Updates! VIZORS (estate agents) rock!

Well, the couple that were buying the house messed around and then pulled out. NICE! Annoying. We decided to go back to the plan of adding extra agents to the house. We had Oulsnams and Vizors around to see what they could offer and decided that we'd go with Oulsnams. Before we could make the call to them to let them know our choice one of the sales people from Vizors called to tell us that they had a viewing for us. We hadn't even signed a contract at this point and she managed to persuade me to have 3 agents on the go. I wasn't too happy about this but didn't want to miss out on the opportunity of that viewing. I'm very glad I did agree because 24hrs after we signed up with VIZORS they sold the house!!! YAY! We can now breathe and make plans... We won't book flights... not until the contracts are exchanged but at last things are falling into place.

I didn't hand in my notice at work because, at that point, we hadn't sold and I didn't want to be without work. That means that we're hear until the end of the Autumn term but that's ok. We'll end up leaving exactly 2 years after we came back and it will give us an opportunity to recoup the vast amount of money we have lost. If you count our original deposit (which sunk when the recession raised its head) then we've lost about 40,000 (GULP) but C'est la vie! and we'll soon recoup what we need in savings. We're moving back in with mum until we do and then we'll be off around Xmas (Just got to work out when the flights are cheapest).

We'll be packing for the next few weeks and giving away all sorts of things. So vultures... start circling for your bargains! ;)

WOooohoooooo!!!!

Still haven't heard

Come on people! ALl we need is a yes or no!

It's 3:56 and I'm supposed to be completing my lesson planning for the OW MTP (Oh teacher speak -don't you just love it) but I can't be bothered!! (LMAO)It's HALF TERM and in a few hours some my lovely friends will descend upon my home and the holiday will begin. We're planning to camp and climb Snowdon this weekend (weather permitting) so by Monday I am sure I will have a whole host of piccies and tales to report upon.

We;re stil waiting for news on the house. It might have sold ( with a £30,000 deficit...) we'll have to see. It might be onwards and upwards lol

Bob the imposter Cat

Seems to have moved in! I keep kicking him out but he just keeps sneaking back in! He seems to have already told Hendrix he's boss too! :s poor thing!

I thought we hadn't seen him since this morning until I went upstairs and found him on our bed where he's obviously been sleeping all day! Cheeky!

Anyone recognise him?
He's male, unneutered and doesn't have a collar but I don't think he's a stray. he's really friendly and chats away to you!

Roller Coaster Week

(That title'll attract some people from google looking for thrill rides. Sorry to disappoint!)

It' s been another funny ol' week. We contacted some estate agents so we could decide whether we would add another agent onto the house; we'd had no viewings from the remaining agent. As soon as the appointments drew nearer we ended up with an appointment to view.

A lovely couple, who were young, had two cats etc came around and seemed to really like the house. They were here for 40 mins strolling and asking questions. Then they made a second appointment! That created mixed feelings in the house. I actually felt a little sick! I'd talked myself into believing that we weren't going had made extra efforts to get involved in England things again and try and lump it here. It came as a bit of a shock that there may be a chance I could go and I wasn't sure how I felt about it. We also had a call to say another couple were interested and would like to view on Thursday. At the beginning of the week we were mentally ordering the shipping, requesting tubs back from SPAN, setting up cat flights and walking down the beach to a coffee house in Henley.

BUT

It's all gone quiet :S. i Refuse to use sad faces however as we still dont' know the outcome and in pure "The Secret" manner I'm going to continue to visualise the next few hectic weeks as packing and organising.

The second couple didn't come on Thursday and the other couple who really did love the place are having the weekend to consider whether they want our house or one that they've seen in Churchhill North. Considering they wanted to be closer to work in Stratford i'm hoping they'll pick us! lol

Can everyone keep everything crossed :) and imagine their free accomodation in Adelaide. Positive thoughts make the world go round :)

To Ms. Niffenegger...

Monday, May 04th Selena is 28 years old,

Selena: I wake early , 8am on a bank holiday Monday and get out of bed leaving my husband wrapped in a warm duvet. Unsually, I leave him sleeping whilst i, restless, make tea, shower and go downstairs to pick up the book. I find it exactly where I had left it the night before, tired and trying not to sucumb to the final pages at around midnight last night. I read for a while until i hear footsteps above me. When i reach the top of the stairs I see Matt making Stan (the cat) dance. Stan looks un impressed as he is forced to stand on his back leggs and have his for-paws jiggled up and down in time to a track by Bowie. Now the book has to compete with the music for space inside my imagination.

I don't want to keep reading. It's gone wrong somehow. I've spent the last few days reading and enjoying; comparing Henry and Clare to to my own husband and I, believing in them, recognising them in my own relationship. Wondering whether I'd want Matt to visit me when I was 6 and to know me as a child; whether I'd want to know him as a fully grown adult before I met him in my early twenties. I decided it wouldn't be good and that, less like Clare and more like Henry, I'd probably get annoyed that my life had been decided and rebel against the truth and the love of my life. I've laughed at the mis-haps, gasped at the candidness of the intimacy between the characters; sometimes feeling slightly awkward, visualising what is being described.

I can't take it any more. It's gone dark, little red, bloodied monsters have haunted Clare and although I know she now has a child, with that elated news comes the vision of Henry's passing. I know it's coming and I can't stop crying. I keep putting down the book and walking away to hug my own husband; perhaps I'm afraid that he'll disappear. I have to return to the book though compelled....When the party is organised i know it's coming. Tears stream down my face and I can barely read the words through the blurred screen infront of my eyes. I dread the phone ringing, Matt finding me like this and although I am mortified I can not remember a time a book moved so much in such a serious way and in only 520 pages. I struggle to the end, I wait with Clare to see him again and then it's over all too soon.

Thank you Ms Niffenegger. That was amazing.

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