A general update

For those of you who might be wondering where on earth we've been; for some reason actually been able to blog without full broadband access has been problematical - as has Facebook. We still don't have broadband although the wireless dongle is working well enough (if you let it "rest" every now and again) to tide us over until we move house and get to start again. So here's an update on where we are:-

1. THE HOUSE
Offer on this house accepted end of January; offer accepted on place we wanted to buy in Frome middle of February. We're still waiting to exchange. Had hoped we'd be able to do this next Friday but apparently our buyers aren't going to be able to comply with that because they're buying with government assistance through the Key Worker Scheme and the housing association who is assisting needs 10 working days to authorise exchange. They will only do that when the solicitor acting for them confirms that everything has been settled - and he hasn't exactly been speedy. This is no doubt causing alarm to our sellers who want to exchange next Friday so that they can go on holiday for two weeks, come back and complete and move around the 22nd. Seems that's not likely either. But not much we can do about it and at least it gives us more time to carry on de-cluttering! But it's annoying to be kept in this kind of limbo for even longer..... ah well.

Though I think we've chosen a removal company - though we haven't informed them yet. Going on valuable advice my instincts tell me that the small husband & wife team with 4 vans who can do ABSOLUTELY everything for us (dismantling furniture, packing, even disconnecting the cooker) at a price £200 less than the best next quote is the right thing. But there's a small part of me thinking, why are they coming in cheaper: they've only been in business for themselves for a year: they're not A1 professional in terms of presentation- though to be fair when they came to visit they were more smartly dressed than some of the bigger companies! - but I've asked a few questions and they seem to be coming across as it being very important to them to give us a good service: so they don't sound like cowboys. So maybe it's worth giving them a try - and saving us some money and hassle of having to dismantle our own bed and find someone to disconnect the cooker!

2. THE FAMILY
I think most of you know this by now anyway but we're at the point where it can be "official" and, in case anyone drops in on the blog who a) knows me and b) doesn't know, there will be an addition to the junior section of the Kershaw-Moore clan at the end of September. FINALLY!!!
And it IS real - we had our first scan on Tuesday and yep there's definitely a baby in there which moves and everything. I didn't realise how concerned I was about that actually; much more so than with Dan. Though I guess with Dan it never occurred to us at all that there could be any problems. We are, by force of experience, now wiser and I think - though both of us totally failed to mention it, or maybe even to notice it - that we were quite concerned that this one could be "not real" as well.

but hopefully everything is proceeding as it should. I certainly feel pregnant though I know I get off lightly compared to some people (I'm thinking of my lovely sis here who suffers sooo much it's not fair). I just get aches n pains and exhaustion and my god, never mind about eating for two; I'm going for six!! Though this is a very meat based pregnancy which is a bit different - ham, sausages, bacon I can't get enough of .... if only i could have Pate!!!

3. THE CAR
As if we didn't have enough to contend with - and trying to arrange house moves/conveyancing (though, no I'm not doing my own!) whilst pregnant is definitely hard work - at the beginning of March some complete nonce pulled out right in front of my little Mikki (the MX-5) and smashed into it. The insurance company hurridly wrote her off even though the damage to her was cosmetic only and only to her front driver's side wing. After much discussion when we considered the possiblity of taking her back and fixing her ourselves we came to the conclusion that a) I was going to need a bigger car soon anyway and b) money isn't exaclty flowing at the moment with the impending move and therefore we would let her go. Mind you the insurance company gave me £1400 for her which I was not expecting at all. And in her place I have a very nice Audi A3 5-door hatchback from 2006 which is a not totally dis-similiar style car to drive and I get things like 4 seats, a petrol warning light; boot space. All these things are new!! I would put some photos up but that will result in the dongle completely freezing up.

So that's us. generally speaking. And I've just realised that the sun is still shining when it was supposed to be raining. Maybe I should have hung the washing out? Ah well, Dan getting desperate for lunch (me too actually) so I should probably stop now.

Happy Easter! Well it's not far off you know.......