Ava's Tropical Dreams

 No going back... On Sunday, we deep cleaned our house as the renter moved in this week.  Please bear in mind that this was not your daily clean like we are used to, this was a 'clean every inch of the house' deep clean.  That meant we had to clean all of the windows, which I do not recommend after cleaning 53 of them! Hoover every single room and the stairs (which is actually not as bad as the window cleaning) and make sure the toilets were sparkling -which my mum did.  At least, we are pretty much finished.  Where are we right now? As we have just deep cleaned the house and the renter moved in this week, my grandparents have very kindly let us use their house as they have gone on holiday to Wales. All of our things are now here with us at my grandparents house. What can we take?  Now, for anyone who does not know, a boat is not as big as a house (even if the boat has 4 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms) so we can not take everything we own. We have already given a...

Buying a boat, Selling possessions, Moving out... Hi, I am Ava Lacey. I am 11 years old and live in England (at the moment). I am making a blog because I am moving abroad and want everyone to come on the adventure with me. Behind the adventure  My parents used to work on boats before I was born, my mum was a chef and my dad was a captain. They worked in Canada, Florida and the Caribbean. Before I was born they moved back to England, which was where my dad used to live, to Silverstone Village. When I was one they moved to Greens Norton which is where I have lived for 10 years now. My dad worked for an underwater boat light company called Lumishore, while my mum carried on being a chef (but just on land). It has always been their dream to buy a boat of their own when they retired and me and my younger sister, Thea, were at university.       Why are we moving?   Last year, my dad was listening to a podcast about a family of 6 who moved from their home (in Aust...