My trips abroad are great fun and had work, but it is lovely to come home. Alex and Becca are growing up fast and being in the their company is a privilege; Alex is hungry for information and is loving getting into new things like suduko, but still has the attention span of a gnat! Becca is a beautiful young girl in spirit and in mind her desire to do well is lovely but with a cheeky nature and a real spark.

Two days after I returned my in-laws arrived with a van filled with the contents of their house having just sold their house in wirksworth. catching the last few weeks of the housing market stability yet sitting with completion pending as the bottom fell out of the market must have been a tad nerve-racking. But it all went through with minimal fuss after a few poker faced standoffs.

After unpacking the van into storage they were able to kick back and enjoy the process of house hunting with money in the bank.  They first saw a 3 bed property in Puddletown and then went further afield to Gillingham and Sherborne and several a bit more west.  But time and time the Puddletown house pulled them back. After a little deliberation Puddletown it was. A situation that was welcomed particularly  by both Alex and Becca who could see immediately the wonders of being able to walk home from school to Grandma’s!

The deal was straight forward and bargains were at hand with the prices falling so fast.

During the two weeks the family were all together I was hugely grateful for the endless piles of washing that miraculously got ironed by the iron fairy, the rooms that sparkled after I had spent a hard day at work and the family meals of an evening that materialised from nowhere.

The only dampener wa sthe increased tv remote struggle, but small price to pay for two weeks in my own home being pampered.

For those that read my blog from time to time you may have noticed the new theme. I hope you like it.