new wedding band for the one I lost around the house! Boy did I have a ripper dads day! (In between the cleaning of course!)
Better go check the grease traps though
Chat tomorrow!
-Almigo
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