As promised, here's a photo from the backyard of our new place. It goes back a little futher behind me too, where there's a shed, and an ally to the street (which saves walking bikes through the house).

As you can see, we were making the most of a brief respite in the weather on Sunday for a spot of croquet.

Our internet gets connected on Wednesday, yay! And we leave for holidays the same day - our morning coffee will be in Rome! w00t!

We're all moved in to our new house! And I have to say, moving day went quite smoothly overall; we had everything moved by about 3 PM on Saturday, and by about 4 PM we even had our BBQ installed on the back deck! Here's a few photos for your viewing pleasure...

This, as you can probably guess, is the lounge. Since we already had an entertainment unit, we moved the boxes into Team Lewis' bedroom to use as a stand for Julian's keyboard. The garden and deck out the back is for our own private use!

How tops is this kitchen? It's plenty spacious, has heaps of bench space, and backs straight onto the lounge for that lovely open plan feeling. And, it has a gas cooktop! The kitchen and lounge are on the second level (about three steps down from the entrance).

This is Team Lewis' bedroom, which is upstairs. The cupboard space is gigantic! The main bathroom (shower/bath, sink, toilet) is straight across the hall from their room.

This is our bedroom, which is actually in the cellar. The mattress is very comfy! The doors at the back-left are a walk-in robe; the door at the front is the entrance to the room.

This is looking towards the other end of our bedroom. There's plenty of space on the bookshelves! There's also a little ensuite just to the right-hand side of the couch.

So that's about it! I need to put up a photo of the backyard but it was night when I took these. Suffice to say it's lovely and spacious, and we have it all to ourselves.

Yes, I think we're going to like living in Putney...

Our internet is getting switched on next week, inconveniently on the day we all fly out of the country for a week and a half. I'm sure there'll be lots of updates after that, but until then - no promises, sorry!

As many of you know, we're moving house this weekend, over to Putney. We'll be moving in with Julian and Shelley, who are already half way through the moving process (due to unfortunate timings with their old lease).

Anyway, as much as we've loved living here in Chiswick (of course, it was better when certain people also lived here), I thought I'd compile a list of some of the things that I won't miss about our first home in the UK.

Their articles are just so well written - succinct, and so darned witty. Check out their commentary on yesterday's earthquake in California:

... when the fourth angel sounds the trumpet, people will take out their cellphones and start recording a video of the Apocalypse. Except iPhone users, who would only be able to take photos. That and change their Facebook status to "is watching the asteroid falling."

Classic.