Many Times

Many times dear readers I have written blog posts in my head

Whilst trying unsuccessfully to sleep, or out dog walking,

Or washing the dishes, or folding laundry.

Somehow the time just never was quite right.

There was much sadness in my heart when next door accepted another offer on the house,

Meaning daughter and son in laws' dreams were dashed.

I tried so hard to cheer daughter up by suggesting that they install a woodturner where they live now.

This worked to a degree, and few weeks ago they did indeed purchase a woodturner...

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Some time before Christmas I happened to be home when a gentleman arrived next door,

He looked very much like a surveyor...and he was there for over two and a half hours...

We hoped that he would find plenty that the prospective owners would not be happy with,

However the days went by, Christmas came and went and still the sale remained agreed.

We reached New Year, and the Saturday afterwards I was working, daughter and Henry were at ours,

For son in law and hubby were going to install the flue...a very messy task.

When I arrived home hubby was back at ours...what could have gone wrong...

Well it appears that they had just finished making the hole for the flue through the cavity wall,

When daughter had phoned them to check how they were doing...

She had received a telephone call from next door's estate agent to say that the sale had fallen through

And were they still interested...

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Cue some groaning...a big mess to clean up...

And a wait to ensure the buyers had definitely backed out 

Finally on the Wednesday afternoon it was agreed...

They were going back on the market

And were being given two to three months to sell their house...

On the Saturday they went back on the market with a new estate agent...

On the Monday morning a visit from said agent to look around and learn about the property...

Then late on the Monday a call from the previous agent...their chain was back in business...

Apart from the original non cash cash buyer...albeit at a lower offer...

Tense hours as they just could not afford to accept the lower offer...

Then Tuesday afternoon it was all falling into place...back to the original offer

Agreed...

Apparently everyone in the chain wants a quick move,

However it appears that our neighbour who lost out on a house has nowhere in mind...

We are hoping feverently that she will find temporary accommodation if necessary.

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Fingers crossed now that no more hitches occur, large or small...

Baby is due in less than three weeks...just how did the time fly so fast

And daughter took a bump out on the ice on Saturday...

Landing on her hands and knees.

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I am currently on sick leave...and have been for over a week already...

My back had been niggling me since the beginning of December...

Work and a good dose of stress combined...

But then one evening whilst seeing my last client ... ouch

It went completely...I could barely get in my car...

And when I arrived home I could not get out of the darn thing...

I have been given some hefty pain management, and something to reduce inflammation...

I can honestly say that having a baby would have been preferable...

At least it would have been for something...

I am at the stage now where I can walk around a little more...

And I'd say I am in pain rather than agony...

I'm due back to work next Monday.

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An unexpected symptom of the bad back has been weight gain...

My medication requires me to eat well...but too little exercise soon begins to tell.

Hubby and I ventured out with Heidi along the flattest route from our house yesterday afternoon.

It was such a beautiful day, and we took it slowly.

It had been minus 6 in our garden when I rose yesterday morning,

And minus 5.5 this morning...though I believe that it had been even colder in the dead of night.

I saw a few catkins out and some tiny white blossom...white thorn?

Then it was back home and more rest with a really hot hot water bottle.

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My tablets are such that they leave me very disorientated and sleepy

In fact I slept so much last week I could hardly believe it!

However it has done me much good...

I had worked so many extra shifts over Christmas and New Year...

And have now gained absolutely nothing apart from a bad back

Will I ever learn?

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I am hoping to stay awake long enough today to catch up on the blogs I follow,

So many times I have opened blogger only for my eyes to close almost immediately!

I am becoming increasingly disappointed with my camera and have hardly taken any pictures of late

I really would like to upgrade...but it all comes at a cost

Can I justify this expense when we want to be starting to build our extension...

On the other hand it would be lovely to be able to have a visual memory of all the workings.

Dilemmas indeed!!

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I sincerely hope you all had a happy and healthy Christmas and New Year...

Having not had the time then for anything but work and sleep I did not indulge in blog reading...

However today could hopefully be the day I do...

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Blessings J. x