Huzzahs all round

[katiefoolery]

I am writing to you from my new place of abode, thanks to my mobile internet which works. Although, admittedly, sometimes the software likes to pretend the modem doesn’t exist, forcing me to connect through the network centre... but we get there in the end. And the dear little modem/router that usually deals with our ADSL is very generously giving me local and internet access via the home network, although I have no idea how it’s planning on making good on the internet component of that promise.

Things, in short, are going suspiciously well. Here’s how the tally stands:

Boxes: 0 Me: 1
Furniture: 0 Me: 1
Internet: 0 Me: 1

With no defeats yet suffered, I think I can call that a victory without being premature or anything. The place feels like a home already. Just this morning, I was sitting at the table, eating my breakfast and reading the paper. If that’s not civilised, then I don't know what is. (Yes, I may no longer be living across the road from a supermarket, but I am living around the corner from a milkbar and newsagent, which is almost as good.)

There will be photos. I keep running into hurdles with them at the moment. Firstly, I forgot that I needed to run a virus check on the camera I brought home from work... so that’s not going anywhere near my computer, despite the fact that I took a whole bunch of photos on it. Secondly, I took another set of photos with my own camera... until it ran out of battery. And thirdly, I don’t actually have any graphics programmes on my laptop, so I can’t re-size and fix the photos without first running my old desktop and getting some replacement batteries for the camera.

But the photos will come in time.

Pickle has settled in just as quickly, although she did throw a hissy fit when she discovered the lack of window-sills. The ones in the old house were perfect for a cat to sit on and watch the world outside. Not so with these ones. At present, she’s half on a window-sill and half on the couch. No, I tell a lie, now she's sitting on the frame... which can’t be comfortable at all.

And I’m sure I’ll get used to this strange silence eventually. It’s quite a novelty to be hearing bird sounds instead of six lanes of traffic, including bonus buses.

Oh, and the sound of rain falling on a tin roof takes me right back to my childhood. ’Tis lovely. :D

Comments

[erinmacha.livejournal.com]

:) It sounds lovely! :( Sorry Pickels has no window sill to sit on. I am glad there is a back to the couch though.

!!!! RAIN ON A TIN ROOF!!!! I LOVE THAT SOUND!!!! *sighs happily at even the thought*

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

It's a lovely sound. :) It's been ages since I've lived in a house that didn't have a tiled roof - I'd almost forgotten what it sounded like.

[bathmat.livejournal.com]

Huzzah for huzzahs!

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

They certainly are splendid things to have. :D

[saralonde24.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear you're settling in well. The new place sounds great :)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

It's rather lovely, even if it does have rather difficult sash windows. But I think a house is better if it has little quirks like that.

[natally.livejournal.com]

Hurrah for the smooth move! It sounds like a wonderful place :)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

I was quite relieved it went so well. :D And it is indeed lovely.

[flamehail.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad things are going so swimmingly. Yay! ^_^

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Yay indeed! They're almost literally going swimmingly, thanks to the rainstorm we just had. :D

[pitkat.livejournal.com]

Congrats on moving to the home!! :)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Thanks! It's a great relief to be here finally.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

*blinks* A milkbar??????? o.O

lol at least the pics are forthcoming ^_~

Poor Pickles! How she must be suffering ^_~

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Hehe, a milkbar's just a shop that sells milk and lollies and basic groceries (at exorbitant prices). I'm not sure what the equivalent is over there.

Ah, Pickle. She keeps trying to jump up onto window-sills in the hopes that they'll suddenly appear. She'll get used to it eventually.

[naelany.livejournal.com]

lol I see.. uhm, a corner market? I can't think of a name right now.. I'm way past bedtime at the moment.

*chuckles* Silly kitty!

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

You could always get Pickle one of those cat-bed things that attaches to a windowsill--some of them are even heated!

Cat Bed! (http://www.nextag.com/bed-cat-window/search-html)

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Those are brilliant! I'm going to see if I can find some of those here.

[elfie-chan.livejournal.com]

You can usually find them at pet stores like Petsmart (if you have those there) or somewhere similar.

[rigel-7.livejournal.com]

*admires the new layout*

Very spiffy!

Also, I is back a whole day early *huzzah!* I shall be on msn this eve should you be lurking also. :D

[katiefoolery.livejournal.com]

Oooh, you came back on the day I went away!

*makes note to sign into msn tonight*