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Hurrah

After a stressful few weeks, we have managed to get another buyer for the house They have a small chain, so hopefully it shouldn't be too painful this time The bonus is that their offer is higher than the previous people, so we will have a bit more money to play with B)

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Too Honest

Today we had to escape the house for 2 viewings (both by the same people ) so off we went to Tesco to top up the Milk stocks etc. Bought little fella some vitamin tablets (his eating habits at the mo leave a little to be desired ) and he shook them around the store happy as Larry. At the checkout I chose a chap who looked really bored. To be fair he was very nice.....a bit too nice He was very nice but then I realised that he could infact be my son, which made me quite depressed Any

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Cooler

After the last few weeks of silly temperatures, it has finally got back to a reasonable temperature again. I don't dislike hot weather but when it goes on and on, it gets hard to cope with little people We've got yet another viewing tomorrow, I just hope we can get someone who doesn't want a character Cotswold cottage, which they all seem to want, dispite knowing ours is a newish house B)

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Cracking Storms

Just back from a last minute holiday to Northern France The weather was hot and very extreme, 38c on our arrival B) only for a huge thunderstorm to arrive around 3 hours later. I chose to stay in the caravan but hubbie and little fella had to suffer massive hailstones while in the swimming pool Had a very lazy time, little fella wanted to go to the kids club all the time, so we just relaxed and ate croissants (and drank wine later in the evening ) We even managed to get babysitting fro

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Some Good News

A few weeks ago (feels longer) my beloved Izzy died on me Izzy was very close to me. Hubbie bought her for my birthday. I thought all hope was lost but then I asked a kind man today if there was any hope. He took little Izzy, gently putting her into a cradle and then......a glimmer of hope as the little apple started to appear and yes, my darling ipod was brought back to life I bought her some speakers to cheer her up My Citreon C3 had an urgent recall issued to it, so severe that hub

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Ouch !

My back aches, my knees are sooooooooooo painful and I feel sorry for myself I am waiting for blood tests B) It could turn out that I have authritus (spelt totally wrong ) I am struggling to sleep at night due to the pain in my joints, so I am just happy to find out what is wrong

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It's War

Yesterday we went to Tewksbury to see a re-enactment of a 13th century battle. Apparently it's one of the biggest in Europe So there were 2000 people taking part in the battle and another 3000 who dress up and pretend to be wives etc (according to the blerb) many coming from France and Holland. It was a good day, wandering around the "camps" and looking at stalls selling authentic costumes, armour and weapons The battle itself was a bit of a damp squib but the best part of the day was tw

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Storms

This morning saw very extreme storms from 5am, I love storms but once I hear one I can't sleep B) So hence I'm cream crackered now Little fella had his concert today, which was good. Zippitidy doo dar etc Princess Tilly is no longer a vegetarian but a carnivore, having had chicken yesterday. If she chooses to be veggie in later years I shall support her but for the time being it's meat and 2 veg

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Devon

Well today was another trip down to Devon. Me and little fella had a look round his (hopefully) new school It was very impressive and little fella was very happy B) On the way back we made a bit of a wrong turn and ended up in Wibs country and I got lost in Taunton Hey ho, little fella's summer concert tomorrow and then it's green light for summer holiday planning. We have a passport for Princess Tilly (soooooooooooooooo cute) so need to find something tout suit (French sp)

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Hot

It's sooooooooooooooooooooo hot :wub: We are all suffering, especially Tilly She's off her food and hardly drinking anything. I will try her with water tomorrow but if she doesn't have any I will have to see about going to the docs :unsure: Having said that my problems are tiny compared to Lady P's It is the most awful thing to be burgled :blink: I hope she can get over it Still not sold the house, waiting to see if our buyers can get another buyer or if our viewing today provides

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Well Done

Having had the mess of my car leaking oil everywhere, I finally managed to get it to the Dealership today to get it sorted. I watched through the window as they put it up on the ramps and then got covered in oil It turns out that a seal put on with the oil filter has split. They spent 20 mins sorting the oil filter and 40 mins steam cleaning the engine and twice the outside of the car. They were very nice about it all and offered free labour on my next service but I said I was moving to D

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Garages....grrr

My beloved car went for a service at the Dealership last week. Hubbie has been driving it recently as he is doing more miles than me I noticed oil on the drive last week but didn't like to mention it. Then I mentioned to hubbie about oil on the gravel as well. Had a look and there is oil underneath, in the wheel arches and in the engine compartment, it's everywhere and there is no oil left on the dipstick dispite having 4 ltrs of oil in last week Went to buy some more oil so hubbie can ge

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Wildlife Park

Little fella went to a Wildlife park today with Kindergarten When asking him what his favourite animal was he said "the ones we didn't see" :blink: I asked him if the Lions were more active than last time we saw them (they were sat still for ever :unsure: ) He said "they were having cuddles" When pressed he said "Daddy lion gave mummy lion a big cuddle"

