garden tidy

Posted on January 21, 2005 by | Leave a comment

ok, SB still confused with ‘g’ and ‘y’. we had a good play with her JP flash cards, some singapore maths and a fair bit on the weather. made a birthday card and general craftiness!
we then popped outside to weed the veg beds, stick in some broad beans. the shallots are romping away. may stuff in garlic, as will also be verdant during house selling period with negligible care!. tidiedup the espaliered pears. this is their 5th year, so have 4 tiers. v sad that we won’t actually get to taste them. 2 more beds to tidy, then prune the raspberries and goosegogs. greenhouses looking sad as needwinter clean and lost a pane of glass in the wind. will blame newborn at viewing! chris did one of his fav garden thigs – burning! a nice bonfire was made.
BB must have been messing with latch on left as v painful today. I can remeber with SB that left always more of a prob.
just realised i am logged in as chris. never mind.
ps, my squeegee window cleaner from lakeland is lovely. even if chris laughs at me!! maay even make windows one of my jobs! should have bought the handle to go with it though

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first viewing

Posted on January 21, 2005 by | 4 comments

this sun by someone who has sold their house. fingers crossed.

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some work but much play

Posted on January 20, 2005 by | Leave a comment

We had a fun day today, with lots of lego, making up stories, and a nip to M and S to buy some presents. chris did lots of ‘messing about’ with SB – ie throwing her in the air, twirling about, and making it look like she will be dropped and break a neck at any given moment. I try not to watch!
I suddenly realised that it was the closing date for ICS-UK [international continence society] abstracts to be received, and since I’d done this little number with a friend, I had better spend the evening popping it in. have done so now. Now just have to register and get accomodation. As always, expensive.
BB waving at me madly and snuffling. Methinks it is time to give her some attention!

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reading day

Posted on January 19, 2005 by | 2 comments

in partic letterland. SB getting better at ‘b’ and ‘d’, and ‘g’ and ‘y’, which she has been muddling for a while. Also now reliable at the sh and t sounds. though when there was a picture of a beaker, and she identified the b start, she was still happy to say b for cup!
Also a gym day, and really loves that. Did some singapore maths, lots of general book reading and lego playing took up most of the rest of the day with a brief spell at tots group. we were going to cook tea together, but she watched a letterland vid instead. At tea, she told me jesus’s love wasn’t really very wonderful [in repsonse presumably to the song] so we discussed why love was always wonderful.
BB gave us an absolutely appalling night last night, so Chris and i have been a bit of live zombies today. She has fed almost all day as well – makes me even more tired. Beingly gorgeously smily in front of me right now.
Have def decided not to overstretch iourselves over house buying, as I was going into blind panic. I think its all that ‘well if I can’t be physically present for them, I should buy them the best that I can’ thing.
Rather peeved with Chris, as he turned off volume on laptop, and the back on button is one that isn’t working, so now no sound. not too bad except………….SB can’t now use for jump ahead cd’s, webland [which is installed on hear] etc etc, so laptop now a disaster for its prime daytime use. Hmm

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snow flurry

Posted on January 18, 2005 by | Leave a comment

there was a snow flurry today, looked like it might settle for a while, as lasted most of morning, sometimes very heavily, but then rained.
box room is still being archeologically excavated. ALthough Chris thinks all the ‘pute things are joint, since i can’t identify half of them, there are thousands of wires, and more cd’s than legs can be shaken at that are unnamed, I think not!!
Aargh, projectile vomit from BB while NAK-ing She has been sleepier today. is this vaccs related, or my DnV related??
Nursery day for SB, and returned exhausted. watched a letterland vid, read some books, bit of counting and shapes and then bedtime collapse.
Chris has been DIY man. house smells horrible- though that may be due to the plastic spoon he part melted. Also doesn’t look at all tidy, but mostly superficial mess.

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Wanna buy a house….

Posted on January 18, 2005 by | 4 comments

Apparently this is our house, not sure I recognise it…..

Our house

Please note it is has not normally (in fact ever) been in such pristine state……….

