Well, we are the proud conditional owners of a new (very brown) house that, all going well, we won’t be driven out of at 5am one day by homicidal neighbours! (Raising success by lowering expectation.) We’re very pleased and VERY RELIEVED that we got an independent valuation, as it came in much much lower than the asking price. Like, $40k lower. So ( Read more... )

So my sister Jo and I are taking a shopping trip to Sydney in early May. Cleverly, we managed to book and pay for these amazingly cheap non-refundable non-transferrable flights for the weekend that her husband graduates from his Masters and my father-in-law has his 60th. Good times! Great planning ( Read more... )