Judy Evans

@JudyEv (247400)

Bunbury, Australia

Joined myLot 6 years ago

Hi there. My husband, Vince, and I live on 18 acres in Western Australia. One adult son lives in Melbourne, Victoria and the other in Ireland.

Discussions (2914)

Judy Evans's Discussions

Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park, Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 20 Jun

Our sister-in-law was buried in Pinnaroo Valley Memorial Park on Saturday. The Park is often touted as the most environmentally responsible cemetery in Australia. It has been developed and maintained as natural bushland and is...

western australia

pinnaroo valley memorial park

cemetery

kangaroos

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We've done it! Our wardrobe is in place

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 16 Jun

We’ve done it! Well, almost. We now have built-in Ikea wardrobes in our walk-in area. The photo shows our bedroom during ‘building’. The wardrobe is two metres high (2+ yards) and the doors are mirrored and a metre wide so they...

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A resting place for man's best friend

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 15 Jun

About ten days after we moved to a new house, we attended a horse endurance ride at Ravensthorpe which is about a six hour drive. We lived there when we were first married and later, we spent another four years in the town. We...

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I wondered where all the parts were

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 14 Jun

We ordered two office chairs from Ikea and I was wondering how difficult they’d be to put together. But as it happened, it was very easy. The seat can be raised or lowered, and there is a certain amount of tilt to them. The...

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Today's tally - two desks, two chairs and half a wardrobe

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 13 Jun

We moved to a brand new house and left much of our furniture behind. We bought a number of Ikea units and have been busy putting them together. We’ve done the easy ones first but now we’re up to the last of them for the moment....

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What we made today

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 12 Jun

I’ve added a photo of part of what we did today. It’s an Ikea storage unit which has four wire baskets. It was quite cheap and very easy to put together. We had ordered two of these but the frame of the second one is missing so...

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Our bookcase is now finished

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 11 Jun

We had a busy but good day yesterday. I was a bit stressed as, at 9.00am, we had to take my car to be detailed which would include picking it up when it was finished; we had to pick up the new car at 10.00am; our Ikea units could...

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More stars aligning for us

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 11 Jun

I’ve felt a bit down because we’ve had to leave our acreage and move to a much smaller house on a tiny block. But time after time, there are signs that we’ve done the right thing in selling up and downsizing. We got more for our...

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We have a new (to us) dining suite

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 10 Jun

Until yesterday, we were eating off a white plastic table as we sold the dining table from the other house. The one we sold seated eight people and was much too big for our down-sized new house. We hadn’t found a table that we...

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A photo of our new garden shed

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 9 Jun

I’ve spent most of the day on my own as Vince is quite involved with helping his brother organise the funeral his (the brother’s) wife. I’ve been gradually finding homes for more of our belongings and continue to sort and...

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I'm not sure we're desperate enough to drink this

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 8 Jun

Among the bottles of wine we found in the back of a cupboard was a bottle of ‘Desperation Red’. The name itself suggests that the contents will be less than tasty and the description on the label reinforces this thought. It...

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We don't have curtains yet

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 7 Jun

Our new home doesn’t have any window treatments at the moment. As our bedroom faces a street, we were keen to put something on the windows until we get around to having blinds or curtains made. Our removalist suggested using...

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Flat-pack shelving is just the ants' pants - meaning it's very good!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 6 Jun

Our new home was very cramped and cluttered for the first few days after we moved in. One of the first things we did was to purchase some flat-pack shelving units. We have put two in the storeroom and two along the walls of the...

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We've been away at a horse endurance ride

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 5 Jun

We are in Ravensthorpe at the moment just a half-hour’s drive off the south coast of Western Australia. We are attending a horse endurance ride and have taken photos this afternoon at the vet check. However, it is a very sad day...

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My mouse died but now I'm back in business

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 1 Jun

We have been in our new house for just a week now. It’s been a very hectic time but somewhere along the way I lost my computer mouse and it’s taken till yesterday for us to get around to getting a new one. So I haven’t been on...

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A last photo of our roos

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 25 May

It’s 6.41am on Wednesday morning in Donnybrook, Western Australia, and once I post this, I’ll need to move myself and wash the last of the floors before locking the doors and heading to our new home in Treeby, a suburb of Perth....

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The removalist came a day early!

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 25 May

The pressure was on us today as we were expecting the removal van to arrive tomorrow morning. The new owners came at midday for a final inspection and so that Vince could show them how the reticulation system worked. Before this,...

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Drowning in boxes

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 24 May

Drowning in boxes I’m just having a coffee and taking the time to bring everyone up to date. We have all our data back at the moment so I don’t have to worry about being cut off in the middle of a comment. Today is our last day...

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A lucky shot at an endurance ride

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 21 May

Four sleeps till we move so I’m not even trying to read your discussions at the moment as I wouldn’t do justice to them. We took the caravan to a friend’s place yesterday, took photos in the vetting ring at a horse endurance...

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This jumper/sweater has now been retired

Judy Evans @JudyEv (247400) • Bunbury, Australia 20 May

Packing is going on apace here as this time next week we’ll be in our new home. We have each been through our wardrobes and thrown out clothes that we no longer need. As we’ve been living on 18 acres and get involved in doing all...

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