Today is the day!

The moving truck arrives at 8am and hopefully we can get everything in and out of the truck as quickly as possible. The kids have been taken to their Yia Yias house so they dont get under our feet and im looking forward to seeing an empty house. In a way, it’s come full circle…

We first peered into this house as a newly engaged couple. Excited about the endless possibilities and new memories we’d be creating. Dreaming of house parties, barbeques on summer evenings and eventually the pitter patter of little feet. So when we look back at the house one last time  it’ll be a fond farewell as we move on into the next phase of our life- into a new home with new memories and endless possibilities.

There will be 100 boxes to unpack but i am looking forward to finding a place for everything.

I will be offline until we get our internet connection activiated and i’m hoping it will be closer to the 10- rather than 20days of the “possibly 10-20days till your connectiuon is live” estimation from our provider. I think i’d go mad being offline for 20 days- keep an eye out in the news for the “Woman goes cukoo after Internet withdrawl” headline, it could quite possibly be me.

Yes we are moving house, the official move day is the 10th of June so 10 days to go. 10 days to finish packing up the whole house. Most of the kitchen is done, theres just the saucepans, pantry and bare bones of crockery left. The office is done and the job we are dreading most is the shed! Maybe i can just relinquish this as a male domain and delegate that one to the hubby…

The most annoyingpart of moving is getting in contact with everyone to let them know your new address and number and to answer the usual questions of  Why? Where? How? and When? If i could fit all of that on a 6×4″ card i’d certainly save myself some money on the phone bill but for now i’ll just settle for the Moving announcement cards i’ve made and wait for the phone to ring.

Heres a little peek of the un-detailed version…

I had fun picking the little toys for the rugrats to balance on their boxes. At the moment they are blissfully unaware that any of this is actually happening (apart from the every growing mountain of boxes in the office) and when i told them that we are going to a new house very soon, Alex asked me in a very serious tone: “…but can i take my Ben10 watch?” Like that was THE most important thing that he needed to ensure made it across the harbour bridge! So hard to keep a straight face somedays!

“If I were to invent something to make life easier or more fun for me…and WHY?” What is the bane of your existence?

The central hub of my house is the kitchen. We prepare, create, eat, craft and work in there. I swear there is a well worn groove in the wooden floor boards in front of the sink from me standing/pacing about, there for the past 7 years. Its where i shout my orders (“Stop torturing your brother with the couch cushions!”), oversee operations (“Pick up that banana peel before you give yourself concussion!”), and create sweets from (“Bring back those cake batters NOW!”).

Im constantly cleaning the floor so that crumbs and debris dont get tracked all over the house thus my invention is called the Self Cleaning Floor.

I had to photoshop it so you’d get the full visual concept- its really simple and is designed to be very streamlined and well integrated:

It would be like installing a central vaccum system but with small water pipes also connected alongside the air pipes.

How does it work?

-There would be thin vents installed in the base of the wall, near the skirting boards and a central drain.

-Air would push the covering flap on the vent open to first blow any dry debris towards the central floor drain.

-Then steam would jet out followed by a strong micro mist of water to wash the floor.

-Water would run off into the drain, taking the dirt with it and

- A final air stream would effectively dry off the surface.

- Skirtings boards would be sealed with a clear water repellant coating of resin to protect them from long term exposure to moisture.

-The size of your room would determine the number of vents along your walls, the number of drains and the air/water pressure required

-There would also be a drain cover to close off the drain when its not in use, and makes the floor look seamless. So if you had floor boards or tiles you’d get your flooring guy to cut out a rectangle the same shape as the drain, in the relevant material. The cover would sit in the recessed hole so as not to create a visible seam.

Another simplified version would be to use the central vaccum system in a clever way. There would be a vent in the kickboard (area between the cupboard and the floor) that you would sweep up all your debris towards, flick a switch, the vaccum gets activated and sucks all your dirt in.

See the little inconspicuous vent down there…

Of course, all the wall vents and kickboard vents would be coated the same colour as your walls/boards so as to maintain that streamlined look. Gotta think of the design issues first!

OK ,after proof reading that it does appear that i have been thinking about this for too long. Hahahah… too much spare time perhaps?!