In a months time I will be packed up and off to Qld to live with my son in Biggenden.
Very sad to be leaving Echuca behind and especially my little grandson and his parents here. I will be back for visits on a regular basis.
Am now in the middle of having a cleanout and lots of trips to the opshops. Then work out what I can fit in my van and a lovely friends trailer.
Boy its hard. Been here 8 years and loved it.
Gerty Dancer said
06:05 AM Mar 2, 2012
Bless you Marj. You are going for good reasons, it will all work out well for you. Its hard when our loved ones spread themselves so far apart. Cyber hugs to you.
Travel Bug said
06:09 AM Mar 2, 2012
WELCOME in advance Marj!!!!!
It is a big thing....and I have no doubt that you have really wrestled with the decision....but our kids are always our kids aren't they!
Looking forward to catching up when you get here.
Take care mate.
Pam.
Cruising Granny said
06:10 AM Mar 2, 2012
Good luck on your relocation. It's hard to move on from a place you enjoy, but that's life. Sometimes life decides what we have to do beyond our own plans. You'll be right.
pauline said
06:16 AM Mar 2, 2012
Well Marj we all have to decide what is right for us and you have made that decision, you would have thought long and hard I imagine and now you can begin the next journey. GOOD LUCK.
Happywanderer said
06:19 AM Mar 2, 2012
So right guys, has taken a bit of getting used to the idea, not about being up there but about leaving down here. Things are things after all but your kids are your kids. She moves out as soon as she find a place to rent in Maryborough and then he is on his own and can't do it by himself. I'm looking forward to living in a large place with a huge back yard after living in a little one bed unit with a courtyard. Will be great to have a good sized garden to work in. I might even learn how to use the ride on mower. Its going to be a new learning curve for me at my age but these challenges keep us young don't they.
Happywanderer said
06:21 AM Mar 2, 2012
Have already told my son there will be a lot of grey nomads calling in for either a coffee or an overnight stay. lol
Vic said
06:23 AM Mar 2, 2012
They say a change is as good as a holiday Marj, look upon it as an adventure and a new chapter in your life.
Best wishes for the move hope it all works out.
pauline said
06:26 AM Mar 2, 2012
Just think about the trip to Greens Lake when you need a break, instead of going north you will be able to go south, who knows what is the right thing to do..........sometimes you just have to take a leap of faith, we are about to do that in the next 6 weeks, scarey but better than dying of boredom in front of the telly.
Cheers
jules47 said
06:27 AM Mar 2, 2012
Well, like TB - welcome in advance back to sunny Queensland, tho I know what you mean - I love Echuca - never lived there, but it just has that something about it.
You will be closer for some of us to come and visit, which will be a good thing. My oldest son is coming to live up here at the end of June (unless something drastic happens to change his mind) - looking to go working in the mines, buy a house here, with a granny flat for me - hope it all works out.
You are doing the right thing for you and for your son Marj, so soldier on with the clearing out and packing - and will see you soon!
Happywanderer said
06:32 AM Mar 2, 2012
Thats what I said to the kids. I will be doing my travelling in reverse. Coming back down here in the summer for my stay at Greens Lake and see the family. It really doesn't make much difference which end of the land I am in as I can still travel to the other, Myrtle and I.
Travel Bug said
06:39 AM Mar 2, 2012
Marj, will you be able to park Myrtle close enough to the house so that you don't have to walk so far...in the rain or otherwise...to pack and unpack her?
Happywanderer said
06:43 AM Mar 2, 2012
Yep, right beside the house under the carport. He's well set up there. There's a garage on the otherside where he keeps his Harley. Has two driveways. One for him and one for me. Upstairs/Downstairs. I will be renting downstairs but probably eat upstairs with son. 6 bedrooms, 3 up, 3 down. 2 bathrooms, 1 up, 1 down. We don't have to be under each others feet but at the same time I will become his carer.
Travel Bug said
06:45 AM Mar 2, 2012
It's sounding better all the time
ChiChi1 said
06:47 AM Mar 2, 2012
Plenty of room for visitors.!
Good luck Marj in your new home. Hope everything works out well for you.
jonathan said
06:49 AM Mar 2, 2012
Its a good move Marj ..
.. just another day in the rest of your life .. you gotta go where you need to be and the trip there will just expand your front yard .
its a good thing
Jon
Boroma577 said
07:58 AM Mar 2, 2012
Good on you HW, glad to have to come and make Qld your home. You'll have lots of GN visitors; you'll probably have to keep a diary and we'll all have to book in for a visit....LOL
Happywanderer said
01:14 PM Mar 2, 2012
Why would I go to WA wombat when my grandson and all the rellies live here in Victoria?? eh! Thanks everyone, amazing how quickly the table turns. One neighbour has bought my large chest of draws and other neighbours have already cleaned out the back courtyard of pots and potplants. I can hose that down now and know its all done. I will still be doing my trips around up there, just a bit shorter than originally planned.
-- Edited by Happywanderer on Friday 2nd of March 2012 05:27:50 PM
Helena said
02:20 PM Mar 2, 2012
Good luck with it all HW you will settle in well once a Mum always a Mum Our son and daughter in law have told us we can move into a granny flat with them too but at the moment we are O.K. where we are but I guess we will do that one day. Take care, Helena.
lilly31 said
03:38 PM Mar 2, 2012
Yes same from me Marj good luck with your move .... Yes your kids will alway be your kids i know that why i am still here ....More for the grandkids then the older ones
valnrob said
04:02 PM Mar 2, 2012
Hi Marj, good luck with your move. I'm sure everything will turn out fine. Our kids are our kids no matter how old they are. Mum's are wonderful people. xx
_wombat_ said
05:31 PM Mar 2, 2012
HW, does that mean your email address will change
Best of luck with the move, Greens Lake will not be the same.
