On our way to who knows where!

I'm amazed that we are on our way to Sydney - we couldn't have done it without some amazing friends and neighbours.  The thing we will miss most about Commissioners Creek, is not the house ( although we love it) is the community spirit that we have to leave behind. The friends who were there at a moments notice, the fresh veggies and eggs left on the verandah at 6am in the morning, the people who ring us everyday to make sure we are OK - it just goes on and on. We will miss you all.

We eventually reached Macksville after leaving home 2 and a half hours after the time we'd planned! Booked into our motel and went out for a much needed Chinese meal.  Alas it was not to be - the Saturday before Xmas - no way - no booking - ha ha - we ended up with a takeaway pizza delivered to the room so hot we almost couldn't eat it (I managed after 2 bottles of wine!). Alan had 1 piece and promptly got into bed, poor thing, he was looking forward to a Chinese omelette), maybe tomorrow night.

He did amazingly well today, considering he had to get used to letting me drive, luckily there was not much traffic about so hopefully we'll have the same tomorrow.

He has "Chemo Brain" at the moment - very vague - at least it is short term (I hope!) and I'll get back my beautiful man.  Having said that, he managed to navigate here without any problem.  It has been very stressful the last few weeks so we were glad to escape today.

I have struggled holding back tears today and will be in touch with all our friends individually in the next few days.

Meanwhile, we wish everyone a very merry Xmas and a happy and healthy new year - enjoy, wherever you are and spread lots of love to all the people around you - validate your love to everyone who means something to you.

Alan and Helen xox

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Mixed feelings!

Well.......we did it, much earlier than expected!  The house sold to the first people who saw it! We'd like to think that they felt the love we've put into it and the happiness we've felt here.

Now it's all systems go as we make ready to move out before Xmas. Luckily, we have some amazing friends who are rallying round to give a hand.  Russell, John and Pete finished lining out the extension - they've done an amazing job.  It would have been nice to see it painted and finished completely, but the purchasers have kindly let us off with doing anymore.  It still looks fantastic.

We are starting to detach ourselves as we go through the inevitable rubbish and stuff that we've managed to accumulate over the years.  This will be our biggest clear out yet! The new owners are buying some of our furniture and shed stuff so I keep telling myself it's not as bad as it seems. Paul has been great, helping Alan to load trailers and taking him to the tip as,of course, he is not able to drive. It has helped enormously, as I couldn't reverse a trailer to save my life!! And it's freed me up to do the more domestic things like wrapping ornaments!

Nikki, Colleen and Brian gave us a full day yesterday and we almost got the shed into some semblance of order. Alan starts his next lot of chemo this morning so we are having a day off but they will be back tomorrow to continue.  We are so grateful. I knew all those pizza days and dinners would pay off!!

Everything is falling into place and we look forward to spending Xmas and New Year with our family before going on to a new chapter in our lives, God willing.

The main thing is that Alan is still doing well so we hope it continues to be so.

Love to all who read this blog.