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Fallen Through

Well after all the stress of recent weeks, we now have the prospect of our buyer's buyer pulling out (after 5 weeks :unsure: ) strangely her sons talked her out of the purchase saying it was too remote So now we have to wait for either them to get another buyer or us to find a new one :wub: Got so p**d off last week I escaped up north, in search of "friendly faces". It must have been bad, as I went to my mum's out of choice :blink: The rollercoaster keeps going up and down but hopefull

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Stress

I am sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo stressed at the mo People who are buying our house want to move in asap but people we are buying from seem to be putting their feet up :blink: In the meantime I have to try to convince the authorities that we are moving to the area to get little fella into the local school Lots of options on the cards but unsure which to take at the mo :wub: .......hence evening long mope :unsure:

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Baby Ladybirds

Found some eggs that something had managed to lay on a speaker for the suround sound I was a bit worried they were spider eggs or worse :unsure: Took it outside to remove them and realised that they were tidy little ladybirds. I've never seen them before and they were really tiny and cute (about 1mm). I felt a bit guilty for rehousing them so kept popping out to turn them back over when they tipped over :blink: Otherwise it's been a warm, muggy day. I'm hoping we get some nice storms ton

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Boring

Everything is a bit boring and dull at the mo. The sun is shining but not much has happened except mild sunburn on my lower back today whilst at a carboot sale. I was trying to find more clothes for Tilly now she is weening (and making a championship style mess :unsure: ) I was lucky and found a woman who seems to have spent most of her husband's hard earned cash at Next etc, so I came away with enough clothes for the next 6 months for not very much money :wub: House sale seems to be going

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Hot, Hot, Hot

Blimey it's been hot for a week now As hubbie says, I'm not designed for hot weather as I have too much Viking blood in me It's stress, stress, stress at the mo :blink: In an attempt to stop the house chain failing, we have agreed to put everything into storage and camp out with various relatives for a short while if necessary :unsure: I may end up regretting this decission :wub: Little fella is really looking forward to moving, the house has his requirements....a chimney and fireplac

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Touch Down

Well after an incredibly stressful week or so, we have finally found a new place to roost :wub: I've had a mega bad time in the last 10 days or so and would not wish this on anyone :blink: It's an awful thing to do, looking for a new house in an area you don't know but with little ones and sorting out schools it's 10 times worse Not to mention the fact I did this only 6 months ago :unsure: Fingers crossed this will be a good move On the up side, we went to Sidmouth today and enjoyed th

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Non-stop

Today has been a non-stop day :unsure: Get little fella to Nursery, then back for Post-natal group, leave early to drive back to Cheltenham Hospital for Urology appointment (not helped by being given the wrong directions and running round the hospital like a maniac ) back to nursery to pick up litle fella, race back home for chap coming to give quote for removals, feed kids, ring estate agents to book viewings, feed kids, go to park, put kids to bed, sort washing out, sort packing out, sort

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Minging Weather

I know it's a Jane Goody type phrase but there's not much better way to describe it :unsure: Off to Exeter on Friday to have a look round at areas/houses and my mum is looking after little fella at home so looking forward to have a really good look around I'm also starting to approach agencies about getting back into work (at least part-time). I've almost forgotten how to have adult conversations, so could be interesting

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House Sold

After what seems like an age, we have finally accepted an offer on our house I feel like a huge weight has been lifted from me :unsure: It's less than we wanted but if it means we can get down to Devon for the summer and we can sort a school out for Milo, then it's worth losing a bit of money Now I have the joys of trying to find a house somewhere in Exeter asap :wub: With a perked up mood we set off for Oxford yesterday. I've never been and it's only about half an hour away. I was ver

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More House Viewings

Much as I like people coming to view our house (and hopefully buy it) I hate having to tidy up Hubbie reckons it's loads better than any houses we have viewed in the past and that's before I tidy up but I just want it to sell Today was a 2nd viewing and, finger's crossed, they both seemed to like it (Wife came round by herself 1st time) Other than cleaning the house, I don't feel I've done very much in the last week or so :unsure: Went to Gloucester on Saturday. I've been briefly a mon

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House Sale?

We had a couple come round to view the house tonight The downside to this is that I have to spend the afternoon cleaning the house like a mad thing :unsure: Hopefully they are quite keen and we will see what happens Yesterday little fella encountered a new experience, a strange substance that was liquid but when you move it quickly it goes solid and if you rub it between your hands it turns into powder :unsure: It turns out it was Cornflour and water

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Yo Ho Ho ! - 1st Prize

Today was Milo's school fete and all the Kindergarden kids can dress up in fancy dress for a competition As we don't have any fancy dressing up stuff (apart from a sort of knight costume) we made one. Given the resources we had, we decided on a pirate. One stripy top, cut up old pair of trousers and lots of cardboard later and we had a pirate The majority of the kids turned up spiderman suits, Alice in wonderland costumes etc. I was a little worried that Milo might get upset when he didn't

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