I looked up 'Settling' in the on-line dictionary and found quite a few different meanings:
1.Gerund or present participle: settling.
resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).
"the unions have settled their year-long dispute with Hollywood producers"
2. Pay (a debt or account).
"his bill was settled by charge card"
3. Adopt a more steady or secure style of life, especially in a permanent job and home.
"one day I will settle down and raise a family"
make one's permanent home somewhere.
"in 1863 the family settled in London"
4. Sit or come to rest in a comfortable position.
"he settled into an armchair"
But also ... (of an object or objects) gradually sink down under its or their own weight.
"they listened to the soft ticking and creaking as the house settled"
And, more alarmingly: (of a ship) begin to sink.
"the craft was settling nose-down in the water"
resolve or reach an agreement about (an argument or problem).
"the unions have settled their year-long dispute with Hollywood producers"
2. Pay (a debt or account).
"his bill was settled by charge card"
3. Adopt a more steady or secure style of life, especially in a permanent job and home.
"one day I will settle down and raise a family"
make one's permanent home somewhere.
"in 1863 the family settled in London"
4. Sit or come to rest in a comfortable position.
"he settled into an armchair"
But also ... (of an object or objects) gradually sink down under its or their own weight.
"they listened to the soft ticking and creaking as the house settled"
And, more alarmingly: (of a ship) begin to sink.
"the craft was settling nose-down in the water"
Hopefully our settling today will be of the number 3 and 4 variant without ships and houses sinking!
I picked up the keys shortly after midday and took a load of stuff (old wines from our cellar mostly) to the new house and stored them away in the garage. Fortunately the garage has some built in cupboards and shelving which I will add to and managed to stack these away tidily.
After than I returned to the apartment and loaded the car with some bags of clothing and took to the house. The Old Girl met me there after work and approved of the house (but not the cleaning job they did) and we 'walked' it to decide on extra furnishings we may need. That done we returned to the apartment to change clothes and went downstairs to Cuba Street to celebrate the purchase. A glass each of Louis Roederer Champagne and a glass of rose for her and chardonnay for me along with some tempura oysters and some monkfish toast entrees sealed the deal (probably covered by numbers 1 and 2 in the Oxford dictionary meanings).
Job done.
The next part - moving in will be hard work though. Fortunately Richard will help me tomorrow with the smaller boxes and. over the next couple of days I'm hoping to have the way cleared for the removal guys to bring the big boxes and furniture from the lock up to the house on Saturday. It'll b nice to have things to sit on.
What will also be nice is for the retail suppliers to deliver the fridges and freezers we bought, the dining room table and chairs, a sideboard, a TV stand and an extra couple of armchairs. Then we will be settled and will move in properly at the end of the month.
2 comments:
Best wishes. I'll see you at 9.30am tomorrow. If I can find the turn off to Newlands. :-) (-:
I'm pleased for you. You feel almost like a neighbour...15 min (14k) away!
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