We're on the move

It's been ages since our last blog post, sorry about that, we've had quite a bit on. I've been sorting out my visa (work in progress), I've taken on my bosses job and we've been moving. I think most people are aware we've had to move out of DCC because we needed more space, and another bedroom now that we are 3 people.

Jackie spent ages looking at flat, schlepping around south west London looking at all sorts of flats, some decent, some disgusting. The place we have ended up in is huge compared to our small but well laid out 1 bedroom flat in the DCC.

We've moved to an area called furzedown, which apparently isn't a suburb in its own right but an area within Streatham (pronounced stret-him). It's a nice residential area, with a few shops, a playground with bowling green and tennis courts at the end of the road and plenty of young families around. The biggest drawback with the new place is that it is a long way from any tube or trains. We were very fortunate in Balham to have both train and tube very near by. It is going to take some adjusting but I'm sure we'll get used to it.

The place we're in is a 2 bedroom Victorian conversion. Our landlord lives on the first floor, we've got the second and third floors. We think the landlord did some of the conversion himself because it's a bit rough in places but that's fine by us. We're a little worried about how cold it might get upstairs, where the bedrooms are, because it is a loft conversion, so not the same level of insulation but it's something we're going to have to deal with. Theo has loads of woollen clothes and blankets and if we have to spend a bit more on heating then so be it.

Coinciding with us moving flats, Theo has started crawling, which is great fun, although caused a few problems while trying to pack, move and unpack. We've had to get stair guards and get used to closing doors so Theo doesn't disappear, he really can motor now and he's quite cheeky because he will crawl away, look back knowing he shouldn't be going where he is going and then carry on crawling. He's also pulling himself up on couches, coffee tables and anything else that takes his fancy, this often results in an ungraceful and painful fall but he'll figure it out soon enough.

That's all for now, once we're unpacked we'll take photos of the place to give you a guided tour. Also other blogs we need to do include one of our London in 50 walks and Jubilee Weekend. Hopefully we can get those done before Wimbledon and the Olympics!