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Post by casimira on Sept 1, 2020 16:17:20 GMT
It looks and sounds to be divine Questa! A villa no less. I am so thrilled for you and look forward to hearing more about the process as time unfolds. As for having boxes still untouched, you are not alone. We have boxes here that I have not opened since we moved into this house in 1985!  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 1, 2020 16:30:52 GMT
Really, really nice, Questa! Love the feeling of spaciousness and how open and light-filled it is. The garden areas are a giant plus. I can well imagine you're itching to get out there and really garden.
I hope the ill board member will find a proxy if he/she can't make it to the next signing. That must have been a frustrating let-down.
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Post by lugg on Sept 1, 2020 18:49:05 GMT
Very nice indeed Questa. Hope things go smoothly from now on.
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Post by questa on Sept 1, 2020 23:34:29 GMT
You are all so happy for me it doubles the pleasure of the whole thing for me. Many thanks. The only fly-in-the ointment is my villa is number 96 which causes ribald chuckles and suggestive comments among Ozzies of a couple of generations ago.There was a soap opera in which the occupants of a multi-storey building get into all sorts of comedy/dramas with lots of bare boobs and buttocks and double entendres. It was originally called number 69 but the censors nixed that. Now I just get asked naughty questions and I can live with that.
Settlement is 3 months from signing but I can start moving chattels in at once and take my time. If my house has not sold, I get another 3 months.Yesterday I overhauled the back garden and decided who should go, give away or dump in the organics bin..
Patrick, you got nearly all the abbreviations...WO is wall oven. The 4 squares with X in them are TV/nbn cabled.
Breeze, what abbreviations would you like to know?
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Post by fumobici on Sept 2, 2020 15:17:06 GMT
Hope you love the new digs Q.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 3, 2020 13:13:08 GMT
You are a very lucky lady! Not only a lovely place to live but very secure and safe. I'm sure you are going to love it. There is nothing like moving into a brand new house.
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Post by kerouac2 on Sept 3, 2020 13:46:09 GMT
And she has a guest room!
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Post by questa on Sept 3, 2020 23:58:41 GMT
If any of my anyport friends should make it to South Oz and want a bed you will be most welcome to stay here.
I grew up in and around Sydney and didn't come to Adelaide until I was mid twenties. I found a beautiful , friendly city, easy to get around and full of history, arts and things that you don't know or appreciate when it is your own town.
As a result I have been told I am a very good guide...!
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Post by lagatta on Sept 4, 2020 1:10:19 GMT
It does seem more easygoing than the two largest cities, while having a lot of cultural interests. Probably a pleasant climate as well - is it noticeably cooler? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Adelaide Sounds pleasant to me, but of course everywhere is getting extreme weather now. |
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Post by questa on Sept 4, 2020 8:46:39 GMT
Yes Lagatta, it is cooler by average of 3 degrees C during the heat of summer but winters are cold and foggy. There was a couple of good snowy days last month.Spring is here now and I'm preparing about 20 plants to take when I move. I know that if I leave it til last they will be left behind. My son has a 2 car trailer for his motorsport which we will use to move everything when the time comes.
All this bending and twisting is playing havoc with my balance centre. I have had 3 crashes in 3 days. Nothing broken or even badly bruised but I get a horrible feeling when I am between'still in charge' and 'bang'. It is amazing how many thoughts can clearly be 'heard'
in what is only 1-2 seconds. Last night I was standing with feet one in front of other in a good balance.I was holding 4 books to my chest with one arm. As I twisted to put the books down I felt my balance teeter, grabbed desk corner but it slipped away and I fell on my back.
The commentary went...extra top weight...feet good though (twist)oh, no...gonna fall...grab desk.. fingers can't stop fall... get away from desk corner... do big damage...throw weight on other arm...there go books. Thump. There was even time to give me a flashback image of when I broke 3 ribs in a furniture aided fall some time ago. Aren't brains wonderful.
( sorry for thread hijack)
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Post by whatagain on Sept 4, 2020 9:42:43 GMT
Oops. I get those balance problems from time to time. It just sort of blanks ouf in front of me then i usually tremble then fall if it goes on for too long.
Been told gym was excellent for balance.
I am jealous about bougainvilleas. We planted 3 of those is southern Grance but none survived.
Our neighbour has a beautiful one so it should be possible but no luck till now.
Such a beautiful tree.
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Post by lagatta on Sept 4, 2020 12:49:55 GMT
Bougainvilleas certainly grow in Perugia, which does get snow and worse, ice, in winters due to the elevation. A doctor friend of mine was fed up with fashionistas who persisted in wearing high heeled booties when it was icy, and having to set their broken ankles. She simply didn't get it. She had the simple elegance of Italians who didn't fall into the fashion-victim category.
Yes, it certainly isn't cold as we get in Québec, or in the Austral hemisphere, Patagonia, but that kind of foggy cold can be very biting. And I think I'd feel more at home in Adelaide than in Sydney. I'm not a beach person.
Did you get training in how to avoid Parkinson's related falls and other "bad moves"?
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Post by questa on Sept 4, 2020 12:56:06 GMT
Here is a strange little story. The first woman to sail around the world was a cross-dressing botanist called Jeanne Baret. She sailed on the ship that was to discover much about natural history and it was she who named the plant Bougainvillea after the ship's captain. It is an interesting tale , just Google her name (She was not a trained botanist but a very talented amateur)
Bogies come in various colours and now the clever geneticists are creating some lovely hues. Trouble is they are frail hybrids that can't cope with the natural conditions. I have planted some new and prettily named plants that don't thrive out of glasshouses. I have 2 plants which I took from cuttings, planted them against a north facing fence and they just grew and flowered. I moved house and dug out the plants, cut each in half and pruned them back to a bush. Put them into a big pot each. 2 are magenta and 2 scarlet. I have lost count as the yellows, whites etc don't do much and die easily. They just seem to lack something. Even in Bali the old plants grow over the roof while the newer spp are more shy.
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Post by questa on Sept 4, 2020 13:24:03 GMT
An Occ Therapist looked at my house,we had grab bars fitted everywhere which I use and things like carry 2 half buckets rather than one heavy one...figured that one out for myself when I was a kid.
We clashed over my rug collection. I have picked up mats from several towns...Kashmir, Morocco, Iran, Turkey and they sit on neutral carpet, not moving and with adhesive strips to keep the corners flat. Living in developing places, you quickly learn that you and you alone are in charge of your safety...so I watch where I'm walking etc.My big fall actually happened while I was sleep-walking and lesser ones when I was hurrying. What else do they teach?
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Post by tod2 on Sept 4, 2020 16:16:36 GMT
Questa, please forgive me if I have not recognised any ailment you are suffering from at the moment, but is it possible to experience a stroke from Low Blood pressure? With your medical background I really would like yo know.
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Post by questa on Sept 5, 2020 12:42:38 GMT
Tod2 The short answer to the stroke question is yes, but 'stroke' is a vague word for several conditions, As a trainee nurse the term CVA..cerebro vascular accident was current but even that is catch-all. "what is a stroke" when googled takes you to an excellent brief information page
I have started a thread called Walking the Parkinson's track (or similar) I have had this since 2007 and the anyporters have been interested . you may find it worth a read.
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Post by tod2 on Sept 5, 2020 12:56:06 GMT
Gee, thanks so much. I will check it out.
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