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Orkney, here we come:)

Amazing, we have sorted a property already!!! A 2bedroom cottage on Burray, just south of the main island, about 17minute drive from the hospital where hubby will be working. It is about 60-70 meters away from the next neighbour, which means the pets will be ok...the only thing we need to check is how close to the garden the main road is when we get there, and we have to consider if we are gonna let the cats out or not, but that is ok. They only go out when we are at home anyway, and never go out after dark. Hubby would not be able to sleep at night with the cats out somewhere:)

So...one issue sorted. That only leaves the actual logistics of the moves. Yes, I do say moves as in plural...we have to move most of our stuff into storage either in Preston or Inverness, and the rest will come with us to Orkney. Then, in February, we will move again, to Inverness, Beauley or somewhere inbetween, and get all our stuff together in one place. There we will stay for 2 1/2 years (yey!) before hubby is qualified and can get a permanent position somewhere...and then the only question is WHERE!?! But that is for later...much later:)

Yey to being proactive and getting things done at an early stage, avoiding tons of stress and worries:)

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  1. mdgtjulie26 May 2011 at 13:04

    Oh, Ylva, that's wonderful news. I'm so glad you found a place. And after all that worry, it just practically fell in your lap! (I'm glad you started working on it early!!!) Grats to you! You could use one bedroom as a craft room... Oh the things you could do!!!

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  2. Wolfie27 May 2011 at 16:03

    I will email you details so you can see the cottage with Google Streetview:) you can move the camera round and see the ocean and the loch:)
    The upstairs bedroom looks quite big, but I think I would probably be using the livingroom as my craft room and let hubby have the second bedroom...just so he can shut himself away to study and work. It is only fair. I normally sit and stitch infront of the telly anyway...can't type and stitch unfortunately...has to be one or the other...I am expecting a lot of inspiration though:) you'll see what I mean:)

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  3. mdgtjulie28 May 2011 at 17:22

    Oh, lovely. I'd love to see where you're gonna be staying. We really have to get on messenger one of these days!!

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