Well I am now sitting at a desk in the spare room writing to you. We moved into our house last Friday and oh what bliss to have some room to move. The relocation went well (we didn't have a lot to move this time) and it is sooo good to have the extra space. The new neighborhood is much more sedate as we are further away from a major shopping centre and major highway. We are yet to meet any neighbors as everyone drives into their garage and shuts the door behind them. As Craig cooked a curry for tea, Amy, Kyle and I went for a walk around the block and listened to the noises of suburbia, just shows you how long it is since we lived near anyone. One guy was yelling at the umpire in a Denver Broncos football match and in another house a mum was yelling at her kids (see it doesn't just happen in our house). There seems to be a lot of children in the neighbourhood as every second backyard has this amazing play equipment but there were no children out playing, maybe they were all indoors watching the football.

We are back to being a one car family so it is back to driving Craig to and from work, all of 5 minutes away. It is causing a problem being close to things because I am nearly always early, I am so used to leaving 30 minutes before an appointment that it is hard to get out of the habit.

We are now in the process of finding everything in our new area. So far we have found tennis courts, a pool, a school, lots of playgrounds and no shops or fast food outlets. Give it time, it is only a new area. The shops and restaurants are located just over the freeway in Louisville, about 7 minutes away.

Miss Amy transfers to the Louisville pre-school this week and she is keen to attend their Halloween party on Friday. I am not sure what attending means, it may mean we have to go and buy a costume (1,000s to choose from) and dress her up. I am looking forward to Xmas if Halloween is anything to go buy. People go all out and dress up their houses and their children. We are thinking of going out the night of trick or treating because I haven't brought any candy (not called lollies over here, and boy I miss the blocks of Cadbury and Nestle dark chocolate). Anyway back to the houses, most have huge pumpkins sitting on their doorstep, one has condemned signs all over it with skeletons hanging in all the windows, another has gravestones in their front lawn covered in cobwebs with skulls popping up out of the lawn, just amazing. At Xmas I intend to spend a few nights driving around just to look at all the decorations.

As there are so many things close by we have decided that Craig and I need to buy a bike each (no Geoff, not motorbikes). Craig is even convinced that he can ride to work it is so close. We went looking at the weekend and it has been a while since I have ridden a bike but boy it was fun. It will mean that I can go out with Amy and Kyle on their bikes although there are a few hills around here so I already have visions of Kyle speeding downhill with his feet in the air.