Hi everyone. I'd planned at this one year mark to post photos of each room as it was when I bought the house, then at the 18 month before the move mark, at move in and now. Unfortunately I still haven't found the hard disk drive with the older photos (The study hasn't really been set up properly because I'm always moving things around to work in the rooms) and when my daughter was here last week I rolled my ankle and it's still sore so my rooms are not currently worthy of a photo shoot, lol. I've been doing a lot of sitting around with my foot bandaged and elevated for the past week. It's not broken, swollen or bruised, but it's still sore to walk on.

I'm really keen to do my first coat of ceiling paint in the dining room but because it involves standing on a ladder to do the cornices it will have to wait until my foot/ankle is better. Having the back floor done has made me enthusiastic to get things done, but I've exhausted my budget for the next month so I can only do things that I already have here. I have a small amount of undercoat, but not enough to paint a whole room. I have ceiling paint, which I bought before I decided to rip the ceiling and wall panels off. I'm not sure how much is in there but should be enough to paint the dining room ceiling. I also have everything needed to do the plaster joins in the kitchen or the back room. Both of those rooms need a lot of stuff moved to get to the walls and with my sore foot I can't do them yet. So for now I need to be patient and allow my foot to heal.

Thanks again to everyone who chooses to read and follow my renovation project. It's incredibly rewarding. Even when I don't enjoy the actual work that needs to be done I enjoy seeing it after it's done and moving on to the next project.

As many of you are aware I'm now living at my little house in North West Victoria. Today marks the end of the first week here and it's gone incredibly quickly. I'll be honest and say apart from unpacking I've mostly just allowed myself to rest. I was really exhausted by the lead up to the move as well as the move itself. It's also been really hot here.

Now that most rooms are unpacked I want to start working on the outside of the house, clearing away any long grass and tumble weeds. A lot of them have blown away but I need to clear more each day I suspect if I want to keep them from piling up. I'll need to mow in stages, the front part of the house is fine - I mowed that last visit but the rest will be done in order of priority.

My first inside job is to attach panelling to the laundry room wall to block the cat from escaping. It's only a temporary fix but it will mean I don't have to worry about her until I'm ready to fix that part properly.

I also want to cover a couple of floor holes in the back part of the house. Fixing the subfloor is the next job my son-in-law will be helping me with but he's busy replacing his own kitchen at the moment so it will probably be a while before he's available.

Never too late to add in goals, right?

Here's my dream for 2030

Financial

• pay off home loan and investment loan
• have savings/growth accounts for both children
• achieved FIRE and enjoying retirement
• maintain a working stockpile of household requirements only

Health

• lose 20kgs and keep it gone forever
• family is happy and healthy and are supported to pursue activities that they enjoy
• commit to a low carb lifestyle
• expand our minds by trying something new or visiting some place new once a month
• Commit to 1000 hours outside every year for the children

Home

• Print and frame and hang up family photos
• Selection of fruiting plants are established and bountiful (as of 2021 currently still in their barrels!)
• home is as energy efficient as possible, solar battery purchased
• continue to pursue minimalism with a capsule wardrobe and only keeping items of use
• a home for everything and everything in its place

Community

• get to know the neighborhood, continue to support local businesses
• continue to invest in Kiva loans to help others achieve their dreams (at least one loan a month) - Get to 200 loans.
• use local Buy Nothing group to declutter unloved items in our home and find new homes that will love them
• commit to low tox, sustainable lifestyle. Invest in quality things that will allow this to happen.

Travel

• visit all the Victorian big things
• road trip family holidays to SA, ACT, NSW, QLD
• family holidays to all the states and territories
• begin overseas travel to all the continents when covid safe to do so, start in Asia after kids turn 4.5 or NZ if not safe by then
• travel to a Disneyland in 2027