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The Extraordinary Tourist Moving Closer to God... Friday, April 07, 2006 The last three weeks of March my family and I went throught the process of moving house. Our new home is much closer to the kids school - which is a private, religous school. Hence the title of this entry, we've moved closer to God. That's about as religous as this article is going to get because it's really about moving house and not a lot to do with God. Anyone who has ever rented a property will understand how moving house becomes an inconvenient but necessary process that is the equivelent of picking up everything you own and moving it three feet to the left. Invariably you never move very far from your last home because staying within the same community is paramount. It's bad enough changing houses without having to change all your friends and local hangouts too. In order to help fund our move we held a garage sale over two weekends. We managed to raise a quarter of the money we needed. What we didn't sell we donated to a local charity. Probably got rid of at least 20% of our stuff that way. At least it was less stuff to move. Whilst it was sad to leave our previous home of two years, a lovely heritage house on a large property now scheduled to be bulldozed, the new house comes with some nice benefits. For instance, for the first time in seven years I have a real workshop/studio space with plenty of room, electricity and lighting. I'm looking forward to really throwing myself into my art, now that we've finally settled in. As I write this I'm part way through my first artwork since setting up this studio space. It's coming along nicely and I'm looking forward to showing it to you on this site. This post has been a bit of a waffle but then so is moving house. You kind of doddle around doing little bits here and there. Then the day of the big move and your life is all loaded in the car or on the moving truck. Before you know it you're back to tidying up all the loose ends. I guess this is something of a loose end too... 7:39 PM Comments: Post a Comment << Home Subscribe to my blog feed.     About TET I am South Australian Artist, 'TET' or 'The Extraordinary Tourist'. Read about things that interest me, particularly art, social commentary, humour and life observations. Please feel free to leave a comment by clicking the 'Comments' link at the bottom of each entry. I'm a creative person trying to make a living selling my art online. Visit my shop to find out if owning a print of my art is right for you. Watch for my ebay auctions of original artworks too! View my profile Related Links Recent Posts Did I wake you? The Shortest Story...an epic in the making. Symbol of the People The Danger of Meeting Monotany Part III More than 'Nothing'... 'Nothing' on a Grand Scale... Laugh and think...this is Australia... Momentary pauses in cyberspace... What's going on with this blog?? If you're a reader of 'The Bunyip', Gawler's local... Blog Highlights. (Recommended reading.) Momentary pauses in cyberspace... 'Nothing' on a Grand Scale... More than 'Nothing'... The Black Dog with Fire eyes... "You are the Generation that bought more shoes..." I'll Pencil You in... Does it make bread? Kids today are smarter than their parents? Mental Poison Interview with an Artist's Model Blank Canvas Minimalism in Art "The Fear of God" Relationship on a Train The Lawnmower and I. Telling the Time at Dali's House Fantastic View for a wasted opportunity. Start her up and see how that sounds... Where to make money with Video. Toddler Paparazzi The things you hear in public. Copyright Laws - Time to Evolve! Read My Aussie Travel Blog. (Posts in reverse order.) Gawler SA to Perth WA Road Trip 2007.

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