I am not a very good neighbour. We’ve lived in this rented house for nearly 18 months, and I know the names of just two of our neighbours. I know the old man who lives next door, who mumbles so badly I understand only about 20% of what he says. Most of our relationship is him…
I get asked the question, “have you settled in?” a lot, and trying to answer it has caused me to realise there are multiple levels of settling, like some old style super mario computer game. So just for fun, I tried to figure out what level I have made it to… Level One: You unpack…
September and October were both crazy busy (we finally moved all our stuff out of my parents’ garage and dining room and into our new home) and frustratingly slow (hello solo parenting in a brand new neighbourhood). We are so relieved to finally be getting settled in a place we can call home for the…