Happywanderer said
05:42 PM Mar 2, 2012
No wombat, no reason to change my email address. lol
Greens Lake will be the place I look forward to visiting when I head back to Victoria for my hols.
_wombat_ said
05:48 PM Mar 2, 2012
Happywanderer wrote:
No wombat, no reason to change my email address. lol
Greens Lake will be the place I look forward to visiting when I head back to Victoria for my hols.
why would you want to go to Vic for a holiday, WA is much better IMHO
Sheba said
05:54 PM Mar 2, 2012
Can't wait to visit Marj. You're going to be much closer, so we'll finally get to meet in a few months.
I'm still here 'till the end of May at least.
You'll be able to grow your own Comfrey there, plus other herbs. They grow well in that area.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Rip and Rosie said
06:06 PM Mar 2, 2012
Good luck to you Marj. Hope it all works out.
jimbo said
06:33 PM Mar 2, 2012
Good luck Marj! It's not as if your going to be leaving us....Greens lake will miss you too...I guess you will not be at the Lake this Easter...Shame!
_wombat_ said
10:20 PM Mar 2, 2012
bring your rellies with you
shorter trips will save fuel and that's a good thing
JRH said
10:56 PM Mar 2, 2012
_wombat_ wrote:
bring your rellies with you
shorter trips will save fuel and that's a good thing
The only complaint we have about WA is it has a very cheeky Wombat in residence. We do have better weather over here though.
Beth54 said
12:27 AM Mar 3, 2012
Welcome back to Qld, in advance, Marj.
Looking forward to having you much nearer.
Re the diary,,,yes you might need one,,my sister has one for all her visitors at Tin Can Bay. Keep track of who's coming when.
In a months time I will be packed up and off to Qld to live with my son in Biggenden.
Very sad to be leaving Echuca behind and especially my little grandson and his parents here. I will be back for visits on a regular basis.
Am now in the middle of having a cleanout and lots of trips to the opshops. Then work out what I can fit in my van and a lovely friends trailer.
Boy its hard. Been here 8 years and loved it.
WELCOME in advance Marj!!!!!
It is a big thing....and I have no doubt that you have really wrestled with the decision....but our kids are always our kids aren't they!
Looking forward to catching up when you get here.
Take care mate.
Pam.
Sometimes life decides what we have to do beyond our own plans. You'll be right.
GOOD LUCK.
Things are things after all but your kids are your kids.
She moves out as soon as she find a place to rent in Maryborough and then he is on his own and can't do it by himself.
I'm looking forward to living in a large place with a huge back yard after living in a little one bed unit with a courtyard. Will be great to have a good sized garden to work in. I might even learn how to use the ride on mower.
Its going to be a new learning curve for me at my age but these challenges keep us young don't they.
Best wishes for the move hope it all works out.
Cheers
You will be closer for some of us to come and visit, which will be a good thing. My oldest son is coming to live up here at the end of June (unless something drastic happens to change his mind) - looking to go working in the mines, buy a house here, with a granny flat for me - hope it all works out.
You are doing the right thing for you and for your son Marj, so soldier on with the clearing out and packing - and will see you soon!
It really doesn't make much difference which end of the land I am in as I can still travel to the other, Myrtle and I.
Marj, will you be able to park Myrtle close enough to the house so that you don't have to walk so far...in the rain or otherwise...to pack and unpack her?
Has two driveways. One for him and one for me. Upstairs/Downstairs. I will be renting downstairs but probably eat upstairs with son. 6 bedrooms, 3 up, 3 down. 2 bathrooms, 1 up, 1 down.
We don't have to be under each others feet but at the same time I will become his carer.
It's sounding better all the time
Good luck Marj in your new home. Hope everything works out well for you.
Its a good move Marj ..
.. just another day in the rest of your life .. you gotta go where you need to be and the trip there will just expand your front yard .
its a good thing
Jon
Good on you HW, glad to have to come and make Qld your home. You'll have lots of GN visitors; you'll probably have to keep a diary and we'll all have to book in for a visit....LOL
Why would I go to WA wombat when my grandson and all the rellies live here in Victoria?? eh!
Thanks everyone, amazing how quickly the table turns. One neighbour has bought my large chest of draws and other neighbours have already cleaned out the back courtyard of pots and potplants. I can hose that down now and know its all done.
I will still be doing my trips around up there, just a bit shorter than originally planned.
-- Edited by Happywanderer on Friday 2nd of March 2012 05:27:50 PM
HW, does that mean your email address will change
Best of luck with the move, Greens Lake will not be the same.
Greens Lake will be the place I look forward to visiting when I head back to Victoria for my hols.
why would you want to go to Vic for a holiday, WA is much better IMHO
Can't wait to visit Marj. You're going to be much closer, so we'll finally get to meet in a few months.
I'm still here 'till the end of May at least.
You'll be able to grow your own Comfrey there, plus other herbs. They grow well in that area.
Cheers,
Sheba.
Good luck Marj! It's not as if your going to be leaving us....Greens lake will miss you too...I guess you will not be at the Lake this Easter...Shame!
bring your rellies with you
shorter trips will save fuel and that's a good thing
The only complaint we have about WA is it has a very cheeky Wombat in residence.
We do have better weather over here though.
Welcome back to Qld, in advance, Marj.
Looking forward to having you much nearer.
Re the diary,,,yes you might need one,,my sister has one for all her visitors at Tin Can Bay. Keep track of who's coming when.