The 'Treehouse' is ours

waking up to this each morning is going to be so hard- NOT!!!

In all of the activity of the past couple of weeks I forgot to relate one important detail- the house in Queensland is now officially ours! What a ride that has been to say the least and even at the last minute there was a near disaster because the bank didnt have the right paperwork in place.
But as of the 3rd of December the house is ours and now all we have is a BIG FAT MORTGAGE to pay off until we can sell our house in Melbourne. Which was why all the hard work over the past two weeks with our wonderful friend.
The generosity of spirit of our friend has sustained us both through all of the ups and downs of the past six months or so. The debt we owe him is huge and we will be there for him when he needs us.
One little pussy of the household is totally bereft at his departure yesterday- when we came back from the airport last night she inspected the car and gave us such a dirty look and then stalked inside and spent the night on 'his' bed. This morning she is quite bemused by the lack of noise and activity (I'm puddling around and catching up on housework ye-uch instead of builder's labouring today) and has moved to the windowsill in this room in disgust.
Friends you make in life drift in and out but this friend is a constant for M.O.T.H. and I and will always be. I hope he knows how much we both love him and how much he means to us. Thank you Ken.

Recap of old pics but just a reminder of what I am moving towards. YAY