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Artwork in our house-swap

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Apr 23

The collage shows some of the artwork in our house-swap. I like the circular mirrors (top left). I was trying to work out how you could take a photo of a mirror without having yourself in it but I thought I managed quite nicely...

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Are they running security checks on us perhaps?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Mar 23

We heard some intriguing news today. In about two weeks, we are going to a house in Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland. Joe Biden, President of the United States, is going to Ireland at Easter to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the...

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Leaving for Ireland in about two weeks

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Mar 23

Things are moving along ready for our trip to Ireland in about two weeks. The time is starting to hurry now. We are swapping houses with a couple from Ballina in Ireland. Their daughter works on the mines at Paraburdoo in...

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Updating this, that and the other

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 27 Feb 23

We’ve just come back from shopping and boy, is it hot out there. Pictured are three felt pan protectors that we bought. Just in case you’ve never seen them, they are used between stacked frypans to stop scratching. Maybe not...

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A blast from the past

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 25 Feb 23

At the end of March, my husband and I will be heading to Ballina, Co. Mayo, Ireland, to spend a month with our son and his wife. We are swapping houses with a couple who are coming to Perth, Western Australia, to visit their...

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I'm going to be a Mummy!!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 24 Feb 23

Look what I discovered today! My pumpkin plant has a tiny pumpkin on it. I couldn’t find another one but plants are good at hiding their babies under leaves, etc so hopefully there may be more to come. This one has five weeks to...

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Keeping track of our house-sitting commitments

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Feb 23

We have been doing some house-sitting over the last six or eight months and now have some ‘repeat business’ as in the same people ringing to see if we can help them out again. It’s nice to think they want us back. We’ve also had...

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Planning for a trip to Ireland

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382412) • Rockingham, Australia 22 Oct 22

I’ve mentioned that we’re going to visit our son in Melbourne in December. We’ve also been tossing around ideas for going to Ireland next year to see our younger son. For various reasons we’re not able to stay with them so...

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Travel around the world and pay nothing for accomodation

Jill Singer @JillSinger (1) • Cochin, India 20 Feb 15

The Vacation Exchange Network is the #1 house exchange provider in America with more than thousand vacation homes listed in their network. Not only you can save your lodging expenses, you can stay in beautiful apartments at free...

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A couple did a house swap for a weekend

maximax8 @maximax8 (31042) • United Kingdom 25 Apr 13

They have a house in Richmond which is a posh area of West London. It is by the River Thames and it is on the London Underground. They swapped their house for a house overlooking the sea in Torquay. It is a seaside locality. They...

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House swap? Would you do it?

callahanb78 @callahanb78 (529) • United States 21 Mar 09

I was watching a movie a few months ago, cant think of the name, but the basic plot was these 2 women swapped houses. They didnt know each other or had never met. I would like to do something like that. Might be interesting to...

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Swapping your House

spudsstuff @spudsstuff (261) • New Zealand 20 May 07

I was watching a show the other night which was about swapping your house with a stranger in another country for a vacation. I just thought it was totally bizarre. Here was this family moving into someone elses house for 1 - 2...

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