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weigh-in day

Posted on January 17, 2005 by | Leave a comment

we haven’t had BB weighed since 2 weeks old – shame on me! She is nnow 8 weeks. Today was vacc day, so had her 6 week check – fine, but a bit of a kerfuffle when GP couldn’t find her on computer – oops forgot to register her.
om weigh in 15lb 4 oz. OMG. over 97th centile for weight, and on 97th for length and head circumference. no wonder she had grown out of smaller nappies.
Always worry about vaccs. i do believe in their need [unsurprising given my profession] but do have a too vivid imagination added to knowledge of rare but known risks. BB seems v relaxed in my arms.
I do hope Chris adds sme photos soon, as having read other bloggers ursing about adding, I feel that is a delegating job.

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our 2 favourites

Posted on January 17, 2005 by | 10 comments

Modern barn conversion-a-like with fantastic family room – looks much better in real life. in a small village with no amenities, not even sure a bus link. road is a b road and a reasonable though not excessive noise. No place for chest freezer. Can see girsl cycling around the building happily, and garden to make veg and fruit areas, and even room for polytunnel.

victorian listed building which is gorgeous. obviously needs some upkeep work, including roof on utility, some decorating, in the next 5 or so years considering the wiring etc. still big garden, room for fruit and veg. in lovely village with shops etc. but, directly on the road [same mod busy one as barn house, and next to pub. also all that ongoing looking after.

really should be looking at houses below 400000 [what a huge wallop of money that is]

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family catchup

Posted on January 16, 2005 by | Leave a comment

BB growing, feeding, sleeping, smiling and gurgling at us. Her first vaccs tomorrow – and first weighing since 2 weeks old, [whoops] . She has liked the baby einstein videos, her kick mat and a brightly coloured butterfly.

SB been gorgeous. watched a few too many dvd’s in travelodge [on ill-fated laptop] got a clear idea of how to talk like an estate agent [even shew daddy around the upstairs of one house in great agent speech]. found a lovely play area in Godmanchester [but no house there unfortunately]. fell in love with a dog at one of the houses, and was disappointed that it wasn’t included! Also, amusingly, as soon as we entered the travelodge, identified a crying corner, for when she wanted a sulk – weird really, but better than tantrums. Since coming home it has been a happystreet fest, and swimming this afternoon with Daddy.

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Catching up on house buying – help required!

Posted on January 16, 2005 by | 5 comments

As usual, we like the things out of our budget, that we viewed in case their price dramatically dropped!!
Good day on Thurs, SB behaved impeccably, and treated to a Chinese – said ni hao to waitress after asking her what languages she spoke. unfortunately I woke up in early hours with acute gastroenteritis – hideous!! Luckilly all the rest unaffected, so Chris took out SB to househunt, and I fed BB and felt miserable. Even worse, that someone down there had invited us for dinner that evening, and had to cry off. Another little chef meal for DH and SB.
On the Sat we veiwed again the 2 favourites – about 40000 above budget – ho hum!!
sorry merry after this i was so beat we just drove home, not even a kiddicare break!

Question – do we stretch to overmax [as lenders will lend that much, just family budget is tightened to nth degree]. probs – no hols, reduce amount to spend on girls, may risk my dropping session [and therefore pay] in the future depending on interest rates etc [though could fix for 5 years]. Or get a house within budget, that we just aren’t so keen on, and hopefully time will make it a home [though this didn't happen to parents - after 30 years mum still doesn't think of it as home!]. I really don’t want to move again.
other thought, is that if i knew i could drop sessions, it would be a bit easier, as I’m sure family would prefer cheaper house and more mummy if the expensive house and more mummy were incompatable. just don’t know the future – may even get nice payrise [unlikely from this government] and then would wish had gone for broke.

question 2 – any good advice on predicting future interest rates – should we fix, cap discount or offset. I hate moving!!

will post some rightmove links to the 2 main contenders when have thought about things as bit more. the only cheaper option I like wont let us view at the moment, so don’t really know if would still be a go-er

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