Well, what a busy couple of days I've had and no mistake.

I start with what I've been up to tonight! I went to see Jools Holland perform with his band. Wow, such a great night. He played for hours and lots of guest singers such as Ruby Turner and Lulu. One of his guitarists lives in Ipswich (I see him at all the gigs I go to) and tonight he was up on stage with Jools. It was such great fun. I think Jools Holland must have the best life! He is 'self actualised' as my brother in law says (my brother in law is David Brent personified).

Yesterday I spent the day in London with Lettuce (and Tanya and Donna) at the Country Living Fair. (more of that another day).

House news?

We no longer have the big and lovely house because it turned out to be a not so lovely house. I won't bore you with the details but suffice to say it had large fungal growths in the roof and needed a new roof. We decided it was an expense too far and so we pulled out.

However, the house we wanted about two months ago, which was large, lovely and in the RIGHT area is back on the market - it came on yesterday and the vendors told the estate agents we could have first refusal at the price we offered. This might be ideal. One might say it is a wish come true. BUT, the market in Ipswich has dropped a bit and a lot of stuff isn't selling. I'm now beginning to think that the high price we offered then isn't something we'll offer again. Oh, how the estate agent will HATE us when we make yet another low offer on a house he KNOWS we want. But not at any price.

I should write more but this is just a small digest of stuff that''s happened to me recently.




Oh yes, one more thing - our landlord has sold this house that we live in now and we HAVE to be out by January! Hmm. I am in a surreal place. Thank goodness for good friends and music.

Update:

We went to see the house again today. The owners are moving to Dubai and would be willing to go by the end of January, which would solve our impending homelessness issue. We love the house, it's a large comfortable family home. But it is very very expensive. Can we afford it? This is the question. We will make an offer on Monday.