We just moved house, and that means lots of things changed. And it means that I hand carried, with help from Lib and friends, almost everything we own from one home to anther via a van.

A lot of stuff. I’ve been really wondering why we have it all. But, you know, I like a lot of this stuff.

In the middle of all this I was taking out the trash as well.. I took a couple of lulu-van-loads of stuff to Hove recycling centre:

“Do you want this old tumble dryer?”

“Nope.”

So it gets recycled into metal and probably the plastic bits get chucked into landfill. So chucking stuff out seems bad and weird and wasteful. But I’m happy to have the experience. Next time I’ll put more effort into giving stuff away to people who really want it.

There are still a few boxes to empty and a bunch of sutff sitting in the backyard. The lovely new place is still a mess. It is a bit like living in a jigsaw, and there’s always another piece that needs to be moved to the right place.

But we’ll get over that. The new place is great. We are down towards the bottom of Havelock Road in Fiveways, closer to urban Brighton town. More street life, more walking, more kids around.

When we tidy up, I’ll pop some photos on flickr.

We applied and Bea has been offered a place at Downs Infants School, which is a short walk away. Lots of kids walk past our front door on the way to school. She starts at the new school on Monday in year 2. And she’s really excited about it, as we all are.