...And We did all the Packing Ourselves!

As many of you know, Mum and I are moving to the nearby village of Bloxham. Mum found the house herself in the news paper, and there hasn't been a single person who hasn't liked the house after seeing it. The walls fresh paint on them, the carpets look new and clean, the garden's a great size and I'm loving mowing the lawn again (with our Canadian mower), there's a double garage so lots of storage space for the "bloody boxes" as well as the canoe and a few other things. I smiled when after the movers had brought in all of our furniture, Mum said "our furniture looks like it belongs". We've met a few of our neighbours, and look forward to meeting the rest of them in good time. These are a few pictures from the beginning of the process... As things progress I'll add more.

My Aunt Christine, and Aunt Lorraine with Mum as they headed back home after 2 weeks of pure labour. We couldn't have done it without you!!
The bonefire Derek and I put together to get ride of some of the burnable items from the skip.
The bone fire again.
The skip after Derek climbed in to pull stuff out. It was full before we started, and we took out about 2/3 of the stuff!!
Bags of recycling destined for the curb. The Recycling guys were fantastic! They took everything so long as it was clearly marked (which it was) having labels with "recycling", "paper", "textiles" or "books" on everything.
The Skip... or is it Tip?? ;P