AND finally

it occurred to me you haven't seen a picture of our new house ..... have you?

If you want to look in more detail check out Rightmove.co.uk under properties for sale at BA11 4AA (you'll need to include properties Sold STC). If you find a 5 bedroom house you've found our new home - though the pictures don't really do it justice.

And someone was asking me what I would like for my birthday - which it seems is only a couple of weeks away. Well I'm afraid I'm going to be REALLY boring and say vouchers I can spend on stuff for the new house. We're acquiring two extra bedrooms and one extra reception room plus a large garden so anything I can spend at Ikea, Homebase, John Lewis or Laura Ashley Home will be welcomed. As will general "gardening" vouchers. Sorry to be so uninspiring. If you want to be a bit more personal, I have absolutely NO summer maternity wear - it having been autumn/winter last time I was doing this. You know the sort of thing I like; size 18 generally.
a xx

PS.....

oh yes, and everything's fine with the expectant baby. Though it's due date is now 02 October!!!!!

I think it's a boy by the way - don't ask me why ......

In case you were interested .....

No we still haven't moved: but we MAY be about to exchange. Word came through yesterday that our buyer's solicitor had applied to their Housing Association (which is Sovereign if that means anything 2 U) for authority to exchange. Apparently this takes about 10-14 days so hopefully we should have an exchange date soon.

Which means we might even be moving by the end of May - how scary is that???

Meanwhile the great clear-out of 2009 continues. I've taken a bootload to the tip today; 15 bags of various bits n pieces went to a charity shop a few weeks ago. Another load of clothes will be going over the weekend and we haven't even started on the videos!

And we've booked the small family company for our removals. They do seem like they want to give us a good service, they'll do absolutely EVERYTHING from disconnecting the cooker to dismantling furniture, and even with full pack they've come in about £200 cheaper than everyone else!

And my new Audi A3 - "Allie" - is lovely by the way. (well I had to give her a name!)